Author Topic: Re: Bill Gates: How a Geek Changed the World (Read 6615 times)

sdyates · « **Reply #14 on:** June 21, 2008, 09:46:24 PM »

lol - ok, I was in the moment

steve30 · « **Reply #15 on:** June 21, 2008, 11:07:04 PM »

Bugger. I forgot this was on. I always forget to watch stuff on the BBC.

Don't suppose anyone recorded it and can send me a copy?

bloodline · « **Reply #16 on:** June 21, 2008, 11:10:27 PM »

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steve30 wrote:
Bugger. I forgot this was on. I always forget to watch stuff on the BBC.

Don't suppose anyone recorded it and can send me a copy?

iPlayer?

bloodline · « **Reply #17 on:** June 21, 2008, 11:12:04 PM »

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steve30 wrote:
Bugger. I forgot this was on. I always forget to watch stuff on the BBC.

Don't suppose anyone recorded it and can send me a copy?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b00c6sdc.shtml?src=ip_mp

steve30 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 21, 2008, 11:28:47 PM »

Whats iPlayer got to do with anything?

bloodline · « **Reply #19 on:** June 21, 2008, 11:31:27 PM »

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steve30 wrote:
Whats iPlayer got to do with anything?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b00c6sdc.shtml?src=ip_mp

If you click this link you can watch the show, on the BBC iPlayer site...

steve30 · « **Reply #20 on:** June 21, 2008, 11:44:05 PM »

Oh.

Not that I can actually watch it because it says I must enable JavaScript.

bloodline · « **Reply #21 on:** June 21, 2008, 11:47:25 PM »

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steve30 wrote:
Oh.

Not that I can actually watch it because it says I must enable JavaScript.

?!?! What on earth are you using?

steve30 · « **Reply #22 on:** June 22, 2008, 12:14:28 AM »

What do you mean by what am I using? If you are refering to my web browsing facilities I am using Opera 9 on a PC with an internet connection which won't be very fast until next month.

bloodline · « **Reply #23 on:** June 22, 2008, 12:17:30 AM »

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steve30 wrote:
What do you mean by what am I using? If you are refering to my web browsing facilities I am using Opera 9 on a PC with an internet connection which won't be very fast until next month.

As long as your connection is at least 1meg, you won't have a problem...

steve30 · « **Reply #24 on:** June 22, 2008, 12:27:15 AM »

It is 128k at the moment and hopefully going up to about 2m next month, but that doesn't solve the JavaScript issue, and also the fact that web based video which requires Javascript to be on (especially long videos) are strictly forbidden on all my computers anyway.

bloodline · « **Reply #25 on:** June 22, 2008, 12:34:39 AM »

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steve30 wrote:
It is 128k at the moment and hopefully going up to about 2m next month, but that doesn't solve the JavaScript issue, and also the fact that web based video which requires Javascript to be on (especially long videos) are strictly forbidden on all my computers anyway.

Ok, yeah, 128k is too slow... Perhaps you should get a cheap MacMini or something so you can run Javascript :-?

steve30 · « **Reply #26 on:** June 22, 2008, 12:47:17 AM »

My PC runs JavaScript perfectly well.

bloodline · « **Reply #27 on:** June 22, 2008, 12:51:06 AM »

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My PC runs JavaScript perfectly well.

Yes, but you seem to have, wisely in my opinion, chosen to disallow Javascript to run on it... If you run a nice secure operating system system then you can allow Javascript again and enjoy all that the internet allows...

steve30 · « **Reply #28 on:** June 22, 2008, 12:55:50 AM »

My current OS is already very secure. I do not generally run JavaScript on any system. Security doesn't come into it.

Enjoyment doesn't really come into it either. JavaScript can be useful sometimes, but has a tendancy to make site much worse, and alot slower these days. Nothing to do with enjoyment.

bloodline · « **Reply #29 from previous page:** June 22, 2008, 01:04:02 AM »

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steve30 wrote:
My current OS is already very secure. I do not generally run JavaScript on any system. Security doesn't come into it.

Then I'm honestly at a loss...

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Enjoyment doesn't really come into it either. JavaScript can be useful sometimes, but has a tendancy to make site much worse, and alot slower these days. Nothing to do with enjoyment.

You have to be crazy... Javascript was the best thing to happen to the internet since html... You will find yourself increasingly isolated if you don't embrace new technologies... the web is going to get much more Javascript heavy, not less... And when I say enjoy, I simply mean use... how do you use the vast array of services offered for free by many companies without Javascript?