Yeah, the lupo is great if you live outside the US. Here in California, CARB wouldn't touch a Lupo with a 10ft pole.
Honda makes cars that are wonderful trade-offs between performance and technology (I love my del Sol -- (0-60 in under 7 sec and 30+ mpg, (w/Jackson Racing Supercharger, heh heh))). You may not like the way they look, but to deny that they have good engineers is sheer stupidity. Besides, someone's gotta try it.
In theory you are correct. My point is that what goes on in reality is often very different that what should be practiced in theory. You might find that "hacks" are people closer to you than you might think.
For some reason you seem to think Design folks are artsy fartsy and don't care at all about methodolody. If you've ever dealt with serious graphic designers, you would know that that is bullshit. The problem is that "web" shops hire cut-rate programmers because anyone worth their salt is either doing back end work for web apps, programming commercial apps, or is just doing it for the fun.
Having worked as lead programmer for a few large web houses in the past, let me say that what is written in the contract almost *never* gets reviewed before the site goes live - usually everyone is too behind schedule to care.
Delivery deadlines are almost always missed because of the client not producing deliverables on time, and then expecting there to magically be no consequent delay.
Being a graphic designer is the worst; especially when you are trying to prototype look and feel and the client can't understand why comps aren't functional. I've worn that hat and it sucks.
Because of these problems and many others, a website contract should be realistically viewed as more of a handshake deal and less "in stone". Not that the second option shouldn't be available (obviously someone wants it to be this way, and my guess is that someone practices law), but the first is more accurate in regards to the way that industry works (IMHO, of course).
Well, right now I imagine 80+% of the servers handle.com domains, and the remaining deal with the other domains. From there how do they subdivide the requests for those 80% of the servers?
I imagine they would just assign x amount of domain names per DNS, and keep adding DNSes as needed, but admittedly I don't know much about how DNS works.
It seems TLDs have been so abused as to be virtually worthless (except the aforementioned.edu,.gov, and.mil), why not just abandon them altogether? I imagine this would make for some interesting cybersquatting cases, but in the end it would probably just make things a lot easier on everyone (albeit perhaps messier too).
This would eliminate the prestige disparity between.com/.net/.org and all the foreign TLDs (i.e..co.uk etc) as well...
Either that or they need to take the TLD distinction seriously and expand and enforce it in such a manner.
The only problem now is the absolutely *enormous* installed base of CD players. It's a pretty huge standard to kill (and one still sees audio cassettes for sale).
"Perfect digital copy" is a tough thing to pin down. I'd be willing to bet that most of us, given the average listening environment, couldn't hear the difference between a CD and a MiniDisc recording, even though the MD clips some of the dynamic range (why Sony is kosher with it). And there are people arguing that nothing less than DVD quality sound (with a dynamic range beyond what most humans are capable of appreciating) is the only way to go. I suppose CD is the nice break-even point. It's going to be a bitch to supercede.
I agree w/your points regarding the "price of piracy" - well said.
Sorry it isn't working - it's not the/. effect - I don't own the URL and the owner nuked the script. If anyone is interested in hosting the site, please let me know, or expanding on the idea.
At least I thought some of the stories might be interesting to read -- the one about the heavyweight "portable" system was a riot.
It seems (according to their site) that the self-install asks you to run some kind of setup software. It could be that one could run this using some kind of emulation (WINE, Virtual PC), but that seems like a bit of a stretch.
So, it looks like whereas with the technical knowledge one might be able to set it up correctly, they probably lock you into using some proprietary app. Though I suppose you could always just dual-boot (for a Linux box):).
>IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS TRANSMISSION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY ME IMMEDIATELY BY TELEPHONE OR RETURN E-MAIL, AND DELETE THIS FILE/MESSAGE FROM YOUR SYSTEM.
Oops - looks like some errant transmission! Looks like we better call her as soon as possible and let her know what happened:)
That would be the bit that does it - senses browser and keyclick event. If you wanted it to just do nothing you would take out the "alert(mymessage)"; from the function.
I'm pretty sure in JavaScript 1.2 you can disable the contextual menu as well if you want to be really evil.
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This is a clever fix, but remember location.replace() is a JS 1.1 function, not 1.0, explaining why a lot of people might not know about it, or be afraid to use it (no IE3 compatability).
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Yeah, the lupo is great if you live outside the US. Here in California, CARB wouldn't touch a Lupo with a 10ft pole.
Honda makes cars that are wonderful trade-offs between performance and technology (I love my del Sol -- (0-60 in under 7 sec and 30+ mpg, (w/Jackson Racing Supercharger, heh heh))). You may not like the way they look, but to deny that they have good engineers is sheer stupidity. Besides, someone's gotta try it.
If you want something that is fun to drive, drive a sports car, not a SUV.
It's not about the power per se, it's about the sheer mass (makes people feel larger than they really are).
Then you guys are a bunch of hacks.
In theory you are correct. My point is that what goes on in reality is often very different that what should be practiced in theory. You might find that "hacks" are people closer to you than you might think.
For some reason you seem to think Design folks are artsy fartsy and don't care at all about methodolody. If you've ever dealt with serious graphic designers, you would know that that is bullshit. The problem is that "web" shops hire cut-rate programmers because anyone worth their salt is either doing back end work for web apps, programming commercial apps, or is just doing it for the fun.
Having worked as lead programmer for a few large web houses in the past, let me say that what is written in the contract almost *never* gets reviewed before the site goes live - usually everyone is too behind schedule to care.
Delivery deadlines are almost always missed because of the client not producing deliverables on time, and then expecting there to magically be no consequent delay.
Being a graphic designer is the worst; especially when you are trying to prototype look and feel and the client can't understand why comps aren't functional. I've worn that hat and it sucks.
Because of these problems and many others, a website contract should be realistically viewed as more of a handshake deal and less "in stone". Not that the second option shouldn't be available (obviously someone wants it to be this way, and my guess is that someone practices law), but the first is more accurate in regards to the way that industry works (IMHO, of course).
Well, right now I imagine 80+% of the servers handle .com domains, and the remaining deal with the other domains. From there how do they subdivide the requests for those 80% of the servers?
I imagine they would just assign x amount of domain names per DNS, and keep adding DNSes as needed, but admittedly I don't know much about how DNS works.
or you can combine a .gnu site and a porn site and get:
www.wanna-be-doin.gnu
So how would you pronounce .xxx? Eks Eks Eks or GzuhGzuhGzuh?
(For the record I pronounce it 'edjyu', more or less)
How about just having www.slashdot?
.edu, .gov, and .mil), why not just abandon them altogether? I imagine this would make for some interesting cybersquatting cases, but in the end it would probably just make things a lot easier on everyone (albeit perhaps messier too).
.com/.net/.org and all the foreign TLDs (i.e. .co.uk etc) as well...
It seems TLDs have been so abused as to be virtually worthless (except the aforementioned
This would eliminate the prestige disparity between
Either that or they need to take the TLD distinction seriously and expand and enforce it in such a manner.
For my Apex DVD player I burn them ISO9660 with the MP3s in album named directories, but these might be more limited.
I hate MD as well (clips dynamic range), but two things have to be said in their favor -- they're really small and they don't scratch.
For portable and car use, those are really important things.
Speaking of which, wasn't Aiwa going to release a car CD/MP3 player, or is that vaporware?
...now that you can have like 10 hours of music on a disc. The energizer bunny is runnin' scared!
Gotta get one of these for my car!
Actually, the way things are going with internet access, it will place the distribution cost on advertisers! :)
The only problem now is the absolutely *enormous* installed base of CD players. It's a pretty huge standard to kill (and one still sees audio cassettes for sale).
"Perfect digital copy" is a tough thing to pin down. I'd be willing to bet that most of us, given the average listening environment, couldn't hear the difference between a CD and a MiniDisc recording, even though the MD clips some of the dynamic range (why Sony is kosher with it). And there are people arguing that nothing less than DVD quality sound (with a dynamic range beyond what most humans are capable of appreciating) is the only way to go. I suppose CD is the nice break-even point. It's going to be a bitch to supercede.
I agree w/your points regarding the "price of piracy" - well said.
I fixed the form, so feel free to put down a little history :)
The older responses have been moved to a link at the bottom of the page.
Enjoy, dolanh
Sorry it isn't working - it's not the /. effect - I don't own the URL and the owner nuked the script. If anyone is interested in hosting the site, please let me know, or expanding on the idea.
At least I thought some of the stories might be interesting to read -- the one about the heavyweight "portable" system was a riot.
All the best. --dolan
It seems (according to their site) that the self-install asks you to run some kind of setup software. It could be that one could run this using some kind of emulation (WINE, Virtual PC), but that seems like a bit of a stretch.
:).
So, it looks like whereas with the technical knowledge one might be able to set it up correctly, they probably lock you into using some proprietary app. Though I suppose you could always just dual-boot (for a Linux box)
>IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS TRANSMISSION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY ME IMMEDIATELY BY TELEPHONE OR RETURN E-MAIL, AND DELETE THIS FILE/MESSAGE FROM YOUR SYSTEM.
:)
Oops - looks like some errant transmission! Looks like we better call her as soon as possible and let her know what happened
MAC's what? Oh, you meant MACs ... or even maybe even Macs.
And who is that MAC person?
Stick with MS *and* Linux? That's an interesting combination...
As posted before, the second story is posted in the body of a message here.
For once, it looks like MOSR reported something correctly. Or (conspiracy theorists rejoice!) they pulled it to build up drama!
For the record, this isn't the first time they've pulled a story at apple's request.
>>You will see Voice over IP a lot more in the next few years
Actually, you already see VOIP handling a lot of overflow traffic in the phone system, as well as being adopted by certain corporations.
That would be the bit that does it - senses browser and keyclick event. If you wanted it to just do nothing you would take out the "alert(mymessage)"; from the function.
:)
(I *do* JavaScript
I'm pretty sure in JavaScript 1.2 you can disable the contextual menu as well if you want to be really evil.
This is a clever fix, but remember location.replace() is a JS 1.1 function, not 1.0, explaining why a lot of people might not know about it, or be afraid to use it (no IE3 compatability).