Strangely enough, this is something I've been dwelling on a lot frequently. Everyone praising the web based news publications (katz! bah) and online magazines seem to always overlook the fact that once the issue is gone off the web, it's usually gone forever. And if not now, where will it be in 40 years? I can still go down into my basement, look through my families huge collection of periodicals, and find issues / articles from decades ago. With the quick pace of the web, such an act doesn't seem like it's going to be feasible.
I don't know about anyone else, but there's something disturbing about this fact. Even the first few sites I've done back in the early / mid 90's have been lost forever, and while they were fairly insignificant, it's not an uncommon occurance for information to be lost.
While I don't have anything against THE Web, it seems that this OS is less geared for "THE internet" and moreso towards _the_ "web". Macromedia flash? G2? That sounds very "THE" web and less "THE" internet. Now, if this thing had built in news spooling and pop3 mail clients, perhaps we could begin to call it an os for *the* internet. But this is the WEB. Is the web _the_ internet or is THE internet merely *the* "web"?
Not to bring any negativity to the beanies, but, quite honestly, they seem like a big waste. The idea in itself is fantastic and I don't see anything wrong with it, but it just seems as if this whole thing was thrown together without much thought, planning, or consideration. Has it come to the point where the open source community is so blinded by the current fame and wealth that we can just throw 100k around like it's nothing?
I can't help but think that if more planning, and perhaps a voting system NOT based off the slashdot code (ie., a whole website devoted to the voting) would have been a lot more effecient. Perhaps even some hype before the final announcement. It just doesn't feel wholehearted in the sense that very few people actually care. I know I read "Beanie Awards" and thought to myself, "bla, what the hell is this?". After fumbling through the awkward voting section for a while it didn't seem worth my time. I can't help but think how many others were turned off / simply don't even know what this is all about...
Judging by today's movie length standards, it'll be more along the lines of 3 hours of the slowest thing you've ever seen, with a shitty, meaningless ending.
For all the flack Amazon has been taking recently, I can honestly say I've never been dissapointed with their service. I ordered some gifts last Monday and had them 3 days later, waaaay in time for a wrapping session.
If it's great, all the fanatics will love it. If it sucks, all the fanatics will force themselves to love it. Hell, if I waited in line for a month, obsessed over costume designs, was at toys r' us at midnight last night, watched the prequil 500 times on my computer, video taped every second of the film shown on TV, and spent over 3 hours a day on starwars.com or the countdown site, I'd make sure I loved that goddamn movie. I'd hate to think of the mental stress this will put on all the phycho obsessives if it sucks.
The problem with "fluid" site design is that it has the inherent ability to throw off any asthetical beauty one tries to achieve in the design. Fixed rez designing beings more of the layout advantages of print to the web. I know I hate reading lines of text that are 900+ pixels wide (ie., 600 feels much more natural). I think they should have centered it though, but then again, I hardly ever browse in fullscreen mode.
Slashdot Mirror
When your favorite part of a movie is Jerry O'conell (sp) you know something is messed up.
Maybe if they port MS Office, IE5.x, Adobe PS 5.5, Flash 4(dev.), Adobe Illustartor, and Homesite I may actually have a reason to boot to linux.
^_^
Strangely enough, this is something I've been dwelling on a lot frequently. Everyone praising the web based news publications (katz! bah) and online magazines seem to always overlook the fact that once the issue is gone off the web, it's usually gone forever. And if not now, where will it be in 40 years? I can still go down into my basement, look through my families huge collection of periodicals, and find issues / articles from decades ago. With the quick pace of the web, such an act doesn't seem like it's going to be feasible.
I don't know about anyone else, but there's something disturbing about this fact. Even the first few sites I've done back in the early / mid 90's have been lost forever, and while they were fairly insignificant, it's not an uncommon occurance for information to be lost.
Do you feel intimidated being the head web-honcho for the man who invented the internet?
While I don't have anything against THE Web, it seems that this OS is less geared for "THE internet" and moreso towards _the_ "web". Macromedia flash? G2? That sounds very "THE" web and less "THE" internet. Now, if this thing had built in news spooling and pop3 mail clients, perhaps we could begin to call it an os for *the* internet. But this is the WEB. Is the web _the_ internet or is THE internet merely *the* "web"?
Not to bring any negativity to the beanies, but, quite honestly, they seem like a big waste. The idea in itself is fantastic and I don't see anything wrong with it, but it just seems as if this whole thing was thrown together without much thought, planning, or consideration. Has it come to the point where the open source community is so blinded by the current fame and wealth that we can just throw 100k around like it's nothing?
I can't help but think that if more planning, and perhaps a voting system NOT based off the slashdot code (ie., a whole website devoted to the voting) would have been a lot more effecient. Perhaps even some hype before the final announcement. It just doesn't feel wholehearted in the sense that very few people actually care. I know I read "Beanie Awards" and thought to myself, "bla, what the hell is this?". After fumbling through the awkward voting section for a while it didn't seem worth my time. I can't help but think how many others were turned off / simply don't even know what this is all about...
peace,
Judging by today's movie length standards, it'll be more along the lines of 3 hours of the slowest thing you've ever seen, with a shitty, meaningless ending.
thanks.
For all the flack Amazon has been taking recently, I can honestly say I've never been dissapointed with their service. I ordered some gifts last Monday and had them 3 days later, waaaay in time for a wrapping session.
... and the lightwave logo.
I find something very amusing about Kats.
It has to do with the way he forms paragraphs.
I've never read any of his literature outside of slashdot so I don't know if it's just an internet thing.
However, I have never seen so many poorly choosen paragraphs before.
Ohh well.
If it's great, all the fanatics will love it. If it sucks, all the fanatics will force themselves to love it. Hell, if I waited in line for a month, obsessed over costume designs, was at toys r' us at midnight last night, watched the prequil 500 times on my computer, video taped every second of the film shown on TV, and spent over 3 hours a day on starwars.com or the countdown site, I'd make sure I loved that goddamn movie. I'd hate to think of the mental stress this will put on all the phycho obsessives if it sucks.
The problem with "fluid" site design is that it has the inherent ability to throw off any asthetical beauty one tries to achieve in the design. Fixed rez designing beings more of the layout advantages of print to the web. I know I hate reading lines of text that are 900+ pixels wide (ie., 600 feels much more natural). I think they should have centered it though, but then again, I hardly ever browse in fullscreen mode.
Gimme a break. Kids like poop. They poop. Some even ingest poop.