well, ok but
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| tuxchick2 Jul 05, 2006 10:39 AM EDT |
It's nice to see articles like this, though I'm sure we're all going "how TF much pain does it take??" I like the bit about not wanting Opera because it has ad banners in the free version. This from someone who pays for anti-virus software. Better an expensive band-aid than a free healthy app, I guess. And the article is from 2004- they couldn't take ten minutes to update it before re-publishing it? Fave quote: "Each browser application has different installation instructions, and it's recommended that readers review them BEFORE installation." |
| gryphen Jul 05, 2006 2:51 PM EDT |
Uh.... helloooo! Opera has been banner-free for quite sometime now. Obviously both the author of the article and many others are unaware of this. I do think however, that if he's writing for the Tampa Bay Newspapers Tech Corner that it's pretty poor journalism if he's not 'up-to-date' on this fact. http://www.opera.com/ check the facts |
| jimf Jul 05, 2006 2:59 PM EDT |
Note at the bottom of the page reads: "Note: This article was published in July 2004. According to Opera users who sent me e-mails, Opera removed the banner advertisements from its browser in 2005. Thank you to all those who like the Opera browser and took the time to e-mail me about the change." |
| helios Jul 05, 2006 3:33 PM EDT |
OK, honest-to-gosh headline in a blurb article in the Austin American Statesman via the "tech monday" section. Oh, Tech Monday? In what many call the second Silicon Valley...Austin Texas; AMD, Samsung, Dell, Prologis, IBM, (For miles, ALL you see is IBM buildings and campi.), Applied Materials, Intel, Win4Lin, Codeweavers, Sun, WindRiver, etc...all the Austin American Statesman can see themselves clear to publish is a silly little 4 page insert about Austin Technological news once a week, Usually they alternate Brown Nose Notes between Apple and Dell. About half of that is ads. Get the picture? I am left to wonder if the AAS has indoor plumbing. Anyway, here is the first headline that screamed at me from the filler bar on the left side of the insert: "Preliminary research indicates new computers rarely break down in the first 12 months." Oh, oh, ... Let me be a cutting-edge, eagle-eyed, cynical-yet-softhearted, cigar-chewing, whiskey-drinking journalist too!!! "I can do this, honest Mr. Jameson..I just need a chance. Here, watch what I can do." "Independent reports confirm the moon rises at different times of the day during the month cycle." "Most door knobs will open a door whether turned to the left or the right." "Multiple studies show that rubbing wet hands vigorously with a soft, porous towel will result in the hands eventually becoming dry." "Allowing journalist interns to finalize a third draft copy will result in relentless ridicule." Cheeze whiz on a friggin cracker, Ernest Frappin' Hemmingway I ain't, I've insured hundreds of thousands of readars of that. It is true that most all written communication is simply a recant of something that's already happened, but going back through my articles and blogs, I fail to see where I've subjected anyone to "OK, everyone get comfortable, actually "watching" the paint dry is not necessary to the process but there are times..." h |
| grouch Jul 05, 2006 6:38 PM EDT |
helios: There are times when one must stir oneself simply because there is absolutely no reasonable expectation that any more of the paint will peel. |
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