Comment Re:Opera is free-as-in-beer, BTW (Score 1) 277
The tabs at the top is one of the things I just couldn't get used to in Firefox. There were some other issues with tab behaviour but I can't remember what it was now.
Comment Re:Opera is free-as-in-beer, BTW (Score 5, Insightful) 277
Opera has only been ad free since 2005. Back when it had ads it was definately worth the $30 or whatever for the full version. Just look at the competition (or lack thereof) it had during those years. I started using it back in the v5 days and refuse to give it up.
There is one thing that bugs me about this article though. They say Firefox is more customizable. The main reason I couldn't get used to Firefox (this was back in v1&2, dunno about 3) was because I couldn't customize the UI to look like what I was accustomed to without using poor quality addons. As far as I can tell Opera has always been more customizable "out of the box" than Firefox.
There is one thing that bugs me about this article though. They say Firefox is more customizable. The main reason I couldn't get used to Firefox (this was back in v1&2, dunno about 3) was because I couldn't customize the UI to look like what I was accustomed to without using poor quality addons. As far as I can tell Opera has always been more customizable "out of the box" than Firefox.
Comment Re:Too bad "being an asshole" is not a crime (Score 4, Insightful) 498
The things you mention (customers, schematics, etc) are a lot different than a password. If the company has any clue what the're doing then that small, trivial password becomes completely useless immediately after he is fired. I can't remember if it was the root passwords he refused to give up or his own account's password. If it was his own there is no reason for the company to need them. If it was the root passwords why was he the only one with them? One person should not hold all the root passwords for the company's equipment and I'm pretty sure he had a boss that should have made arrangements in case Terry suddenly died.
Comment Re:What driver issues? (Score 1) 466
I recently got the wife a 900HA which has the Atheros wireless card. I tried eeeBuntu and Easy Peasy and was able to connect to the wireless. I know there were some scripts that came on one of them (Easy Peasy?) to fix hardware issues and I may have ran these before trying the wireless.
Comment Re:stop and go (Score 1) 519
Get your head out of your ass. The Volt and Prius do just as well if not better than a standard car in a situation like you described. Either you have the gas or you don't just like in a non-hybrid. If you only put enough gas in your tank to make it through a couple days or wait untill it's empty to fill it back up you're in just as bad of a situation as a Volt owner who only has a 1/4 tank or less.
Besides, do you really think that Volt and Prius drivers only have one car?
Besides, do you really think that Volt and Prius drivers only have one car?
Submission + - The Cuban Memory Stick Underground 2
circletimessquare writes: "The New York Times describes how hard it is in Cuba to get news that is not censored. Apparently students have taken to passing media around on memory sticks, as this is the only way they can get around state-controlled media. Also driving this phenomenon is the fact that there are so few places to get on the Internet: in Havana there is only one Internet cafe, down from three a few years ago. Ricardo, a 28 year old philosophy student, gets the memory sticks from European friends, since they are scarce to find in Cuba through normal channels. 'Like many young Cubans, Ricardo plays a game of cat and mouse with the authorities. He doubts that the government will ever let ordinary citizens have access to the Internet in their homes. "That's far too dangerous," he said. "Daddy State doesn't want you to get informed, so it preventively keeps you from surfing."'"
Nigerian Spammers Up the Ante 7
It seems the Nigerian spammers have learned you can't always kill them with kindness. Now they just threaten to kill you. A woman in St. Louis received a mail that said, in part, "Am very sorry for you my friend, is a pity that this is how your life is going to end as soon as you don't comply. ... I don't have any business with you, my duty as I am mailing you now is just to KILL/ASSASINATE you and I have to do it as I have already been paid for that. Get back to me now if you are ready to pay some fees to spare your life, If you are not ready for my help, then I will carry on with my job straight-up."
Submission + - Digital movies cost 429 times more to store (computerworld.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Fewer than half of all movies made prior to 1950 are around today due to film degradation issues. But, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the lifespan for digitally-recorded films could be even worse as storage for it costs $12,510 per year, compared with $1,059 for celluloid, and storing the outtakes and voice recordings cost up to 429 times more to store per year — $208,500 per year for digital materials vs. $486 for film. On top of that, motion pictures being recorded digitally today and not on celluloid film may not survive over time because of backward compatibility issues and digital degradation.
Submission + - Netflix announces Blu-Ray exclusivity (businessweek.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Netflix has announced its intention to go Blu-ray only. The company decided to make the move because it believes "it is likely that the Sony format will prevail."
"From the Netflix perspective, focusing on one format will enable us to create the best experience for subscribers," the company said, adding that not many customers order high-def DVDs
Sarah Silverman's Matt Damon Video *NSFW*
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samzenpus writes "I find Sarah to be a hit-or-miss comic, often a miss but this pretty funny. It may not be the easiest way to break the news but at least there is no room for ambiguity. The best part has to be that Damon did it."
