Microsoft's stranglehold on the browser market continues to loosen...
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§ ita § - Nov 24, 2004 4:30:16 am PST #112 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
le nubian - Nov 24, 2004 4:33:53 am PST #113 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
About time with their piece of shit, security-compromised software.
§ ita § - Nov 24, 2004 4:34:28 am PST #114 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I need to try Firefox, to see why it's making a dent, and Opera never really did.
tommyrot - Nov 24, 2004 4:37:13 am PST #115 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It's because Opera doesn't have some cute mascot like a fox or a giant lizard.
le nubian - Nov 24, 2004 4:39:31 am PST #116 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita, I really like Firefox a whole lot. I installed it on everything. Even my office computer and I made the tech support people come in and install the software. The integration of various search engines ALONE is cool ass shit.
The find feature absolutely rocked my wurld!
flea - Nov 24, 2004 4:43:29 am PST #117 of 10003
information libertarian
mr. flea was on the phone with our DSL tech support last night for an hour and got no love. We seek a solution, or even plain insight, into the following problem:
We have DSL. It works fine, except our upload and dowload speeds are about 1/10 those promised by the company. Upload speed is 17Kbps; download more like 160Kbps. These speeds are consisten for things like - downloading iTunes, uploading photos to Ofoto, moving documents to and from mr. flea's work computer. Thing is, when the DSL tech support had mr. flea do their special speed tests last night, he got great speeds. On their special speed test sites. He still got crap speeds on the stuff he actually uses.
Secondarily, can people who have Wifi tell if you are stealing it? Because we could just steal it from the frat boys next year and save $30 a month.
Wolfram - Nov 24, 2004 4:49:11 am PST #118 of 10003
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So I'm going to install a new motherboard at the weekend. Any hints or tips? Any hidden pitfalls to watch out for?
Make sure the screws aren't touching the case. Use those screw thingies that lift the board off the case if you can, otherwise use the rubber circles under your screws. Make sure your MB supports your processor and RAM before installing. Be prepared that you may have to reinstall your OS to go with your new MB.
Secondarily, can people who have Wifi tell if you are stealing it? Because we could just steal it from the frat boys next year and save $30 a month.
Somebody posted an article about this over the weekend, here or in Natter. I think if the lights on their router blink madly when they're not using the internet it's a tip-off.
flea - Nov 24, 2004 5:01:38 am PST #119 of 10003
information libertarian
Thanks for that, Wolfram - it was here, and I found it. Since 7 guys live in the house, the lights on their router are probably blinking all the damn time anyway.
Down side is, they'll move out in May. But the new ones will probably have Wifi too...
tiggy - Nov 24, 2004 5:11:31 am PST #120 of 10003
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
I need to try Firefox, to see why it's making a dent, and Opera never really did.
do you like tabbed browsers? if so, i recommend Slimbrowser. i had issues with Firefox, so my IT guy told me to try SB. i love it. it doesn't do that annoying blinking thing while the pages load.
§ ita § - Nov 24, 2004 5:13:22 am PST #121 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The integration of various search engines ALONE is cool ass shit.
Opera has a fair amount of integration -- I can search from a box in the address bar, or I can type "g 'colin farrell'" instead of a URL to google him (or "i 'colin farrell'" to do an image search -- and I can add other search engines too). I can also highlight text on a page, right click, and send the highlighted text to a number of search engines. How does Firefox work.
The find feature absolutely rocked my wurld!
Please to elaborate?
do you like tabbed browsers?
Opera is a tabbed browser.