My first thought was that the crazy red blob was giving the first kid a vasectomy.
Kemp
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RE: Bad choice of font
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RE: No security at all
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RE: Another microsoft mishap?
If I may give the most likely answer: the various teams at MS largely operate independently, thus why (for instance) the Office and MSN teams consistently ignore the UI guidelines put out by whatever team handles UI stuff (the shell team? not sure). Also, I'm sure that it doesn't make sense (and would be a huge task to enforce) to make every team stay on top of every new technology put out by MS as a whole. How would you feel if you had just finished putting together your awesome new flash video player and then Silverlight got official release and you had to redevelop the whole thing again?
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RE: The Email Migration
@cconroy said:
Is it common these days to run Exchange servers at a university? What happened to good old Unix email?
My Uni ran Exchange, and has recently migrated to the Windows Live something or other that they host in the magical cloud. They're migrating students slowly and I haven't been reached yet. Hopefully this means that they planned ahead and realised that if they hit problems then they want it to be for as few students as possible. I just set up a dedicated gmail account to retrieve my email anyway.
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RE: Google
The most annoying thing about the custom Firefox homepage is that they removed the language tools link. AFAICT that's the only change (I do see the gmail link). Unfortunately it's the only link I use. The first thing I do is change the homepage to the default google one.
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RE: WTF, Linux contractor loses contract for using Linux.
My bank example probably wasn't the best option as I can see how there might be a whole world of CYA there. I've seen it happen on much less important or secure sites though. desperately trying not to mention webct/blackboard/whatever abomination it is now
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RE: WTF, Linux contractor loses contract for using Linux.
The thing I hate the most is when they do a browser check and refuse to let you see the page at all if you don't match exactly what they want. My bank does this (they support FF but only up to 3.0, 3.5 is not supported and has no chance of working according to them). If I spoof my user agent then I see that actually it does work, flawlessly. Same with some sites that claim only IE compatibility and don't let you even try the others. I don't mind if they give you a quick warning that "this page may not render correctly in your browser", but actually denying you access to the page is just plain retarded. In these cases again, the majority of the time the page works fine in other browsers once you spoof your user agent.
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RE: 17-year-old Dead after Tweeting in the Bathtub
Must be caught in some kind of time distortion, I could have sworn it was first page.
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RE: 17-year-old Dead after Tweeting in the Bathtub
@Helix said:
@drachenstern said:
...... I've not seen many recent computers drawing less than 70A/PC.
70 Amps per PC !!!!!!!
I guess you have not used a computer since ENIAC
hahaha ROFL
Lol, yeah, I'd hate to see his electricity bill running a 16.8kW computer. Or a lab of them.
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RE: Really, facebook?
I get ths as well sometimes using Firefox 3.5. Not cosistently, which is the even more worrying part as it means their detection isn't quite deterministic. I don't spoof my agent there.
A more annoying thing is sites which specifically block access unless you're on the approved list (which they don't keep up to date). My banking site won't let me log in at all unless I spoof an older version of Firefox (3.1 in that case).