Bud and it's ilk are brewed for alcohol content, not taste.
Bud and it's ilk are all brewed with rice & other crap so that the alcohol content stays at 3.2%. It's not about "getting loaded" (otherwise they'd be higher content), it's about being able to make one recpie that can easily be sold in all 50 states.
This is an internal application, so "across all browsers" didn't really apply. That said, I have been shooting towards the standards, then falling back to what the mandated browser supports.
The trouble really was that with the vast amount of data that the clients demanded on-screen, and the way that they demanded it be displayed, all that eyecandy (form) detracts from the function of the application. We've had to make several compromises because of the form that was chosen. When I'm scrounging for every pixel I can find, I look at those required rounded table corners and think "if only I had those 20 pixels back." And when I look at all the images I had to make for buttons, I think "I would have room for that one more they want if I could have used some styled spans and such, rather than wasting space on these buttons."
But the clients chose form, so they have to sleep in the bed that they made, and lose/compromise on functionality. And I do subtly remind them at times that "things have to be that way because that's you asked me for 6 months ago, and you have run out of time to make changes."
IMHO using apps like Photoshop are best for mocking-up for a couple reasons: 1) it's the equivalent of a digital pencil and paper approach (allowing for creativity to flow with ease), and 2) it can be more practical because the mock-up is done in a single environment it is easy to use layers (Photoshop, not HTML) to eventually isolate parts that you will need as separate graphics in the final design.
The trouble is, it's too easy to "design" something in Photoshop that can't (reasonably) be done in HTML. Last summer, I worked with a consultant on the visual design aspect of my current project. As we were prepping for the big showoff meeting with the clients to give our design proposal, I looked through his slides. They were good. Damn good. But I just had to ask him "ok, now can you explain how I'm going to do that in HTML/CSS, given the parameters we have in front of us?"
He changed his slides because he knew as well as I that what he had drawn just wouldn't work in a browser. So rather than make a grandiose proposal, then look like asses to the clients when it couldn't be done, we scaled back to something reasonable.
While he was doing his Photoshop sketches, I was doing my own design proposal in HTML/CSS. Figured "hell, if I can do it here, I know it'll be possible when we build the real app." My design was clean, elegant, simple, and well-recieved by nearly everyone who saw it. But the clients wanted eye candy on top of everything else, which the consultant had given them. I put more emphasis on function, he was geared more towards form.
"The wrong hands" already have these tools. There are bad cops in every force. You'd like to think they aren't out there, but they are. Fortunately, the good ones far outnumber them, but you still have to hope luck's on your side anytime you encounter an officer.
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What if we sent an orbiter, it did its job, and its last task was to drop itself onto Mars? Then a second orbiter or rover could come along and check it out.
Geek toys he'll be inclined to buy for himself. Do something else. Tickets to a concert, some nice shirts, something he'll appreciate on a non-geek level.
As I recall from the Weird Al VH1 Behind the Music, Weird Al asked Coolio for permission to parody Ganster's Paradise, got rejected, then did it anyway. That's more of a slap in the face than not asking in the first place.
Coolio was not happy at all about it, but can't do anything as Weird Al is protected legally.
For 2002 (only using that because the calculation was easy), I made $27/hour gross. My employer bills my time at $68/hour, so the estimates of "you cost the company twice your salary" are low in my case. But, I'm salaried, and the $27/hour is based on the gross pay divided by the number of hours I logged.
This as one of those buzzword-compliant web developers for a medium-size company. At the same time, the company was going to other firms for the design work and some applications because they didn't believe in their own employees (whom had never been given an opportunity to prove themselves)and got (IMO) crappy products, at $120-$200 per hour.
My father traded in his 1971 (or was it'72?) Barracuda for a 1976 Chevette (don't even get me started on that brilliant move). Orange w/ woodgrain, vinyl interior, 3-speed manual transmission. Last time we checked (mid-90s) it was still running strong, aside from being on its 3rd transmission.
The "frequent shopper" cards are no more than an undisguised marketing tool.
I'd like to know how they're achieving that. I have two of these cards and I don't think I've received anything more than the bulk-mail coupon sheets (which end up in every mailbox) 4 times a year from the stores. I cannot attribute anything I've received or had "pushed" on me to these cards.
Now I'm going to say this: would all the people that bragged about NASA/JPL doing so much better than the Beagle team be quiet?
I have not been one of those people, but NASA/JPL still got the hardest part right - they successfully landed and operated the rover for a few days (and got good data back), rather than losing it entirely and never knowing what happened to it.
Touchdown is the most dangerous, hardest part of the operation to get right. Beagle didn't do that (we assume), Spirit did. Beagle got to the vicinity of the planet - but we've been successful many times in hurling an object at Mars and getting it in the neighborhood.
Someone I work with has made a habit of telling everyone who joins the company (and joins us for lunch) "no one is your friend. Especially those above you."
Anything you say can and will be used against you, unless you're solving problems that you can't pinpoint a person or group as the creator.
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The questioner doesn't have time to check out Jabber (a ``homegrown'' solution in his words) but seems to be willing to use a commercial product with presumably little or no testing.
"Solutions" you've purchased from a big company are automatically trusted and therefore require very little testing in the eyes of PHBs - you just plug it in the way the vendor says to and walk away.
Those of us who haven't seen the high side of 0F for 2 days (and didn't see it for 5 days last week) scoff at your complaint that the temperature gets down into the 40s.
For far too many people, "fixing" means "setting it up fresh" because they lack that experience you're encouraging here - they just blitz everything and reinstall.
Then why are you opening the door in the first place? When someone can't ID comes knocking, I tend to just stare at them through the peephole in my door till they leave.
Helps if you have a solid door and they can't tell from outside the residence that someone is actually inside, but still, it's worth a shot.
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The trouble really was that with the vast amount of data that the clients demanded on-screen, and the way that they demanded it be displayed, all that eyecandy (form) detracts from the function of the application. We've had to make several compromises because of the form that was chosen. When I'm scrounging for every pixel I can find, I look at those required rounded table corners and think "if only I had those 20 pixels back." And when I look at all the images I had to make for buttons, I think "I would have room for that one more they want if I could have used some styled spans and such, rather than wasting space on these buttons."
But the clients chose form, so they have to sleep in the bed that they made, and lose/compromise on functionality. And I do subtly remind them at times that "things have to be that way because that's you asked me for 6 months ago, and you have run out of time to make changes."
He changed his slides because he knew as well as I that what he had drawn just wouldn't work in a browser. So rather than make a grandiose proposal, then look like asses to the clients when it couldn't be done, we scaled back to something reasonable.
While he was doing his Photoshop sketches, I was doing my own design proposal in HTML/CSS. Figured "hell, if I can do it here, I know it'll be possible when we build the real app." My design was clean, elegant, simple, and well-recieved by nearly everyone who saw it. But the clients wanted eye candy on top of everything else, which the consultant had given them. I put more emphasis on function, he was geared more towards form.
"The wrong hands" already have these tools. There are bad cops in every force. You'd like to think they aren't out there, but they are. Fortunately, the good ones far outnumber them, but you still have to hope luck's on your side anytime you encounter an officer.
What if we sent an orbiter, it did its job, and its last task was to drop itself onto Mars? Then a second orbiter or rover could come along and check it out.
Geek toys he'll be inclined to buy for himself. Do something else. Tickets to a concert, some nice shirts, something he'll appreciate on a non-geek level.
I thought it was on the US border.
Well, Taco's married, so we know he isn't getting any.
Coolio was not happy at all about it, but can't do anything as Weird Al is protected legally.
This as one of those buzzword-compliant web developers for a medium-size company. At the same time, the company was going to other firms for the design work and some applications because they didn't believe in their own employees (whom had never been given an opportunity to prove themselves)and got (IMO) crappy products, at $120-$200 per hour.
New York (state) has had a few of these incidents too.
My father traded in his 1971 (or was it'72?) Barracuda for a 1976 Chevette (don't even get me started on that brilliant move). Orange w/ woodgrain, vinyl interior, 3-speed manual transmission. Last time we checked (mid-90s) it was still running strong, aside from being on its 3rd transmission.
Touchdown is the most dangerous, hardest part of the operation to get right. Beagle didn't do that (we assume), Spirit did. Beagle got to the vicinity of the planet - but we've been successful many times in hurling an object at Mars and getting it in the neighborhood.
Anything you say can and will be used against you, unless you're solving problems that you can't pinpoint a person or group as the creator.
Those of us who haven't seen the high side of 0F for 2 days (and didn't see it for 5 days last week) scoff at your complaint that the temperature gets down into the 40s.
Not unlike "reboot to fix it" in Windows.
Helps if you have a solid door and they can't tell from outside the residence that someone is actually inside, but still, it's worth a shot.
Did you even read the post? It's a web app. IIS logs to the same log format everyone else does, and captures all the same information.
My office (with an Athlon in it) is the coldest room in my apartment right now.
IRS probably not. The Secret Service investigates currency counterfeiting issues.
This happened to the WWF's online store years ago. Reported right here on /.