Ermmm... that digital library is basically a search engine for the sciences. And all it does is give you links to other sites. I can find the same information and more with GOOGLE. So what's the difference?
Was riding on a 4-wheeled red-pinkish toy duck with my brother pushing me from behind. I was maybe 2.
My next earliest memory was flying to america when I was around that age as well. I remember trying to look outside there was another plane below us or something.
However, you might find some interest in my friend, who remembers his birth (coming out of the vagina and muching on amniotic goo and what not).
Doesn't anyone else notice that the nvidia geforce chipset 3D demos are a bit misleading. Sure, those things look awesome, and even better, they're in real time!
The problem is, you won't even be able to see anything like that in a game anyways because there are more objects showing on the screen in a game. Heck, I bet a card that's 2 year older can pull something off like those demos with good graphics coding.
I just wish they would show something more practical.
A patent application covering attempts to count, measure and compare the fractal properties of introns for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes has been made
I don't mean to ruin Mr. Andras Pellionisz's patent party, but I think the exons probably already does that...
The introns, he claims, may have the "building construction blueprints" in the form of fractal patterns that the exons use to build living tissue
A few years ago, I read an article that you can fit every person/family in the world with their own house, and the area it would take would be able the size of Texas.
Overpopulation? Never! Unless you define overpopulation as 1%-Greedy Land Owners, 20%-Damn GOlfers, 79%-Everyone stuffed in a trailer park.
OMG!!! This is the answer to online digital signatures! The person can sign on the digital paper, and the signature goes onto the screen and is converted to a graphics file which can be embedded on an online document!
However, you can also just scan your signature (with a scanner) and save the signature as a gif and achieve the same goal. But the pen is cooler.
Oh and implementing the ticket application would be easy? I think not. You run into problems of how to display data such as prices and letting them now how much things cost and what not and making sure they enter things right. Or on form validations, let's say they enter something wrong, instead of using javascript popup messages, they have to play a sound saying "You didn't enter this right!" hehe
It's really more difficult that you make it sound
Should it matter what it would cost to fix that problem for a webmaster? No. Why? It's discrimination, plain and simple. It sends the message 'We don't want you deaf people coming in here.'
I assume you're not a developer. And yes cost does matter, even if it's unethical. COst always matter. YOU KNOW THAT. Capitalism my friend. If I had to make my web apps blind friendly, I would have to spend over a year doing so. And even then, only a one blind person would use it if there are any!
You can't do everything for everybody. I'm not saying "I don't want you nlind people using my site". I'm saying, "Sorry, I do not have enough resources to put a blind-friendly site up for you. I'm only a college student and make crude money off these apps. However, I know of some institutions that will be able to help you. Here is their number..."
And comparing this to racism is uncalled for. There's a noticeable difference between a blind and an unblind person in that they have to go about different ways to do things, and there's no difference between a black or white or yellow person.
WHat if you can't afford to? THen you can say that site discriminates against people who don't know their language and don't have enough money to learn it. SO the best thing to do is for that company to pay them to learn it. It's America:)
Does this mean you can also sue sites that aren't in a language you can't understand? That's virtually the same thing as a disability. THink of the implications!!
It's not that they are being charged more over the phone. It's just that people who use the internet is charged less. This is not discrimination, but a convenience. If you use the internet, you use less of our resources and you get to pay the ticket for less. I mean, let's say my disability is being late all the time. How can I see the movie for charging me more than people who go to the movies at 5 AM??? The fact is, they are being charged a fair price over the phone.
It's not that tickets over the phone COST MORE. It's that tickets over the web COST LESS. Do you understand that? There's a big difference in how you say it.
It's not that ickets over the phone don't cost more. It's that tickets over the web cost LESS. Do you understand that? There's a big difference in how you say it.
Unfortunately the web has become more than a bunch of static informative pages. I think those guidlines has to be updated, or only applicable to sites with static pages. Man, imagine this. A blind guy sues ebay because he can't auction on it because of his disability. He wins, so ebay makes a blind-friendly interface. But he always loses his auctions, because he can't "read" the information fast enough due to his blindness. So now everyone has to wait a 10 second duration to accomodate blind bidders:)
But tell that to the web programmer already working on a large site with FUNCTIONALITY. Not just static web pages. Having to code around that functionality to make it work for the blind takes up more programming hours and more money, and some problems might also arise such as....How do you display a weather map, how do you display a shopping cart. Heck, why not make Visual Studio application usable for the blind programmer as well? It's possible! But will cost too much money and doesn't have any real value, other than the fact you might be a really kind and caring person with plenty of time.
Thank goodness this judge has some common sense. Nothing against disabled people, but it's just impractical to provide everything for you just for convenience. And that's what the web mainly is. CONVENIENCE. You can do virtually anything without the web, except that it's not as convenient. Want a plane ticket? Use the phone!
Disabled people have been getting along fine before the web came. If they really needed it like the plaintiff in this case thinks, they would have proposed that the internet be invented.
Slashdot Mirror
Ermmm... that digital library is basically a search engine for the sciences. And all it does is give you links to other sites. I can find the same information and more with GOOGLE. So what's the difference?
What a waste of funding, eh?
Was riding on a 4-wheeled red-pinkish toy duck with my brother pushing me from behind. I was maybe 2.
My next earliest memory was flying to america when I was around that age as well. I remember trying to look outside there was another plane below us or something.
However, you might find some interest in my friend, who remembers his birth (coming out of the vagina and muching on amniotic goo and what not).
Doesn't anyone else notice that the nvidia geforce chipset 3D demos are a bit misleading. Sure, those things look awesome, and even better, they're in real time!
The problem is, you won't even be able to see anything like that in a game anyways because there are more objects showing on the screen in a game. Heck, I bet a card that's 2 year older can pull something off like those demos with good graphics coding.
I just wish they would show something more practical.
A patent application covering attempts to count, measure and compare the fractal properties of introns for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes has been made
I don't mean to ruin Mr. Andras Pellionisz's patent party, but I think the exons probably already does that...
The introns, he claims, may have the "building construction blueprints" in the form of fractal patterns that the exons use to build living tissue
Are they going to tax all kinds of payable services on the net? Like gambling, pron, web hosting, or web services? That would be crazy!
Can I order a few tender loving fembots?
Amtrak is pretty good at emulating Windows too!
HAHAHA I remember that scene!
A few years ago, I read an article that you can fit every person/family in the world with their own house, and the area it would take would be able the size of Texas.
Overpopulation? Never! Unless you define overpopulation as 1%-Greedy Land Owners, 20%-Damn GOlfers, 79%-Everyone stuffed in a trailer park.
When I first saw the slashdot post on this story I assumed it would work that way. But now u have to buy some expensive digital paper as well!
OMG!!! This is the answer to online digital signatures! The person can sign on the digital paper, and the signature goes onto the screen and is converted to a graphics file which can be embedded on an online document!
However, you can also just scan your signature (with a scanner) and save the signature as a gif and achieve the same goal. But the pen is cooler.
This is just mathematical proof that you can wrap a rubberband around an apple. I think the rest of us would be satisfied by a videotape instead.
Oh and implementing the ticket application would be easy? I think not. You run into problems of how to display data such as prices and letting them now how much things cost and what not and making sure they enter things right. Or on form validations, let's say they enter something wrong, instead of using javascript popup messages, they have to play a sound saying "You didn't enter this right!" hehe It's really more difficult that you make it sound
Should it matter what it would cost to fix that problem for a webmaster? No. Why? It's discrimination, plain and simple. It sends the message 'We don't want you deaf people coming in here.'
I assume you're not a developer. And yes cost does matter, even if it's unethical. COst always matter. YOU KNOW THAT. Capitalism my friend. If I had to make my web apps blind friendly, I would have to spend over a year doing so. And even then, only a one blind person would use it if there are any!
You can't do everything for everybody. I'm not saying "I don't want you nlind people using my site". I'm saying, "Sorry, I do not have enough resources to put a blind-friendly site up for you. I'm only a college student and make crude money off these apps. However, I know of some institutions that will be able to help you. Here is their number..."
And comparing this to racism is uncalled for. There's a noticeable difference between a blind and an unblind person in that they have to go about different ways to do things, and there's no difference between a black or white or yellow person.
WHat if you can't afford to? THen you can say that site discriminates against people who don't know their language and don't have enough money to learn it. SO the best thing to do is for that company to pay them to learn it. It's America :)
Does this mean you can also sue sites that aren't in a language you can't understand? That's virtually the same thing as a disability. THink of the implications!!
AT least back that statement up with some comments pertaining to the subject :)
It's not that they are being charged more over the phone. It's just that people who use the internet is charged less. This is not discrimination, but a convenience. If you use the internet, you use less of our resources and you get to pay the ticket for less. I mean, let's say my disability is being late all the time. How can I see the movie for charging me more than people who go to the movies at 5 AM??? The fact is, they are being charged a fair price over the phone.
It's not that tickets over the phone COST MORE. It's that tickets over the web COST LESS. Do you understand that? There's a big difference in how you say it.
It's not that ickets over the phone don't cost more. It's that tickets over the web cost LESS. Do you understand that? There's a big difference in how you say it.
Unfortunately the web has become more than a bunch of static informative pages. I think those guidlines has to be updated, or only applicable to sites with static pages. Man, imagine this. A blind guy sues ebay because he can't auction on it because of his disability. He wins, so ebay makes a blind-friendly interface. But he always loses his auctions, because he can't "read" the information fast enough due to his blindness. So now everyone has to wait a 10 second duration to accomodate blind bidders :)
But tell that to the web programmer already working on a large site with FUNCTIONALITY. Not just static web pages. Having to code around that functionality to make it work for the blind takes up more programming hours and more money, and some problems might also arise such as....How do you display a weather map, how do you display a shopping cart. Heck, why not make Visual Studio application usable for the blind programmer as well? It's possible! But will cost too much money and doesn't have any real value, other than the fact you might be a really kind and caring person with plenty of time.
http://www.zombo.com (turn sound up)
Thank goodness this judge has some common sense. Nothing against disabled people, but it's just impractical to provide everything for you just for convenience. And that's what the web mainly is. CONVENIENCE. You can do virtually anything without the web, except that it's not as convenient. Want a plane ticket? Use the phone!
Disabled people have been getting along fine before the web came. If they really needed it like the plaintiff in this case thinks, they would have proposed that the internet be invented.
Isn't this already possible on 3D games? Talk about interaction!