That link is a parked domain, but xxxchurch.com is either a christian anti-porn site trying to be all edgy and hip, or it's one of them LandoverBaptist.org sites. Didn't read enough to come to a conclusion either way.
Twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against us in code review?
Uhh, I meant, err, a Beowulf cluster of them? Yeah, that's it. Sorry 'bout that other thing back there.
What I've always wanted from them is the ability to watch full-screen. I mean, c'mon, it's vector!
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I've been kind slack and haven't checked Homestar Runner recently. Yes, I'm a bad geek. But one thing I can tell you off the top of my head is that they do embed each page in its own HTML page, so I can send a friend a link "homestarrunner.com/sbemail42.html" which, unfortunately, is not the norm for flash-based sites.
What's that old saying, there's a rule to every exception, or something like that?
And it's asshats like you that are the bulk of the problem. Code to the standards.
Granted, I realize how difficult it can be to follow that simple directive and still make money as a web developer. I was one from 1998 to 2000. The Browser Wars are exactly why I got out of it. But if you want to stay in that career and make money, your two choices are to do what you know to be right, or be an asshat (see above).
Step 1: Develop Longhorn with Web-tainting features
No, not Web-tainting, but Web-replacing features.
The taint *giggle* has traditionally been their tactic. But if you substitute the verb 'replace' then re-examine your main paragraph, a lot of those assumptions can change.
Of course, that's assuming they can pull it off. They failed with the whole Hailstorm thing, so there's still hope...
Well, considering the target audience of this article, I think it's sensible. If you're writing an article that you expect mostly astronomers to read, you can state that "The Earth revolves around the Sun. That is plain fact." without being accused of making statements you're not backing up with solid argument. Anything else would simply be forcefully interrogating a deceased horse.
So far I've gotten my mom (!) and a coworker permanently switched to Mozilla-based stuff, but it ain't as easy as one might think.
Each one teach one.
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While I certainly don't agree with the AC you're replying to, I have to strongly disagree with you on point A, the use of Flash type stuff for site navigation. It's at least as bad as frames in terms of bookmarking, printing, linking, etc. It fundamentally breaks the web.
While I'm as big a fan of Homestar Runner as the next guy, there's a time and a place for everything. If we're gonna be all idealistic about the very future of the World Wide Web, we've got to seriously question the use of technologies that run counter to basic low level web navigation.
Thanks, I've been looking for something to give me more granular control of my audio output. I've never installed APE as I've never needed any Haxie badly enough to try it out. We'll see...
It's strange that you have to watch public television's best news show to figure out the dim Duff McKagan hasn't exactly been going to night school since the decline of Guns N' Roses."
-- Roger Catlin The Hartford Courant
What an interesting thing for the reviewer to say...
DUFF MCKAGEN: Yeah, I went to Seattle U. Nice Jesuit school there.
Why?
DUFF MCKAGEN: I didn't graduate high school. So to get into SU, I started going to Santa Monica Community College here.
I've seen many users who still don't get or refuse to use the concept of having multiple documents open at once. If they need to open a different Word file, they will exit Word (to close the file they're working on), then double-click on the new file they want to open.
I think they're bludgeoned into that behavior by the use of MDI windows.
I (not me, but some hypothetical user for whom Windows == Computing) double click a document, and the app launches then opens said document. When I close the document, I'm left with a useless gray background of the 'empty' app, rather than the file viewer I expected to see revealed underneath the app. So instead, I get into the habit of closing the app instead, as this makes things behave in a way that jives better with what I expect to happen upon closing a document. This habit then becomes ingrained.
I (the real, non-hypothetical I who as an old-school Mac user is used to the paradigm of apps running yet having no open documents) find myself doing the same thing when searching through poorly named.DOC files at work. Even though I know better, it takes fewer mouse clicks to do it that way.
On a semi-related tangent, ever notice how the typical Windows user (I resisted the temptation to put an L in front of that word) will needlessly start minimizing windows prior to launching an app from the Start menu? Weird.
Don't go blaming the government because Americans prefer travelling cross-country in their own personal conveyances rather than using more efficient means of transportation.
Spoken like someone who's never tried to *use* Amtrak. My girlfriend and I have checked into them for a couple of trips. In each case, it would take at least three times as long as flying (from NC to New Orleans it would take longer than driving!) and cost more than twice as much.
Set an OpenFirmware password and disallow booting from other devices. At that point I'm pretty sure the only way around it is to get inside the machine and remove/reinstall something, such as some RAM or (I assume) the CPU. As far as I know all Macs allow you to securely lock the case itself.
If that's not secure enough, it's sharks-n-lasers time.
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That link is a parked domain, but xxxchurch.com is either a christian anti-porn site trying to be all edgy and hip, or it's one of them LandoverBaptist.org sites. Didn't read enough to come to a conclusion either way.
I think it's because he's generally a quality poster that *also* happens to be plugging his site.
ObDisclaimer: while not actually a Friend or Fan of autopr0n (534291), he is a Friend of a Friend (FOF).
Twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy photographs with circles
and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each
one was to be used as evidence against us in code review?
Uhh, I meant, err, a Beowulf cluster of them? Yeah, that's it. Sorry 'bout that other thing back there.
So I suppose the way this all shakes out is that for every spam I don't receive, I owe them a dollar?
What I've always wanted from them is the ability to watch full-screen. I mean, c'mon, it's vector!
I've been kind slack and haven't checked Homestar Runner recently. Yes, I'm a bad geek. But one thing I can tell you off the top of my head is that they do embed each page in its own HTML page, so I can send a friend a link "homestarrunner.com/sbemail42.html" which, unfortunately, is not the norm for flash-based sites.
What's that old saying, there's a rule to every exception, or something like that?
And it's asshats like you that are the bulk of the problem. Code to the standards.
Granted, I realize how difficult it can be to follow that simple directive and still make money as a web developer. I was one from 1998 to 2000. The Browser Wars are exactly why I got out of it. But if you want to stay in that career and make money, your two choices are to do what you know to be right, or be an asshat (see above).
Step 1: Develop Longhorn with Web-tainting features
No, not Web-tainting, but Web-replacing features.
The taint *giggle* has traditionally been their tactic. But if you substitute the verb 'replace' then re-examine your main paragraph, a lot of those assumptions can change.
Of course, that's assuming they can pull it off. They failed with the whole Hailstorm thing, so there's still hope...
Well, considering the target audience of this article, I think it's sensible. If you're writing an article that you expect mostly astronomers to read, you can state that "The Earth revolves around the Sun. That is plain fact." without being accused of making statements you're not backing up with solid argument. Anything else would simply be forcefully interrogating a deceased horse.
So far I've gotten my mom (!) and a coworker permanently switched to Mozilla-based stuff, but it ain't as easy as one might think.
Each one teach one.
While I certainly don't agree with the AC you're replying to, I have to strongly disagree with you on point A, the use of Flash type stuff for site navigation. It's at least as bad as frames in terms of bookmarking, printing, linking, etc. It fundamentally breaks the web.
While I'm as big a fan of Homestar Runner as the next guy, there's a time and a place for everything. If we're gonna be all idealistic about the very future of the World Wide Web, we've got to seriously question the use of technologies that run counter to basic low level web navigation.
Heh. That might make a good t-shirt or something.
Thanks, I've been looking for something to give me more granular control of my audio output. I've never installed APE as I've never needed any Haxie badly enough to try it out. We'll see...
-- Roger Catlin The Hartford Courant
What an interesting thing for the reviewer to say...
I've seen many users who still don't get or refuse to use the concept of having multiple documents open at once. If they need to open a different Word file, they will exit Word (to close the file they're working on), then double-click on the new file they want to open.
.DOC files at work. Even though I know better, it takes fewer mouse clicks to do it that way.
I think they're bludgeoned into that behavior by the use of MDI windows.
I (not me, but some hypothetical user for whom Windows == Computing) double click a document, and the app launches then opens said document. When I close the document, I'm left with a useless gray background of the 'empty' app, rather than the file viewer I expected to see revealed underneath the app. So instead, I get into the habit of closing the app instead, as this makes things behave in a way that jives better with what I expect to happen upon closing a document. This habit then becomes ingrained.
I (the real, non-hypothetical I who as an old-school Mac user is used to the paradigm of apps running yet having no open documents) find myself doing the same thing when searching through poorly named
On a semi-related tangent, ever notice how the typical Windows user (I resisted the temptation to put an L in front of that word) will needlessly start minimizing windows prior to launching an app from the Start menu? Weird.
My guess is that in reality, it *may* get manufactured.
Captain Pedantic here...
Schizophrenia != split personality disorder
I wonder what my desktop wallpaper sounds like.
bzzzzt, crackle, fft, pssssst, bzzt, ffft, bzzzzzt, pst, eck, bzzzz, bzzzt, psst, crackle, bzzzzt, crackle, pssst, pst, ffft, bzzt, bzzzzzt.
Ours will be just like Apple's, only better.
This time we're serious. It's really cool.
Really.
*tips hat*
Don't go blaming the government because Americans prefer travelling cross-country in their own personal conveyances rather than using more efficient means of transportation.
Spoken like someone who's never tried to *use* Amtrak. My girlfriend and I have checked into them for a couple of trips. In each case, it would take at least three times as long as flying (from NC to New Orleans it would take longer than driving!) and cost more than twice as much.
Gee, wonder why they can't break even.
Other than, you know, looking at them.
Set an OpenFirmware password and disallow booting from other devices. At that point I'm pretty sure the only way around it is to get inside the machine and remove/reinstall something, such as some RAM or (I assume) the CPU. As far as I know all Macs allow you to securely lock the case itself.
If that's not secure enough, it's sharks-n-lasers time.
But isn't it a free speech issue?
*ducks*
In short, the marginal cost for everything becomes zero. Knowlege is free. You can have anything you want...
At Alice's Restaurant?