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Your Worst IT Workshop?

suntory writes "I am a lecturer at a Spanish university. This week had to attend a workshop on 'Advanced HTML and CSS' for the university staff. Some of the ideas that the presenter (a fellow lecturer) shared with us: IE is the only browser that follows standards; frames and tables are the best way to organize your website; you can view the source for most CSS, Javascript and HTML files, so you can freely copy and paste what you feel like — the Internet is free you know; same applies for images, if you can see them in Google Images Search, then you can use them for your projects. Of course, the workshop turned out to be a complete disaster and a waste of time. So I was wondering what other similar experiences you have had, and what was your worst IT workshop?"

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  1. This story ... by guysmilee · · Score: -1, Troll

    This story is about as useful as that course sounds!

  2. Re:the fool - or the fool that follows him? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    So what qualifies you to talk about stuff you know fuck-all about? I never heard of a janitor or a whore giving lectures on quantum mechanics. Why does anyone tolerate this stupidity?

  3. fantastic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    another article where people can't keep on topic but instead proclaim how much smarter they are than others.

    and that's not to say it isn't true but can we please stop the self-back-patting and keep on topic?

    it's getting old hearing how smart most slashdotters think they are.

  4. Re:no, your a wannabe.. who never learned to code by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 0, Troll

    Define Dynamic. Define Static.

    If by Dynamic you mean FLASH based content, then CMS is indeed Dynamic via embedded flash. If by dynamic, you mean Java(or JS) then CMS can be dynamic with this embedded. If you mean content that is automatically updated/refreshed then CMS is indeed Dynamic with RSS feeds and other means.

    The problem you have, is you're probably a snob thinking what they know is the best and only choice for "Dynamic" content, in your own limted way. To me Dynamic means changes. Static means unchanging. CMS is most definitely dynamic, by almost every measure. Perhaps it isn't as Dynamic as you'd like or according to your standards, but that doesn't make you right. Perhaps you're unfamiliar with CMS systems and their abilities, in which case you're not a snob but just plain ignorant.

    I think I just fed a troll. I feel so dirty.

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  5. Re:Wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  6. Re:Wow! by Dastardly · · Score: 0, Troll

    I did not even realize I had a 4 digit number nor, that it signified anything until I read your post. So, here I am.

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