Oh my god.... I've never realized it, but that explains a lot. You see, for the past 10 years, I've been investing thousands upon thousands of dollars into these two kids. They're cute and all, but the little buggers have never made me a *dime*.
I think it's time I ditch this project, because from a financial standpoint, it certainly isn't successful.
If you hear a story about the bodies of a 6 year old girl and 9 year old boy being found in the woods of Northern Maine, just do me a favour and keep quiet, ok? The "man" still thinks that there's more to kids than financial reward. Pffft.
if Lexmark let consumers know that only their toner cartridges worked with Lexmark printers,
I think they do.... any printer I've bought always says "Use only HP model 644 Brand Cartridge Replacement". It's not HP's responsibility to remain compatible with other brands of printer cartridges. Is it Apple's fault if you go out and buy a new sound card that states it's mac compatible and it isn't?
Anyways, having said that, I don't know that I support either side and am happy to let them brawl it out.
Good points, I think mine was a little unclear. Mainly, I just think that you have to stop at a certain point... I mean, should the government office website instruct your grandmother how to right click? Should it tell her how her mouse works? Should it tell her how to open a web browser?
Actually users are stupid and that's the number rule with web development... beta test from a complete idiots point of view.
"Users are stupid" is a good rule of thumb, but you have to draw the line somewhere. The user got to your website, so it's reasonable to assume they're familiar with standard navigation.
When you give directions to your place of business, do you feel the need to instruct someone how to drive? No, you just give them what they requested, and possibly point out anything they should be alerted to (one way streets, etc.).
A webpage should use standard, familiar methods of navigation. The oddball site's that use javascript for wacky navigation are never going to be comfortable.
that the MPAA was suing three-hundred and twenty one different studios?
No... technically there were only 136 studios, but some of them were using 4x dvd burners. The post should read "MPAA Countersues the equivalent of 321 studios".
Or you could just buy a DVD player for $50 at WalMart. Is the geek-factor really worth the additional $200 -- Is modding down ACs "offtopic" really a worthwhile use of your points?
No but modding down people who didn't read the article probably is:-)
The DVD player is a regular dvd player which also has an 802.11b interface to access your network with in order to play music, videos and show pictures.
Also, the/. post is pretty misleading, leading you to believe this has something to do with PVR, which it doesn't (except a possible interface to a ReplayTV unit in the future).
mmmmm.. I guess they missed this one [amazon.com].
Hey! The guy didn't say *how* much time/money amazon spent!
Believe in all the conspiracies you want, I'm sure amazon is working on global domination, but they're going to have to compete with Microsoft, Google, and Walmart along the way, so I'm not worried.
What these idiotic marketdroids don't understand is that I won't click on an ad just because it is big and animated.
I don't think these marketdroids are marketing towards you... they probably go on their own usage and reports, which like spam, probably show that more and bigger is better.
I hope this doesn't sound like a flame, but Richard mentions:
But the Java language is pretty successful, and folks write lots of apps in it.
Can anyone point out uses of Java in popular mainstream products (that is - something the average/. reader would recognize).
Mozilla, Windows, KDE, Gnome, X11, MS Office etc, etc. Aren't these all C/C++?
The few Java apps I've tried, usually seem to be by amateur programmers and run rather slowly. Or am I missing the point and Java isn't really supposed to "compete" with C.... ?
this continued for a couple hours and eventually we determined that the nic was bad.
This might be a bad example, because I know when I call up some MS shop, the first thing they do is blame what they aren't responsible for... in this case the hardware;-)
this reminds me of a story of two guys who at intersections would carry the back wheels of the car over wheel sensors. thus the traffic department would have to account for 64.5 cars passing through the intersections.
I think I'd just drive with two wheels on the sidewalk... but then again I read/. and have no muscles.
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Most people consider money a part of success.
Oh my god.... I've never realized it, but that explains a lot. You see, for the past 10 years, I've been investing thousands upon thousands of dollars into these two kids. They're cute and all, but the little buggers have never made me a *dime*.
I think it's time I ditch this project, because from a financial standpoint, it certainly isn't successful.
If you hear a story about the bodies of a 6 year old girl and 9 year old boy being found in the woods of Northern Maine, just do me a favour and keep quiet, ok? The "man" still thinks that there's more to kids than financial reward. Pffft.
if Lexmark let consumers know that only their toner cartridges worked with Lexmark printers,
I think they do.... any printer I've bought always says "Use only HP model 644 Brand Cartridge Replacement". It's not HP's responsibility to remain compatible with other brands of printer cartridges. Is it Apple's fault if you go out and buy a new sound card that states it's mac compatible and it isn't?
Anyways, having said that, I don't know that I support either side and am happy to let them brawl it out.
At least it isn't a dupe...
;-)
Just give it another 8 hours or so
Yeah, I know. I'm just karma fishing, lol. :-)
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Good points, I think mine was a little unclear. Mainly, I just think that you have to stop at a certain point... I mean, should the government office website instruct your grandmother how to right click? Should it tell her how her mouse works? Should it tell her how to open a web browser?
Lately the only thing infused into yahoos front page is dancing shockwave ads!
I left Yahoo! as my front page when a flock of javascript birds flew down from the top banner ad to a side banner ad.
Since then it's been Google, and one of these days I'll slap together my own little portal with quick links for searching and news headlines.
Actually users are stupid and that's the number rule with web development... beta test from a complete idiots point of view.
"Users are stupid" is a good rule of thumb, but you have to draw the line somewhere. The user got to your website, so it's reasonable to assume they're familiar with standard navigation.
When you give directions to your place of business, do you feel the need to instruct someone how to drive? No, you just give them what they requested, and possibly point out anything they should be alerted to (one way streets, etc.).
A webpage should use standard, familiar methods of navigation. The oddball site's that use javascript for wacky navigation are never going to be comfortable.
My 2 cents....
that the MPAA was suing three-hundred and twenty one different studios?
No... technically there were only 136 studios, but some of them were using 4x dvd burners. The post should read "MPAA Countersues the equivalent of 321 studios".
LOL, yeah, I realized that after. I hope someone mods us both down ;-)
-- Mike
Or you could just buy a DVD player for $50 at WalMart. Is the geek-factor really worth the additional $200
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Is modding down ACs "offtopic" really a worthwhile use of your points?
No but modding down people who didn't read the article probably is
The DVD player is a regular dvd player which also has an 802.11b interface to access your network with in order to play music, videos and show pictures.
Also, the
ummm.... dude... it was a joke...
:P
I kinda figured the part about "brain scooping" would've given that away....
or....
oh dear god....
Please tell me you didn't think that's what was going to happen to the dude.
I for one find this extremely disgusting. I understand that businesses need to protect their trade secrets, but I think this crosses the line.
From the article:
Gutierrez agreed to settle the suit by turning over any confidential information he retained
I can already envision the appointed neural surgeon scooping out the little bit of grey that retains Gutierrez's memory of Apple.
Funny... I didn't think April 1'st was until April 1'st....
Funny... I thought Groundhog day wasn't until February...
mmmmm.. I guess they missed this one [amazon.com].
Hey! The guy didn't say *how* much time/money amazon spent!
Believe in all the conspiracies you want, I'm sure amazon is working on global domination, but they're going to have to compete with Microsoft, Google, and Walmart along the way, so I'm not worried.
not a single 'punch the monkey'
I never did like that ad much.... very cruel....
What these idiotic marketdroids don't understand is that I won't click on an ad just because it is big and animated.
I don't think these marketdroids are marketing towards you... they probably go on their own usage and reports, which like spam, probably show that more and bigger is better.
so get your facts right before you slam an entire industry.
...facts straight....
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I hope this doesn't sound like a flame, but Richard mentions:
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But the Java language is pretty successful, and folks write lots of apps in it.
Can anyone point out uses of Java in popular mainstream products (that is - something the average
Mozilla, Windows, KDE, Gnome, X11, MS Office etc, etc. Aren't these all C/C++?
The few Java apps I've tried, usually seem to be by amateur programmers and run rather slowly. Or am I missing the point and Java isn't really supposed to "compete" with C.... ?
this continued for a couple hours and eventually we determined that the nic was bad.
;-)
:-)
This might be a bad example, because I know when I call up some MS shop, the first thing they do is blame what they aren't responsible for... in this case the hardware
But point well taken nonetheless
this reminds me of a story of two guys who at intersections would carry the back wheels of the car over wheel sensors. thus the traffic department would have to account for 64.5 cars passing through the intersections.
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I think I'd just drive with two wheels on the sidewalk... but then again I read
Maybe he just forgot to put in his tags...
They already did, didn't you know ;-)
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and so did you!!!
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