In Watchmacallit Kansas eight year old Billy-Bob was sent to the principal's office for stickling his used chewing gum under the seat of his desk.
"But, but, but..." he cried, "It's not my fault! If they didn't want me to stick my gum there they shouldn't have given me a desk with a seat attached to it!"
Just what every school needs, a "sysadmin" who knows that they're there short term, but who goes ahead and implements all sorts of stuff that can't be maintained after they leave.
If the stuff won't work once you leave you shouldn't have installed it in the first place. Or at least you should have made it explicitly clear to your employer that they would be on their own if or when you left.
Then again I am sure that you're also leaving behind complete and detailed documentation of all of your work?
Although I keep defaulting back to MS Office - Open Office just isn't quite enough and isn't quite interchangable enough with people using Office - I still hate the the damned thing. It's like software designed by Terry Gilliam.
I hate the way it formats stuff whether I want it or not. I hate that it automatically changes URLs and e-mail addresses into links, even though I'm creating print documents. I REALLY hate that copied text from elsewhere is pasted in with whatever format it had elsewhere, not with the format of the text on the page that I'm editing.
And I hate that it is invariably difficult or impossible to turn this crap off.
I sincerely fear every new release of MS Office specifically because I need to beat it into submission to make it behave as if I'm in charge.
I don't even know what a "ribbon" is, but I'm sure that I'll hate that too.
Assuming that the virtual mouse brain runs on Linux, I propose that we start work now on a virtual mouse trap....
The only question whether we need to develop a virtual spring, or virtual glue.
Get real, this is yet another last gasp attempt by Kodak to find something, anything that can replace the photographic film business that was their bread and butter for so many decades.
"...all I do in a day is go to work then come home, smoke up, and read shit on the internet so I don't think many people would want to read about that..."
You, Sir, have missed the point. Blogs aren't about writing new and interesting ideas, they're about linking to and excerpting from other blogs, thereby getting a higher ranking at Technorati.
That, or posting pictures of your cat.
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I wonder about the point of a book that discusses something that changes more or less monthly or weekly, with things coming and going on regular basis. How long will it be current or useful?
And I wonder how well the book does in discussing plugins, of which there are many for Wordpress, and the many themes that expand on Wordpress.
As much as I dislike trolling user forums for answers and ideas, I think that for Wordpress it's probably still the best option.
This review didn't really give me an idea about the utility of this book, it just listed the table of contents.
"Wikipedia, Google, and openpolitics.ca" plus "Some 15 others" hardly equals "The Internet."
Gee whiz, first we had the horrid realization that copyright law extends to things posted on-line (remember the days when people tried to argue that the Internet wasn't covered by copyright laws??), and now we're finding that laws related to libel, slander etc also extend to the digital realm.
Heaven help us. can't build anything that exists outside of the legal and cultural systems??
Point is, the sensible response to this would be for Cory to e-mail them, point out the problem, and in all likelihood they'd say "Oops. Sorry. Fixed it."
I suspect that the post on BoingBoing was intended to be humorous, not a Call to Arms...
Who would have thought that a) Inkjet cartridges are overpriced and b) refilled ones can be dodgy! My faith in humanity has been shattered...
This is truly a YMMV situation. My Universe includes a couple of Brother 4 in 1 inkjets that use nothing but refilled cartridges and are quite happy, and an HP 990cxi that insists on only HP products if it is to behave.
Really your only option is to try out the options with your specific machine, and your handiest supplier, and see what happens.
As a regular Slashdot reader you may find it hard to believe, but many in the computer industry - including even web design people - are incredibly arrogant and presume that they, and they alone, know exactly what you should use for hardware and software.
Why just this week Yahoo sent me three e-mails in a row telling me how to make their mail service more compatible with the Internet Explorer that they were convinced I am using on my Mac.
Followed by three requests that I tell them "How They Did" in solving my problem...
"The software preview was posted on the site by a user named 'Richard' soon after it was released to a small group of testers."
I'd think that Microsoft's bigger question whether someone this dimwitted should allowed to work with their code. Why would I not be surprised if "Richard" really was the guy's name.
Talk about poor judgment.
Just because it's a PC doesn't mean it can't output good-sounding audio.
I guess it didn't occur to him that virtually all audio today is recorded and edited using some form of computer, whether Mac or PC. The statement above is really rather pointless.
...There are two main areas of concern from a Canadian perspective -- broadcast regulation and copyright fees. The broadcast side is surprisingly regulation-free...
Actually it's quite unregulated because the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) chose to not regulate Internet broadcasting... back in 1999.
Then again, we're also allowed to say "fuck" on the radio, unlike our American cousins....
In which case you are 90% likely to already have DirecTV. The population of people who a) don't have good high speed access b) don't already have a satellite downlink like DirecTV, and c) would want something like this is pretty small.
It's a product with minimal market. Three years ago that wouldn't have been the case.
And yes, I've lived and worked in Wise County VA, which is about as far down the gravel road at the end of the Information highway as you'll ever see.
I do think it has to be said, though, that if you really want desktop search that includes your e-mail using apple mail seems like less of a sacrifice than sharing all the data with them that google desktop necessitates.
Honestly, I tried the apple "MAIL" app when I got the Powerbook, and found it limited and frustrating in the extreme - using it IS a sacrifice.
After taking a crack at Thunderbird, then Entourage, I have settled on Gyazmail, which really is a nice bit of work.
(The power supply for the Powerbook just fried itself, so I'm back on the PC for a few days until the replacement comes in, using Pegasus 4.4, which still rocks.)
Slashdot Mirror
Always remember that Slashdot is an excellent source of legal advice!
In Watchmacallit Kansas eight year old Billy-Bob was sent to the principal's office for stickling his used chewing gum under the seat of his desk.
"But, but, but..." he cried, "It's not my fault! If they didn't want me to stick my gum there they shouldn't have given me a desk with a seat attached to it!"
The school has rules. You break the rules, they toss you out.
Adding a computer into the mix doesn't change that equation.
There is no law that says "Oh, the rule that you broke involved the Internet! Well, that's an entirely different case!"
Guess the Danes better drop a polite e-mail to Steve, and maybe he'll just drop off a new computer.
Just send that note to sjobs@apple.com
That's why I read Wonkette first, then Slashdot second!
At least at Wonkette the editors can distinguish between fact and fiction... and they understand simple English grammar.
Just what every school needs, a "sysadmin" who knows that they're there short term, but who goes ahead and implements all sorts of stuff that can't be maintained after they leave.
If the stuff won't work once you leave you shouldn't have installed it in the first place. Or at least you should have made it explicitly clear to your employer that they would be on their own if or when you left.
Then again I am sure that you're also leaving behind complete and detailed documentation of all of your work?
Although I keep defaulting back to MS Office - Open Office just isn't quite enough and isn't quite interchangable enough with people using Office - I still hate the the damned thing. It's like software designed by Terry Gilliam.
I hate the way it formats stuff whether I want it or not. I hate that it automatically changes URLs and e-mail addresses into links, even though I'm creating print documents. I REALLY hate that copied text from elsewhere is pasted in with whatever format it had elsewhere, not with the format of the text on the page that I'm editing.
And I hate that it is invariably difficult or impossible to turn this crap off.
I sincerely fear every new release of MS Office specifically because I need to beat it into submission to make it behave as if I'm in charge.
I don't even know what a "ribbon" is, but I'm sure that I'll hate that too.
"Aack!" and "Thbbbt!" -- virtual fur balls --
Assuming that the virtual mouse brain runs on Linux, I propose that we start work now on a virtual mouse trap.... The only question whether we need to develop a virtual spring, or virtual glue.
Get real, this is yet another last gasp attempt by Kodak to find something, anything that can replace the photographic film business that was their bread and butter for so many decades.
"...all I do in a day is go to work then come home, smoke up, and read shit on the internet so I don't think many people would want to read about that..."
You, Sir, have missed the point. Blogs aren't about writing new and interesting ideas, they're about linking to and excerpting from other blogs, thereby getting a higher ranking at Technorati.
That, or posting pictures of your cat.
I wonder about the point of a book that discusses something that changes more or less monthly or weekly, with things coming and going on regular basis. How long will it be current or useful?
And I wonder how well the book does in discussing plugins, of which there are many for Wordpress, and the many themes that expand on Wordpress.
As much as I dislike trolling user forums for answers and ideas, I think that for Wordpress it's probably still the best option.
This review didn't really give me an idea about the utility of this book, it just listed the table of contents.
"Wikipedia, Google, and openpolitics.ca" plus "Some 15 others" hardly equals "The Internet."
Gee whiz, first we had the horrid realization that copyright law extends to things posted on-line (remember the days when people tried to argue that the Internet wasn't covered by copyright laws??), and now we're finding that laws related to libel, slander etc also extend to the digital realm.
Heaven help us. can't build anything that exists outside of the legal and cultural systems??
Point is, the sensible response to this would be for Cory to e-mail them, point out the problem, and in all likelihood they'd say "Oops. Sorry. Fixed it." I suspect that the post on BoingBoing was intended to be humorous, not a Call to Arms...
Yep. from the graphic accompanying TFA. That's it.
What was the phrase? Don't know.
Why was it blocked? Don't know.
Was the Mayor of Boston involved. Highly unlikely.
Was any authority or elected official involved? Highly unlikely.
Really folks, there is utterly no information here except that some filter somewhere blocked one page on Boingboing's website.
Hardly the First Amendment case that's being suggested and debated.
Who would have thought that a) Inkjet cartridges are overpriced and b) refilled ones can be dodgy! My faith in humanity has been shattered...
This is truly a YMMV situation. My Universe includes a couple of Brother 4 in 1 inkjets that use nothing but refilled cartridges and are quite happy, and an HP 990cxi that insists on only HP products if it is to behave.
Really your only option is to try out the options with your specific machine, and your handiest supplier, and see what happens.
As a regular Slashdot reader you may find it hard to believe, but many in the computer industry - including even web design people - are incredibly arrogant and presume that they, and they alone, know exactly what you should use for hardware and software.
Why just this week Yahoo sent me three e-mails in a row telling me how to make their mail service more compatible with the Internet Explorer that they were convinced I am using on my Mac.
Followed by three requests that I tell them "How They Did" in solving my problem...
No, but I did wonder how many people in Alabama could point to it on a map. Much less in the White House...
He's right.....
"The software preview was posted on the site by a user named 'Richard' soon after it was released to a small group of testers."
I'd think that Microsoft's bigger question whether someone this dimwitted should allowed to work with their code. Why would I not be surprised if "Richard" really was the guy's name. Talk about poor judgment.
Just because it's a PC doesn't mean it can't output good-sounding audio.
I guess it didn't occur to him that virtually all audio today is recorded and edited using some form of computer, whether Mac or PC. The statement above is really rather pointless.
...There are two main areas of concern from a Canadian perspective -- broadcast regulation and copyright fees. The broadcast side is surprisingly regulation-free ...
Actually it's quite unregulated because the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) chose to not regulate Internet broadcasting... back in 1999.
Then again, we're also allowed to say "fuck" on the radio, unlike our American cousins....
Is the cel phone ban universal and universally enforced, or are there countries with airlines that allow people to use cel phones now?
For instance, as recently as five years ago Aeroflot allowed smoking on board Trans-atlantic flights.
Surely one airline somewhere doesn't stop cel phone use, and would offer some actual insight into the question.
In which case you are 90% likely to already have DirecTV. The population of people who a) don't have good high speed access b) don't already have a satellite downlink like DirecTV, and c) would want something like this is pretty small. It's a product with minimal market. Three years ago that wouldn't have been the case. And yes, I've lived and worked in Wise County VA, which is about as far down the gravel road at the end of the Information highway as you'll ever see.
I do think it has to be said, though, that if you really want desktop search that includes your e-mail using apple mail seems like less of a sacrifice than sharing all the data with them that google desktop necessitates.
Honestly, I tried the apple "MAIL" app when I got the Powerbook, and found it limited and frustrating in the extreme - using it IS a sacrifice.
After taking a crack at Thunderbird, then Entourage, I have settled on Gyazmail, which really is a nice bit of work.
(The power supply for the Powerbook just fried itself, so I'm back on the PC for a few days until the replacement comes in, using Pegasus 4.4, which still rocks.)