Well, just that short listing of the Vista line has increased the likelihood that my next computer will be a Mac.
We knocked 'em deader!
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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
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.
dcp - Feb 21, 2006 9:42:24 am PST #7156 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I've been using ZoneAlarm, haven't had any problems.
I was wrong. I just updated my copy of ZoneAlarm and was reminded that I have to disable one of it's parts ("TrueVector" -- vsmon.exe) in Startup or else I have trouble with network connections, disk scan, and disk defragmenter.
§ ita § - Feb 21, 2006 12:12:31 pm PST #7157 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
le nubian - Feb 22, 2006 2:07:34 am PST #7158 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Tom Scola - Feb 22, 2006 2:22:37 am PST #7159 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Dvorak is an asshat. He regularly writes idiotic and highly speculative screeds that invariably turn out to be wrong, but increase his hit count in the short term.