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Re: John Resig uses this

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Post by w1ntermute »

thirsteh wrote: post #44
sltkr wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

BitTorrent does have many legal uses (it is used to distribute World of Warcract, Linux distros, independent music/movies, et cetera) but there are also many private trackers designed specifically for the illegal distribution of copyrighted materials. If you admit you are a heavy user of one of those, you practically admit to participating in this. Similarly, USENET is completely legal, and there isn't anything intri…

Even if these tools are commonly used for suspicious activity, in a legal context simply stating that you use them does not constitute evidence of any wrongdoing. The former does not simply mean the latter; rather, it is speculation on your part. Whether or not it has a probabilistic basis is irrelevant. There are many examples where this is true: BitTorrent/P2P (this is actually far more prominent than you'd think;…

This isn't a legal context - it's Hacker News. I think we are all intelligent enough to realize & accept that John is almost certainly using SABnzbd to download copyrighted material.

Re: John Resig uses this

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Post by thirsteh »

MostAwesomeDude wrote: post #41
sltkr wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

BitTorrent does have many legal uses (it is used to distribute World of Warcract, Linux distros, independent music/movies, et cetera) but there are also many private trackers designed specifically for the illegal distribution of copyrighted materials. If you admit you are a heavy user of one of those, you practically admit to participating in this. Similarly, USENET is completely legal, and there isn't anything intri…

It's sad that people have to hide their actions. Downloading copyrighted material is legally in the clear in .us and his particular setup sounds highly oriented towards downloads, not uploads. Additionally, as somebody that highly seeds Linux distros through torrents, I'd like you to go back to your Jump to Conclusions mat.

Oh great. Now I feel like watching Office Space again.

Re: John Resig uses this

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Post by romey »

etherealG wrote: post #33
romey wrote: post #26

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Have you tried using tree tabs in Chrome? It isn't quite as slick as the Firefox tree tabs, but still nicer than the little nubs that are the default. That's interesting though, I always do dev stuff in Firefox because of how anemic firebug is in Chrome, and casual surfing in Chrome because it feels faster.

I find the developer tools in chrome actually better than firebug these days. Do you have any specific features that you miss with the current builds of both?

I suppose it's mostly layout/look&feel. I actually didn't realize how powerful the built in Chrome developer tools were. Little things, like showing the color or image when you mouse over the hex or link are what make Firebug nicer to use, I think. Is there a way to persist the network tab or console across page loads in Chrome?

Re: John Resig uses this

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Post by thirsteh »

w1ntermute wrote: post #51
thirsteh wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even if these tools are commonly used for suspicious activity, in a legal context simply stating that you use them does not constitute evidence of any wrongdoing. The former does not simply mean the latter; rather, it is speculation on your part. Whether or not it has a probabilistic basis is irrelevant. There are many examples where this is true: BitTorrent/P2P (this is actually far more prominent than you'd think;…

This isn't a legal context - it's Hacker News. I think we are all intelligent enough to realize & accept that John is almost certainly using SABnzbd to download copyrighted material.

It doesn't matter if we do. The original question was if he just openly admitted to illegally downloading copyrighted material, and the answer is he didn't.

Re: John Resig uses this

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Post by etherealG »

romey wrote: post #53
etherealG wrote: post #33

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I find the developer tools in chrome actually better than firebug these days. Do you have any specific features that you miss with the current builds of both?

I suppose it's mostly layout/look&feel. I actually didn't realize how powerful the built in Chrome developer tools were. Little things, like showing the color or image when you mouse over the hex or link are what make Firebug nicer to use, I think. Is there a way to persist the network tab or console across page loads in Chrome?

yep, they have a persistence button like firebug these days. on the network panel it's the black circle, and the console seems to have it in a settings panel (although I'm on a dev build, I think it's also a button on release build.

agreed about the little things like hovers. I still find that double clicks on image resources in css not opening them in a new tab drives me mad :)

I do love chromes timings panel, with rendering timings. much better for optimizing. and their whole dev tools seem to run a lot quicker for me, firebug I have speed issues with sometimes, especially on complicated js pages.

Re: John Resig uses this

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Post by DannoHung »

jeresig wrote: post #48
DannoHung wrote: post #30

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Chrome does have a notification that a tab has updated, it's a gentle little pulsing light across the tab (granted, maybe there should be an option to make this a colored pulsing light or something)

I have yet to see it work - at least my Hip Chat tab doesn't update when a new chat comes in, whereas it does in Firefox.

Hmm... wait, y'know, I just realized that I usually notice it on my Windows machine (though maybe that's because of the semi-transparent chrome)... maybe it doesn't work on OS X though.

Re: John Resig uses this

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Post by pchristensen »

revorad wrote: post #21
dailo10 wrote: post #5

I thought the most interesting part was his wish list at the end. "I wish my MacBook had built-in 3G capabilities, I wish it was easier to type on my iPad, I wish Chrome was a better browser, I wish SABnzbd+ was smart enough to not re-download files, I wish my iPhone was faster, I wish I didn’t need a dongle to do a presentation with my MacBook, I wish Boxee didn’t crash so much, I wish my car accepted audio input, I…

Regarding typing on the iPad, a thumbs layout keyboard as previewed in this Windows 8 video would be great - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13628154 (skip to 00:40). Is there anything like this for iPad now?

http://www.mobilemag.com/2011/06/06/ios-5-unveiled-with-200-...

Re: John Resig uses this

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Post by MatthewPhillips »

jsvaughan wrote: post #38
MatthewPhillips wrote: post #32

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I'd like to see a geographical and occupational breakdown, I'm sensing selection bias here.

certainly the vast majority of people interviewed on UsesThis are not developers

I meant an occupational breakdown among the developers. I'm sensing from browsing the site that it favors consumer-facing application programmers.

Re: John Resig uses this

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Post by RobertLowe »

jeresig wrote: post #20
kalleboo wrote: post #18

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Re: SABnzbd+, I wonder if he's tried Sickbeard. Works well to avoid the situation where you'd end up with dupes.

I was looking at it just recently - it looks promising. Haven't had a chance to try it, yet. http://sickbeard.com/

I tried it a few months back, I didn't end up using it. I felt like it was unnecessary, I rather focus on one app than two. I stuck with sabnzbd+ & nzbs.org, after newzbin was taken over.

Re: John Resig uses this

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Post by shawndumas »

runjake wrote: post #42

usesthis.com is such a guilty pleasure. I pour over every detail of their articles while at the same time reminding myself "it's not about the tools, it's about the person".

Or; it's about the person who has the ability to pick the kind of tools that amplify said person.
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