What I can't understand is: why did they stop there? They could have gone on to say, you can never ever sue us, individual or otherwise, and you have no right to arbitration either. Their contract may as well be seven words followed by a dotted line:
Would the original developer prefer his work stay dead forever? Why didn't the original developer do something with it himself? Why doesn't he do something with it now? Why is he complaining, and why are you talking about it?
Yes, you should always offer a way out. Otherwise, how can you guarantee that they'll do it again next time? And if they don't do it again next time, your show goes off the air and the only way people can get their Three's Company fix is to get it on DVD.
You should do what I do...leave everything turned on, but to poison all the DBs in the world, spend at least 90% of your time browsing stuff that doesn't interest you. This absolutely foils their plan to get to know you through tracking. There's just no way they can get around it at all for 'em.
I even take it to the next step beyond—90% of the money I spent on the web is for stuff I have absolutely no use for and definitely don't want. It's a brilliant, positively ironclad way to screw them over and make sure they get theirs!
Oop...I just used up my 10% time on/. writing this post. Gotta go surf pee-pr0n...disgusting stuff. laterz!
Agree 100%. Something as simple as a door should not require an instruction manual, even if it is a single word ("push" or "pull"). A good designer ought to be able to design any device as simple as a door so that it is easy to use correctly and difficult to use incorrectly, even for users that are minimally observant.
I recently thought about this when I entered a bathroom stall, and the flip lever near the top of the stall door had a coat hook on it as well. When the stall door was unlocked, the coat hook was up against the stall divider and impossible to use. When it was locked from the inside, the coat hook was available for use. Furthermore, if you did decide to hang something on it such as a coat, a purse, even a key, it would take actual effort to ignore the item as you tried to exit the stall. Simple, straightforward design that is functional and eliminates the possibility of leaving an item behind.
(Unfortunately, the toilet paper dispenser gave one lone, see-thru, single-ply sheet at a time and was positioned behind your left ankle. wtf.)
The test does provide interesting info. Not about the subject, though--about the one administering it, to the observers that are always behind the one-way mirror, evaluating that person.
(Just doing my part to make the psychologists of the world paranoid.)
This is what I don't understand...why have such a fast car at all? It sounds like you pay handsomely for the privilege of driving it--I mean really driving it--what, once a month? Couple times a year? If you're not gonna teach coffee can muffler kid a lesson, is it really worth it?
We could make this a lot quicker if we didn't have the scan the entire work, but just a bar code. So we just have to bar code everything. And if you're a strong supporter of open source stuff, then it makes sense to bar code you as well. For, you know...open source purposes.
I'm no battery scientist either, but I did pay attention in chemistry class. Many of you will remember the demonstration your chem teacher no doubt did where a chunk of pure sodium was dropped into water, whereupon it burst into flame and sputtered around, eventually giving little pops and starts as it exploded.
Take a look at the periodic table and note where Na and Li reside in relation to one another. All the same valence electrons with many times the energy. Much bigger boom.
Or something like that...I didn't say I paid close attention.:-p
Another word for "composer" is "handicrafter." Another word for "publisher" is "typesetter." So ASCAP should change their name from "American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers" to "American Society of Skilled Handicrafting, Authoring and Typesetting Specialists."
I, for one, will be thrilled to see the easy and accessible UI MS puts on these advanced typographic features. I mean, they make it so easy to do complicated things like complex mail merges using Word...
This isn't a problem with wikipedia, it's a problem with human knowledge. The same exact thing you describe happens as (or more) frequently with Encyclopedia Brittanica judging from every study ever done thus far comparing the two in terms of accuracy. The big difference in this case seems to be that the issue is public in wikipedia whereas it would simply be buried or unknown in EB.
The most direct solution, unsurprisingly, is for the privileged few that have access to arcane information to take responsibility for the state of this corner of human knowledge and do what's necessary to correct it, as described in other responses. Of course, it isn't always practical to cite a source that you happen to have that isn't widely available...maybe you don't have it handy, maybe you don't care that much, whatever.
Ok, so in that case, create a section on the talk page and explain that you are not willing to actually do the work, but here is the citation, hopefully someone else in the universe can pick it up from there and run it across the goal line. Until then, at least it's noted in a public place for anyone else that cares to do the research.
One thing to keep in mind about wikipedia is that it is not a traditional encyclopedia, and it does some things really well and others not so much. It is transparent, which is its biggest strength, but in cases where you are dealing with knowledge that is at the fringes of human experience--whenever you get into any subject that is mastered by a relatively small community--you should distrust what you read there, require sources, and for very obscure topics, especially if it's important you get it right for your purpose--follow up on the citations!
The purpose of wikipedia is not to hand all knowledge to you on a silver platter. It is easier to learn things, on balance, with it than without it, though. That is its purpose. Even things that it doesn't hand you on a silver platter are way easier to start learning about.
Yea, people might read your example and say that you're being ridiculous or facetious. But let's take a moment to consider US workplace sexual harassment law, shall we? According to the law, sexual harassment has occurred in the workplace if someone feels harassed. That is the legal standard. If you feel as though harassment has taken place, then from a legal standpoint, it has.
Surely, you say, there must be some other context or requirement besides. You would be wrong.
In fact there's no such thing as 3D. Just like nothing physical in our universe is 2D...it also ain't 3D. It's 4D. At least, since Einstein invented it it is.
I hope MS has more luck disabling it than I've ever had. Every time it pops up and asks me what to do I say "Nothing" and check the "Don't ever bug me about this again" box. It never works. I always have to open the Properties sheet for the drive, set each different media type to "Do nothing", then say yes I'm serious, yes don't do it again, etc. It still doesn't work. You have to open the property sheet and do this for each media type and hit Ok immediately after, then open it again and set it for the next media type if you want it to stick. Apply button doesn't work, you have to do it each time for each media type. Each time, every time. On my friend's PCs. Because I'm running linux so I don't have to deal with this crap.
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What I can't understand is: why did they stop there? They could have gone on to say, you can never ever sue us, individual or otherwise, and you have no right to arbitration either. Their contract may as well be seven words followed by a dotted line:
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.
x______________
So...you're saying it was a bad idea to get all the organs I didn't understand removed, then? Uh oh...
Would the original developer prefer his work stay dead forever? Why didn't the original developer do something with it himself? Why doesn't he do something with it now? Why is he complaining, and why are you talking about it?
Yes, you should always offer a way out. Otherwise, how can you guarantee that they'll do it again next time? And if they don't do it again next time, your show goes off the air and the only way people can get their Three's Company fix is to get it on DVD.
You should do what I do...leave everything turned on, but to poison all the DBs in the world, spend at least 90% of your time browsing stuff that doesn't interest you. This absolutely foils their plan to get to know you through tracking. There's just no way they can get around it at all for 'em.
I even take it to the next step beyond—90% of the money I spent on the web is for stuff I have absolutely no use for and definitely don't want. It's a brilliant, positively ironclad way to screw them over and make sure they get theirs!
Oop...I just used up my 10% time on /. writing this post. Gotta go surf pee-pr0n...disgusting stuff. laterz!
Let me take a shot at summarizing the summary...
cox: have sum code lol!!!
:-/
user: ur kung fu is weak my pooter crashed and it's all ur fault lame!
cox: i feex! i feex! -starts furiously working-
A hush falls over the land, just then...
linus: RAWR! I SMASH!!! -flames shoot out of every orifice; a baby is heard crying in the distance-
cox: zOMG!!! -fills pants; amazingly, continues working furiously to "feex"-
linus: BRAWR! YOUR SLAVISH DEVOTION TO OTHERS ANGERS ME forabsolutelynoreason BRAWR!!!
user: wtf.
cox: -terrified of linus-beast, with singed eyebrow hairs- I leev! -boogies out, stage left-
bill gates (barely visible in background, deep stage right): -twirls mustachio-
all users: srsly, wtf.
me: -bows-
Agree 100%. Something as simple as a door should not require an instruction manual, even if it is a single word ("push" or "pull"). A good designer ought to be able to design any device as simple as a door so that it is easy to use correctly and difficult to use incorrectly, even for users that are minimally observant.
I recently thought about this when I entered a bathroom stall, and the flip lever near the top of the stall door had a coat hook on it as well. When the stall door was unlocked, the coat hook was up against the stall divider and impossible to use. When it was locked from the inside, the coat hook was available for use. Furthermore, if you did decide to hang something on it such as a coat, a purse, even a key, it would take actual effort to ignore the item as you tried to exit the stall. Simple, straightforward design that is functional and eliminates the possibility of leaving an item behind.
(Unfortunately, the toilet paper dispenser gave one lone, see-thru, single-ply sheet at a time and was positioned behind your left ankle. wtf.)
I agree with everything you've said...except for the punch card guys. Screw the punch card guys, they deserved every scoff they got. Screw them!
Toilet paper is a terrible investment if this hyperinflationary future ever actually comes to pass—everyone's wallets will be packed with it already!
The test does provide interesting info. Not about the subject, though--about the one administering it, to the observers that are always behind the one-way mirror, evaluating that person.
(Just doing my part to make the psychologists of the world paranoid.)
What is 5 - 2? What is 132 - 129?
In both cases, the differences are the same: 3.
I believe China makes telescopes that actually could see the stamp from here.
This is what I don't understand...why have such a fast car at all? It sounds like you pay handsomely for the privilege of driving it--I mean really driving it--what, once a month? Couple times a year? If you're not gonna teach coffee can muffler kid a lesson, is it really worth it?
Are you serious? "Check their Twits"?
Tweets, people. Tweets!
You use twitter to tweet. You are a twitterer or Twitter user. You tweet. Tweeting is what twitterers do. "Twit" is someone who doesn't get this.
Oh no. You're right...it goes the other way. :-/ -shamed-
We could make this a lot quicker if we didn't have the scan the entire work, but just a bar code. So we just have to bar code everything. And if you're a strong supporter of open source stuff, then it makes sense to bar code you as well. For, you know...open source purposes.
What?!
I'm no battery scientist either, but I did pay attention in chemistry class. Many of you will remember the demonstration your chem teacher no doubt did where a chunk of pure sodium was dropped into water, whereupon it burst into flame and sputtered around, eventually giving little pops and starts as it exploded.
Take a look at the periodic table and note where Na and Li reside in relation to one another. All the same valence electrons with many times the energy. Much bigger boom.
Or something like that...I didn't say I paid close attention. :-p
Another word for "composer" is "handicrafter." Another word for "publisher" is "typesetter." So ASCAP should change their name from "American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers" to "American Society of Skilled Handicrafting, Authoring and Typesetting Specialists."
Short form: ASSHATS.
Java & Javascript are nearly identical? What's it like to know so little about so much?
I, for one, will be thrilled to see the easy and accessible UI MS puts on these advanced typographic features. I mean, they make it so easy to do complicated things like complex mail merges using Word...
coughcoughInDesigncoughcoughcough
This isn't a problem with wikipedia, it's a problem with human knowledge. The same exact thing you describe happens as (or more) frequently with Encyclopedia Brittanica judging from every study ever done thus far comparing the two in terms of accuracy. The big difference in this case seems to be that the issue is public in wikipedia whereas it would simply be buried or unknown in EB.
The most direct solution, unsurprisingly, is for the privileged few that have access to arcane information to take responsibility for the state of this corner of human knowledge and do what's necessary to correct it, as described in other responses. Of course, it isn't always practical to cite a source that you happen to have that isn't widely available...maybe you don't have it handy, maybe you don't care that much, whatever.
Ok, so in that case, create a section on the talk page and explain that you are not willing to actually do the work, but here is the citation, hopefully someone else in the universe can pick it up from there and run it across the goal line. Until then, at least it's noted in a public place for anyone else that cares to do the research.
One thing to keep in mind about wikipedia is that it is not a traditional encyclopedia, and it does some things really well and others not so much. It is transparent, which is its biggest strength, but in cases where you are dealing with knowledge that is at the fringes of human experience--whenever you get into any subject that is mastered by a relatively small community--you should distrust what you read there, require sources, and for very obscure topics, especially if it's important you get it right for your purpose--follow up on the citations!
The purpose of wikipedia is not to hand all knowledge to you on a silver platter. It is easier to learn things, on balance, with it than without it, though. That is its purpose. Even things that it doesn't hand you on a silver platter are way easier to start learning about.
Yea, people might read your example and say that you're being ridiculous or facetious. But let's take a moment to consider US workplace sexual harassment law, shall we? According to the law, sexual harassment has occurred in the workplace if someone feels harassed. That is the legal standard. If you feel as though harassment has taken place, then from a legal standpoint, it has.
Surely, you say, there must be some other context or requirement besides. You would be wrong.
In fact there's no such thing as 3D. Just like nothing physical in our universe is 2D...it also ain't 3D. It's 4D. At least, since Einstein invented it it is.
...does whatever a troller can. Spins a lie, any size, catches n00bs, just like flies, LOOK OUT! Here comes the troller man.
I hope MS has more luck disabling it than I've ever had. Every time it pops up and asks me what to do I say "Nothing" and check the "Don't ever bug me about this again" box. It never works. I always have to open the Properties sheet for the drive, set each different media type to "Do nothing", then say yes I'm serious, yes don't do it again, etc. It still doesn't work. You have to open the property sheet and do this for each media type and hit Ok immediately after, then open it again and set it for the next media type if you want it to stick. Apply button doesn't work, you have to do it each time for each media type. Each time, every time. On my friend's PCs. Because I'm running linux so I don't have to deal with this crap.