That doesn't sound right at all, you might want to check your installation. My experience with Flashblock has been nothing but positive -- it's the only way I'll let the Flash plugin onto my computer.
The big problem I've had with those automated checkouts, is when you have a big item (25# bag of dogfood, pallet of bottled water, etc) which doesn't normally get bagged, the stupid machine still expects the user to place it in the bagging area. So the user ends up going through these silly motions to please the machine, I don't know if they're all like that, but the ones I've seen could really use some improvement.
That would be irreverent. If you're going to bold a word, it's probably a good idea to check the spelling. For a minute there, I thought you were saying the Daily Show is irrelevant, which I don't believe for a minute.:)
I think it's pretty clear this guy was a paid shill. But I'm also pretty sure nothing will come of this; Bush is like Teflon, nothing sticks to him. Imagine the fallout if this had happened during the Clinton administration.
I'm pretty sure most "good samaritan" laws do nothing more than allow someone to help another without fear of litigation. Say, if someone with no medical training were attempting to help someone who was in a car crash. There is a chance that their "help" could actually hurt the victim. The "good samaritan" law provides indemnification for the helper.
I've never heard of a law compelling people to help (well, outside of Seinfeld).
That reminds me of a dual-deck cassette player I used to own. It had this feature called "automatic gain control" (AGC) which allegedly was a benefit for recording. In practice, however, it completely ruined any music that was recorded on that deck. I can't imagine that was an accident..
Well, the benefits of subclassing are day 1 lessons in OOP.
Yes, I'm sure. But I'm not of the school which believes that *everything* needs to be OOP. Anyway, PHP also supports object subclassing (extends keyword) so this is a moot point.
Looks pretty much like every other ASP.NET calendar I've seen. And this one has no DOCTYPE and throws Javascript errors. If you were trying to convince me of ASP.NET's superiority, surely you could have found a better example?
Oh, you're one of those bigots who doesn't let silly stuff like technological superiority get in the way.
That's hilarious. It's true, I do prefer to work with open source technologies, or at least open standards. But I am a pragmatist, and will use proprietary technology if there is a clear benefit. In this case, even if ASP.NET were clearly superior -- and I'm not convinced that it is -- it's use necessitates the usage of IIS and Windows Server, neither of which I'm comfortable using, given Microsoft's history of security breaches, restrictive licensing policies, etc. In effect, there would have to be a huge incentive for me to consider recommending it to a client.
Of course, but benefit does subclassing an ASP.NET control give me than doing it my way to begin with? And then I get the warm fuzzy feeling from tying my code to a propreitary platform? No thanks.
Ah, I see where you get the number "5", counting Netscape/Gecko separate from the other Gecko based browsers. And Opera probably does deserve a place in that list, although to be honest I've had few clients who even knew about that browser. Of course, with Opera Mobile making headway, they are definitely one to watch.
I do the same thing when I'm programming PHP. I have a library of functions to create various HTML form elements, such as textboxes, select boxes, checkboxes, etc. The ASP.NET way is faster up front, and simpler for those who are not that strong at HTML and/or coding, but I'd rather have the fine grained control of my own libraries.
I've used ASP.NET in the past, and wasn't all that impressed. It does make some things really easy -- but if you need to do something off the beaten path, good luck. And the documentation wasn't that great either, at least when I used it (lots of references to resources that didn't exist, etc).
I think it's high time for developers to stop supporting Netscape 4 (and I think many already have). From the most recent stats I've seen, NS4.x commands less than 0.5% market share -- which isn't nearly enough to justify compromising the integrity of your code, and/or reducing the experience for the other 99.5% of visitors.
Also, I'm curious what you consider the "top 5 browsers". In my opinion as a web developer, there are currently 3 target platforms upon which my work must render correctly: Gecko (Mozilla, etc), KHTML (Konqueror, Safari), and Trident (IE). (If it works in these, it usually also works in Opera.)
I don't go out of my way to make fixes for niche browsers unless it's specifically requested by the client. Time is money, and there simply isn't time to make every site appear "perfect" in every niche browser. However, I always ensure that my work is accessible and degrades gracefully, so that even relics like NS4 can still view the site -- even if it looks different for them.
On the other hand, it never hurts to try new things. It's true that it takes some degree of time and effort to learn a new OS, but time spent on learning and self improvement is never wasted.
An excellent point. A lot of Americans have serious cognitive dissonance regarding the barbaric practice of circumcision. (I'm a card-carrying member of NOCIRC BTW)
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Except since Linux was founded in 1991, it's more like the 14th year..
Of course, there is the possibility that this has already happened..
All I know is, my car gets 10 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!
It blows my mind that a number as big as 25,964,951 cannot be divided by any other number! (excepting 1, or itself)
Inconceivable!
Especially since GWB is the 42nd U.S. President (not counting Grover Cleveland's second term).. coincidence?
Or even:
Nice sig, by the way..Yeah, but does it run Linux?
That doesn't sound right at all, you might want to check your installation. My experience with Flashblock has been nothing but positive -- it's the only way I'll let the Flash plugin onto my computer.
It's only fair, after paying for other people's kids schooling for years..
Awesome, though. I can't wait for us to terraform Mars, and start our new civilization there.
Terraforming should be a breeze, all we have to do is start the reactor that aliens left for us.
The big problem I've had with those automated checkouts, is when you have a big item (25# bag of dogfood, pallet of bottled water, etc) which doesn't normally get bagged, the stupid machine still expects the user to place it in the bagging area. So the user ends up going through these silly motions to please the machine, I don't know if they're all like that, but the ones I've seen could really use some improvement.
The daily show isn't offensive it's irrevrant.
That would be irreverent . If you're going to bold a word, it's probably a good idea to check the spelling. For a minute there, I thought you were saying the Daily Show is irrelevant, which I don't believe for a minute. :)
I think it's pretty clear this guy was a paid shill. But I'm also pretty sure nothing will come of this; Bush is like Teflon, nothing sticks to him. Imagine the fallout if this had happened during the Clinton administration.
The theory is that there is an infinite number of these numbers, but they are unlikely to prove the theory by finding them all.
Yogi Berra, is that you?
I'm pretty sure most "good samaritan" laws do nothing more than allow someone to help another without fear of litigation. Say, if someone with no medical training were attempting to help someone who was in a car crash. There is a chance that their "help" could actually hurt the victim. The "good samaritan" law provides indemnification for the helper.
I've never heard of a law compelling people to help (well, outside of Seinfeld).
That reminds me of a dual-deck cassette player I used to own. It had this feature called "automatic gain control" (AGC) which allegedly was a benefit for recording. In practice, however, it completely ruined any music that was recorded on that deck. I can't imagine that was an accident..
Well, the benefits of subclassing are day 1 lessons in OOP.
Yes, I'm sure. But I'm not of the school which believes that *everything* needs to be OOP. Anyway, PHP also supports object subclassing (extends keyword) so this is a moot point.
http://www.maricopa.gov/EventsCalendarFull.aspx?da te=2/16/2005
Looks pretty much like every other ASP.NET calendar I've seen. And this one has no DOCTYPE and throws Javascript errors. If you were trying to convince me of ASP.NET's superiority, surely you could have found a better example?
Oh, you're one of those bigots who doesn't let silly stuff like technological superiority get in the way.
That's hilarious. It's true, I do prefer to work with open source technologies, or at least open standards. But I am a pragmatist, and will use proprietary technology if there is a clear benefit. In this case, even if ASP.NET were clearly superior -- and I'm not convinced that it is -- it's use necessitates the usage of IIS and Windows Server, neither of which I'm comfortable using, given Microsoft's history of security breaches, restrictive licensing policies, etc. In effect, there would have to be a huge incentive for me to consider recommending it to a client.
Indeed. The dew has fallen with a particularly sickening thud this morning.
Of course, but benefit does subclassing an ASP.NET control give me than doing it my way to begin with? And then I get the warm fuzzy feeling from tying my code to a propreitary platform? No thanks.
Ah, I see where you get the number "5", counting Netscape/Gecko separate from the other Gecko based browsers. And Opera probably does deserve a place in that list, although to be honest I've had few clients who even knew about that browser. Of course, with Opera Mobile making headway, they are definitely one to watch.
I do the same thing when I'm programming PHP. I have a library of functions to create various HTML form elements, such as textboxes, select boxes, checkboxes, etc. The ASP.NET way is faster up front, and simpler for those who are not that strong at HTML and/or coding, but I'd rather have the fine grained control of my own libraries.
I've used ASP.NET in the past, and wasn't all that impressed. It does make some things really easy -- but if you need to do something off the beaten path, good luck. And the documentation wasn't that great either, at least when I used it (lots of references to resources that didn't exist, etc).
I think it's high time for developers to stop supporting Netscape 4 (and I think many already have). From the most recent stats I've seen, NS4.x commands less than 0.5% market share -- which isn't nearly enough to justify compromising the integrity of your code, and/or reducing the experience for the other 99.5% of visitors.
Also, I'm curious what you consider the "top 5 browsers". In my opinion as a web developer, there are currently 3 target platforms upon which my work must render correctly: Gecko (Mozilla, etc), KHTML (Konqueror, Safari), and Trident (IE). (If it works in these, it usually also works in Opera.)
I don't go out of my way to make fixes for niche browsers unless it's specifically requested by the client. Time is money, and there simply isn't time to make every site appear "perfect" in every niche browser. However, I always ensure that my work is accessible and degrades gracefully, so that even relics like NS4 can still view the site -- even if it looks different for them.
In what way do you consider IIS6 to be superiour to Apache? Just curious.
On the other hand, it never hurts to try new things. It's true that it takes some degree of time and effort to learn a new OS, but time spent on learning and self improvement is never wasted.
An excellent point. A lot of Americans have serious cognitive dissonance regarding the barbaric practice of circumcision. (I'm a card-carrying member of NOCIRC BTW)