I don't think they intentionally broke the CSS. I just think they're f#*!$ing lazy and that's why they haven't update their browser since 2001. There is no motivation for them to improve IE. This is the BEST example of why competition is a good thing: it encourages innovation.
if you do use Opera, please go into preferences and stop it 'Identifying as IE' that doesn't help people with flawed stats programs realise people are using alternative browsers.
Yeah, but there are still a lot of dumb ass sites that won't let you in unless you are using IE.
Actually, the link above is a REALLY dumbass site because they don't let you in even if you DO identify as IE. Their web team should be fired. Nothing on that site is out of the ordinary and requires IE.
I used to be a good speller, but I use Google A LOT. And it is so forgiving that my skills have declined. I expect all programs to know what I mean when I type "Jva prgfamminh boolks". I just kinda hit the keys that basically represent the words I want.
Anyone else seeing a lot of problems lately? When you go to the article's main page, the entire central section is shifted to the left. This is Firebird 0.7. IE6 also has some weirdness.
3) When you ask me stupid questions like "What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?" I make a mental note that I will not work for your company.
I got asked an equally horrible question: "What can you bring to this company that the other applicants can't?" It is such a lazy and pointless question. How am I supposed to know what the other applicants will bring? If you want to know my skills, ask me about past projects, not these embarrasingly open ended questions from "HR For Dummies".
Also, don't spring pop-quizzes on me. I did a phone interview with Fidelity Investments once, and all the guy did was ask me questions about C.
...these mainstream technology articles that talk about how evil pop-ups are, and don't even mention browsers with built-in popup-blockers like Mozilla or Opera?
I usually use Firebird, so I never see pop-ups. Even when I do use IE, I have the Google toolbar installed, so I don't see popups.
But every once in awhile, I use someone else's computer with an un-modified IE on it. I can't believe there are still so many sites using pop-ups. It is user hostile and gives the visitor a bad impression of your site.
Well, yeah, lots of people could like in isolation on an island paradise or besides Walden lake. But on some barren Martian wasteland? Living in a tiny little space module for the rest of your life?
Perhaps we could launch the rockets from some type of off-shore platform? It may seem expensive at first, but if the whole country is going to pull a "not in my backyard", it may be the fastest way out in the end.
Well, if we're talking about the one-way-ticket scenario, the worst-case scenario I can think of would probably be successfully putting them down and then listening as the impact of the fact that they are going to spend the rest of their probably short lives in a bubble in the middle of a barren waste sets in.
I was shocked that the NY Times editorial didn't mention this. I thought the guy was going to bring it up, but he just brushed by it. This is clearly the biggest risk. I don't care how much someone wants to explore other worlds...if you leave them alone long enough with lots of time to think, they are going to be angry and resentful. There is no good candidate for this mission, except a robot.
The worst situation isn't sending a human to mars and having them destroyed in the atmosphere. The worst situation is having them enter the atmosphere and then never hearing from them again (ala Beagle2). People could deal with straight-out death. But if we send a person to Mars and their fate is unknown, that would freak people out.
If you don't like MS's products DON'T USE THEM. No one is forcing you.
If you had RTFA, you would have noticed that yes, Microsoft is indeed forcing you to use their software when you use the Shop For Music feature (whatever the fook "Shop For Music" is...I'll be damned if I ever click on "Shop For X" links that come preinstalled in my web browsers or Microsoft OS'es).
The author missed the boat in this case. I suggest he do some reading on web standards; the font tag is deprecated because a) It has no structural meaning b) It is a pain in the ass to update a hundred font tags when you can use a single line of CSS c) It wastes space. d) It mixes style and content.
The author says "The Web exploded because it was opn and simple - accessible to schoolkids, anybody could write their own web page".
No, they couldn't. They could write invalid crap markup that most browsers would forgive, but very few actually wrote correct web pages. We are moving towards portable devices with less CPU power to waste on guesstimating what your invalid markup means. This is where XHTML comes into play. Your markup is valid or it isn't. If it's not valid, it doesn't display. End of story. Programmers have been dealing with it for 50 years. It's time web developers upped their standards.
The current logo isn't just the devil, it's a picture of several devils lifting up a pitch-fork in a style like the Iwo Jima memorial. Jeez, I wonder why some people would find that offensive? Besides, it is too complicated to reproduce (all that shading) and has no color. The computers they are standing on look ugly, too.
Next week, we'll hear that it's recently been discovered that internet users simply lie for the purposes of polls and statistics more than non-users do, and those that don't lie outright simply know how to crack the World Internet Project's records and alter their annual reports to be more favorable to the 'net-bound...
I believe the results of the poll. When I surf the web, I'm constantly finding things I want to do. I get a million ideas for books to read, or projects to undertake ("Gee, a lot of people here mention PHP. Maybe I should check that out?"), or hobbies to look into. TV is all about keeping your ass in the seat. God forbid you turn off the tube for a little while. There is only group of stations that encourages you to think and read, and that is the C-SPANs.
...but don't expect laugh-a-minute jokes. It's incorrectly called a comedy, when it is really a satire. If you understand the type of humor in "Six Feet Under", you'll understand the type of humor in "The Office". The first season is available on Netflix.
I went to the Spy Museum in DC a couple months after it opened. I wasn't that impressed. It seems like they still have some kinks to work out.
A lot of stuff was recreations. Few of the exhibits seemed to be the actual items. There is a "James Bond" car exhibit which is literally just a car that has spotlights shined at certain parts while a radio says what secret weapon could be hidden inside.
There is one section where children can climb through air ducts. The racket that is created as dumb parents let their children stomp and yell through the air ducts ruins the whole exhibit room.
I think all museums are a little rough around the edges when they first open. Maybe I'll check out the Spy Museum again in several years. As it currently stands, you'll learn more about spies by surfing around on google.
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I don't think they intentionally broke the CSS. I just think they're f#*!$ing lazy and that's why they haven't update their browser since 2001. There is no motivation for them to improve IE. This is the BEST example of why competition is a good thing: it encourages innovation.
if you do use Opera, please go into preferences and stop it 'Identifying as IE' that doesn't help people with flawed stats programs realise people are using alternative browsers.
Yeah, but there are still a lot of dumb ass sites that won't let you in unless you are using IE.
Actually, the link above is a REALLY dumbass site because they don't let you in even if you DO identify as IE. Their web team should be fired. Nothing on that site is out of the ordinary and requires IE.
I used to be a good speller, but I use Google A LOT. And it is so forgiving that my skills have declined. I expect all programs to know what I mean when I type "Jva prgfamminh boolks". I just kinda hit the keys that basically represent the words I want.
Anyone else seeing a lot of problems lately? When you go to the article's main page, the entire central section is shifted to the left. This is Firebird 0.7. IE6 also has some weirdness.
3) When you ask me stupid questions like "What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?" I make a mental note that I will not work for your company.
I got asked an equally horrible question: "What can you bring to this company that the other applicants can't?" It is such a lazy and pointless question. How am I supposed to know what the other applicants will bring? If you want to know my skills, ask me about past projects, not these embarrasingly open ended questions from "HR For Dummies".
Also, don't spring pop-quizzes on me. I did a phone interview with Fidelity Investments once, and all the guy did was ask me questions about C.
I'm not clicking any link with the word "goat" in the path.
Red Screens of Death with Spirit being on Mars and all.
Actually, red screens of death are what you get when Lotus Notes crashes.
It's ok with me. I'm using Firebird 0.6.
...these mainstream technology articles that talk about how evil pop-ups are, and don't even mention browsers with built-in popup-blockers like Mozilla or Opera?
I usually use Firebird, so I never see pop-ups. Even when I do use IE, I have the Google toolbar installed, so I don't see popups.
But every once in awhile, I use someone else's computer with an un-modified IE on it. I can't believe there are still so many sites using pop-ups. It is user hostile and gives the visitor a bad impression of your site.
Well, yeah, lots of people could like in isolation on an island paradise or besides Walden lake. But on some barren Martian wasteland? Living in a tiny little space module for the rest of your life?
Perhaps we could launch the rockets from some type of off-shore platform? It may seem expensive at first, but if the whole country is going to pull a "not in my backyard", it may be the fastest way out in the end.
Well, if we're talking about the one-way-ticket scenario, the worst-case scenario I can think of would probably be successfully putting them down and then listening as the impact of the fact that they are going to spend the rest of their probably short lives in a bubble in the middle of a barren waste sets in.
I was shocked that the NY Times editorial didn't mention this. I thought the guy was going to bring it up, but he just brushed by it. This is clearly the biggest risk. I don't care how much someone wants to explore other worlds...if you leave them alone long enough with lots of time to think, they are going to be angry and resentful. There is no good candidate for this mission, except a robot.
The worst situation isn't sending a human to mars and having them destroyed in the atmosphere. The worst situation is having them enter the atmosphere and then never hearing from them again (ala Beagle2). People could deal with straight-out death. But if we send a person to Mars and their fate is unknown, that would freak people out.
If you don't like MS's products DON'T USE THEM. No one is forcing you.
If you had RTFA, you would have noticed that yes, Microsoft is indeed forcing you to use their software when you use the Shop For Music feature (whatever the fook "Shop For Music" is...I'll be damned if I ever click on "Shop For X" links that come preinstalled in my web browsers or Microsoft OS'es).
Special Edition new scenes = sucked.
Episode 1 = sucked.
Episode 2 = sucked.
Episode 3 = ?
The author missed the boat in this case. I suggest he do some reading on web standards; the font tag is deprecated because a) It has no structural meaning b) It is a pain in the ass to update a hundred font tags when you can use a single line of CSS c) It wastes space. d) It mixes style and content.
The author says "The Web exploded because it was opn and simple - accessible to schoolkids, anybody could write their own web page".
No, they couldn't. They could write invalid crap markup that most browsers would forgive, but very few actually wrote correct web pages. We are moving towards portable devices with less CPU power to waste on guesstimating what your invalid markup means. This is where XHTML comes into play. Your markup is valid or it isn't. If it's not valid, it doesn't display. End of story. Programmers have been dealing with it for 50 years. It's time web developers upped their standards.
You can actually see the curvature of the planet! Does The Little Prince live there?
The current logo isn't just the devil, it's a picture of several devils lifting up a pitch-fork in a style like the Iwo Jima memorial. Jeez, I wonder why some people would find that offensive? Besides, it is too complicated to reproduce (all that shading) and has no color. The computers they are standing on look ugly, too.
Next week, we'll hear that it's recently been discovered that internet users simply lie for the purposes of polls and statistics more than non-users do, and those that don't lie outright simply know how to crack the World Internet Project's records and alter their annual reports to be more favorable to the 'net-bound...
I believe the results of the poll. When I surf the web, I'm constantly finding things I want to do. I get a million ideas for books to read, or projects to undertake ("Gee, a lot of people here mention PHP. Maybe I should check that out?"), or hobbies to look into. TV is all about keeping your ass in the seat. God forbid you turn off the tube for a little while. There is only group of stations that encourages you to think and read, and that is the C-SPANs.
...but don't expect laugh-a-minute jokes. It's incorrectly called a comedy, when it is really a satire. If you understand the type of humor in "Six Feet Under", you'll understand the type of humor in "The Office". The first season is available on Netflix.
I went to the Spy Museum in DC a couple months after it opened. I wasn't that impressed. It seems like they still have some kinks to work out.
A lot of stuff was recreations. Few of the exhibits seemed to be the actual items. There is a "James Bond" car exhibit which is literally just a car that has spotlights shined at certain parts while a radio says what secret weapon could be hidden inside.
There is one section where children can climb through air ducts. The racket that is created as dumb parents let their children stomp and yell through the air ducts ruins the whole exhibit room.
I think all museums are a little rough around the edges when they first open. Maybe I'll check out the Spy Museum again in several years. As it currently stands, you'll learn more about spies by surfing around on google.
AOL used to charge by the hour as well. This isn't a new idea.
So how in the world does this work with a new email program sending mail to an old email program? Or vice versa?
The sad thing is that there are people who will actually get this garbage for a Christmas present.