I'm scared by Windows Vista. How long before they're going to take my XP away?
Jayne: Yeah, that was some pretty risky sittin' you did there. Wash: That's right, of course, 'cause they wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded, I'm just the pilot. I can always say I was flying the ship by accident.
'Serenity'
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§ ita § - Feb 20, 2006 6:56:52 am PST #7146 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
esse - Feb 20, 2006 7:17:45 am PST #7147 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Dude, if it comes to that and the security chip thing, I'm switching to linux and not looking back.
tommyrot - Feb 20, 2006 7:19:00 am PST #7148 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.
Didn't MS only recently abandon support of NT 4.0?
§ ita § - Feb 20, 2006 7:25:22 am PST #7149 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Didn't MS only recently abandon support of NT 4.0?
I'm not as concerned with abandoning of support, but more of what OS I can put on my next computer. And the rate at which applications might move away.
I was happy once I got started on W2K. Happy enough that knowing my next machine would have XP bothered me. But I made peace with that, although I still long for the days of yore.
Vista brings back my XP apprehension, times a brazilian.
Sean K - Feb 20, 2006 9:16:13 am PST #7150 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Well, just that short listing of the Vista line has increased the likelihood that my next computer will be a Mac.
tommyrot - Feb 20, 2006 9:39:22 am PST #7151 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.
Oh, a while back someone posted that Vista will not run on 50% of the PCs out there. I think that 50% figure refers to computers capable of running the Aero graphic thingie, and that you can run Vista just fine without Aero. (Aero requires a certain level of graphics card functionality.)
eta: I don't know much about Aero, but I think it's just translucent window crap, and other eye-candy, sorta' like OS X has had for a while
§ ita § - Feb 20, 2006 4:53:20 pm PST #7152 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gah. Suddenly my power supply for my Powerbook isn't making the lighty light. I can't tell if it's because it's not seated right or what. Pisser.
evil jimi - Feb 20, 2006 6:34:45 pm PST #7153 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
::wants to quip about ita and a brazilian but fears the Wrath of She, so remains quiet::
Tom Scola - Feb 21, 2006 4:42:09 am PST #7154 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
New Vulnerability found in Apple Safari Browser.
Unlike the "worm" that appeared last week, this vulnerability is quite serious, and I would strongly urge everyone using Safari to disable the "Open 'safe' files after downloading" option like the article describes.
tommyrot - Feb 21, 2006 5:05:22 am PST #7155 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.
On a web page, if you have a SELECT control that's been set to disabled, does it still respond to color settings in a style sheet? I mean, the actual font - I can still change the background color.
eta: I'm only concerned about IE 6.
eta²: OK, it appears that when a SELECT control is disabled, the font is gray and there's nothing you can do about it. For example:
<SELECT id="Select1" style="WIDTH: 191px; COLOR: red" name="Select1" disabled>
the red doesn't work. But if you take the 'disabled' away, it does.