The perfect example of tax money being spent on flash is at the
Internal Revenue Service!
Have a look -- and time yourself -- how long does it take you to find the form you need to request a tax ID number for your new business?
My pet peeves match everyone else's: pages that don't print well; dead-end pages with no links back to command central; long drop-down fold-out menus that fill your screen because
the common selection (like, "United States") at the end of the alphabetized list; and unnecessary message boxes that appear when you hold the mouse over a link and obscure the text underneath.
An example of a site making this last mistake is the American Physical Society.
Actually though, scientific facilities and publishers aren't bad sites to visit. They look nice but aren't too commercial, and they do want to get real content across.
Among the tools in my workshop is a cheesy little
"vibra-sander" with a 3 inch square plate that
twiches at 60Hz when you plug it in. It does seem
to sand a bit faster than a wooden block. At
least the proposed superconducting magnet design
would certainly work for this. No fatuous usenet
physics would even be required!
The comments on whether linux is the "right" OS for a phone are made from a consumer's viewpoint. Maybe it was easier for the company that made the thing to get hold of linux or linux programmers than the palm OS. Maybe it was more fun for them to write.
What I'm waiting for is a "Palm Pirate": hand-held device that will delete your files and sell your friends' contact information to the telemarketers. Arrh!
Elaine (dimgraf@buoy.com)
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My pet peeves match everyone else's: pages that don't print well; dead-end pages with no links back to command central; long drop-down fold-out menus that fill your screen because the common selection (like, "United States") at the end of the alphabetized list; and unnecessary message boxes that appear when you hold the mouse over a link and obscure the text underneath. An example of a site making this last mistake is the American Physical Society.
Actually though, scientific facilities and publishers aren't bad sites to visit. They look nice but aren't too commercial, and they do want to get real content across.
Among the tools in my workshop is a cheesy little "vibra-sander" with a 3 inch square plate that twiches at 60Hz when you plug it in. It does seem to sand a bit faster than a wooden block. At least the proposed superconducting magnet design would certainly work for this. No fatuous usenet physics would even be required!
The comments on whether linux is the "right" OS for a phone are made from a consumer's viewpoint. Maybe it was easier for the company that made the thing to get hold of linux or linux programmers than the palm OS. Maybe it was more fun for them to write. What I'm waiting for is a "Palm Pirate": hand-held device that will delete your files and sell your friends' contact information to the telemarketers. Arrh! Elaine (dimgraf@buoy.com)