I'd have to suggesst SciTE as a replacement for notepad. Syntax hilighting for almost every language under the sun (including HTML), and a lot of helpful stuff for debugging.
And yes, I wholeHEARTEDLY AGREE with your opinion of FrontPage's HTML output. Sucks major wind.
There was actually a mfr that was building complete machines that fit inside of a 5.25 bay, roughly the size of a CDRom. I can't seem to find the link now, however.
do it with a SFF or Mini-ITX form factor, that problem dissapears. This is actually a good idea. You could do it with either a ppp or a eth connection at that point. Just run an iptables script to fit your situation.
To be fair, I'm not saying that Joe User has a correct attitude. I got into computers because I like learning things, so it doesn't bother me. Joe User purchased a computer to help further what he/she does best, weather it be run a business, CAD/CAM, stay in touch with family, whatever. I'm not saying that these things can't be done on some other platform. Far from it, but the user started with something, and learned it that way. They're usually not interested in learning it again. Again, all that I say is from my realm of experience. Maybe someone else has users that aren't Luddites or afraid of change.:)
Because computers aren't percieved as a general purpose tools by Joe User. They're usually purchased (initally) to do a very small scope of tasks. That's my impression, at least.
I learned to recognize that most users will only ever learn the few things they actually need or strongly want from a device, and will never bother to actually learn what the device can do for them and how. This is what I'm driving at. It's just a tool to the user to get something done. Just because the tool is problematic (windows 98 in this case), do we blame the user? The user just wants it to work.
And the person that just wants to turn the key, and have it work, is usually the same that kills someone during hour in the morning, because they're a freaking idiot. Those sorts of people shouldn't be allowed to touch anything made of more than one part. Talk to me in 50-60 years when your reflexes aren't up to dodging traffic. Are you going to give up your driver's license willingly? 80% of windows problems are idiotic configuration issues, maybe half the user's fault. The rest can be blamed on an OS that makes it impossible to configure things well. While I believe these numbers to be skewed in favor of the software designer, these are the exact issues that I'm speaking of. Switching to linux, learning it even as well as she has learned windows Ahhh... here's where we get into the attitude of the user. I said this before: The user just wants it to work. They've already dumped X hours learning what they need to do on what they have. They don't want to learn what they already know how to do again, in a different way. Since you started with the car analogy, I'll go with it: Let's say JoeUser learned to drive with a steering wheel, and an automatic transmission. Does Joe want to learn to drive again with a joystick, and a 5 speed semiautomatic where you have to push buttons to shift? Probably not. Inertia has some traction on this issue. Once more: To the user, the computer is a tool. Something that's just supposed to help get work done.
I, at one point, thought this too. However, when you think about it, it's really kind of asinine.
Here's why I believe this: The computer is a tool, just like a car, a microwave, blahblahblah. The end user just wants it to work. Just like they turn the key on the car, turn on the microwave, blahblahblah. The answer of "Her solution is to bite the bullet and really learn to use a computer." really isn't addressing the issue of the fact that it's supposed to be a tool that I turn on and use, not have to be a CS major/have years of experience/whatever they percieve it takes to fix it to understand it. This moves the onus of fixing a programmatic problem (holes that should be patched/shouldn't exist/aren't obvious to someone who is usually unqualified to address it.
Hell, I work for a shop that's like this: The user's use a PC by mandate for the most part. They use it as a tool. They just want it to work. These people keep a lot of techs in work.
I'm not saying that the user is totally out of the woods for some of their own problems. I've cleaned enough spyware off machines to know that some people are just stupid, and willfully do commit acts to put spyware and stuff on the machine. These people don't need to use a PC until they've had it drilled into them that "yes" to everything will lead to problems, or at least cost them to pay someone to fix it.
The scary part of this is that if the track record holds true, It'll be triggered by some broadcast bit that will be sniffed and implemented as a DOS attack.
You do just like everyone else does in the computer field: You put it in your EULA that you can't be sued. Dunno if this can be done in this application (and still be a player in the biz), however.
I can't remember if it was done under Schickele's name or PDQ Bach, but I heard about a piece of music called "Table music for Trumpet and Flute". There was one sheet placed on a table between the two musicians, and they read it like they would normally. Pretty cool musical hack once thought about.
I've been a PDQ fan since high school, almost 15 years ago.:) The thing that actually sticks out in my mind is a piece of album art on one of the J Cards (I believe it was from PDQ Bach on the air) where there was a staff of music with the words "Allamande Left" under it. The next measure had been completely wrecked, much like a bad car accident. Peter did always have quite the sense of humor.
Currently i don't know of any example of useful XUL through HTTP
Narrowband. The content is already on the user's computer, the user is already accustomed to the UI look/feel. Just to name 2 off of the top of my head.
And a democratic government can be overthrown morally (without killing anyone), if the government fails to carry out the wishes of its people.
I call BullShit on this statement. Anyone who has power will typically do anything in their power to hold onto it. The only way that this statement works is if the military is in collusion with the people.
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and we understand that upper class tax cuts may provide a temporary "high" but will only lead to misery later on.
Document this, and I *might* believe it.
I don't know of a single person who doesn't want to keep more $$$ in their pocket. Those that make the most $$$ generally (not always, but generally) create jobs by doing one of two things: 1. Becoming a consumer. These people purchase things that have to be manufactured, or want services that can only be met by someone else. 2. Creating a business.
Creating jobs broadens the tax base. Where's the loss for your "big government" needs there?
Pardon while I be pendanic, but it was never a democratic republic. It *is* a representative republic. If you don't like what's going on, vote.
True democracy is mob rule, made worse by the fact that *everyone* (as opposed to a few reps) has to take the time to do something to get change to happen. It doesn't scale well to large nation size.
I had no problems doing this in my 1993 escort wagon. Helps that the car was small enough to be considred an "econo-box".:) Never took my eyes off of the road either.
The biggest problem with this was best stated by some punk band...
"I've been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding".
I'm not saying that this is always the case, but it would seem that (from where I sit), the people with the most intelligence are working 80 hrs/week to support $f'nbigticketitemoftheirdreams instead of procreating. The others are still working 80 hours, so the kids become spoiled malcontents, raised by an institution like the television.
I still stand by my statement that many parents are borked, and do a sub-standard job of raising their children.
Hehehe... someone has a little more time and money than I *ever* had driving I10.:) After NM, it was fuel stops only until Houston TX. And when you drive an 83 AMC Wagoneer, those fuel stops come every time you see a station.:D I think I figured my average for that trip to be 12 MPG, fully loaded wag, towing my (then) daily driver, which was also fully loaded.
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I'd have to suggesst SciTE as a replacement for notepad. Syntax hilighting for almost every language under the sun (including HTML), and a lot of helpful stuff for debugging.
And yes, I wholeHEARTEDLY AGREE with your opinion of FrontPage's HTML output. Sucks major wind.
I actually liked the stuff. When I was in college, the 3 of us on campus that actually liked it referred to it as "battery acid".
http://www.cappuccinopc.com/1baypc.asp Up to 4 network IFs, in almost the same form factor, and Pentium based.
There was actually a mfr that was building complete machines that fit inside of a 5.25 bay, roughly the size of a CDRom. I can't seem to find the link now, however.
do it with a SFF or Mini-ITX form factor, that problem dissapears. This is actually a good idea. You could do it with either a ppp or a eth connection at that point. Just run an iptables script to fit your situation.
To be fair, I'm not saying that Joe User has a correct attitude. I got into computers because I like learning things, so it doesn't bother me. Joe User purchased a computer to help further what he/she does best, weather it be run a business, CAD/CAM, stay in touch with family, whatever. I'm not saying that these things can't be done on some other platform. Far from it, but the user started with something, and learned it that way. They're usually not interested in learning it again. :)
Again, all that I say is from my realm of experience. Maybe someone else has users that aren't Luddites or afraid of change.
Because computers aren't percieved as a general purpose tools by Joe User. They're usually purchased (initally) to do a very small scope of tasks. That's my impression, at least.
I learned to recognize that most users will only ever learn the few things they actually need or strongly want from a device, and will never bother to actually learn what the device can do for them and how.
This is what I'm driving at. It's just a tool to the user to get something done. Just because the tool is problematic (windows 98 in this case), do we blame the user? The user just wants it to work.
And the person that just wants to turn the key, and have it work, is usually the same that kills someone during hour in the morning, because they're a freaking idiot. Those sorts of people shouldn't be allowed to touch anything made of more than one part.
Talk to me in 50-60 years when your reflexes aren't up to dodging traffic. Are you going to give up your driver's license willingly?
80% of windows problems are idiotic configuration issues, maybe half the user's fault. The rest can be blamed on an OS that makes it impossible to configure things well.
While I believe these numbers to be skewed in favor of the software designer, these are the exact issues that I'm speaking of.
Switching to linux, learning it even as well as she has learned windows
Ahhh... here's where we get into the attitude of the user. I said this before: The user just wants it to work. They've already dumped X hours learning what they need to do on what they have. They don't want to learn what they already know how to do again, in a different way. Since you started with the car analogy, I'll go with it: Let's say JoeUser learned to drive with a steering wheel, and an automatic transmission. Does Joe want to learn to drive again with a joystick, and a 5 speed semiautomatic where you have to push buttons to shift? Probably not. Inertia has some traction on this issue.
Once more: To the user, the computer is a tool. Something that's just supposed to help get work done.
I, at one point, thought this too. However, when you think about it, it's really kind of asinine.
Here's why I believe this: The computer is a tool, just like a car, a microwave, blahblahblah. The end user just wants it to work. Just like they turn the key on the car, turn on the microwave, blahblahblah. The answer of "Her solution is to bite the bullet and really learn to use a computer." really isn't addressing the issue of the fact that it's supposed to be a tool that I turn on and use, not have to be a CS major/have years of experience/whatever they percieve it takes to fix it to understand it. This moves the onus of fixing a programmatic problem (holes that should be patched/shouldn't exist/aren't obvious to someone who is usually unqualified to address it.
Hell, I work for a shop that's like this: The user's use a PC by mandate for the most part. They use it as a tool. They just want it to work. These people keep a lot of techs in work.
I'm not saying that the user is totally out of the woods for some of their own problems. I've cleaned enough spyware off machines to know that some people are just stupid, and willfully do commit acts to put spyware and stuff on the machine. These people don't need to use a PC until they've had it drilled into them that "yes" to everything will lead to problems, or at least cost them to pay someone to fix it.
Thus once again, proving that the Jargon dictionary knows all... All X Sucks
The scary part of this is that if the track record holds true, It'll be triggered by some broadcast bit that will be sniffed and implemented as a DOS attack.
You do just like everyone else does in the computer field: You put it in your EULA that you can't be sued. Dunno if this can be done in this application (and still be a player in the biz), however.
I can't remember if it was done under Schickele's name or PDQ Bach, but I heard about a piece of music called "Table music for Trumpet and Flute". There was one sheet placed on a table between the two musicians, and they read it like they would normally. Pretty cool musical hack once thought about.
:) The thing that actually sticks out in my mind is a piece of album art on one of the J Cards (I believe it was from PDQ Bach on the air) where there was a staff of music with the words "Allamande Left" under it. The next measure had been completely wrecked, much like a bad car accident. Peter did always have quite the sense of humor.
I've been a PDQ fan since high school, almost 15 years ago.
Obligitory link for those who aren't in the know: http://www.schickele.com
Currently i don't know of any example of useful XUL through HTTP
Narrowband. The content is already on the user's computer, the user is already accustomed to the UI look/feel. Just to name 2 off of the top of my head.
It's amazing what time travel devices can do, however.
Could be any number number of manufacturers. Just to name a few. Google for Electrostatic Speaker Manufacturer to see some more high end stuff.
And a democratic government can be overthrown morally (without killing anyone), if the government fails to carry out the wishes of its people.
I call BullShit on this statement. Anyone who has power will typically do anything in their power to hold onto it. The only way that this statement works is if the military is in collusion with the people.
Pardon while I feed the troll...
and we understand that upper class tax cuts may provide a temporary "high" but will only lead to misery later on.
Document this, and I *might* believe it.
I don't know of a single person who doesn't want to keep more $$$ in their pocket. Those that make the most $$$ generally (not always, but generally) create jobs by doing one of two things:
1. Becoming a consumer. These people purchase things that have to be manufactured, or want services that can only be met by someone else.
2. Creating a business.
Creating jobs broadens the tax base. Where's the loss for your "big government" needs there?
Pardon while I be pendanic, but it was never a democratic republic. It *is* a representative republic. If you don't like what's going on, vote.
True democracy is mob rule, made worse by the fact that *everyone* (as opposed to a few reps) has to take the time to do something to get change to happen. It doesn't scale well to large nation size.
Easier, probably. Cheaper... probably not.
I had no problems doing this in my 1993 escort wagon. Helps that the car was small enough to be considred an "econo-box". :) Never took my eyes off of the road either.
to quote Bucky of Get Fuzzy fame:
"Don't play dumb with me!! I'm the King of Du--- wait, that's not going to come out right."
The biggest problem with this was best stated by some punk band...
"I've been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding".
I'm not saying that this is always the case, but it would seem that (from where I sit), the people with the most intelligence are working 80 hrs/week to support $f'nbigticketitemoftheirdreams instead of procreating. The others are still working 80 hours, so the kids become spoiled malcontents, raised by an institution like the television.
I still stand by my statement that many parents are borked, and do a sub-standard job of raising their children.
Hehehe... someone has a little more time and money than I *ever* had driving I10. :) After NM, it was fuel stops only until Houston TX. And when you drive an 83 AMC Wagoneer, those fuel stops come every time you see a station. :D I think I figured my average for that trip to be 12 MPG, fully loaded wag, towing my (then) daily driver, which was also fully loaded.