May 31, 2002
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Update 6/4/02
This came up on slashdot so I had to reply to the following comment, generating further discussion. I now understand why David and others think that Opera copied Mozilla’s features, in version 6 of Opera they introduced a SDI mode that includes a window button bar, allowing you to mix and match SDI and MDI as you wish and duplicating Mozilla’s functionality. The SDI capability is something people have wanted for years, I feel the MDI within SDI is a natural extension of Opera’s previous capabilities, obviously others feel differently or don’t realize Opera has had the window bar since version 4.
Original Post:
I was browsing David Hyatt’sblog (he’s a Mozilla hacker) and noticed that he claims that “Opera only added tabs in its newest version after Mozilla had them already in its trunk builds.”
Opera introduced its ‘Window Bar’ with Opera 4, wich came out in spring of 2000. Around that time Mozilla was at M14 and the first Netscape 6 Preview was being released. Neither of those had the equivalent to Opera’s Window Bar. The first mention of Mozilla ‘tabbed browsing’ I can find is a year later, contained in this post to the Mozilla newsgroups. Implementation didn’t happen until late summer or fall of 2001, possibly being beat to it by the Multizilla project.
Of course NetCaptor had it back in ‘99, maybe even earlier…
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May 29, 2002
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by Chris
Though the Catholic Church has recieved a great deal of attention lately because of child sexual abuse issues, no religion, class or community is immune from this scourge, including Jehovah’s Witnesses. Recently this has recieved some attention, with certain individuals making various alegations to the news media. While I can’t definativly answer all the issues raised, I can adress some of them and provide some clarification from the point of view of one of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
First, the media attention. An article from CNN and a spot on Dateline are the ones I know about, AP also did a release that made its way into local papers. I haven’t seen the Dateline show so I cannot address specific comments made there. Most of the allegations seem to come from a Mr Bowen, an individual who served as an Elder (one who shepherds
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May 19, 2002
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by Chris
MacGamers Map of the Week - Though oriented towards Macs, this is a great TA resource.(Submitted by: cc - )
To: > Games > Total Annihilation
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Phoenix Worx - Client and League organized to sorta replace Boneyards.(Submitted by: cc - )
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TA Barebones Info - Great source of current game information, patches, demo recordings and more.(Submitted by: cc - )
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May 14, 2002
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Assorted stuff I wanted to save.
Of Moths and Men: Intrigue, Tragedy & the Peppered Moth. You know the famous example of the light colored moth that turned darker to match the trees covered in soot so that the moth wouldn’t be seen and eaten by birds? Turns out that this example was based on faulty scientific procedures and basically didn’t quite happen that way. An interesting read as this is often held up as an easy to understand example of evolution at work.
Stress Hormone in Skin May Trigger Acne, Oily Skin. I’ve had some weird skin thing to go along with increased stress lately.
Cats adapt their meows to be more meaningful to people.
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Chaos Without the Math - Excellect introduction to theories of chaos and non-linear systems.(Submitted by: cc - )
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A List Of Fallacious Arguments - some of the examples might make you grumble but the list is excellent nonetheless.(Submitted by: cc - )
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Logical Fallacies - Invalid lines of reasoning and ways of arguements that don’t make sense but cloud issues and cause confusion anyway.(Submitted by: cc - )
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May 13, 2002
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Ariadne - php & database backed CMS. Merits further interest.(Submitted by: cc - )
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May 8, 2002
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Ariadne - php & database backed CMS. Merits further interest.(Submitted by: cc - )
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May 7, 2002
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Ariadne - php & database backed CMS. Merits further interest.(Submitted by: cc - )
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Ariadne - php & database backed CMS. Merits further interest.(Submitted by: cc - )
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Ariadne - php & database backed CMS. Merits further interest.(Submitted by: cc - )
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Ariadne - php & database backed CMS. Merits further interest.(Submitted by: cc - )
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May 6, 2002
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Ariadne - php & database backed CMS. Merits further interest.(Submitted by: cc - )
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May 3, 2002
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Ariadne - php & database backed CMS. Merits further interest.(Submitted by: cc - )
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Ariadne - php & database backed CMS. Merits further interest.(Submitted by: cc - )
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Ariadne - php & database backed CMS. Merits further interest.(Submitted by: cc - )
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Ariadne - php & database backed CMS. Merits further interest.(Submitted by: cc - )
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Ariadne - php & database backed CMS. Merits further interest.(Submitted by: cc - )
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May 2, 2002
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May 1, 2002
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by Chris
DM linked to a article (registration free link) in the New York Times quoted a Sudanese rebel as saying
“Imagine you woke up one day and found that Jehovah’s Witnesses had taken over your government,” explained Taisier Ali, one of the rebels. “That’s like what happened to us.”
The statement was in response to a change in Sudan’s government that left what are apparently Islamic fundamentalists in charge, handing out death sentences in punishment for apparent adultery.
As one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, I have some issues with this statement and its inclusion in this article. First of all, Witnesses strive to maintain neutrality with the various governments of this planet. Time and again we have demonstrated that we would not take over any government, even ones that oppose our religion. Secondly, Jehovah’s Witnesses do not advocate stoning to death or any other death sentence for ANY crime or sin. We believe that decision is for our governments to decide and act on. Furthermore, we openly seek to end these kind of practices that are especially degrading to women.
The following paragraph of the article shows a further misunderstanding of Christian beliefs in general. It quotes some scripture from Deuteronomy regarding stoning individuals who broke the Mosaic law. Most Christian religions (including Jehovah’s Witnesses) believe that the coming of Christ obsoleted the Mosaic law. To lump the Christian and Jewish faiths together in pointing out that scripture seems to illustrate a fundamental misunderstanding of the beliefs of these two religions.
Obviously Mr Taisier Ali is misinformed about Jehovah’s Witnesses. This stands to reason, as our religion is banned in the Sudan. However, the inclusion of that quote in an editorial in the New York Times seems to show a lack of research or a bias on the part of the editor or the author.
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