If it wasn't for the curvature of the earth, we could well have a single cell tower serving entire countries.
Not on GSM, as I understand it. Because you only get a time-slot on the channel, there's a limit on how far the signal can go out and still get back before it's the next guy's turn. IIRC it's about 35km.
(Had a "GSM fundamentals" course rammed down my throat the first week I worked at Ericsson, but it's been ten years. Feel free to pile in with corrections!)
You should probably stay away from my work, then. There's a poster up in the coffee lounge with the heading - I kid you not - "CONCEPT MASTERPLAN VISION".
It's been up for several years and, as far as I can tell, is no closer to reality. The architects' drawings are ooh shiny, though.
And instead of calling me names, you might have taken the time to explain what that point was.;)
OK, yes. AC has a point. And indeed, much of the grief in my current job comes from the fact that we're writing a web-based application, forcing web pages to do things that it was never envisaged they would do. But the world has moved on, and that's how it is; you move with it, or you stick to the old ways and you die. Regardless, that has little or nothing to do with whether the page is "resolution independently [sic]" - and my HTML is semantic and valid, which is as close to "normal and proper" as it's ever likely to get.
And AC's assertion that the problem began with the invention of stylesheets is laughable. People were slapping "Best viewed with Netscape 3 at 800x600" icons on their pages long before those came along. Table-based layout, anyone? Whatever the tools available, some people will use them well and others won't. (You should have seen some of my hideous creations in high-school woodwork.)
The kind of "webdevelopers" AC is so angry about get right up my nose, too. They give the rest of us a bad name. I get very annoyed when I'm tarred with the same brush - especially when it's by someone who's never seen my work and doesn't have the balls to identify himself.
Like the developer mentioned in the parent post, I tend to get the horrible stuff. I'm the "UI guy" on the project, and most experienced in HTML/CSS/JavaScript.
I knew IE6 was bad news and was sucking up far too much of my time, and kept saying this to those above me. But we "had to" support it. So I started keeping track of just how much time it was costing me. It did vary but, for a given issue or work package, I would spend anywhere between 30 and 70 percent of my time on IE6 work-arounds, kludges, hacks. Then you factor in that someone has usually struggled with the problem before bringing it to me...
Those numbers, writ large in PowerPoint and projected in front of the people who pay my wages, finally convinced them to drop IE6 support. I'd said it was a problem for two years, but it took actual numbers to convince them of the cost.
Exactly. This is the right "fix" right now - the bug is out there causing real problems, and the fix (while definitely a filthy hack) is well-understood and can be pushed out immediately. If the same thing were to happen ten years from now (or the threshold quietly got pushed back to 2030), that would be nothing short of negligent.
I need to get my dad one of those. There's nothing quite as disconcerting as barrelling down an on-ramp, accelerating through 80mph, and realising he's driving the screen...
Sorry for the typos - I'm typing on a mac. I'm not usd to this keyboard' -- MY MAC'S DEAD. I installed Security update 2009-005, rebooted, and now it won't startup. Maybe an MS programmer wrote it
I think it's more that most of us don't understand this stuff. I know I don't, and freely admit it.
Admittedly, I've never had to touch SSL (and if I did, you can be damned sure I'd be learning it inside out), but if I'm a web developer and don't understand it, how can we expect Joe Sixpack to?
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If it wasn't for the curvature of the earth, we could well have a single cell tower serving entire countries.
Not on GSM, as I understand it. Because you only get a time-slot on the channel, there's a limit on how far the signal can go out and still get back before it's the next guy's turn. IIRC it's about 35km.
(Had a "GSM fundamentals" course rammed down my throat the first week I worked at Ericsson, but it's been ten years. Feel free to pile in with corrections!)
A more important question though, is how on earth do you last two months with only a 4 pack of toilet paper?
Save up all your Number Twos for the office! Why do it on your own time and use your own toilet paper, when you can use theirs and get paid for it? :)
You should probably stay away from my work, then. There's a poster up in the coffee lounge with the heading - I kid you not - "CONCEPT MASTERPLAN VISION".
It's been up for several years and, as far as I can tell, is no closer to reality. The architects' drawings are ooh shiny, though.
Much less a pop-up add.
Honestly, when an editor can't spell "ad" without screwing it up, even by cribbing from the submitted copy, it's a poor job.
Unintended acceleration? Usually gravity. Now gimme my million.
If they're viewing CP, and you take a photo with the screen in it, congratulations - you just created CP.
Go to jail, move directly to jail, do not collect £200.
And instead of calling me names, you might have taken the time to explain what that point was. ;)
OK, yes. AC has a point. And indeed, much of the grief in my current job comes from the fact that we're writing a web-based application, forcing web pages to do things that it was never envisaged they would do. But the world has moved on, and that's how it is; you move with it, or you stick to the old ways and you die. Regardless, that has little or nothing to do with whether the page is "resolution independently [sic]" - and my HTML is semantic and valid, which is as close to "normal and proper" as it's ever likely to get.
And AC's assertion that the problem began with the invention of stylesheets is laughable. People were slapping "Best viewed with Netscape 3 at 800x600" icons on their pages long before those came along. Table-based layout, anyone? Whatever the tools available, some people will use them well and others won't. (You should have seen some of my hideous creations in high-school woodwork.)
The kind of "webdevelopers" AC is so angry about get right up my nose, too. They give the rest of us a bad name. I get very annoyed when I'm tarred with the same brush - especially when it's by someone who's never seen my work and doesn't have the balls to identify himself.
There there. Now run along and play with your tags, and leave the discussion to the grown-ups.
Like the developer mentioned in the parent post, I tend to get the horrible stuff. I'm the "UI guy" on the project, and most experienced in HTML/CSS/JavaScript.
I knew IE6 was bad news and was sucking up far too much of my time, and kept saying this to those above me. But we "had to" support it. So I started keeping track of just how much time it was costing me. It did vary but, for a given issue or work package, I would spend anywhere between 30 and 70 percent of my time on IE6 work-arounds, kludges, hacks. Then you factor in that someone has usually struggled with the problem before bringing it to me...
Those numbers, writ large in PowerPoint and projected in front of the people who pay my wages, finally convinced them to drop IE6 support. I'd said it was a problem for two years, but it took actual numbers to convince them of the cost.
Haitian 1: Hey, those guys have ham
Haitian 2: clickclickBANGBANG
Haitian 1: *facepalm* radios. Ham radios.
Making sure they're aware of the issue might be a good place to start.
Exactly. This is the right "fix" right now - the bug is out there causing real problems, and the fix (while definitely a filthy hack) is well-understood and can be pushed out immediately. If the same thing were to happen ten years from now (or the threshold quietly got pushed back to 2030), that would be nothing short of negligent.
Never gonna do that again
Never gonna do what again?
a) Give you up
b) Let you down
c) Run around and desert you
d) All of the above
Hey, look, a Kiwi!
Don't cross streams
Yeah, that tends to upset the guy at the next urinal.
I need to get my dad one of those. There's nothing quite as disconcerting as barrelling down an on-ramp, accelerating through 80mph, and realising he's driving the screen...
Sorry for the typos - I'm typing on a mac.
I'm not usd to this keyboard'
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MY MAC'S DEAD. I installed Security update 2009-005, rebooted, and now it won't startup. Maybe an MS programmer wrote it
That's a clever trick!
...pets... How much explosives could you sew into a large dog?
*quietly reloads*
Pulling a horse trailer with two or four horses in it isn't exactly a job for a Prius.
Exactly. Get their lazy arses out of the trailer and have them pull the Prius! Now that's green!
The ten minute free view on the naughty channel, right?
...Dhow Jones?
...a luxury coach, with family compartments, toilets, DVD players, all that stuff, and stick a six- or eight-car trailer behind it.
We can do that today.
I think it's more that most of us don't understand this stuff. I know I don't, and freely admit it.
Admittedly, I've never had to touch SSL (and if I did, you can be damned sure I'd be learning it inside out), but if I'm a web developer and don't understand it, how can we expect Joe Sixpack to?
Frickin' lasers!