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I read the article, and I think it is a good idea. There are lots of people out there that are getting music for free, and making the price of music increase for everyone else. Why is this a problem with Windows Media Player?

Are you talking about a server application on a PC? Is that compatible with a regular cable modem and Windows XP? Could I link a domain name to that for a low cost? Please let me know.

I read something about a problem in Windows Media Player called "DRM". Does anybody know what this means?

I don't understand why opera would do that. They are advertising their competitor's product. I've setup networks for businesses, and my home. I always have the cable modem directly connected to a router with a firewall. Then all of the computers should be safe. However, I still put a software firewall on all the computers for extra security.

The best quote ever is: Some other quotes that should be mentioned are:

"The Death Stars"

Wow! Yourdadonapogos and I seem to have more in common than I thought!

Clippy made me post that! I promise!!!!

Yeah, I guess we did get off topic. Let's talk about IE7 again! Does anyone know the release date for IE7? Will it be an update for Windows XP, or will we need to wait until Vista is released?

He may not be the smartest paperclip in the world, but he certainly is fun to watch. Just right-click on him, and click "Animate". OpenOffice just seems so lonely without him. The paperclip has helped me a few times, and he's a lot cooler than a help menu. If you don't like the paperclip, you could always choose a different Office assistant. There is a bouncy ball, a robot, the Office logo, a cat, a dog, and even Albert Einstein! I really like the Word that came with Office XP. It loads on my computer in about 3 seconds. The old version of Word used to be slow and crash a lot. Maybe they made some improvements. There are some features in Word that I couldn't find in OpenOffice. For example, Word has tons of clipart that you can add to a letter. They also have lots of templates so you could make a nice business letter if you need one. There is also the recovery feature. If the electricity goes out, Word will probably be able to restore your document the next time you turn on your computer.

The Windows source code is kept locked away somewhere. In fact, it once leaked out and Microsoft called the FBI.

You sound like I did when I first started posting in this thread. I guess all these Firefox fans have changed my opinion a little... The problem isn't with Firefox. The problem is that Microsoft ignores standards that were established by the creators of the web. Microsoft once agreed to use these standards, but then they decided not to. Now IE doesn't work with these standards, so web site developers are writing web sites only for IE. This is how Microsoft keeps pushing around their competitors, so many web sites don't work with Firefox. Wow... I can't believe I just said that!

I didn't mean that. What I meant was that it is ok if you are the only company that makes a product because you are the only company that makes a good product. If a competitor releases a better product, the first company should be fair. Instead of pushing around their competitors, they should release a better product.

Yes, it really isn't fair to web site developers. I will still use IE6, and I plan to download IE7. However, if I was Bill Gates, there would be some changes at Microsoft. Nothing is wrong with being a monopoly if they have the best product, but they shouldn't push other companies around.

I think that YT2095, Sayonara³, and Swansont are the most intelligent. In My Memory and you (Clara) seem like the nicest people.

The z-indices are actually entered automatically by Homestead. Some of my pages do require layers. For example, if I have a background image behind only one text box, I wouldn't want the image on top of the text. Homestead does not allow me to remove the z-indices. It must be a bug in Firefox if it moves the position of an object because of z-indices. A browser is not supposed to move an object because of z-indices. Only the x and y indices should move an object on a web site.

I once did that using C++. It was a very simple calculator. All I really did was declare APStrings to the C++ functions. For example, if somebody typed "Multiply" the computer would use the "*" function. After that, they would type two integers. Then I used a cout command to display the answer.

Like Pangloss said, an operating system is usually written in C or C++. I once tried to write an operating system myself. My goal was to use the Linux kernel and find a way to make it compatible with software for all the other operating systems. I worked on it using Borland, but I could never get the GUI to work. It always tried to start the operating system in a DOS command prompt and then it crashed. I eventually gave up and deleted the operating system.

What are you talking about? The HTML says how many pixels the form should be from the left margin. When I say the form should be 500 pixels from the left, IE will display the form 500 pixels from the left. How is that a problem? If the form is on top of the text, then Firefox must have counted the pixels incorrectly. That should control the element layers, not where they are placed on the page.

I don't understand why Microsoft would care if people use IE or not. They don't make any extra money when people use IE. They already made all of their money when everyone first bought Windows. I'm not sure how standards-compliant the Homestead software is. If it isn't compliant, I would have to copy the entire HTML code of my web sites and edit all of it. That might cause problems with certain Homestead elements.

Does anyone here like poetry? I've written a lot of poems, and two of them have been published in books. I have one of the books, the other one isn't out yet. However, you can read most of the poems I've written at my poetry web site http://www.destinypoems.com. Let me know what you think about them.

Well, I wanted this thread to be about Firefox. I also wanted my IE thread to be about IE. For some reason, the two threads seemed to be merging together. Therefore, I'm going to stop posting in this thread and just focus on the IE thread. There is no need to start debating IE vs Firefox in two threads.

The reason many people stay with IE is because of all the compatibility issues between web sites and non-IE browsers. It reminds me of that joke I posted in the general discussion forum. It was making fun of Windows ME, which was a really bad operating system. I'm sure you remember that joke. Anyway, when you tried clicking on Internet Explorer, it brought up an error message that said something like: I'm sure that last reason would apply more to non-IE browsers. When I say that standards don't matter, I don't mean that standards would be a bad idea. I mean that many web sites don't follow these standards. Therefore, standards don't really matter to a person using a non-IE browser when they can't view a web site they need. They can't call the police and say, "Oh dear! This site isn't following the standards!" Standards don't have any power when they aren't enforced.