"...I live in an area filled with liberal idiots who think the government owes them something."
You think they don't? What the hell do you pay taxes for then?
You bet they owe you something. Quite a lot in fact.
You seem a little hazy on the concept here. A usability test measures the average time a group of people (representative of the site's audience) take to complete a given set of tasks on a given site. A series of identical tests on iterative refinements of the site leads to a design that is most usable by the most amount of people.
You can spot the people that haven't fully grasped the concept by their remark "Usability tests? Yeah, we did one of those." One test, while useful, is not enough. To get the full benifit of such tests, you should perform as many as possible in the development cycle.
Well, this model has shown that it works for at least one other industry: public radio. Out here in Houston, KPFT has been running on listener contributions since it opened it's doors nearly thirty years ago. If a local radio station can survive like this, why not a global software company.
People love reciprocity. When given a gift, most people like to return the favor. In this case, in the form of money.
has implemented a thin client solution for their city offices, purportedly saving millions and providing top-notch service at the same time. Read about it here:
Education, education, education. If Europe would educate it's people, we would not have such hate problems. For instance, if France would take the money used to prosecute people for excersizing free speech (a basic human right, IMO) and apply it to educating children about the realities of life in a diversified world, the POV of others, and the damage that hate causes to everyone including the hate mongers, the more level-headed among them would have more ammunition to use against the hate mongers among them. Better ammunition than legislation - which has never proved effective.
The ammunition I'm talking about is social derision and making pariahs out of hate mongers instead of innocent minorities. Although this may not change the opinions of such people, it will keep them more quiet. Here in the U.S., one of the most stigmatizing labels a person can be saddled with is "Racist". A person that has been publically labeled as a racist is forever condemned to the margins of society. Example: David Duke.
Hate is born or ignorance. Restricting speech of any sort leads to more ignorance - which leads to more hate.
Maybe, maybe not. It depends on what type of sailing you do. If you just hit the lake for the afternoon on nice days, then no, you don't have to reef that often. But if you, like me, take any opportunity to go sailing - almost regardless of conditions - then the ability to reef becomes very important. Sailing a small boat in wind speed of 20+ knots will get your blood up - you should try it.
But that's not the real reason I want one of these things. As an avid small boat sailor, bridges are the bane of my existance. This rig would make that a non-issue. Is a bridge in the way? No problem with a rig like this! Strike the sail and mast, ship the oars and row under it. Then raise the mast again and off you go. Beautiful!
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And the judge said "So let me get this straight, you were arrested for geek graffitti?"
"...I live in an area filled with liberal idiots who think the government owes them something." You think they don't? What the hell do you pay taxes for then? You bet they owe you something. Quite a lot in fact.
You seem a little hazy on the concept here. A usability test measures the average time a group of people (representative of the site's audience) take to complete a given set of tasks on a given site. A series of identical tests on iterative refinements of the site leads to a design that is most usable by the most amount of people.
You can spot the people that haven't fully grasped the concept by their remark "Usability tests? Yeah, we did one of those." One test, while useful, is not enough. To get the full benifit of such tests, you should perform as many as possible in the development cycle.
Well, this model has shown that it works for at least one other industry: public radio. Out here in Houston, KPFT has been running on listener contributions since it opened it's doors nearly thirty years ago. If a local radio station can survive like this, why not a global software company.
People love reciprocity. When given a gift, most people like to return the favor. In this case, in the form of money.
Perhaps with heel-strike generators that use electrostrictive polymers installed in the boot heels...
has implemented a thin client solution for their city offices, purportedly saving millions and providing top-notch service at the same time. Read about it here:
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Education, education, education. If Europe would educate it's people, we would not have such hate problems. For instance, if France would take the money used to prosecute people for excersizing free speech (a basic human right, IMO) and apply it to educating children about the realities of life in a diversified world, the POV of others, and the damage that hate causes to everyone including the hate mongers, the more level-headed among them would have more ammunition to use against the hate mongers among them. Better ammunition than legislation - which has never proved effective.
The ammunition I'm talking about is social derision and making pariahs out of hate mongers instead of innocent minorities. Although this may not change the opinions of such people, it will keep them more quiet. Here in the U.S., one of the most stigmatizing labels a person can be saddled with is "Racist". A person that has been publically labeled as a racist is forever condemned to the margins of society. Example: David Duke.
Hate is born or ignorance. Restricting speech of any sort leads to more ignorance - which leads to more hate.
Workers of the web, Evolt!
Maybe, maybe not. It depends on what type of sailing you do. If you just hit the lake for the afternoon on nice days, then no, you don't have to reef that often. But if you, like me, take any opportunity to go sailing - almost regardless of conditions - then the ability to reef becomes very important. Sailing a small boat in wind speed of 20+ knots will get your blood up - you should try it. But that's not the real reason I want one of these things. As an avid small boat sailor, bridges are the bane of my existance. This rig would make that a non-issue. Is a bridge in the way? No problem with a rig like this! Strike the sail and mast, ship the oars and row under it. Then raise the mast again and off you go. Beautiful!