lol...okay okay, I digress. Yeah, I've had issues with FF being a memory slut before. It seems to me to be tied in with some of the extensions that I've used. Wish I could figure it out, really. Regardless, I still can't bring myself to use IE.
Here here! I downloaded one of the versions of IE that used tabbed browsing and had all the new "toys". It's big, clunky and makes my screen flash every time that I open a new tab. Quite simply said, it's just not as clean and polished as Firefox.
If MS really wants to do end-users a favor, then they'd stop "forcing" crap down their throat via MS Update. It's irritating at best, and monumentally damaging at worst.
As stated in a comment on the above reply, don't let the fact that the details are out be your concrete evidence. It's the Government, and as such, you can expect people to be framed at any given chance if they're standing in the way of what is "best".
Which seems, sadly, to be the method of operation for so many. We're a fear culture, and motivated as such.
It's sad, but it's true. Nobody wants to believe the basic facts.
Java itself doesn't break the model, it's the choices that the consumer has that break it. Though most of us slashdotters clearly understand how to install and update a Java runtime, etc, we're still the minority.
The problems with Java (and other like platforms) lie in the implementation OF these platforms. While Microsoft, Sun and all other concerned parties have their proverbial pissing contests, the end user in a lot of cases still continues to take the fall.
But of course, fixing the platform will fix the problem, right? Of course not...and it's foolish to think so.
Sadly, a lot of smaller, start-up sites (with their eyes on a much larger goal) do base their business models (for advertising, in particular) on page rankings.
I'm working with a company right now who just changed their entire focus of how they present their advertising models. For the past couple of years, they were selling based off of their Alexa rankings, only to find that these rankings (when compared to a separate-run stats program) rarely had any accuracies.
It's a very -easy- answer for these sites to look at an Alexa or Google PR, and thereby say that space on their site is worth a premium (or in some cases NOT worth) price. But until such a time comes when there are truly accurate stats and rankings (which most likely will never be, considering how easy it is to fudge stats), this model for business and advertising is foolish and self-defeating.
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I agree wholeheartedly that it's production technology. I would love to believe that it can only result in bringing down prices. These are, of course, simple economic principles.
The skeptic in me sees so many promising developments that get pushed to the wayside. There are so many treatments and production changes that could have amazing impact, but they aren't fiscally responsible for the marketing companies, so they sit on a back burner until such a time comes as they are.
As a nurse, with a specialization in diabetic care, I am always chomping at the bit for new technology with diabetes. It is sad that so many cases go untreated, ending in loss of limbs, eyesight and so much more. In the end, taxpayers get hit with the brunt of the bill, because the majority of those who do not treat their diabetes neglect to do so out of financial inability.
For there to be a light at the end of this proverbial tunnel is amazing news. Let's hope that this continues to be researched, tried and brought to the general population with as little convolusion from outside sources as possible.
Sadly, medicine is still business first and foremost. Some drug company will make a mint from this. Let's hope that someone somewhere has a conscience that won't allow them to make this treatment as financially restrictive as most everything else is.
We keep asking the same questions over and over about the RIAA. The facts remain - their adgenda is to make as much money as possible, and to stretch the definition of their areas of jurisdiction to do so. It's obvious to all of us on the outside that the RIAA, MPAA and the like all need a revamp of their business models, but you can akin their behavior to intolerance, racism and the like.
Now before I get the flaming trolls being shot from catapults, let me explain - Every generation, we see improvements in how we as people behave toward each other. That's because (hopefully) we're learning more with each passing day. But this is a time process. It takes considerable time for a social weeding of anything to happen.
Likewise, it will be a time process with the **AA groups, because they're still being led and influenced by the same groups who thought up these now-antiquated ideals. Young blood and new ideas are still shunned, because enough time has not passed for there to be no other option than change. Given time, things have to change. It is a simple rule that all of us potential consumers understand.
The one saving grace (and comforting thought) is this - They are not free-thinking, sentient beings, the **AA groups are businesses. As such, they are subject to failure, bankruptcy and other downfalls that are realities to all businesses. If their models and ideas do not change, they will sue themselves out of existence.
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lol...okay okay, I digress. Yeah, I've had issues with FF being a memory slut before. It seems to me to be tied in with some of the extensions that I've used. Wish I could figure it out, really. Regardless, I still can't bring myself to use IE.
Here here! I downloaded one of the versions of IE that used tabbed browsing and had all the new "toys". It's big, clunky and makes my screen flash every time that I open a new tab. Quite simply said, it's just not as clean and polished as Firefox.
If MS really wants to do end-users a favor, then they'd stop "forcing" crap down their throat via MS Update. It's irritating at best, and monumentally damaging at worst.
Am I the only one who notices the similarities of government adgenda and Scientology? "What are YOUR sins, Rambam?"
As stated in a comment on the above reply, don't let the fact that the details are out be your concrete evidence. It's the Government, and as such, you can expect people to be framed at any given chance if they're standing in the way of what is "best".
Which seems, sadly, to be the method of operation for so many. We're a fear culture, and motivated as such. It's sad, but it's true. Nobody wants to believe the basic facts.
Java itself doesn't break the model, it's the choices that the consumer has that break it. Though most of us slashdotters clearly understand how to install and update a Java runtime, etc, we're still the minority.
The problems with Java (and other like platforms) lie in the implementation OF these platforms. While Microsoft, Sun and all other concerned parties have their proverbial pissing contests, the end user in a lot of cases still continues to take the fall.
But of course, fixing the platform will fix the problem, right? Of course not...and it's foolish to think so.
Sadly, a lot of smaller, start-up sites (with their eyes on a much larger goal) do base their business models (for advertising, in particular) on page rankings.
I'm working with a company right now who just changed their entire focus of how they present their advertising models. For the past couple of years, they were selling based off of their Alexa rankings, only to find that these rankings (when compared to a separate-run stats program) rarely had any accuracies.
It's a very -easy- answer for these sites to look at an Alexa or Google PR, and thereby say that space on their site is worth a premium (or in some cases NOT worth) price. But until such a time comes when there are truly accurate stats and rankings (which most likely will never be, considering how easy it is to fudge stats), this model for business and advertising is foolish and self-defeating.
I agree wholeheartedly that it's production technology. I would love to believe that it can only result in bringing down prices. These are, of course, simple economic principles.
The skeptic in me sees so many promising developments that get pushed to the wayside. There are so many treatments and production changes that could have amazing impact, but they aren't fiscally responsible for the marketing companies, so they sit on a back burner until such a time comes as they are.
As a nurse, with a specialization in diabetic care, I am always chomping at the bit for new technology with diabetes. It is sad that so many cases go untreated, ending in loss of limbs, eyesight and so much more. In the end, taxpayers get hit with the brunt of the bill, because the majority of those who do not treat their diabetes neglect to do so out of financial inability.
For there to be a light at the end of this proverbial tunnel is amazing news. Let's hope that this continues to be researched, tried and brought to the general population with as little convolusion from outside sources as possible.
Sadly, medicine is still business first and foremost. Some drug company will make a mint from this. Let's hope that someone somewhere has a conscience that won't allow them to make this treatment as financially restrictive as most everything else is.
We keep asking the same questions over and over about the RIAA. The facts remain - their adgenda is to make as much money as possible, and to stretch the definition of their areas of jurisdiction to do so. It's obvious to all of us on the outside that the RIAA, MPAA and the like all need a revamp of their business models, but you can akin their behavior to intolerance, racism and the like. Now before I get the flaming trolls being shot from catapults, let me explain - Every generation, we see improvements in how we as people behave toward each other. That's because (hopefully) we're learning more with each passing day. But this is a time process. It takes considerable time for a social weeding of anything to happen. Likewise, it will be a time process with the **AA groups, because they're still being led and influenced by the same groups who thought up these now-antiquated ideals. Young blood and new ideas are still shunned, because enough time has not passed for there to be no other option than change. Given time, things have to change. It is a simple rule that all of us potential consumers understand. The one saving grace (and comforting thought) is this - They are not free-thinking, sentient beings, the **AA groups are businesses. As such, they are subject to failure, bankruptcy and other downfalls that are realities to all businesses. If their models and ideas do not change, they will sue themselves out of existence.