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On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:53:46 -0500, " *JimH*" wrote:


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On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 14:58:11 -0600, Q
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On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:11:49 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
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It does not - it never has. Take a image from my site - any one of
them - http://www.swsports.org/images and look at it in Firefox.
Then
bring up that same image in Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro - you will
see
the difference. IE handles CSS well - Firefox, Opera and others
don't. Otherwise, why would you have to embed data via Photoshop
and
PSP to make it display properly on Firefox or Opera?

You got it backwards.

http://www.positioniseverything.net/

Well, I've already admitted that I'm wrong, I'm here in front of God
and everybody that I'm wrong.

Ok? I AM WRONG!!!!

Firefox still sucks. :)

Wrong again Tom.

Twice in one night?

Hey - I'm man enough to admit it.

Something a lot of people around here could practice on occasion I
might add. :)

Later,

Tom



I do not use Firefox. I use IE as that is the standard. As to Firefox
and Unix / derivatives there will always be bugs in them.

Sorry can't sit by & let the best thing siunce sliced bread get done over
without at least trying to help you. MS is the worlds originators of
"bugs" & they sell the stuff for big bucks full of them:-)



For years Unix was
written mostly as senior thesis add-on. The Core was AT&T but all the
drivers etc. were add-on. They did not handle error conditions worth
crap! I remember Unix creating thousands of pages of error logs because
they could not handle a disk drive getting off track. This is a sign
that the whole operating system had lots of holes. Admitted error
conditions are the hardest thing to test, but if you need a senior
thesis, and the software works for your thesis advisor, you going to go
further?

So I guess all the really critical big systems are wrong then?? the govt
departments, USPTO?? etc etc ??? Unix when compared to toy systems like
MS is rock solid, you need to actually find out before you play lets
pretend around here.


Same thing will be
with Firefox and the Linux operating system. The holes may get patched
faster,

The "holes" as you say do get fixed & you don't need to wait & then pay
for a fix to an MS product that was marketed in a defective state.

but if you think it is immune to virus infection, we have a bridge
to sell you, or some money in Nigeria to transfer to you.

I never said there was no virus for linux but any that do come along (&
they do from time to time) are quickly & publicly dealt with by the
myriad users & groups & forums around the world & the system just gets
more secure & more solid. Compare that with how MS handle the reason
their product is so virus ridden, they blame others for not spending
enough money on security. Indeed there's a complete industry bleeding
even more money from you simpletons, selling you fixes for the defective
MS operating system. As I pointed out to sad Tommy you're all about to be
taken to the cleaners yet again but this time you'll be locked in well &
truely & probably given more troubles than you have with XP.

Virus's are
written for the 90% of the world using the same operating system. Why
write for the minority?
Or why write for those that can access exactly how their software works
via the source code & can fix a virus in no time flat, all the while
learning more of their own system.

Nope sorry I have to say don't be a cry baby & give it a try, yes being
dumbed down by MS for so long you'll have a few oopses on the carpet but
once you get into the swing of it you'll learn what your machine can
really be made to do & you'll have access to more software than you can
imagine, gee you might even contribute some yourself.

Come on be like big bad E-Tec dealer lacky Tommy & admit you're just
scared of finding out.


K


So go with Unix and it's varients. Lots of IT people go for the Unix
variations because that is what they learned on in school. And why did
they learn in UNIX? Because it was cheap to schools. AT&T sent a tape of
the UNIX OS to a school for like $125 (or less) media copying charge. DEC
charged $25k for an OS system when most of the universities were using DEC
hardware. And for a limitied job enviroment, UNIX can be configured to be
quick and safe. And a server is a limited job. You do not have 20-100
different programs running or to be ran. As to Word Perfect, was the best
word precessing program for years, and still has the best dictionary. But
the company screwed the pooch big time. I have a friend who at the time
Bill Gates was running around with prototype copies of Windows was the
General Manager of Word Perfect and told the CEO / Chairman that they need
to look at writing for Windows. and the CEO said no. And to those who say
Word is bloated, when Word Perfect 6.0 came out it was about 28 Mbytes of
bloat. Even in WP's prime time, why did they not use the Function keys?
Somebody may replace MS in a future time, but it is a distant future. And
if you complain about the cost, think back to when OS cost a whole lot
more than a boat buck.


I seem to recall paying close to $250-300 for WordPerfect 5.1, in 1988.