On Sunday 06 January 2019 07:40:44 Curt wrote: > On 2019-01-06, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@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 --
