gmane.comp.mozilla.general

That Xbox One Reveal Sure Was A Disaster, Huh?

Sailfish — 2013-05-22T18:41:33

REF: 
http://kotaku.com/that-xbox-one-reveal-sure-was-a-disaster-huh-509192266

[excerpt quote=\"
Mandatory Kinect usage is also a little disturbing. The camera is 
listening out for you even when it's "off" (it's never really off), and 
while Microsoft has issued a statement saying it has "strong privacy 
protections" in place, people are still rightly concerned that a machine 
-connected to the internet and featuring a camera which is always 
listening - might be a problem.
\" /]

Regrettably, it looks like clueless, out-of-touch Microsoft has another 
FAIL! on its hands.

Re: Amazing change in viewing sites

Ron Hunter — 2013-05-22T18:35:53

It would make sense, if the data is really valuable, to put the backup 
drive in a safe deposit box at a local bank.

Are Current Web Design Trends Pushing Us Back to 1999?

Sailfish — 2013-05-22T18:28:45

REF: 
http://sixrevisions.com/web_design/are-current-web-design-trends-pushing-us-back-to-1999/

[excerpt quote=\"
It’s been understood for years now that putting a odometer-style hit 
counter on a web page is (to put it bluntly) pretty lame. No 
self-respecting web developer today would even consider doing such a 
thing, even if a client demanded it. I can tell you right now if any 
client told me to put one of those on their site, I’d kindly refuse even 
if it meant losing the client. Some things are just not worth the money.

Today, we see a similar trend: a website’s total number of Twitter 
followers and/or RSS subscribers proudly displayed in a sidebar or 
website header for all to see.

The Twitter buttons below are from Twitter Counter and are just one of 
many customizable examples of Twitter count widgets out in the wild.
\" /]

This article hits on several similarities, I especially hate sites that 
entice me with their link title to view, only to find out it that it 
requires Chrome to view.

LAME-O!

Re: How to turn off junk controls?

»Q« — 2013-05-22T13:53:21

On Tue, 21 May 2013 16:22:20 +1000
Daniel <dxmm< at >albury.nospam.net.au> wrote:


You're correct.  The server only has one copy of each message, and
cancelling a message removes that copy.

Re: 10 questions on grammar

Was Greywolf — 2013-05-22T12:47:31

[...]

Thanks for this added info.

Re: Make $30 an hour (Just don't use SM Composer)

Beauregard T. Shagnasty — 2013-05-22T12:23:28


No, I'm not saying that.  :-)  It's just a matter of interpretation.


As Ron says, I interpret 6 to be the same as 6, and 7 as "more than six." 
If I was making $105,295, I would say I'm "making more than *5* figures." 
Or more correctly, "making six figures."

I suppose we've beat this horse to death now though.   ;-)

Re: How to turn off junk controls?

Daniel — 2013-05-22T09:56:07

Or is he just trying to keep our eyes on the prize??

Re: Make $30 an hour (Just don't use SM Composer)

Ron Hunter — 2013-05-22T07:12:59

Humm.  Is 6 more than 6?  What is more than 6?  Seems to me that more 
than 6 figures would be at least 7 figures.  A 'six figure income' is 
between 100,000 and 999,999.

Re: 10 questions on grammar

Martin Edwards — 2013-05-22T05:38:07

I make that, with brown rice.  Old freaks never die.

Re: Make $30 an hour (Just don't use SM Composer)

WaltS — 2013-05-22T02:17:13

I guess I don't know how to read.

I would interpret more than six figures to be $100,000 to $999,999. If 
he reported he was making more than seven figures, then it would be over 
$1,000,000. Write?

Re: Make $30 an hour (Just don't use SM Composer)

Beauregard T. Shagnasty — 2013-05-22T02:13:32


You are correct. (as was I)

"and now, at age 25, he's earning *more than six figures*." -- which would 
be $1,000,000 or more. I think that is a dubious claim. It's most likely a 
misunderstanding by the reporter. The person *might* be earning more than 
$100,000, and if so the writer thinks more than that is "more than six 
figures."

Modern reporters don't know how to write.

Re: Make $30 an hour (Just don't use SM Composer)

Beauregard T. Shagnasty — 2013-05-21T19:30:55


You disagree with a little fun? Or pointing out the zillions of errors in 
today's electronic news reporting? When was the last time you read a news 
article that did not have at least some kind of error in it? Spelling, 
grammatical, homophobes, missing words...

Since you didn't read the article at first, why were you questioning my 
post?


Making a million dollars? Common sense, and a close familiarity with the 
industry, in which I am involved.

Re: Make $30 an hour (Just don't use SM Composer)

WaltS — 2013-05-21T18:23:30

OK. Didn't read the caption, or the other. Which you seem to have taken 
out of context, and rearranged to your liking. Not a Fox reporter are you?

So at 18 he started making around $65,000 a year.

Why can't he be making more than six figures seven years later?

Re: Leap Motion shows off Windows compatibility

Sailfish — 2013-05-21T17:59:14

My bloviated meandering follows what WaltS graced us with on 5/21/2013 
9:01 AM:
Since it only works on Windows so far, 'prolly BSOD

Re: Make $30 an hour (Just don't use SM Composer)

Beauregard T. Shagnasty — 2013-05-21T17:44:28


It is the caption under the lead photo. It does repeat the error later in 
the content as well:  "...and now, at age 25, he's earning more than six 
figures."

Re: 10 questions on grammar

GerardJan — 2013-05-21T17:01:53

I wanted to follow a course in ifriet (modern hebrew) but my daughters told me 
that that was a bad idea, for i don't even speak spanish fluently.

regards

Re: Make $30 an hour (Just don't use SM Composer)

Beauregard T. Shagnasty — 2013-05-21T16:23:29


"<person> dropped out of college and taught himself to code. He's now 
pulling in more than six figures a year." Heh, that would be *seven* 
figures, right? A million or more? $62,500 is not "more than six figures." 
I figure <pun intended> that if the author doesn't know the difference, 
the rest of the article is just as suspect.
 

Pah. When a book is published, it is already out of date. Use online 
resources instead.

Leap Motion shows off Windows compatibility

Sailfish — 2013-05-21T15:58:44

REF: 
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57585392-76/leap-motion-shows-off-windows-compatibility/

[excerpt quote=\"
With Leap and Windows, the company said in a blog post, "You'll be able 
to browse the Web and interact with your computer just by moving your 
hands and fingers in the air. With Leap Motion technology and Windows, 
you can do everything that's possible with multitouch inputs -- without 
actually touching anything. This also means that existing applications 
in Windows 7 and 8 will respond to your natural hand and finger movements."
\" /]

While innovative, highly responsive and packed with ample amounts of 
"Wow!" I don't seeing this becoming the new "mouse". One thing I 
noticed, though, is that it seems to excel what is available via 
Microsoft's kinect system, at least in terms of motion fluidity.

Re: 10 questions on grammar

Was Greywolf — 2013-05-21T13:51:17

[...]

More precisely: there are two groups of dialects, "High", which includes 
the dialects spoken in southern, central, and eastern Germany , as well 
as Austria and Switzerland; and "Low", which includes the varieties 
spoken in western and north-western Germany. "Low German" or 
"Plattdeustch" is related to Dutch, English, and Danish. High German is 
its own group of languages. With the Norse languages (Icelandic, 
Norwegian, and Swedish) they form the Germanic language family,  which 
in turn belongs with the Indo-European super-family.

BTW, Luther's translation of the Bible made his version of German, a 
Saxon dialect, the standard.

Have a good day,

Re: 10 questions on grammar

Ron Hunter — 2013-05-21T13:36:48

However you choose to say it, I like it.  At least I like the Bj's 
Brewhouse version of it. Rather spicy, which I like.

Re: Amazing change in viewing sites

Ron Hunter — 2013-05-21T07:40:08

Which is why I feel all these online/cloud backup programs are a bad 
idea.  With large capacity external HDs so cheap, why backup to the 
cloud?  Sure, it gets your data offsite, but at what cost?