Re: Why choose Debian on server
On Sunday 06 January 2019 07:40:44 Curt wrote:
> On 2019-01-06, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
> >> > > I can confirm the 1 page Firefox printing snafu for the
> >> > > stackexchange thread on the most recent stable Quantum. I can
> >> > > also confirm that it is a *very* longstanding bug and that
> >> > > snafu is indeed the proper acronymic term.
> >> > >
> >> > > In Chromium, though, the problem is absent.
> >> >
> >> > I think the question about is it on purpose on the part of
> >> > stackexchange might be a prod to make on sign up for their spam,
> >> > aka known as signing up and logging in. I did not, having been
> >> > forced to sign up for cnczone to gain access to something I
> >> > wanted, which trippled my incoming spam, with one of the spammers
> >> > being so far out he scores 11.8 to spamd scanning the incoming
> >> > mail. A new record here. And it started 30 seconds after I'd
> >> > filled out their plain as hell phishing form.
> >>
> >> Words of wisdom I heard recently - TANSTAAFL.
> >
> > Yep, perfect interpretation, Brian.
>
> The one-page only snafu is a well-known and long-standing Firefox
> printing bug impacting any number of web sites that affects neither
> Chromium nor its derivatives.
If its so long standing, why have I not see it before. That was a first.
> As Chrome would appear to be the most popular extant browser (when
> counting across all platforms, as well as uniquely on the desktop)
> your stackexchange conspiracy theory looks to be leaking some
> significant credibility through a rather large hole.
Chromium? It got removed when wireshark and I caught it calling home
while I was doing some online banking. Same with palemoon earlier. I
had to change everything including my CC over the next week.
But you are correct, the firefox I have refuses to play videos from news
stories entirely too often. But it plays everything you-tube sends.
IMO its a POS, the vacuum suckage for your info is insatiable.
> I suppose you could argue that the percentage of Firefox users too
> lazy or bewildered to try another browser is good enough for
> stackexchange, because, goddammit, you take what you can get.
>
> To that argument I have my own acronymic rejoinder, derived from the
> old Cockney dictum: YPYMAYTYC.
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/28/magazine/on-language-you-pays-yer-m
>oney.html
>
:)
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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