I have to agree - at my job, email is the default form of communication, and most of the time involves something that needs to be done NOW, lest the person be forced to walk over and stand over you until you read the email and do the thing while they wait. *sigh* From the time I log on in the morning until right before I shut down at night, Outlook is open, otherwise I'd be in trouble.
Why email and not the phone? Because unlike a conversation, emails give you a record to CYA with...
A writer, you say? Lovely writing skills; too bad we're talking about math or I'd be obliged to smite you.
I agree with your idea of splitting math for high schoolers, though - I've always felt I was done a disservice by being forced to take geometry and algebra instead of something along the lines of "Balancing Checkbooks 101" or "How to Budget your Minimum Wage Paycheck and still afford University Tuition" - where are the USEFUL math classes for kids?
You don't have to even produce any legal documents in order to get YouTube to pull something. I worked on a video project that incorporated original music, of which I was half-owner (though the 'band' as it was did not exist on paper) and when the other half split, he complained to YouTube that our project infringed on his copyright and they took us down.
Completely original content, no lawyers, no corporations, not a single scrap of paper. I'm sure all he did was send an email. And they moved on it.
They're not policing it, the users are. So yes, unless someone finds and complains about every single instance of violation, that stuff will continue to be posted.
I think we will soon see the day when CD players will go the way of tape decks, and all of your music will be transmitted wirelessly from your online music accounts to your home computer, your portable music player, and your car stereo.
And then, via implantation of the mandatory National ID chip, directly into your brain. Then you really WILL have that song stuck in your head.
I was hoping someone would mention this film - I just saw it for the first time last week and was reminded why I quit watching the news and reading Alternet.org - at every opportunity, the corporate interests that run our country are bending us over. *sigh* Pass the lube...
I only WISH some of the sites I'm responsible for were that serious about adhering to graphics standards. Instead, people make their own fliers in MSWord or whathaveyou (instead of going through our Graphics dept.) and I have to upload it as-is, whether it matches the rest of our stuff or not. *shudder*
I'm a nazi, aren't I? Is it so wrong to crave consistency and order?
some users who are very used to the point and click paradigm and find new learning curves challenging or scary (there are people like that out there)
Yes, they all work at my office.
Back OT, though, I'm afraid I'm stuck with a mouse (or similarly, one of those abominable pen tablets) until they can design a keyboard that lets me do things like effectively trace objects with the lasso tool in Photoshop. If all you ever do is data entry, sure; but most functions I perform require the continuous control of a mouse. This is not to say I'm not in favor of something more precise/ergonomic, just that I don't think keyboard shortcuts can solve everything.
It's sad when a cartoon makes more sense than a live action movie.
Why?
I think it's sad that cartoons are automatically relegated to children's entertainment, and even worse, that they are expected to be nothing but fluff. Many cartoons have depth, vision, and meaning; there's nothing wrong with challenging the mind of a child, or an adult, for that matter...though movies like this one seem to lower the bar across the board. Perhaps Devo was right.
Well as I said, I was only speaking from my own experience - I took AP English, my sister took calculus - we're both intelligent, just in different directions.
That said, DeVry doesn't teach creativity or ingenuity, it teaches you how to use fscking Dreamweaver. My degree (sis and I went to the same university) is in Creative Writing; all I know about computers I taught myself.
I'd be more interested in seeing a study that not only includes girls, but breaks down as such:
Family of only boys Family of both with boy as eldest Family of both with girl as eldest Family of only girls
For my experience, I am the first born (girl) with one younger sister; I'm a graphics/web designer/computer geek and she's a scientist who works in a lab with dangerous chemicals. If there is a difference between us it's slight. I'd wager that would hold true for most girl siblings regardless of pecking order.
Being a Virginia resident, I have to confess that I have broken that law many, many times. But remind me never to move to Willowdale, I'd really miss that...does it count if you're not actually married?;-)
I took Algebra 2 in summer school my junior year and then filled up my senior year with Intro to Art and Creative Writing...so while I got all A's my senior year, the college I wanted to get into looked at the 'easy' courses I'd taken and said no thanks.
I ended up in remedial math at university. *sigh* This is a disturbing trend, and you're right, it's "to the detriment of real learning." If I'd known I would have gone ahead and struggled through a math class instead of art.
Just to point out, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre was not in itself a real event any more than the Blair Witch crap was. It was, however, based in part on the strange and disturbing case of Ed Gein. More than one Hollywood thriller stole pieces from this man's life.
And no, they didn't have video games back then.:-)
Exactly. This is why I have a sheet of paper next to my printer, wherein I record every single sheet that comes out of it, which client it was for, and even which project for which client. We then pass those charges along as part of our yearly budgeting proposals.
Yes, it's an hp. Yes, the ink carts are ridiculously expensive. No, I wouldn't have it any other way.:-)
Employer finds a competitor's website that looks amazing, does everything he wants ours to do, and then asks us to do something similar. We go back and look at the site on our machines, in Firefox, and the site breaks.
Their reply - "Well XYZ Company obviously isn't worried about it; does anybody really use that browser besides you?"
*sigh*
I'm an information-oriented web designer in a CSS world...it's lonely...
Perhaps you'll be kind enough to take the phone calls from my clients and explain to them why the pages they've been refusing to let me completely overhaul for the past 5 years, NOW have to do so, because the Internet broke them?:-)
(All this stuff is moot where I work. Non-profits don't have the funds to upgrade ANYTHING, therefore, I fudge what I can and say "no" a lot.)
the person doing the crappy design actually looks at his work and says, "Lookin' good!", and the majority of the audience doesn't notice that there's even a problem.
Amen to that. I can't tell you how frustrating it is to spend hours making a client's materials look good, setting up graphics standards, retooling dozens of document and web templates for the rest of the staff to use, and then watching in horror as someone gives a PowerPoint presentation at the client's conference that they made themselves, which bears absolutely no resemblance to anything else we've done. Nevermind the fact that it's breaking the rules as discussed in TFA, or your point that it may not flow well; it doesn't even match the colors of our friggin' LOGO for Pete's sake! Lime green? Are you kidding me?
So of course, the staff person gets upset and offended when you suggest that their slides look bad; you know what, who's the paid artist here? "Well, the client liked it." It's not your job to make things pretty, by anyone's standards.
(Forgive my rant, this is actually a raw, open wound for me at my job right now...)
The purpose of most university programs is to control the rate of entry for people entering a given profession. The American Medical Association is very blunt and obvious about this, by only certifying select schools and controlling the number of graduates that are produced.
Oh, so if we let all the folks who COULD be good doctors actually become doctors, and there were more docs per capita, then maybe health care rates would go down? Or the prestige of being a doctor would wane, and then the rich folks would have to move into another field to keep the masses out of the good golf clubs? Interesting theory.
My own suggestion for the problem of the term paper, to get back on topic, would be to do what my AP English class had to do - write them in class. You get one hour to expound intelligently on a subject you should have been reading up on for the past few weeks. If some kid wants to memorize (or try to smuggle in) someone else's paper, good luck. Otherwise, I'd say it's a pretty accurate way to test those thinking/arguing/writing skills.
As Photoshop and other tools have gotten into the hands of folks who don't design for a living, the quality of this once-hilarious feature has gone down. The recent giant pets theme was just...well, something awful.
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I have to agree - at my job, email is the default form of communication, and most of the time involves something that needs to be done NOW, lest the person be forced to walk over and stand over you until you read the email and do the thing while they wait. *sigh* From the time I log on in the morning until right before I shut down at night, Outlook is open, otherwise I'd be in trouble.
Why email and not the phone? Because unlike a conversation, emails give you a record to CYA with...
A writer, you say? Lovely writing skills; too bad we're talking about math or I'd be obliged to smite you.
I agree with your idea of splitting math for high schoolers, though - I've always felt I was done a disservice by being forced to take geometry and algebra instead of something along the lines of "Balancing Checkbooks 101" or "How to Budget your Minimum Wage Paycheck and still afford University Tuition" - where are the USEFUL math classes for kids?
You don't have to even produce any legal documents in order to get YouTube to pull something. I worked on a video project that incorporated original music, of which I was half-owner (though the 'band' as it was did not exist on paper) and when the other half split, he complained to YouTube that our project infringed on his copyright and they took us down.
Completely original content, no lawyers, no corporations, not a single scrap of paper. I'm sure all he did was send an email. And they moved on it.
They're not policing it, the users are. So yes, unless someone finds and complains about every single instance of violation, that stuff will continue to be posted.
I think we will soon see the day when CD players will go the way of tape decks, and all of your music will be transmitted wirelessly from your online music accounts to your home computer, your portable music player, and your car stereo.
And then, via implantation of the mandatory National ID chip, directly into your brain. Then you really WILL have that song stuck in your head.
Who owns those brain cells? The RIAA? Uncle Sam?
I was hoping someone would mention this film - I just saw it for the first time last week and was reminded why I quit watching the news and reading Alternet.org - at every opportunity, the corporate interests that run our country are bending us over. *sigh* Pass the lube...
I only WISH some of the sites I'm responsible for were that serious about adhering to graphics standards. Instead, people make their own fliers in MSWord or whathaveyou (instead of going through our Graphics dept.) and I have to upload it as-is, whether it matches the rest of our stuff or not. *shudder*
I'm a nazi, aren't I? Is it so wrong to crave consistency and order?
I was waiting for someone to mention "Home" - I'm still nervous when I go to look under the bed... "You don't know what pain is!"
*shudder*
I believe that was the one that was banned for a while, wasn't it? How long was it before they let it air again after it premiered?
Didn't she always say, "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out"-?
(When I died, I went to the house at the end of the universe. No one sees the tunnel of white light anymore...)
some users who are very used to the point and click paradigm and find new learning curves challenging or scary (there are people like that out there)
Yes, they all work at my office.
Back OT, though, I'm afraid I'm stuck with a mouse (or similarly, one of those abominable pen tablets) until they can design a keyboard that lets me do things like effectively trace objects with the lasso tool in Photoshop. If all you ever do is data entry, sure; but most functions I perform require the continuous control of a mouse. This is not to say I'm not in favor of something more precise/ergonomic, just that I don't think keyboard shortcuts can solve everything.
It's sad when a cartoon makes more sense than a live action movie.
Why?
I think it's sad that cartoons are automatically relegated to children's entertainment, and even worse, that they are expected to be nothing but fluff. Many cartoons have depth, vision, and meaning; there's nothing wrong with challenging the mind of a child, or an adult, for that matter...though movies like this one seem to lower the bar across the board. Perhaps Devo was right.
Well as I said, I was only speaking from my own experience - I took AP English, my sister took calculus - we're both intelligent, just in different directions.
;-)
That said, DeVry doesn't teach creativity or ingenuity, it teaches you how to use fscking Dreamweaver. My degree (sis and I went to the same university) is in Creative Writing; all I know about computers I taught myself.
Flame on.
I'd be more interested in seeing a study that not only includes girls, but breaks down as such:
Family of only boys
Family of both with boy as eldest
Family of both with girl as eldest
Family of only girls
For my experience, I am the first born (girl) with one younger sister; I'm a graphics/web designer/computer geek and she's a scientist who works in a lab with dangerous chemicals. If there is a difference between us it's slight. I'd wager that would hold true for most girl siblings regardless of pecking order.
Being a Virginia resident, I have to confess that I have broken that law many, many times. But remind me never to move to Willowdale, I'd really miss that...does it count if you're not actually married? ;-)
I took Algebra 2 in summer school my junior year and then filled up my senior year with Intro to Art and Creative Writing...so while I got all A's my senior year, the college I wanted to get into looked at the 'easy' courses I'd taken and said no thanks.
I ended up in remedial math at university. *sigh* This is a disturbing trend, and you're right, it's "to the detriment of real learning." If I'd known I would have gone ahead and struggled through a math class instead of art.
Just to point out, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre was not in itself a real event any more than the Blair Witch crap was. It was, however, based in part on the strange and disturbing case of Ed Gein. More than one Hollywood thriller stole pieces from this man's life.
:-)
And no, they didn't have video games back then.
Exactly. This is why I have a sheet of paper next to my printer, wherein I record every single sheet that comes out of it, which client it was for, and even which project for which client. We then pass those charges along as part of our yearly budgeting proposals.
:-)
Yes, it's an hp. Yes, the ink carts are ridiculously expensive. No, I wouldn't have it any other way.
I just had to reply to say bravo for a great poo metaphor. Some days, I feel like a kernel of corn myself.
I see your example, agree, and raise you.
Employer finds a competitor's website that looks amazing, does everything he wants ours to do, and then asks us to do something similar. We go back and look at the site on our machines, in Firefox, and the site breaks.
Their reply - "Well XYZ Company obviously isn't worried about it; does anybody really use that browser besides you?"
*sigh*
I'm an information-oriented web designer in a CSS world...it's lonely...
Perhaps you'll be kind enough to take the phone calls from my clients and explain to them why the pages they've been refusing to let me completely overhaul for the past 5 years, NOW have to do so, because the Internet broke them? :-)
(All this stuff is moot where I work. Non-profits don't have the funds to upgrade ANYTHING, therefore, I fudge what I can and say "no" a lot.)
the person doing the crappy design actually looks at his work and says, "Lookin' good!", and the majority of the audience doesn't notice that there's even a problem.
Amen to that. I can't tell you how frustrating it is to spend hours making a client's materials look good, setting up graphics standards, retooling dozens of document and web templates for the rest of the staff to use, and then watching in horror as someone gives a PowerPoint presentation at the client's conference that they made themselves, which bears absolutely no resemblance to anything else we've done. Nevermind the fact that it's breaking the rules as discussed in TFA, or your point that it may not flow well; it doesn't even match the colors of our friggin' LOGO for Pete's sake! Lime green? Are you kidding me?
So of course, the staff person gets upset and offended when you suggest that their slides look bad; you know what, who's the paid artist here? "Well, the client liked it." It's not your job to make things pretty, by anyone's standards.
(Forgive my rant, this is actually a raw, open wound for me at my job right now...)
The purpose of most university programs is to control the rate of entry for people entering a given profession. The American Medical Association is very blunt and obvious about this, by only certifying select schools and controlling the number of graduates that are produced.
Oh, so if we let all the folks who COULD be good doctors actually become doctors, and there were more docs per capita, then maybe health care rates would go down? Or the prestige of being a doctor would wane, and then the rich folks would have to move into another field to keep the masses out of the good golf clubs? Interesting theory.
My own suggestion for the problem of the term paper, to get back on topic, would be to do what my AP English class had to do - write them in class. You get one hour to expound intelligently on a subject you should have been reading up on for the past few weeks. If some kid wants to memorize (or try to smuggle in) someone else's paper, good luck. Otherwise, I'd say it's a pretty accurate way to test those thinking/arguing/writing skills.
...in the coffin of a slowly dying Photoshop Phriday?
As Photoshop and other tools have gotten into the hands of folks who don't design for a living, the quality of this once-hilarious feature has gone down. The recent giant pets theme was just...well, something awful.
Yes, when will they say if you have even one drop of sheep blood, you are a sheep and therefore subject to the new Jim Crow laws...?
And please, would someone get these scientists (and the politicians/corporations who are supporting them) to watch Clonus?
It took me 2 hours to watch a 1 hour episodeof Lost.
Might I suggest instead, taking merely half an hour to watch a half-hour episode of something similar but independent?
www.thehousebetween.com
No ads, no lag, no copyright infringement. Just free entertainment for sci-fi hungry folks like us.
Yes. Yes, it is. One gem among many in that song. Can't imagine why my teacher didn't want me to read it to the class. ;-)