Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2008-01-01 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:58:52 -0800 Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snipped discussion about Asimov's "The Feeling of Power"] > But at only 49 years old it is unlikely to be out of copyright! A lot > of the items on that site may be in the public domain, but an Asimov > short story is

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-31 Thread David Brodbeck
On Dec 31, 2007, at 1:10 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote: We must be careful not to offend. Companies now spend untold time and money searching through languages of all sorts to be sure that a new product or merged company name is not offensive. If even one person^Wattorney finds it offensive^Wlucrati

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-31 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Dec 31 12:19 -0600]: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12/31/07 12:06, David Brodbeck wrote: > > > > On Dec 29, 2007, at 3:18 PM, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > >> As far as I'm concerned, 'Netscape' is a good name. I always wondered > >> h

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-31 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/31/07 12:06, David Brodbeck wrote: > > On Dec 29, 2007, at 3:18 PM, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: >> As far as I'm concerned, 'Netscape' is a good name. I always wondered >> how names like 'Seamonkey', 'Iceape' or 'Firefox' could ever make their >> way

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-31 Thread David Brodbeck
On Dec 29, 2007, at 3:18 PM, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: As far as I'm concerned, 'Netscape' is a good name. I always wondered how names like 'Seamonkey', 'Iceape' or 'Firefox' could ever make their way into a serious, corporate environment. Silly names seem to be all the rage with start-ups the

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-31 Thread Marc Shapiro
Adrian Levi wrote: On 31/12/2007, Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Adrian Levi wrote: On 30/12/2007, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:52:54 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spa

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-31 Thread Dan H
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:52:54 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft ... and > the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor." > Wernher von Braun That quote is just sick. Remember who W.v.B. was, and his attitude towar

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sunday December 30 2007 12:57:26 Kelly Clowers wrote: [snip] > > Truly incompatible websites are few and far between. Of the few > "incompatible" websites I encounter, most are just forcing > incompatibility by looking at the user-agent string. There is > an extension called user-agent switcher

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-30 Thread Adrian Levi
On 31/12/2007, Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adrian Levi wrote: > > On 30/12/2007, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:52:54 -0600 > >> Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> "Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft ... and

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-30 Thread Marc Shapiro
Adrian Levi wrote: On 30/12/2007, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:52:54 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft ... and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor." Wernher von Brau

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-30 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Dec 30, 2007 10:19 AM, Mark Grieveson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:32:05 + (UTC) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.5 for Linux has just been released. > > > Works fine, looks good. > > > Get it here: > > > > > > http://browser.netscape.com

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-30 Thread Mark Grieveson
On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:32:05 + (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.5 for Linux has just been released. > > Works fine, looks good. > > Get it here: > > > > http://browser.netscape.com/downloads > > > > After unpacking, just run ./navigator inside the folder. > > No

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-30 Thread Adrian Levi
On 30/12/2007, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:52:54 -0600 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft ... and > > the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor." > > Wernher von Braun > > Reminds

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-29 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:52:54 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft ... and > the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor." > Wernher von Braun Reminds me of Asimov's "The Feeling of Power": http://downlode.org/Etext

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-29 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Dec 29, 2007 3:18 PM, Sjoerd Hiemstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > my memory of Netscape is always kind of unpleasant. I remember > > > struggling to get it to work properly > > > > > > Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.5 for Linux has just b

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-29 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Ron Johnson wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > my memory of Netscape is always kind of unpleasant. I remember > > struggling to get it to work properly > > Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.5 for Linux has just been released. Works fine, looks good. Get it here: http://browser.netscape.co

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Saturday December 29 2007 13:10:00 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 06:53:08AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140903-c,netscape/article.h > >tml > > yeah, it's kinda sad, but at the same time, my memory of > Netscape is always kind of un

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-29 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 06:53:08AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140903-c,netscape/article.html yeah, it's kinda sad, but at the same time, my memory of Netscape is always kind of unpleasant. I remember struggling to get it to work properly and convince others t

[OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140903-c,netscape/article.html Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]