Irony is not particularly difficult to understand. It occurs when an actual event is the exact opposite of what would reasonably be expected.
Given that there was obviously a problem with the slot-loading drives on these computers, it doesn't seem at all ironic that you would spend time working with tech support to solve that problem. Not just not ironic, but downright likely.
Also, check out Jakob's bookDesigning Web Usability. The importance of usability cannot be overstated. If the website is not immediately useful to surfers, they have millions of other pages to choose from.
Amen. That's some bad modding and a funny comment.
I can't believe that he actually wrote...
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There are plenty of human casualties in the Afghan conflict. . . but the fight seems especially significant in terms of technology and military conflict.
This is reminiscent of Katz's 9/11 feature; it was technology that was most striking to him during that catastrophic loss of human life, too. Christ, Katz, please have some respect for the people who've died. While it's very possible that "...but the fight seems especially significant in terms of technology and military conflict." is a poorly worded way of expressing that this war has a technological aspect, it certainly gives the impression that you, the author, see that technological aspect as more important than the war itself. As of December 6, 2001, there were at least 3,767 people who would disagree.
Several of the voters evidently followed a link contained in an email, the subject line of which ran: "PLEASE STOP AND VOTE FOR.NET!" We know this, because our logs include the Web address where visitors browsed from; when people click there from a Microsoft Exchange email message, Exchange helpfully gives us the subject line and username. The people who followed that link all had email addresses in the microsoft.com domain.
I worked at an ISP between 1996 and 1998 that ran several dedicated web and mail servers on Mac Pluses and Mac Classics. Actually, all the servers were older Macs. Two 7200/75s (which technically weren't all that old at that point) running as authentication servers and a pair of Quadra 800s (IIRC) running as mail and web servers. The DNS server was a pizza box Mac, I don't recall which model. We had about 2500 users and things went pretty smoothly.
There outside perhaps the Trojan Room Coffee machine brueht and bubbles and steams again, almost approximately around the clock and those locally warms itself stomach and hands at the hot coffee, and those a little the heart.
You're never going to get the opportunity to make an impression directly on Universal.
So why should you waste your time jerking around record store employees? That's really all this proposal entails. What could possibly make you think that even the manager of a record store gives a rat's ass what you or anybody else thinks about copy protection? Do you expect them to get on the phone to a Universal exec and throw their weight around? Please.
Don't like copy-protected CDs? Don't buy them. I don't see why anybody needs to re-shelve a pile of CDs so that someone can feel like they're "protesting".
Great idea. Punish the people making minimum wage selling CDs at a mall. That'll bring Universal to its knees in no time at all.
Re:XP? Wouldn't Linux be just as easy?
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wouldn't it be just as easy to plant "trojans, trapdoors, and bugs" in Linux?
Even easier, I would suspect. It would also be easier to plan attacks against a small town in Iowa than against New York City. But the M.O. of the terrorists seems to be to strike the biggest target possible, which Linux certainly is not.
Don't get me wrong; it's really cool that you have wireless access in your small town ahead of the curve. I grew up in a tiny town. We were amazed when we found that we could get local dialup access from a small startup.
Three years later, those small startups were gone, swallowed by a major cable company and Earthlink. The idea of a small local ISP is romantic, but without offering something really special they are not able to compete when the major providers decide to roll into town, and they are in no position to turn down the serious cash these companies offer for an established local customer base.
the little guy beating the mega-corporations to the punch is really nothing more than the little guy building a customer base for AOL/Earthlink/MSN to buy out.
It happened with dialup; I can't see how this will be any different. I'm getting flashbacks of my 2 mid/late 90s layoffs as a result of small ISPs "merging" with the mega-corporations.
I don't understand the all-or-nothing stance regarding Windows apps running in Linux (or any other OS, for that matter). Yes -- any solution that allows Linux to run Win32 apps will result in MS products running in Linux. But how is that not better than MS products running in Windows? People use MS Office and that will not change any time soon. In the meantime, how is it so terrible that people want to run Windows software without running Windows?
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Irony is not particularly difficult to understand. It occurs when an actual event is the exact opposite of what would reasonably be expected.
Given that there was obviously a problem with the slot-loading drives on these computers, it doesn't seem at all ironic that you would spend time working with tech support to solve that problem. Not just not ironic, but downright likely.
Is second only to content in terms of importance.
The best place to start:
www.useit.com
Also, check out Jakob's book Designing Web Usability . The importance of usability cannot be overstated. If the website is not immediately useful to surfers, they have millions of other pages to choose from.
A beowulf cluster of these?
How about a beowulf cluster of these shaped like an X-Wing?
Amen. That's some bad modding and a funny comment.
There are plenty of human casualties in the Afghan conflict. . . but the fight seems especially significant in terms of technology and military conflict.
This is reminiscent of Katz's 9/11 feature; it was technology that was most striking to him during that catastrophic loss of human life, too. Christ, Katz, please have some respect for the people who've died. While it's very possible that "...but the fight seems especially significant in terms of technology and military conflict." is a poorly worded way of expressing that this war has a technological aspect, it certainly gives the impression that you, the author, see that technological aspect as more important than the war itself. As of December 6, 2001, there were at least 3,767 people who would disagree.
Well, it sorta was...
.NET!" We know this, because our logs include the Web address where visitors browsed from; when people click there from a Microsoft Exchange email message, Exchange helpfully gives us the subject line and username. The people who followed that link all had email addresses in the microsoft.com domain.
Several of the voters evidently followed a link contained in an email, the subject line of which ran: "PLEASE STOP AND VOTE FOR
I worked at an ISP between 1996 and 1998 that ran several dedicated web and mail servers on Mac Pluses and Mac Classics. Actually, all the servers were older Macs. Two 7200/75s (which technically weren't all that old at that point) running as authentication servers and a pair of Quadra 800s (IIRC) running as mail and web servers. The DNS server was a pizza box Mac, I don't recall which model. We had about 2500 users and things went pretty smoothly.
oops, my bad. I was mistaken. The stooges are still on. Sorry to misinform.
and TV38 converted to WB and stopped running the Stooges marathon in favor of whatever crap WB shows on NYE.
There outside perhaps the Trojan Room Coffee machine brueht and bubbles and steams again, almost approximately around the clock and those locally warms itself stomach and hands at the hot coffee, and those a little the heart.
locally warms a little the heart, doesn't it?
You're never going to get the opportunity to make an impression directly on Universal.
So why should you waste your time jerking around record store employees? That's really all this proposal entails. What could possibly make you think that even the manager of a record store gives a rat's ass what you or anybody else thinks about copy protection? Do you expect them to get on the phone to a Universal exec and throw their weight around? Please.
Don't like copy-protected CDs? Don't buy them. I don't see why anybody needs to re-shelve a pile of CDs so that someone can feel like they're "protesting".
Great idea. Punish the people making minimum wage selling CDs at a mall. That'll bring Universal to its knees in no time at all.
wouldn't it be just as easy to plant "trojans, trapdoors, and bugs" in Linux?
Even easier, I would suspect. It would also be easier to plan attacks against a small town in Iowa than against New York City. But the M.O. of the terrorists seems to be to strike the biggest target possible, which Linux certainly is not.
Don't get me wrong; it's really cool that you have wireless access in your small town ahead of the curve. I grew up in a tiny town. We were amazed when we found that we could get local dialup access from a small startup.
Three years later, those small startups were gone, swallowed by a major cable company and Earthlink. The idea of a small local ISP is romantic, but without offering something really special they are not able to compete when the major providers decide to roll into town, and they are in no position to turn down the serious cash these companies offer for an established local customer base.
the little guy beating the mega-corporations to the punch is really nothing more than the little guy building a customer base for AOL/Earthlink/MSN to buy out.
It happened with dialup; I can't see how this will be any different. I'm getting flashbacks of my 2 mid/late 90s layoffs as a result of small ISPs "merging" with the mega-corporations.
I don't understand the all-or-nothing stance regarding Windows apps running in Linux (or any other OS, for that matter). Yes -- any solution that allows Linux to run Win32 apps will result in MS products running in Linux. But how is that not better than MS products running in Windows? People use MS Office and that will not change any time soon. In the meantime, how is it so terrible that people want to run Windows software without running Windows?
Why helium? It's four times as heavy as the most common hydrogen isotope.
The Periodic Table
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the uninstaller is one of the quickest and cleanest I've seen. el_doop