Comment MIT's failure to intervene (Score 0, Flamebait) 199
Was a failure to stop what happened, no doubt about that.
Was a failure to stop what happened, no doubt about that.
No need to move to a proprietary hosting service like Github.
I wrote about this previously: http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/savannah
Twilio. Facebook Connect. Twitter @Anywhere. OAuth. OpenID. I wasn't posting that, but it is kinda obvious what some better ideas are.
So on a business site, you would require a user to log in with an account from another site/system before they could contact you to show interest, request a quote, etc.?
I understand for web forums, etc, but my issue is contact forms on business sites. Most users don't want to share their facebook or twitter accounts and haven't heard of most of the other options.
I did see another post about combining the hidden form element technique with a short submission timer that looked interesting though.
Not if you employed other technical measures. Search around a bit and you'll find captchas are unnecessary.
In all sincerity, can you post some links? I'll even take an insulting "lmgtfy" that end up with some good results.
I hate captchas, but all the other methods I have seen and tried (hidden form elements, javascript checks, etc.) all break down in one place or another.
They've done dozens of events at Apple Stores, including the huge Apple store about 100 metres from this Microsoft store.
"free enough to be distributed with the Linux kernel sources"
the firmware files are typically under a license that prohibits modification and even redistribution.
> A desktop os needs a browser (Firefox), text editor (vim), office suite (OpenOffice), PDF reader (evince), window manager (kde), etc
Browser: GNU Icecat, text editor: emacs, office suite: GNOME Office, PDF reader: GNU PDF, window manager: GNOME.
I found its actually hard to get a machine that's decent these days, unless you're prepared to put up with a bit of crap.
The solution is to build your own custom laptop -- http://www.avadirect.com/gaming-laptop-configurator.asp?PRID=25095
If you go for the "VISIONTEK Killer" wireless card, it has an Atheros chipset, so you can distro-hop to your hearts content. They also ship it with no OS if you like.
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