Pfft. That 12-Step Retention Plan sucks. Here's a better one:
1. Change Firefox icon label to closer resemble action of getting to web. No longer shall the icon on the desktop be called "Mozilla Firefox", but instead, "U CAN HAZ INTRN3T".
2. Force the Firefox icon to easier to find location. <img src="firefox.png" alt="U CAN HAZ INTRN3T" height="768" width="1024"/> Problem solved.
3. Alter the default browser settings path for better user choice. Embed an audio file of Arnold Schwarzenegger saying, "Use Firefox! Use it now!" into the IE startup path.
4. Major outbound brand marketing program driving brand recognition and differentiation. A full page NY Times ad with the "Walkthrough Cat", its text changed to "GIT UR INTERN3T ON".
5. Improve download page and first run pages. Download page must be similar to NY Times ad, so the imbeciles we're trying to reach can actually remember wtf they're downloading. The first run page must have "HAI! U GOT INTRN3T!!" in large letters, preferably with blink tags and links to pron.
6. Launch support.mozilla.com SUMO If Firefox sees another bloated browser installed on the computer, it will challenge it to a wrestling match, the winner becoming the new default browser. A small side-effect may be a userbase increase in the Asian market.
7. Make common plug-ins work out of the box. The MegaRotic Toolbar will now be part of the initial install, as will an RSS feed of Digg.com.
8. Make add-ons and personas more accessible. The Mozilla Store will now ship free wizard hats and robes with every Firefox download.
9. Make the web feel more human. Male users will find their browser displaying all text in capital letters approximately once every twenty-eight days. Female users will find their browser doesn't remember their user preferences or date of birth form fields.
10. Improve messaging through communication channels. We will also improve messaging through non-communication channels. Yes, our code monkeys are that good.
11. Stickier start page. If you left-click anywhere on the new start page, it will take three right-clicks to get your cursor to move again.
12. Change Firefox icon image to closer resemble action of getting to web. In keeping with steps 1 and 7, the new icon will show Ceiling Cat, as we all know what most of our users will be doing on the internet.
Eugh, that's going to make my job a PR nightmare. Now our transportation system is going to have up to ten times more vehicles on it than before. Normally we'd just expand, but there will be up to ten times as many obstacles. I didn't want it to come to this, but now we're going to need to demolish entire planets to make room for the new Interstellar Bypass.
I mainly quit WoW because I wasn't getting my $15 a month out of the game. I was only able to play in between college classes and homework, and it really wasn't enough hours for me to justify the $ / month. The grind didn't help either - the "get to level 60" pressure was on, since I had a few friends who had 4 level 60 characters apiece. They kept telling me about all the cool end-game stuff and I kept thinking "God, I want to do that..." but I never had enough time to level my way there.
In the end I moved (back) to Guild Wars. Maximum level of 20, and as long as you play Factions or Nightfall, you don't have to wait 30 gameplay hours until you hit that level 20 cap. From level 20, the world opens up, with elite instances, intense PvP matches, and the newly enabled Hard Mode. With the Eye of the North expansion coming out end-of-the-month, the max-level content is going to expand immensely.
I've found Guild Wars to be an excellent casual gamer MMO. It's not nearly as detailed in character design as WoW is, and there aren't as many combos, but the graphics are great and it doesn't require hours and hours of gameplay to do the elite stuff.
This is the first time it's been compiled into an automated tool. Note that this tool doesn't apply to just GMail, but any web service that uses a cookie, when the user is on an unencrypted wireless network.
Also, logging in via SSL doesn't always work either - if the traffic is sniffed as the browser is sending the SSL requests, one could sniff the SSL key and just use that to get in.
Our company has decided to order a PC with Vista only for software testing purposes; we figure one of our customers is going to run our software on Vista one of these days, so we might as well be prepared for them. That being said, we won't be deploying Vista for our own internal use for quite some time. My box still runs on Windows 2000.
Sony Execs: "See - the PS3 does have exclusives! I mean, those Rockstar guys promised us a new game sometime in the future. We just don't know what it's called yet. Or what it's about. Or when it will be finished. But we'll be damned if it's not exclusive!"
Quite frankly, a large majority of what we understand in face-to-face conversation comes from body language. A smaller section are the vocal cues and intonations we pick up on. The smallest part of what we understand in a conversation is the actual words. Since e-mail is only words, and completely lacks the body language/intonation cues we're used to in real life, can you really blame someone for trying to add some of those cues back in?
Apparently yes. I, for one, welcome our "naïve tweens on AOL Instant Messenger finding out after-school soccer practice is canceled" overlords.
Does this mean that my old pog container from Hardee's, shaped in the form of a Saturn V rocket (thanks to the Apollo 13 movie marketing scheme), is at risk?
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That post preview button is way too small. Maybe CmdrTaco should resize it 1024x768. :P
Ah, frick, I missed a set of <:br /< tags. :(
Pfft. That 12-Step Retention Plan sucks. Here's a better one:
/> Problem solved.
1. Change Firefox icon label to closer resemble action of getting to web. No longer shall the icon on the desktop be called "Mozilla Firefox", but instead, "U CAN HAZ INTRN3T".
2. Force the Firefox icon to easier to find location. <img src="firefox.png" alt="U CAN HAZ INTRN3T" height="768" width="1024"
3. Alter the default browser settings path for better user choice. Embed an audio file of Arnold Schwarzenegger saying, "Use Firefox! Use it now!" into the IE startup path.
4. Major outbound brand marketing program driving brand recognition and differentiation. A full page NY Times ad with the "Walkthrough Cat", its text changed to "GIT UR INTERN3T ON".
5. Improve download page and first run pages. Download page must be similar to NY Times ad, so the imbeciles we're trying to reach can actually remember wtf they're downloading. The first run page must have "HAI! U GOT INTRN3T!!" in large letters, preferably with blink tags and links to pron.
6. Launch support.mozilla.com SUMO If Firefox sees another bloated browser installed on the computer, it will challenge it to a wrestling match, the winner becoming the new default browser. A small side-effect may be a userbase increase in the Asian market.
7. Make common plug-ins work out of the box. The MegaRotic Toolbar will now be part of the initial install, as will an RSS feed of Digg.com.
8. Make add-ons and personas more accessible. The Mozilla Store will now ship free wizard hats and robes with every Firefox download.
9. Make the web feel more human. Male users will find their browser displaying all text in capital letters approximately once every twenty-eight days. Female users will find their browser doesn't remember their user preferences or date of birth form fields.
10. Improve messaging through communication channels. We will also improve messaging through non-communication channels. Yes, our code monkeys are that good. 11. Stickier start page. If you left-click anywhere on the new start page, it will take three right-clicks to get your cursor to move again.
12. Change Firefox icon image to closer resemble action of getting to web. In keeping with steps 1 and 7, the new icon will show Ceiling Cat, as we all know what most of our users will be doing on the internet.
As long as they don't try to land on Europa, I think we'll be all right.
Get your copy of Steve Ballmer today, and we'll throw in this free turtleneck! Chairs are limited, so order now!
Eugh, that's going to make my job a PR nightmare. Now our transportation system is going to have up to ten times more vehicles on it than before. Normally we'd just expand, but there will be up to ten times as many obstacles. I didn't want it to come to this, but now we're going to need to demolish entire planets to make room for the new Interstellar Bypass.
I mainly quit WoW because I wasn't getting my $15 a month out of the game. I was only able to play in between college classes and homework, and it really wasn't enough hours for me to justify the $ / month. The grind didn't help either - the "get to level 60" pressure was on, since I had a few friends who had 4 level 60 characters apiece. They kept telling me about all the cool end-game stuff and I kept thinking "God, I want to do that..." but I never had enough time to level my way there.
In the end I moved (back) to Guild Wars. Maximum level of 20, and as long as you play Factions or Nightfall, you don't have to wait 30 gameplay hours until you hit that level 20 cap. From level 20, the world opens up, with elite instances, intense PvP matches, and the newly enabled Hard Mode. With the Eye of the North expansion coming out end-of-the-month, the max-level content is going to expand immensely.
I've found Guild Wars to be an excellent casual gamer MMO. It's not nearly as detailed in character design as WoW is, and there aren't as many combos, but the graphics are great and it doesn't require hours and hours of gameplay to do the elite stuff.
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But the distro only contains free and open-source pirates. We can't have any of this proprietary pirate bull crap.
This is the first time it's been compiled into an automated tool. Note that this tool doesn't apply to just GMail, but any web service that uses a cookie, when the user is on an unencrypted wireless network.
Also, logging in via SSL doesn't always work either - if the traffic is sniffed as the browser is sending the SSL requests, one could sniff the SSL key and just use that to get in.
Kvetch... didn't I save that town in Oblivion?
Get one - it's worth it.
Sure, but that doesn't solve the decentralized requirement posted in the parent.
LOL. I'm so making that my guild's MOTD when I get home tonight.
The real question here is, "Is the US Military the Alliance or the Horde?"
Linus has already explained why he doesn't like the idea of a pluggable scheduler system. See http://kerneltrap.org/node/14019
Our company has decided to order a PC with Vista only for software testing purposes; we figure one of our customers is going to run our software on Vista one of these days, so we might as well be prepared for them. That being said, we won't be deploying Vista for our own internal use for quite some time. My box still runs on Windows 2000.
The Shocking Results Are In!
Sony Execs: "See - the PS3 does have exclusives! I mean, those Rockstar guys promised us a new game sometime in the future. We just don't know what it's called yet. Or what it's about. Or when it will be finished. But we'll be damned if it's not exclusive!"
Quite frankly, a large majority of what we understand in face-to-face conversation comes from body language. A smaller section are the vocal cues and intonations we pick up on. The smallest part of what we understand in a conversation is the actual words. Since e-mail is only words, and completely lacks the body language/intonation cues we're used to in real life, can you really blame someone for trying to add some of those cues back in?
Apparently yes. I, for one, welcome our "naïve tweens on AOL Instant Messenger finding out after-school soccer practice is canceled" overlords.
Does this mean that my old pog container from Hardee's, shaped in the form of a Saturn V rocket (thanks to the Apollo 13 movie marketing scheme), is at risk?
I'm still holding out for Custodian Willie to get tapped for the role.