Conversely, some of the fast websites use basic TEXT and skimp on the graphics.
I do websites for non-profits and I one of my rules in doing a website is NO UNNECESSARY graphics. Graphics that add pretties but don't add anything else are not allowed. I also run all the graphics through a size filter to limit unneeded pixel count and quality. You don't need 25MB photo on the front page; a scaled and reduced quality is a better choice.
My way of saying this is, "I don't need to see the pimples on the porn stars butt". Sometimes too much detail is too much.
To me, it is called Minimum Bench Time. You need bench work in my shop, I'd charge you $50 Minimum. But that gets you a 1/2 hour of tech time to answer other questions you might have.
But if you bought RAM from me, I'd install it for you, for free. But you'd complain that I charge 30% more than some mail order place and is ripping people off there too.
Then you complain that places like Best Buy hire idiots who don't know shit to answer your highly technical questions even when you're not intending to even buy whatever at that store.
Yeah, I know who you are. You're the stupid tech that gives everyone else's time and effort away for free, because you can do it yourself for nothing, and you shop www.pricewatch.com and think you're all that and a box of chocolates because if it.
I love you. You create more customers for me.
Some people don't want to run around for days trying to figure out how to save that last few $ you claim is ripping people off, in this case $50 bench fee.
My customers know I'm not the cheapest, but I am fair. What they get is ME, and I'm priceless compared to you. They know they can call me anytime and get me, and I'll give them good advice, and treat them with respect. And they get peace of mind, which is worth something to them.
In related news, Sir Lewk was killed in an automobile accident for not wearing his seatbelt. He was quoted earlier as saying, "Using seatbelts to prevent bodily harm from a freaking car accident seems pretty excessive to me".
Can't spell worth shit, doesn't negate my intelligence. I know idiots who spell perfectly. I know very intelligent people who spell well, and idiots who can't spell like me. Spelling is NOT a sign of intelligence nor education level.
And I didn't know I was going to be "graded" on a spur of the moment post to a web log. Had I known you were a lurking grammar nazi, I would have proofread my post more carefully. Perhaps even hiring someone to draft(write) it for me to post as my own.
Knowing my weaknesses (spelling) is a strength. That, and I don't become a grammar nazi, who misses the point while nitpicking.
I seem to have made it through college without much of a hassle with either issue you seem to point out. I wonder what that says about the college system or even the "American" Education system?
Or, you can replace the magnetic drive inside with a SSD drive like THIS for much less ($699) and get an external case to carry it one of THESE a total cost 25% less (approx $770).
Anyone can come up with ideas is true, HOWEVER not all ideas are GOOD ones. The problem with coming up with GOOD ideas is often people don't have a basic understanding of the problem or the implications of various ways of implementing an idea.
Getting people to do the work is often not quite as easy as it seems. First you have to have qualified people. They have to be motivated to actually complete the work given.
As for degree programs at schools and such, a MS is nothing more than a piece of paper ascribing practical and theoretical knowledge of a certain level. MS (MA) degree shows an extra two years of mastery that a BS does not. Employers like MS degrees over BS degrees because they also take extra initiative (goal setting) that a regular BS degree doesn't.
I'm not sure what good a MS degree is after say 5 or 10 years in a career, other than being a feather in a cap.
I take a look at what I know, verses what I knew graduating college, and I know substantially more, and more practical knowledge, things that no MS piece of paper can show. However, I cannot quantify or qualify my knowledge other than my work experience.
I recently had a week of training that was completely useless for me. I already either knew, or didn't need to know to do my job, and the material I didn't know I could have learned on my own, should the need arise.
That being said, I am going to go get that MS paper now (25 years after college), so that if and when I need to look for job, I have that feather in my cap. It seems fairly important to those people doing hiring.
Actually, I believe it comes from Judeo Kashrut practices. We (Western European) societies are heavily influenced by the whole Judeo Christian ethic. This however doesn't explain our fascination with Pork (pun intended)
Photoshop lowers the quality of the Photo. It is degredation of the worst kind. You may improve the IMAGE in the photo, but the photograph itself is harmed.
I drive from Nor Cal to So Cal, over 500 miles, one way, several times a year to visit family. I'm at far less risk than grandma Owho barely drives 500 miles in a month, or the teen who is an idiot with her cell phone (even though it is illegal already) or....
THIS is the problem with Government. It is a ONE SIZE FITS ALL program that doesn't fit anyone. I've been driving over 20 years, with exactly 4 accidents, none of them my fault.
I have a 13 year old vehicle, bought new, with 150,000 miles on it, that hasn't had one insurance claim. I know some people who can't make 40K without totalling their vehicle.
Everytime someone says... "there ought to be a law" get ready to bend over!
I'm thinking that if a security researcher had done the same thing, he would not be in jail. Nor would a large corporation.
But a set top box importer does it, and suddenly it's a federal crime.
Welcome to the police state. This definition, right here, is perfect example of MOST of the laws currently on the books.
We have so many laws on the books, that it is probably virtually impossible to go through a day without violating some law, some where. I call it the IBMing of the Legal System.
This refers to the old story about how IBM was once sued by a competitor for patent violation, and IBM responded with a whole bunch of counter lawsuits for their own patent violations.
Remember Scooter Libby? Got thown in jail for Vallery Plame? Except he didn't. He got thrown in jail for "lying". Remember William Clinton? He lied too and didn't.
It all depends on who your friends are, and whether or not they throw you under the bus.
F12, F12, Enter, Enter, Username/Password, Enter, Enter. Walk away and in less than 2 hours fully installed (fresh) version of XP, fully patched and all the silent installed apps installed. The Silent installed apps are either MSI with answer files or installed via batch scripts. All user data (files, images etc) are stored on servers, no data is on the local machine.
Installing APPs with MSI answer files is slick and preconfiguring the options is just plain awesome. And every computer has the same "base", which means it is very easy to diagnose problems, and spot anomalies.
Total Tech time for resetting a computer less than Ten Minutes(on average). Total down time for the computer is under 2 hours. Turnaround is fast, efficient, and the clients see efficient use of time.
If I am working on a computer, and can't figure it out in 5 minutes (which I can do about 99% of the time), I just re-image the system. Yes, I can spend hours trying to remove all the crapware, spyware, virii and trying to fix the computer, and I actually used to do that.
The biggest problem was, I was spending One hour trying to fix a machine that was still not quite right after that hour, and would often visit the same computer three or four times, spending 1 Hour Plus each time working on the machine. The service to the clients sucked, not because I sucked, but because even if I thought I had the problem solved, I was never quite sure. Now I am sure.
If you reinstall, there is a big probability that you'll have the same problems,
We call them USERS around here. And yes, Reinstalling the OS doesn't fix that problem. Only thing that solves that problem is having Management clearly define what programs / websites / systems are needed to do the job, and LOCK all the others out.
Suing people for lying and applying it to Politics is an interesting suggestion.
Seriously, this kind of thing would easily change politics forever and probably in a good way. I would LOVE to have people sue both the (R) and (D) parties into oblivion so we can have REAL statesmen again, who aren't tied to stupid party lines.
However, the game is already rigged so that such a thing would never be able to take root, as some slimy lawyer will take campaign promises and say "there is no way he could have fulfilled that promise" and say it was a "joke"....
Hey aren't most Politicians Lawyers? That might explain things.
The law WAS a simple set of rules, and has been mangled over the years by people who keep saying.... "There ought to be a law" for some one-off case and so it becomes "a law".
Complicating matters are laws that conflict with other laws, jurisdictions and so on. And as we gained lawyers in the Judicial, Legislative and Executive branches of government, they tend to pass more and more laws, most of which are NOT NECESSARY or in many cases even wanted, we have the situation as we have now.
Even now, we're about to add a whole new complication onto our burgeoning legal system called "Universal Health Care", only this time, you're going to have LESS rights than you do now!
Tell me, you want Universal Health Care? You want all the rules and regulations coming into play that tell you what you can and can't eat, do or otherwise live? How about having cases of health decided by Bureaucrats rather than you and your doctor?
It all starts out with a neat little idea "Everyone should have health care" which turns into "there ought to be a law" and there you have it. Universal Health Care system we can't afford, at a time of economic crisis caused by over regulation and under regulation (depending on who and what you're looking at). And all those rules and regulations which were supposed to stop the greed and malfeasance didn't stop it at all, but rather made it even harder to detect because the people TRUSTED the system that ended up failing them.
And people think we can trust Government to run health care! My GOD man, are you even paying attention???
IF YOU AREN'T LOOKING AFTER YOURSELF YOU ARE A FOOL!
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Exactly!
I don't compete with low price mail order online shops. They are not my competitors. I sell service, not products. The Products I sell are gravy.
Conversely, some of the fast websites use basic TEXT and skimp on the graphics.
I do websites for non-profits and I one of my rules in doing a website is NO UNNECESSARY graphics. Graphics that add pretties but don't add anything else are not allowed. I also run all the graphics through a size filter to limit unneeded pixel count and quality. You don't need 25MB photo on the front page; a scaled and reduced quality is a better choice.
My way of saying this is, "I don't need to see the pimples on the porn stars butt". Sometimes too much detail is too much.
We're just scaling back the whole "sharks with lasers" project to something less dangerous. We've learned our lesson, really!
I'm sorry, that for you $50 is too much.
To me, it is called Minimum Bench Time. You need bench work in my shop, I'd charge you $50 Minimum. But that gets you a 1/2 hour of tech time to answer other questions you might have.
But if you bought RAM from me, I'd install it for you, for free. But you'd complain that I charge 30% more than some mail order place and is ripping people off there too.
Then you complain that places like Best Buy hire idiots who don't know shit to answer your highly technical questions even when you're not intending to even buy whatever at that store.
Yeah, I know who you are. You're the stupid tech that gives everyone else's time and effort away for free, because you can do it yourself for nothing, and you shop www.pricewatch.com and think you're all that and a box of chocolates because if it.
I love you. You create more customers for me.
Some people don't want to run around for days trying to figure out how to save that last few $ you claim is ripping people off, in this case $50 bench fee.
My customers know I'm not the cheapest, but I am fair. What they get is ME, and I'm priceless compared to you. They know they can call me anytime and get me, and I'll give them good advice, and treat them with respect. And they get peace of mind, which is worth something to them.
So, thank you! Really, I mean it.
Nope, I'm a disciple of the BOFH. I bow down in awe of his teachings!
In related news, Sir Lewk was killed in an automobile accident for not wearing his seatbelt. He was quoted earlier as saying, "Using seatbelts to prevent bodily harm from a freaking car accident seems pretty excessive to me".
Dragonforce -- Through The Fire And Flames.
Can't spell worth shit, doesn't negate my intelligence. I know idiots who spell perfectly. I know very intelligent people who spell well, and idiots who can't spell like me. Spelling is NOT a sign of intelligence nor education level.
And I didn't know I was going to be "graded" on a spur of the moment post to a web log. Had I known you were a lurking grammar nazi, I would have proofread my post more carefully. Perhaps even hiring someone to draft(write) it for me to post as my own.
Knowing my weaknesses (spelling) is a strength. That, and I don't become a grammar nazi, who misses the point while nitpicking.
I seem to have made it through college without much of a hassle with either issue you seem to point out. I wonder what that says about the college system or even the "American" Education system?
Yes it does! NOW STFU RTFM N00b
Or, you can replace the magnetic drive inside with a SSD drive like THIS for much less ($699) and get an external case to carry it one of THESE a total cost 25% less (approx $770).
But that is just me.
I hate to disagree with you ... but ....
Anyone can come up with ideas is true, HOWEVER not all ideas are GOOD ones. The problem with coming up with GOOD ideas is often people don't have a basic understanding of the problem or the implications of various ways of implementing an idea.
Getting people to do the work is often not quite as easy as it seems. First you have to have qualified people. They have to be motivated to actually complete the work given.
As for degree programs at schools and such, a MS is nothing more than a piece of paper ascribing practical and theoretical knowledge of a certain level. MS (MA) degree shows an extra two years of mastery that a BS does not. Employers like MS degrees over BS degrees because they also take extra initiative (goal setting) that a regular BS degree doesn't.
I'm not sure what good a MS degree is after say 5 or 10 years in a career, other than being a feather in a cap.
I take a look at what I know, verses what I knew graduating college, and I know substantially more, and more practical knowledge, things that no MS piece of paper can show. However, I cannot quantify or qualify my knowledge other than my work experience.
I recently had a week of training that was completely useless for me. I already either knew, or didn't need to know to do my job, and the material I didn't know I could have learned on my own, should the need arise.
That being said, I am going to go get that MS paper now (25 years after college), so that if and when I need to look for job, I have that feather in my cap. It seems fairly important to those people doing hiring.
I dare you to say the same thing, except insert Muslim prophet's name instead. It is probably more accurate as well ;)
Christians are just wimps, and easy pickings. And yet people fear them more than the Muslims.
That is the basic plot of this movie
Actually, I believe it comes from Judeo Kashrut practices. We (Western European) societies are heavily influenced by the whole Judeo Christian ethic. This however doesn't explain our fascination with Pork (pun intended)
Photoshop lowers the quality of the Photo. It is degredation of the worst kind. You may improve the IMAGE in the photo, but the photograph itself is harmed.
But that is my opinion.
I drive from Nor Cal to So Cal, over 500 miles, one way, several times a year to visit family. I'm at far less risk than grandma Owho barely drives 500 miles in a month, or the teen who is an idiot with her cell phone (even though it is illegal already) or ....
THIS is the problem with Government. It is a ONE SIZE FITS ALL program that doesn't fit anyone. I've been driving over 20 years, with exactly 4 accidents, none of them my fault.
I have a 13 year old vehicle, bought new, with 150,000 miles on it, that hasn't had one insurance claim. I know some people who can't make 40K without totalling their vehicle.
Everytime someone says ... "there ought to be a law" get ready to bend over!
Wow! Does NYCL know about that? I would hope so. If anyone is interested in this topic, this is a must read.
Bravo!
Welcome to the police state. This definition, right here, is perfect example of MOST of the laws currently on the books.
We have so many laws on the books, that it is probably virtually impossible to go through a day without violating some law, some where. I call it the IBMing of the Legal System.
This refers to the old story about how IBM was once sued by a competitor for patent violation, and IBM responded with a whole bunch of counter lawsuits for their own patent violations.
Remember Scooter Libby? Got thown in jail for Vallery Plame? Except he didn't. He got thrown in jail for "lying". Remember William Clinton? He lied too and didn't.
It all depends on who your friends are, and whether or not they throw you under the bus.
One Acronym .... RIS
F12, F12, Enter, Enter, Username/Password, Enter, Enter. Walk away and in less than 2 hours fully installed (fresh) version of XP, fully patched and all the silent installed apps installed. The Silent installed apps are either MSI with answer files or installed via batch scripts. All user data (files, images etc) are stored on servers, no data is on the local machine.
Installing APPs with MSI answer files is slick and preconfiguring the options is just plain awesome. And every computer has the same "base", which means it is very easy to diagnose problems, and spot anomalies.
Total Tech time for resetting a computer less than Ten Minutes(on average). Total down time for the computer is under 2 hours. Turnaround is fast, efficient, and the clients see efficient use of time.
If I am working on a computer, and can't figure it out in 5 minutes (which I can do about 99% of the time), I just re-image the system. Yes, I can spend hours trying to remove all the crapware, spyware, virii and trying to fix the computer, and I actually used to do that.
The biggest problem was, I was spending One hour trying to fix a machine that was still not quite right after that hour, and would often visit the same computer three or four times, spending 1 Hour Plus each time working on the machine. The service to the clients sucked, not because I sucked, but because even if I thought I had the problem solved, I was never quite sure. Now I am sure.
We call them USERS around here. And yes, Reinstalling the OS doesn't fix that problem. Only thing that solves that problem is having Management clearly define what programs / websites / systems are needed to do the job, and LOCK all the others out.
There are at least two things wrong with your analysis ....
1) Girlfriend? Seriously!
2) Girls on Slashdot? Seriously!
Geez. Next thing you're gonna try to tell me is that the Post Office is running Linux and DNF has been canceled.
Suing people for lying and applying it to Politics is an interesting suggestion.
Seriously, this kind of thing would easily change politics forever and probably in a good way. I would LOVE to have people sue both the (R) and (D) parties into oblivion so we can have REAL statesmen again, who aren't tied to stupid party lines.
However, the game is already rigged so that such a thing would never be able to take root, as some slimy lawyer will take campaign promises and say "there is no way he could have fulfilled that promise" and say it was a "joke" ....
Hey aren't most Politicians Lawyers? That might explain things.
Don't you mean Kool-Ade?
Actually, those of us with Crackberries AND gVoice are even more addicted than your normal Crackaddict. This is HUGE boost for us.
The law WAS a simple set of rules, and has been mangled over the years by people who keep saying .... "There ought to be a law" for some one-off case and so it becomes "a law".
Complicating matters are laws that conflict with other laws, jurisdictions and so on. And as we gained lawyers in the Judicial, Legislative and Executive branches of government, they tend to pass more and more laws, most of which are NOT NECESSARY or in many cases even wanted, we have the situation as we have now.
Even now, we're about to add a whole new complication onto our burgeoning legal system called "Universal Health Care", only this time, you're going to have LESS rights than you do now!
Tell me, you want Universal Health Care? You want all the rules and regulations coming into play that tell you what you can and can't eat, do or otherwise live? How about having cases of health decided by Bureaucrats rather than you and your doctor?
It all starts out with a neat little idea "Everyone should have health care" which turns into "there ought to be a law" and there you have it. Universal Health Care system we can't afford, at a time of economic crisis caused by over regulation and under regulation (depending on who and what you're looking at). And all those rules and regulations which were supposed to stop the greed and malfeasance didn't stop it at all, but rather made it even harder to detect because the people TRUSTED the system that ended up failing them.
And people think we can trust Government to run health care! My GOD man, are you even paying attention???
IF YOU AREN'T LOOKING AFTER YOURSELF YOU ARE A FOOL!
Interestingly enough, that is my house, except I'm the one with the cat. My wife often complains that I pay more attention to the cat.
I'm so tempted to tell her that if she were cute and cuddly I'd pay more attention to her. That, and the cat doesn't mind when I pet her.