> Are you telling me you don't pass 1000 stores that sell the DVD you want on your way to work or to the grocery store or to get gas?
I don't pass a single store let alone 1000 on my way to work, that have movies I'm prepared to pay for. Same goes for the gas station and the grocery store. I'm a bit particular about what I watch, and my selection does rarely include major MPAA member releases.
Seriously, it is easy to see the convenience in not having to go to the DVD store and still have a copy of the movie in a fairly short time. You can actually carry on with your regular life while the movie is downloading, while going to the store practially wastes an hour of your time.
I say it's a terrific idea, even at the price. Illegal downloaders would probably not pay for legal downloads even if prices were 1/2 of DVDs. Lower than that, the studios don't make much money plus they set a dangerous precedent for upcoming DVD downloads.
The International Herald Tribune has had this layout for several years and were pretty early adopters of using dhtml to allow the readers to save articles and also modify the size and format of article text.
Anyway, the wide 3-column format usually allows for much more text than the traditional one-column variant, at least with the wide margin that the latter comes with.
Heh... you mean back to a site where submitters and users spell like the 12-year olds they are and where the readers actually *do* all the work without credit ? Well, hey - who cares about content as long as the design is all about ponies ?
> according to the USGA, the average handicap hasn't dropped significantly. What does that tell us?
It tells us that a lot more people have taken up golf, people that lack the talent or time to become decent, but who thanks to technology can keep their scores under 100 anyway, having a good time.
Remember what the equipment (r)evolution has done for the PGA tournaments - the courses have to be changed in order for the game not to look like miniature golf.
Your argument is correct and pointless. Whichever way the editors try to summarize the news item, there will be thousands that still have no clue what it's about, and hundreds that whine that the editor is over-simplifying the issue.
I think the current way works well; for me, I know that whenever there's a story where I go "snuh?", there's always some relevant background info in the early replies.
Well. First, usability is not an absolute term or a universal truth. What's good usability for one audience is poor usability for another, depending on their frame of reference. Usually there is a inversly proportional relationship between simplicity of use and complexity of functionality.
As for/., it is fair to assume that the makers intented for the functionality to be rich with features and also expected the audience to be able to grasp a complex structure. Remember, complexity does not equal poor usability when the audience is right. On the contrary, by limiting the eye-candy, the attention is focused on the actual content of the site, and not on menus that wobble and throb or icons that get in the way of the text itself.
For me,/. usability is right where I need it. Simple to use yet most functions I need is just a link away.
No no no, this isn't a dupe... this is a follow-up! The new info is that whoever wrote the article figures that Apple might pull out of the French music biz altogether!
Yeah, it's not much, but we gotta keep the stories coming around here you know!
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According to "The-Numbers.com" it only made $26,918,576 at the box office in 1982. Still, that would be a decent ROI for $17,000,000 you'd think. But that $17M number - which is only an estimate it seems - may exclude marketing etc etc, which would explain that it was considered a flop compared to the expectations.
It'll probably be just like the case of XP and Win2k3, which came several years apart. Presumably to have the first thousand critical bugs sorted out...
> Wiki markup is trivial to learn and use, HTML looks like C++ in comparison.
Still, to someone in accounting, hr or marketing it can be too much to ask. Sure, the original question pertained to IT depts, but in order to leverage to a whole company, a simple WYSIWIG editor would mean improvement by an order of magnitude.
I doubt that you *need* that amount of live data, althought I'm sure you *want* it. Regardless of how fun it might seem to implement such a solution, it really is the wrong solution for the problem.
That's a stretch if anything... Yes, you can receieve RSS feeds but hey, not all sites are in the format of newsfeed. There are - supposedly - sites that have actual content apart from rehashed press-releases and the noise generated from user comments.
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> Are you telling me you don't pass 1000 stores that sell the DVD you want on your way to work or to the grocery store or to get gas?
I don't pass a single store let alone 1000 on my way to work, that have movies I'm prepared to pay for. Same goes for the gas station and the grocery store. I'm a bit particular about what I watch, and my selection does rarely include major MPAA member releases.
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Seriously, it is easy to see the convenience in not having to go to the DVD store and still have a copy of the movie in a fairly short time. You can actually carry on with your regular life while the movie is downloading, while going to the store practially wastes an hour of your time.
I say it's a terrific idea, even at the price. Illegal downloaders would probably not pay for legal downloads even if prices were 1/2 of DVDs. Lower than that, the studios don't make much money plus they set a dangerous precedent for upcoming DVD downloads.
"But the big problem is, I don't know of any safe way to erase, then subsequently restore, my memories of the past couple of decades "
I just had a Slashdot moment.
I'll try the lobster, but will you be here all week ?
I strongly disagree.
The International Herald Tribune has had this layout for several years and were pretty early adopters of using dhtml to allow the readers to save articles and also modify the size and format of article text.
Anyway, the wide 3-column format usually allows for much more text than the traditional one-column variant, at least with the wide margin that the latter comes with.
Heh... you mean back to a site where submitters and users spell like the 12-year olds they are and where the readers actually *do* all the work without credit ? Well, hey - who cares about content as long as the design is all about ponies ?
> according to the USGA, the average handicap hasn't dropped significantly. What does that tell us?
It tells us that a lot more people have taken up golf, people that lack the talent or time to become decent, but who thanks to technology can keep their scores under 100 anyway, having a good time.
Remember what the equipment (r)evolution has done for the PGA tournaments - the courses have to be changed in order for the game not to look like miniature golf.
Exactly... If the download is at the same price as a DVD, all I get is a ripped DVD but without the backup. Where's the value in that ?
The download should either be
* Full retail DVD price, allowing backups, format shifting etc. Collection format.
or
* Rental DVD price, with DRM restrictions. Throwaway format.
Your argument is correct and pointless. Whichever way the editors try to summarize the news item, there will be thousands that still have no clue what it's about, and hundreds that whine that the editor is over-simplifying the issue.
I think the current way works well; for me, I know that whenever there's a story where I go "snuh?", there's always some relevant background info in the early replies.
[Rings]
... Agent Zero? If that's correct, press one.
... Brown-Eyed Girl? If this is correct,
KRAMER: Hewwo and welcome to Movie phone. If you know the name of the
movie you'd like to see, press one.
GEORGE: Come on. Come on.
KRAMER: Using your touch-tone keypad, please enter the first three
letters of the movie title, now.
(George presses 3 keys)
KRAMER: You've selected
GEORGE: What?
KRAMER: Ah, you've selected
press one.
(George looks baffled)
KRAMER: Why don't you just tell me the name of the movie you've
selected.
GEORGE: Chunnel?
KRAMER: To find the theater nearest you, please enter your five digit
zip-code, now.
(George enters his zip-code)
KRAMER: Why don't you just tell me where you want to see the movie?
GEORGE: Lowes Paragon, 84th and Broadway.
KRAMER: (picks up paper) Chunnel, is playing at the Paragon 84th Street
cinema in the main theater at 9:30 PM.
GEORGE: Yeah, now I gotcha! (hangs up the phone and rushes out the
door)
KRAMER: It's also playing in theater number two at 9:00.
Well. First, usability is not an absolute term or a universal truth. What's good usability for one audience is poor usability for another, depending on their frame of reference. Usually there is a inversly proportional relationship between simplicity of use and complexity of functionality.
/., it is fair to assume that the makers intented for the functionality to be rich with features and also expected the audience to be able to grasp a complex structure. Remember, complexity does not equal poor usability when the audience is right. On the contrary, by limiting the eye-candy, the attention is focused on the actual content of the site, and not on menus that wobble and throb or icons that get in the way of the text itself.
/. usability is right where I need it. Simple to use yet most functions I need is just a link away.
As for
For me,
If "using encryption suggests criminality", what does posting anonymously suggest ?
No no no, this isn't a dupe... this is a follow-up! The new info is that whoever wrote the article figures that Apple might pull out of the French music biz altogether!
Yeah, it's not much, but we gotta keep the stories coming around here you know!
According to "The-Numbers.com" it only made $26,918,576 at the box office in 1982. Still, that would be a decent ROI for $17,000,000 you'd think. But that $17M number - which is only an estimate it seems - may exclude marketing etc etc, which would explain that it was considered a flop compared to the expectations.
http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1982/0TRON.html
It'll probably be just like the case of XP and Win2k3, which came several years apart. Presumably to have the first thousand critical bugs sorted out...
No, that is not the fact.
The experiments are by nature adequate for the purposes in question. If the experiment fails or has too large a margin of error, that is duly noted.
> I used to work for IBM and they had first dibs on anything I developed, whether it was on company time or not.
Did they assume legal responsibility and liability for anything you developed, company time or not ? Didn't think so...
Don't forget about pillaging. If a major catastrophy occurs, it won't be long before the banks get pillaged.
> Wiki markup is trivial to learn and use, HTML looks like C++ in comparison.
Still, to someone in accounting, hr or marketing it can be too much to ask. Sure, the original question pertained to IT depts, but in order to leverage to a whole company, a simple WYSIWIG editor would mean improvement by an order of magnitude.
I doubt that you *need* that amount of live data, althought I'm sure you *want* it. Regardless of how fun it might seem to implement such a solution, it really is the wrong solution for the problem.
" But more likely than not the lawsuits were filed to shut people up."
If the claims were indeed false or misrepresented, the defendant should shut up.
It'd be interesting to see a good source for such a claim.
...and this was the first time I actively looked for a way to mod submitter and posting editor down.
Worst. Story. Ever.
"the technology is the 'first drop in the deluge' of IP network applications."
Yeah, I wonder what comes next over IP... email, downloading media and maybe even chat!!!
That's a stretch if anything... Yes, you can receieve RSS feeds but hey, not all sites are in the format of newsfeed. There are - supposedly - sites that have actual content apart from rehashed press-releases and the noise generated from user comments.