That's the beauty of the web.
You, or your client, can determine how you would prefer the page to look.
I can decide if I agree with your preferences.
This is not a right-or-wrong debate.
As long as the code is flexible to enable the choice, no problem.
When you decide to exclude people who don't agree with your desires, you lose customers.
That, Sir, seems to exude the height of arrogance and self-importance while invoking Godwin's Law at the same time. Very clever ploy at humour. You were joking, right?
It's only an insult or derogatoty term when "YOU", and the AB crowd, use it. From your post, you think of these characteristics as derogatory. One may take the impression that you actually believe them to be true. If you're not a member of the club, or just don't get it, you can't use those terms.
"Want companies to adopt GIMP?" That sounds like an "Affirmative Action" slogan.
OK, now that my non-PC joke is out of the way, I would like to jump in as a member of the "gimp" club, which by the way is the only "equity group" you can join in a snap.
I do technical support for persons with disabilities. I do project support for development groups to have their software accessibility improved. I am a photographer who uses The GIMP for photo editing. I have participated in the International Games for the Disabled (before it became PC to call it the Paralympics, which really pissed off the "wheelies").
Most of the people I have introduced to the Gnu Image Manipulation Program don't even blink at the acronym. They just don't think that way. It's the uptight AB's (able bodies) that get their shorts in a bunch, usually cutting off the oxygen supply to their brains, that really are the problem. Everyone else thinks they know best. We have a really strong sense oh humour, and the geek gimps are the most sardonic, sarcastic people I know. We like the name of the program.
This rant ends with three words. "Get over it".
All the Gimps on Slashdot, raise your right hand. (Shit, I can't do that, nevermind)
"The thing he realized about the windows was this: because they had been converted into openable windows after they had first been designed to be impregnable, they were, in fact, much less secure than if they had been designed as openable windows in the first place."
Remember, for years they strived to make their software work with everything under the sun and make it backwards compatible with everything under the prehistoric sun. You're joking, right? Have you "updated" Office recently?
This statement is simplistic, but not overly so. The medium is not the same as the traditional business model, as in the print medium. The same rules do not apply. Thinking that you can apply the same rules is what is childish. A decade ago, the medium was the same as it is now. The content was free and, in most cases, more useful (hampsterdance.com excluded). Most of the information was just that, information. DARPANet was never intended to be supported by ads. When it expanded to a broader userbase, it was populated by people who had a message and wanted to get that message out. The modern "web" is transitioning from information to info-tainment (or less). It has only been a relatively short time since the "advertisers" used to publish whitepapers which actually had hard factual material (think IBM, SUN, Novell, Banyan, Microsoft, etc...) transitioned to "That Guy" style flash ads which annoy the hell out of the average web user.
I, for one, long for the days where corporate interests are no longer seen as the primary purpose of the internet.
How many hardware/ software hacks have you seen here on sites supported by ads?
In case you don't remember those days, it was when SlashDot was not in need of a moderation system for those who wanted information and an little intellectual indulgence.
Intuition is good and will get you far. You should also be familiar with authoritative resources for issues like accessibility. You can learn HTML, CSS and much more on line. If you choose to go-it-alone, you might wind up as a clueless website author.
Originally practiced in ancient times to ensure physical characteristics that were considered unwanted for survival of the tribe weren't passed along, it has been proposed in many form throughout history. In times where power lied in a culture's ability to defend or promote itself through a militaristic show of force, this may have been the best way of ensuring that capacity.
No one seems to invest $millions in developing life-saving pharmaceuticals. They do invest in life-prolonging pharmaceuticals, though. You can sell a cure for the cause once per sufferer. You can sell relief for the symptoms indefinitely.
Most of the "find a cure for *" funding comes from foundations/associations charitable fund-raising.
I have yet to see a pharmaceutical company produce a cure for the cause of their target illness/disease/condition. I do see quite a lot of literature on drugs which are supposed to alleviate certain symptoms but come with a list of "possible" side-effects that make the condition sound like a holiday. My personal favorite is: "Serious conditions, including life-threatening liver disorders may occur..."
This does explain the issue quite well. This, however, will not be the case for long. If the lobbyists and legislators have their way, our Canadian copyright laws will soon be more in line with those of our American cousins (Oh, goody!).
The proposals are already drafted.
You can find out what is being proposed as amendments. to the Copyright Act. This is just 51 weeks after the date of the referenced C-net article. For Gov't, that's pretty damned quick.
The band I host a small, evolving, site for wants to put their first 6 songs up on the site. I was considering posting some low bitrate samples and making the better ones available via another source like, Magnatune, if they're accepted.
Anyone had any experience with this?
Suggestions welcome (except for the type that imply impossible physical acts).
I have probably violated some section by copying the text below.
The Bill would amend the Copyright Act to implement the copyright protections required by two World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaties: the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT). Proposed amendments in this regard are as follows:
* the existing exclusive communication right of authors would be clarified to include control over the making available of their material on the Internet;
* sound recording makers and performers would be provided the right to control the making available of their sound recordings and performances on the Internet;
* the circumvention for infringing purposes of technological protection measures (TPMs) applied to copyright material would constitute an infringement of copyright;
* the alteration or removal of rights management information (RMI) embedded in copyright material, when done to further or conceal infringement, would constitute an infringement of copyright;
* rights holders would be provided with the ability to control the first distribution of their material in tangible form;
* the term of protection in photographs would always be the life of the photographer plus 50 years;
* a full reproduction right for performers in sound recordings would be introduced;
* the term of protection provided to sound recording makers in respect of their sound recordings would be modified so as to extend to 50 years from the publication of the sound recording (the term of protection provided to performers in respect of their recorded performances would be modified in consequence); and
* performers would be provided with moral rights in their fixed and live performances.
Internet Service Provider (ISP) Liability
* ISPs would be exempt from copyright liability in relation to their activities as intermediaries.
* A "notice and notice" regime in relation to the hosting and file-sharing activities of an ISP's subscribers would be provided for. When an ISP receives notice from a rights holder that one of its subscribers is allegedly hosting or sharing infringing material, the ISP would be required to forward the notice to the subscriber, and to keep a record of relevant information for a specified time.
Educational and Research Access Issues
* The current exception that permits the performance or display of copyright material for educational purposes within the classroom would be modified to enable students in remote locations to view a lecture using network technology, either live or at a more convenient time.
* Material that may be photocopied and provided to students pursuant to an educational institution's blanket licence with a collective society would be permitted to be delivered to the students electronically without additional copyright liability. Provisions in this regard would apply until such time as the collective societies' blanket licenses authorize such electronic delivery.
* In the above instances, educational institutions would be required to adopt safeguards to prevent misuse of the copyright material.
* The electronic interlibrary desktop delivery of certain copyright material, notably academic articles, directly to library patrons would be permitted, provided effective safeguards were in place to prevent misuse of the material.
Photography Issues
* Treatment of photographers would be harmonized with other creators with respect to authorship and copyright ownership. At the same time, the interests of consumers in the use of photographs commissioned for domestic purposes would be protected.
Educational Use of Internet Material
* The government will initiate a public consultation process on the issue of
Your country has been co-opted by a ruling class that exerts their power by threats, intimidation, and influence peddeling. There seems to be a pseudo-monarchy in control. I don't mean the government, they are just pawns in the game.
When will this end? I seem to recall that you guys had a "tea party" once that started a significant change.
Not so rare at all. Many of us don't have, or don't have use of, their right hand (saved a ton of quarters on pinball as a kid).
I am in the former category. I use a standard mouse and don't use that funky "left hand configuration". I use a standard keyboard. I type about 50-60 wpm with a low error rate (except on Slashdot). Split keyboards are a nightmare for one-handed use.
Slashdot Mirror
Well I'm a programmer but I'll be fucked if I can be arsed to learn all that web crap.
CLUE TIME:
You're not a programmer, you're a "Designer".
That's the beauty of the web.
You, or your client, can determine how you would prefer the page to look.
I can decide if I agree with your preferences.
This is not a right-or-wrong debate.
As long as the code is flexible to enable the choice, no problem.
When you decide to exclude people who don't agree with your desires, you lose customers.
That, Sir, seems to exude the height of arrogance and self-importance while invoking Godwin's Law at the same time.
Very clever ploy at humour. You were joking, right?
Aw, c'mon.
I'm working really hard in my organization to become known as "THE" gimp.
"Its funny that you bring that up.. judging something on what it is named instead of on its functionality and quality really sounds very professional.
Yes, and it would probably indicate an impression that "gimps" are judged on the same criteria.
Know what?
It's only an insult or derogatoty term when "YOU", and the AB crowd, use it.
From your post, you think of these characteristics as derogatory. One may take the impression that you actually believe them to be true.
If you're not a member of the club, or just don't get it, you can't use those terms.
..and which sadistic bastard put an "S" in the word "lisp"?
"Want companies to adopt GIMP?"
That sounds like an "Affirmative Action" slogan.
OK, now that my non-PC joke is out of the way, I would like to jump in as a member of the "gimp" club, which by the way is the only "equity group" you can join in a snap.
I do technical support for persons with disabilities.
I do project support for development groups to have their software accessibility improved.
I am a photographer who uses The GIMP for photo editing.
I have participated in the International Games for the Disabled (before it became PC to call it the Paralympics, which really pissed off the "wheelies").
Most of the people I have introduced to the Gnu Image Manipulation Program don't even blink at the acronym. They just don't think that way.
It's the uptight AB's (able bodies) that get their shorts in a bunch, usually cutting off the oxygen supply to their brains, that really are the problem.
Everyone else thinks they know best. We have a really strong sense oh humour, and the geek gimps are the most sardonic, sarcastic people I know.
We like the name of the program.
This rant ends with three words. "Get over it".
All the Gimps on Slashdot, raise your right hand.
(Shit, I can't do that, nevermind)
Complements of Douglas Adams"
"The thing he realized about the windows was this: because they had been converted into openable windows after they had first been designed to be impregnable, they were, in fact, much less secure than if they had been designed as openable windows in the first place."
Remember, for years they strived to make their software work with everything under the sun and make it backwards compatible with everything under the prehistoric sun.
You're joking, right?
Have you "updated" Office recently?
No, you have much to learn, Grasshopper.
Maybe it should be a D&C ?
Read the description, you'll understand.
This statement is simplistic, but not overly so.
The medium is not the same as the traditional business model, as in the print medium.
The same rules do not apply.
Thinking that you can apply the same rules is what is childish.
A decade ago, the medium was the same as it is now.
The content was free and, in most cases, more useful (hampsterdance.com excluded).
Most of the information was just that, information.
DARPANet was never intended to be supported by ads. When it expanded to a broader userbase, it was populated by people who had a message and wanted to get that message out.
The modern "web" is transitioning from information to info-tainment (or less).
It has only been a relatively short time since the "advertisers" used to publish whitepapers which actually had hard factual material (think IBM, SUN, Novell, Banyan, Microsoft, etc...) transitioned to "That Guy" style flash ads which annoy the hell out of the average web user.
I, for one, long for the days where corporate interests are no longer seen as the primary purpose of the internet.
How many hardware/ software hacks have you seen here on sites supported by ads?
In case you don't remember those days, it was when SlashDot was not in need of a moderation system for those who wanted information and an little intellectual indulgence.
Intuition is good and will get you far.
You should also be familiar with authoritative resources for issues like accessibility.
You can learn HTML, CSS and much more on line.
If you choose to go-it-alone, you might wind up as a clueless website author.
This would be great news if you knew your apps/docs would only have to be parsed by Office dll's.
This was not the case reported last July.
I wonder if anything has changed?
Some of us only have a left hand from birth, so maybe it is genetic.
Eugenics has been debated for decades.
Originally practiced in ancient times to ensure physical characteristics that were considered unwanted for survival of the tribe weren't passed along, it has been proposed in many form throughout history.
In times where power lied in a culture's ability to defend or promote itself through a militaristic show of force, this may have been the best way of ensuring that capacity.
Fortunately, this is no longer this case.
No one seems to invest $millions in developing life-saving pharmaceuticals.
They do invest in life-prolonging pharmaceuticals, though.
You can sell a cure for the cause once per sufferer. You can sell relief for the symptoms indefinitely.
Most of the "find a cure for *" funding comes from foundations/associations charitable fund-raising.
I have yet to see a pharmaceutical company produce a cure for the cause of their target illness/disease/condition. I do see quite a lot of literature on drugs which are supposed to alleviate certain symptoms but come with a list of "possible" side-effects that make the condition sound like a holiday.
My personal favorite is: "Serious conditions, including life-threatening liver disorders may occur..."
Cynical, who, me?
This does explain the issue quite well.
This, however, will not be the case for long.
If the lobbyists and legislators have their way, our Canadian copyright laws will soon be more in line with those of our American cousins (Oh, goody!).
The proposals are already drafted.
You can find out what is being proposed as amendments.
to the Copyright Act.
This is just 51 weeks after the date of the referenced C-net article. For Gov't, that's pretty damned quick.
The band I host a small, evolving, site for wants to put their first 6 songs up on the site.
I was considering posting some low bitrate samples and making the better ones available via another source like, Magnatune, if they're accepted.
Anyone had any experience with this?
Suggestions welcome (except for the type that imply impossible physical acts).
You can find out what is being proposed as amendments to the Copyright Act.
I have probably violated some section by copying the text below.
The Bill would amend the Copyright Act to implement the copyright protections required by two World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaties: the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT). Proposed amendments in this regard are as follows:
* the existing exclusive communication right of authors would be clarified to include control over the making available of their material on the Internet;
* sound recording makers and performers would be provided the right to control the making available of their sound recordings and performances on the Internet;
* the circumvention for infringing purposes of technological protection measures (TPMs) applied to copyright material would constitute an infringement of copyright;
* the alteration or removal of rights management information (RMI) embedded in copyright material, when done to further or conceal infringement, would constitute an infringement of copyright;
* rights holders would be provided with the ability to control the first distribution of their material in tangible form;
* the term of protection in photographs would always be the life of the photographer plus 50 years;
* a full reproduction right for performers in sound recordings would be introduced;
* the term of protection provided to sound recording makers in respect of their sound recordings would be modified so as to extend to 50 years from the publication of the sound recording (the term of protection provided to performers in respect of their recorded performances would be modified in consequence); and
* performers would be provided with moral rights in their fixed and live performances.
Internet Service Provider (ISP) Liability
* ISPs would be exempt from copyright liability in relation to their activities as intermediaries.
* A "notice and notice" regime in relation to the hosting and file-sharing activities of an ISP's subscribers would be provided for. When an ISP receives notice from a rights holder that one of its subscribers is allegedly hosting or sharing infringing material, the ISP would be required to forward the notice to the subscriber, and to keep a record of relevant information for a specified time.
Educational and Research Access Issues
* The current exception that permits the performance or display of copyright material for educational purposes within the classroom would be modified to enable students in remote locations to view a lecture using network technology, either live or at a more convenient time.
* Material that may be photocopied and provided to students pursuant to an educational institution's blanket licence with a collective society would be permitted to be delivered to the students electronically without additional copyright liability. Provisions in this regard would apply until such time as the collective societies' blanket licenses authorize such electronic delivery.
* In the above instances, educational institutions would be required to adopt safeguards to prevent misuse of the copyright material.
* The electronic interlibrary desktop delivery of certain copyright material, notably academic articles, directly to library patrons would be permitted, provided effective safeguards were in place to prevent misuse of the material.
Photography Issues
* Treatment of photographers would be harmonized with other creators with respect to authorship and copyright ownership. At the same time, the interests of consumers in the use of photographs commissioned for domestic purposes would be protected.
Educational Use of Internet Material
* The government will initiate a public consultation process on the issue of
"properly" is a subjective term.
To mark up the word "tools" in your link, try: <a href="http://www.thefreecountry.com/security/secu
Your country has been co-opted by a ruling class that exerts their power by threats, intimidation, and influence peddeling. There seems to be a pseudo-monarchy in control. I don't mean the government, they are just pawns in the game.
When will this end?
I seem to recall that you guys had a "tea party" once that started a significant change.
Who shall we invite for tea this time?
Not so rare at all.
Many of us don't have, or don't have use of, their right hand (saved a ton of quarters on pinball as a kid).
I am in the former category. I use a standard mouse and don't use that funky "left hand configuration".
I use a standard keyboard. I type about 50-60 wpm with a low error rate (except on Slashdot). Split keyboards are a nightmare for one-handed use.
Actually, they're here.