Someone will sue you because your work infringes on something his great grandfather did. Someone who has never created a damn thing in his entire life. That's what burns my ass about all of this.
Well, that's one thing that burns my ass about all of this. And yes, I'm a content producer, and I own copyrights to several things that have made me money.
That was my first thought too, but no, if doublestacks in Europe are anything like those here in the US, they're already riding very low and close to the rails. I don't think you could lower them by 10 cm.
One thing all of this random arguing I've read so far misses is the case of the developer who is also a user.
I get annoyed when some know-it-all jackass "usability expert" comes to my project and starts making demands that everything will become more usable as soon as I hide or eliminate half the stuff I actually use on a daily basis.
We recently went through a round of that. Let's clean up the toolbars, and make them more tidy. So everyone circled what they actually use on a screenshot, and there was very little overlap. The stuff I could do without is critical to someone else, and vice versa.
So I have to come down on the side of if you want to castrate my user interface, then fork it or bugger off.
But since we have to use something NOW the question is why is the worst vendor on 90% of the world's machines? Marketing, dear boy, marketing. They have powerful magic. I started flipping through some of their spiel in the bathroom once, and then I wanted to go tell all my friends how they could improve their profitability by migrating to Windows Small Business Server 2003.
"to try and see how not to pass this along to my 15 month old daughter"
Both my kids inherited me in spite of my best intentions.
I am pure 100% socially dysfunctional dweeb. I know what you mean about autism. I've been hearing a lot about Asperger's lately, and pondering. No, I don't really fit the mold, but I'm leaning that way on many different levels.
I live in a different world outside this house, and I wish I could just be comfortable there, and normal. I'm not though. I just fake it, and get by. I cope. One of these days maybe I can finally work out some telecommute deal, and never leave my computer chair again. Then I can die of diabetes or a stroke or something at 40 after I grow to weigh 900 pounds.
The geek lifestyle sure isn't healthy.
But anyway, go back to your regularly scheduled rant about Linus and stuff. Carry on.
I'm impressed. Nothing in Konqueror at all, and in Firefox, I get sound, but no video.
Yay for Flash 9 being released. Looking at this black box and listening to Linus blather is the most exciting thing I have done in 2007 since losing my job.
HUZZAH!
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...and someone will sue you for plagiarism.
Someone will sue you because your work infringes on something his great grandfather did. Someone who has never created a damn thing in his entire life. That's what burns my ass about all of this.
Well, that's one thing that burns my ass about all of this. And yes, I'm a content producer, and I own copyrights to several things that have made me money.
That was my first thought too, but no, if doublestacks in Europe are anything like those here in the US, they're already riding very low and close to the rails. I don't think you could lower them by 10 cm.
One thing all of this random arguing I've read so far misses is the case of the developer who is also a user. I get annoyed when some know-it-all jackass "usability expert" comes to my project and starts making demands that everything will become more usable as soon as I hide or eliminate half the stuff I actually use on a daily basis. We recently went through a round of that. Let's clean up the toolbars, and make them more tidy. So everyone circled what they actually use on a screenshot, and there was very little overlap. The stuff I could do without is critical to someone else, and vice versa. So I have to come down on the side of if you want to castrate my user interface, then fork it or bugger off.
It's creepy.
"to try and see how not to pass this along to my 15 month old daughter" Both my kids inherited me in spite of my best intentions. I am pure 100% socially dysfunctional dweeb. I know what you mean about autism. I've been hearing a lot about Asperger's lately, and pondering. No, I don't really fit the mold, but I'm leaning that way on many different levels. I live in a different world outside this house, and I wish I could just be comfortable there, and normal. I'm not though. I just fake it, and get by. I cope. One of these days maybe I can finally work out some telecommute deal, and never leave my computer chair again. Then I can die of diabetes or a stroke or something at 40 after I grow to weigh 900 pounds. The geek lifestyle sure isn't healthy. But anyway, go back to your regularly scheduled rant about Linus and stuff. Carry on.
I'm impressed. Nothing in Konqueror at all, and in Firefox, I get sound, but no video. Yay for Flash 9 being released. Looking at this black box and listening to Linus blather is the most exciting thing I have done in 2007 since losing my job. HUZZAH!
Here's an amazing little gadget someone built with a breadboarded Z80 and some rolls of tape and such: http://users.adelphia.net/~silvan/z80.avi
My bonus is a paycheck for week 53, and a fancy ham.