Sometimes I don't know what is worse, people who fear being outcasts or people who fear being labelled as conformists.
Aha. But what the non-conformists don't want to admit is that they too aspire to be accepted as a greater individual.
It is caught up in being 1337-- then you get out in the Real World, and find your skills don't get you respect. In fact, the whole attitude and posturing almost assures that you'll be thought of as a ego inflated loser.
But is following a "paint-by-numbers" book to Roll Your Own that much different than a distro? Is ALFS a distro? That's a currently debated issue on alfs-discuss.
I honestly worry that people do try too hard to be different. I just do whatever I need to do, personally. IMHO, LFS is a great learning experience (assuming you take the time to branch out and understand the why/how behind the instructions), and a great way to optimize your GNU/Linux box. But bragging rights? Just don't feel bad when I refer to you as a mere Linux user.
...they are teaching evolooshun without having the entire fossil record from the first genetic material to the present.
Last time I checked, it was still called a theory. Do you even know what that means? Yes it is being--and must be--taught as there is a great deal of evidence that shows it to be a fact considering what we do know. Nice speech impediment there too. Evolooshun...brilliant show of intelligence.
I demand the right to a solid platform upon which I can support my dignity.
Noone has denied you this. Go crazy, spread the word. The masses don't agree because we choose to look at things logically. But here's a 2x4 for your "platform".
How can I feel good about myself if I am reminded that I share common ancestry with ape-brutes? I've been to the zoo, and I decline to write of the horrid, disgusting things I have seen the creatures do.
You know, I wouldn't be surprised if the apes felt the same about us. We murder, we rape, we lie... I know your God doesn't advocate it, but it does happen.
The Bible naturally omits this, but to give equal time and tie in your trollish comment about "horrid, disgusting things"... Adam and Eve were, by your theory, the first two humans beamed into existence. Did they sit around in formal attire and have tea in the Garden of Eden every day at noon? No. They were naked. They would have had to've had sex. Alot. Do you think they had Hollywood-style glamorous missionary style sex? Or even used toilets? Does the thought of that disturb you?
With our sense of self-worth at stake, supporters of science will talk of 'empirical evidence', 'facts', and 'logic'. Take a moment and reflect on the innocence lost the day our world left it's prominent spot at the center of the universe. And now they would have us force feed this, their evil-ution, to our kids.
You wouldn't be on/. at all if crazed zealouts such as yourself still controlled education. This is pure trollbait here. At least before you had some crazy points... Your evolution puns do at least make sense, and now they're just cliched.
Does a man who is doing his utmost to get into heaven benefit from filling his head with theories? Do we want our teachers questioning all that is good and decent, twisting things around with their fancy words? We must shift our focus back to something which is never used in an evil fashion: religion.
Never used in an evil fashion? Slavery, violence and hatred directed at homosexuals, Koresh leading his devotees to death... Sounds pretty "evil" to me, but define it as you will.
Question everything, I say. There are answers out there. If religion helps you keep yourself moral and humane, stick with it. But I myself choose to live morally without a restrictive religion because I also thirst for knowledge.
I'm amazed at how much the line has blurred for me with respect to copyrights. MP3 changed that. Slightly before my audio addiction, I thought MODs were going to be huge, but then about the same time, Layer3 audio came about, and I wondered why I would go with anything else.
You aren't trolling are you? Gonna have to hurt you for comparing MP3 to my beloved MOD and its successors.;]
Tracking is ("covers" aside) a language used for creative purposes. It's like comparing sheet music and an orchestra to a CD. Sadly, most are content with the CD.
The failure of Titan AE, the 360 layoffs at Fox Animation had most everyone in the industry calling it quits for line animation. What audiences want is computer animation.
Tell that to the creators of Pokemon... The real problem here is that American audiences typically aren't going to see a movie that looks like a "cartoon" unless it's geared at kids. Heavy Metal flopped badly too. I just refuse to believe any of these films would've been any more successful if they'd been 3D CGI WizBango-ified.
It's a sad situation really. Maybe it will change. I still cringe when I see trailers for animated films set to poppy alternacrap songs that are best suited for crap PG 13 films. I think this is part of the reason those of us who enjoy anime don't always care for the lobotomized American take on the whole thing.
In reality, it's just a business of shuffling tasty bits to consumers.
Don't forget it is also a business of power. To say that "journalists" never spread FUD is quite naive. At least we are given a forum for discussion here at/. even if the S/N ratios suffer a bit. I'd take a bit of noise anyday for a tiny bit of unique signal.
If this was to occur, the whole vibe would suffer. There's no human interaction there, just two (or more) going at it solo.
I mean, hypothetically, technology could progress to the point where we could do any number of things remotely... Screwing, having dinner, going to the movies (our boy Gates already does this), etc. I think the group in Japan got the shaft-- they got to look at a damn monitor. If even that.
I suppose it has applications where a true collaboration is impossible, but a concert? I wouldn't be impressed.
Researchers say their ultimate goal is to create an environment, complete with sound vibrations in the floorboards, which would allow musicians at venues around the world to perform together.
I'd never collaborate with anyone who didn't vibrate my floorboards. Sadly, that was the most interesting bit of the whole thing. They said nothing about how it was achieved or even had any reaction from those present. Yay crap journalism!
The fact remains, many American parents wouldn't want their children exposed to excessive sex and many Canadian parents wouldn't want their children exposed to excessive violence. Who are you to say that we shouldn't help them as long as it doesn't restrict what adults have access to? Is it just me, or do very few of the/. crowd understand the concept of Good Parenting (TM)?
My guess is that most/.ers are indeed not concerned with Good Parenting. I'd guess that only a small percentage have kids, and the rest "grew up" in the arcade crazed 80's. My parents never regulated my gaming activities, but then again, by the time MK etc showed up, I had moved on to other activities. The games are both more violent, and realistic. What happened to fun?
*gel -- "Quake was fun for an hour or so, but honestly it is hardly more exciting than Joust..."
I think the court ruling could quite possibly affect search technology as we know it if they don't tread lightly. We already have methods in place (robots.txt) to prevent crawling from the major well-behaved search engines. If the courts do anything, they should require that all engines/spiders obey the site's robots.txt.
On metabrowsing in general-- I feel that a lot of these sites are out for the easy advertising revenue opportunity and have a "take it all and make it ours" type attitude. While these activities are good for the small guy, the industry leaders takes the shaft. However, usually the leader has the advantage of having more products, so the losses are somewhat less severe.
I think the core issue here is requiring that these meta-sites request permission of the companies they select. Or better yet, build a brand and a strategy, and make the companies want to participate. This does work: Pricewatch is a great example. And it's tough to even compete there if you aren't the best price, but companies participate because they know that being on Pricewatch is guaranteed exposure.
Needless to say, you can't go taking bottles of Heinz and Hunt's ketchup and repackage it as MetaKetchup. We need a degree of control, but obviously we want something that won't end up giving up our right to information.
What's the best (and only) way to make sure your teen (or kid) isn't looking at stuff online you wouldn't want him/her to be looking at? -- Don't have kids. In today's world many kids have external access to the web; off-home surfing. Their friends have it, their school has it, their public library has it. So much access to this. If any or all of these are using filtering there are always ways around it.
By this logic, we probably shouldn't have children because they could also quite possibly become psychotic serial killers. The more rational solution: Educate and/or supervise your kids. Be involved.
All a cracker needs to do is intercept the TCP packets and with some work could probably autheticate himself as that person almost as easily as intercepting a clear text password...
I'd imagine that this wouldn't occur quite as simply as you paint it. Firstly, there are too many legacy devices without snazzy fingerprint scanners. Secondly, any self-respecting company will want to protect their customers, so you can be assured encryption will be a given. Naturally, anyone dedicated enough can crack or hack anything, but to say that the method itself is unusable for 'Net applications is silly.
Honestly, I'd prefer the authentication to be in a separate device. I use a repackaged and modified Logitech Marble+ due to my physical limitations, and I'm not upgrading any time soon.;] And two buttons? I like three m'self.
Well, I don't have any intimate knowledge of RazorFish's business practices, but as a member of a design firm I'm going to contest a few things that I feel need to be challenged.
1) COST....
Granted. They probably did pay a lot. There are plenty of firms that would've done it for less, but I'd imagine they wanted a firm with a strong reputation. RF can charge high dollar prices because they feel their real-world expertise in dealing with other high profile clients (RazorFish doesn't even try for anything but high-profile well-funded companies) is worth more than UnknownFirm. This makes them feel "safe" even if UnknownFirm could've done better work/lower price/etc.
2) DELIVERABLES. USWeb, according to reputation, bids high and gets the work done more or less within budget; RazorFish, and many others, tend to bid low to get the contract and then pile on additional costs as "unforseen" events arize. Usually this stuff is retainer work anyway...
Huh? What does this have to do with deliverables? Anyway, my firm does none of these things. Our contracts cover finite projects and we do nothing "unforseen" (sic) as we prefer to remain honest. Design firms that don't will soon find that an easy buck now could cost them future projects. Don't condemn the entire industry on your (limited?) experience.
3) WHAT THEY COMPLAINING ABOUT??? The site is, really, pretty typical and average for what web design companies produce: nothing that 20 bright college kids couldn't do by looking at any firms' clients' pages and replicating... they asked for what a web design firm produces, they got what a web design firm produces. Caveat Emptor.
OK, first, the article makes "what they are complaining about" clear. You're basically saying absolutely nothing aside from implying that "20 bright college kids" could design on the same level as RazorFish. I challenge you to prove this. And...Caveat Emptor? Always. As with any product, you should do some comparison shopping.
4) THE WEB DESIGN INDUSTRY IS LUDICROUS. OK, I know USWeb the best, and they run an incredibly tight shop that... well, works (slowly but surely) by strict adherance to formulas, guidelines and regulations. (Don't even mention perl if you want to be hired by them!). But billing at $300/hr and up for this crap? The work because Marketing is Big, CKS is a Real Ad Firm, and their clients Don't Know A Fuck about what is going on.
For such a strong subject and equally strong itemized list, you sure have nothing to say. Are you rehashing the price thing again? Big marketing always brings big prices. Honestly, companies that want huge returns understand that they don't come cheaply. It's fun to say they don't know what's going on though, isn't it?
I agree that there is certainly room for anyone (in any industry) to be paid too much for sub par work. Assuming the allegations are true, RazorFish won't get away without a tarnished reputation. There are other Fish in the sea. And they're even different colors and sizes. Maybe you should have a look for yourself before claiming to know "How Web Design Firms Work".
And seriously, aside from the pricing practices of one firm (and unproven conjecture about a competing firm) you don't really explain how anything works. Defending sweeping generalizations is a bitch, isn't it?
Slashdot Mirror
It is caught up in being 1337-- then you get out in the Real World, and find your skills don't get you respect. In fact, the whole attitude and posturing almost assures that you'll be thought of as a ego inflated loser.
*gel
I honestly worry that people do try too hard to be different. I just do whatever I need to do, personally. IMHO, LFS is a great learning experience (assuming you take the time to branch out and understand the why/how behind the instructions), and a great way to optimize your GNU/Linux box. But bragging rights? Just don't feel bad when I refer to you as a mere Linux user.
*gel
*gel
Last time I checked, it was still called a theory. Do you even know what that means? Yes it is being--and must be--taught as there is a great deal of evidence that shows it to be a fact considering what we do know. Nice speech impediment there too. Evolooshun...brilliant show of intelligence.
Noone has denied you this. Go crazy, spread the word. The masses don't agree because we choose to look at things logically. But here's a 2x4 for your "platform".
You know, I wouldn't be surprised if the apes felt the same about us. We murder, we rape, we lie... I know your God doesn't advocate it, but it does happen.
The Bible naturally omits this, but to give equal time and tie in your trollish comment about "horrid, disgusting things"... Adam and Eve were, by your theory, the first two humans beamed into existence. Did they sit around in formal attire and have tea in the Garden of Eden every day at noon? No. They were naked. They would have had to've had sex. Alot. Do you think they had Hollywood-style glamorous missionary style sex? Or even used toilets? Does the thought of that disturb you?
You wouldn't be on /. at all if crazed zealouts such as yourself still controlled education. This is pure trollbait here. At least before you had some crazy points... Your evolution puns do at least make sense, and now they're just cliched.
Never used in an evil fashion? Slavery, violence and hatred directed at homosexuals, Koresh leading his devotees to death... Sounds pretty "evil" to me, but define it as you will.
Question everything, I say. There are answers out there. If religion helps you keep yourself moral and humane, stick with it. But I myself choose to live morally without a restrictive religion because I also thirst for knowledge.
*gel
I don't see that -anywhere- in the babelfishified version, but... Is it just me, or is there an awful lot of truth-twisting on /. these days.
*gel
You aren't trolling are you? Gonna have to hurt you for comparing MP3 to my beloved MOD and its successors. ;]
Tracking is ("covers" aside) a language used for creative purposes. It's like comparing sheet music and an orchestra to a CD. Sadly, most are content with the CD.
*gel
Save the MODs, burn the MP3s!
Tell that to the creators of Pokemon... The real problem here is that American audiences typically aren't going to see a movie that looks like a "cartoon" unless it's geared at kids. Heavy Metal flopped badly too. I just refuse to believe any of these films would've been any more successful if they'd been 3D CGI WizBango-ified.
It's a sad situation really. Maybe it will change. I still cringe when I see trailers for animated films set to poppy alternacrap songs that are best suited for crap PG 13 films. I think this is part of the reason those of us who enjoy anime don't always care for the lobotomized American take on the whole thing.
*gel
Don't forget it is also a business of power. To say that "journalists" never spread FUD is quite naive. At least we are given a forum for discussion here at /. even if the S/N ratios suffer a bit. I'd take a bit of noise anyday for a tiny bit of unique signal.
*gel
I mean, hypothetically, technology could progress to the point where we could do any number of things remotely... Screwing, having dinner, going to the movies (our boy Gates already does this), etc. I think the group in Japan got the shaft-- they got to look at a damn monitor. If even that.
I suppose it has applications where a true collaboration is impossible, but a concert? I wouldn't be impressed.
*gel
I'd never collaborate with anyone who didn't vibrate my floorboards. Sadly, that was the most interesting bit of the whole thing. They said nothing about how it was achieved or even had any reaction from those present. Yay crap journalism!
*gel
My guess is that most /.ers are indeed not concerned with Good Parenting. I'd guess that only a small percentage have kids, and the rest "grew up" in the arcade crazed 80's. My parents never regulated my gaming activities, but then again, by the time MK etc showed up, I had moved on to other activities. The games are both more violent, and realistic. What happened to fun?
*gel -- "Quake was fun for an hour or so, but honestly it is hardly more exciting than Joust..."
On metabrowsing in general-- I feel that a lot of these sites are out for the easy advertising revenue opportunity and have a "take it all and make it ours" type attitude. While these activities are good for the small guy, the industry leaders takes the shaft. However, usually the leader has the advantage of having more products, so the losses are somewhat less severe.
I think the core issue here is requiring that these meta-sites request permission of the companies they select. Or better yet, build a brand and a strategy, and make the companies want to participate. This does work: Pricewatch is a great example. And it's tough to even compete there if you aren't the best price, but companies participate because they know that being on Pricewatch is guaranteed exposure.
Needless to say, you can't go taking bottles of Heinz and Hunt's ketchup and repackage it as MetaKetchup. We need a degree of control, but obviously we want something that won't end up giving up our right to information.
*gel
By this logic, we probably shouldn't have children because they could also quite possibly become psychotic serial killers. The more rational solution: Educate and/or supervise your kids. Be involved.
*gel
I'd imagine that this wouldn't occur quite as simply as you paint it. Firstly, there are too many legacy devices without snazzy fingerprint scanners. Secondly, any self-respecting company will want to protect their customers, so you can be assured encryption will be a given. Naturally, anyone dedicated enough can crack or hack anything, but to say that the method itself is unusable for 'Net applications is silly.
Honestly, I'd prefer the authentication to be in a separate device. I use a repackaged and modified Logitech Marble+ due to my physical limitations, and I'm not upgrading any time soon. ;] And two buttons? I like three m'self.
*gel
Granted. They probably did pay a lot. There are plenty of firms that would've done it for less, but I'd imagine they wanted a firm with a strong reputation. RF can charge high dollar prices because they feel their real-world expertise in dealing with other high profile clients (RazorFish doesn't even try for anything but high-profile well-funded companies) is worth more than UnknownFirm. This makes them feel "safe" even if UnknownFirm could've done better work/lower price/etc.
Huh? What does this have to do with deliverables? Anyway, my firm does none of these things. Our contracts cover finite projects and we do nothing "unforseen" (sic) as we prefer to remain honest. Design firms that don't will soon find that an easy buck now could cost them future projects. Don't condemn the entire industry on your (limited?) experience.
OK, first, the article makes "what they are complaining about" clear. You're basically saying absolutely nothing aside from implying that "20 bright college kids" could design on the same level as RazorFish. I challenge you to prove this. And...Caveat Emptor? Always. As with any product, you should do some comparison shopping.
For such a strong subject and equally strong itemized list, you sure have nothing to say. Are you rehashing the price thing again? Big marketing always brings big prices. Honestly, companies that want huge returns understand that they don't come cheaply. It's fun to say they don't know what's going on though, isn't it?
I agree that there is certainly room for anyone (in any industry) to be paid too much for sub par work. Assuming the allegations are true, RazorFish won't get away without a tarnished reputation. There are other Fish in the sea. And they're even different colors and sizes. Maybe you should have a look for yourself before claiming to know "How Web Design Firms Work".
And seriously, aside from the pricing practices of one firm (and unproven conjecture about a competing firm) you don't really explain how anything works. Defending sweeping generalizations is a bitch, isn't it?
*gel