I totally agree. However, that's not an excuse for putting 75% of your time in supporting it. Some policies will go a long way to avoid spending so much time on this old browser. Having a list of IE bugs alongside work is one. Graceful degradation is another.
Remember folks, TV is a luxury item that you don't need. It shouldn't be subsidized.
In some West-European countries, it is argued that television is an important medium for people to stay informed. If you wouldn't have a TV, you'd be set back quite a bit information-wise. Thus lots of municipalities offer TVs for people at welfare level, either free or against a substantial discount.
but the most painful part of any project is trying to get your site, which validates and renders properly in all other browsers, to render correctly in IE--which takes up the remaining 75% of the development time
I find that percentage hard to believe. Almost all IE6 bugs have been thoroughly documented including fixes. If you consistently spend that percentage of time, then I think you need to rethink your process. For example, one developer could focus on IE6 bugs and port your layouts. That person would have most bugs (including fixes) in his head.
by the fact that we are "wired" to believe that rare equals valuable
This is pretty funny but true in a lot of ways. While The GIMP is open source and free to download for every major platform, I know lots of people who have a cracked Photoshop. I'd ask them: why bother with Photoshop, since you're not a professional and The GIMP is free? You typically get something like 'Photoshop can do more' while (for them) that's probably not the case.
Incidentally, a friend of mine breaks off dates early in the evening with the message "I've got another appointment", which he claims gives off a good signal. Same principle?
I always had run-ins with teachers because I thought they were being unfair or something. Until I realized that things would work smoother for myself if I just assumed I lived in a tyranny and I'd have to work hard to be able to escape it as soon as possible.
Your advice is not going to make things simpler for the topic starter. Best is to question the situation politely and in firm terms. If no response happens, leave it the hell alone and get the hell out as soon as possible.
I still haven't seen sensible benchmarks for [...] small file read and create
This is pretty hard to benchmark with ext4. You see, those small files are a real lively lot. Trying to get them in one line, then wait for the start signal and then start at the same time has been quite an ordeal.
They've succeeded once, but then the mothers noticed the hustle. You'll be glad you weren't anywhere near. You might not think a lot about a fat mother penguin, which just tells me you have never seen a angry penguin charging at you in excess of 100 mph.
How can you avoid paying pensions? I don't live in the USA, but isn't pensions something that's montly saved in a funds, then paid out only after people turn 65?
Well, with a Dell Inspiron costing $299, he's getting awfully close to being serious.
I have to admit that I, too, have stopped upgrading anything. I'm a developer who doesn't want to spend time installing windows or just drivers, so when my girlfriend asked me to reinstall her ~4 year old computer, I just bought a new $250-$300 Dell.
Go see a counsellor. Just the exercise of explaining what you want to advance is worth the $75/hr. He'll give you some exercises which he'll follow up as well. (For example: "Ask your colleague what he's been doing this weekend and what feeling this gave him.")
I think you're right about the managing-upward thing. It's not a simple thing; you can have a good working relationship and even have lots of things in common with your manager. However in this case Steve didn't sympathize with Kelly. That's a pretty difficult thing when it's not a natural reflex.
The summary makes it out to be a choice between the evil, cold-blooded manager (Doug) and the warm, fatherly teamleader (Steve). As much as we all like to see the black-white picture, I'm frankly sick with it -- do we need to have Slashdot become the Cosmo Girl for Nerds?
With a clear suppressor and an underdog, this can also be painted another way.
Kelly is the manager of the above two here. She was in a very tight spot and felt very alone, with noone to rely on. When asked for employee ratings, Steve unresponsively turned his back to her, just following orders. However, when Doug came along, he offered a listening ear and offered suggestions of his own. He showed that he could think along, offer support as well as make tough decisions -- just the person she needed.
*yawn* See how boring this black-and-white stuff gets?
Especially after the "we can't be bothered to maintain a stable branch of the linux kernel, so we will add new shit in with the old all the time".
Your comparison is off. The distro makers, not the kernel team, has the primary responsibility for picking a kernel version and stabilize it.
I understand your confusion over this issue (and many with you). In the *BSD world, this responsibility lies with one team. The Linux world is different, the responsibility is shared.
Hehheh you must also hate the real world, where lots of people think it's fun to push your buttons. Why would you care what an anonymous coward replies to you?
However if you're operating in a niche market, there are lots of assholes copying your PHP-based software and sticking their name on it. It's irritating and a hassle to go after each and every one of them.
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I totally agree. However, that's not an excuse for putting 75% of your time in supporting it. Some policies will go a long way to avoid spending so much time on this old browser. Having a list of IE bugs alongside work is one. Graceful degradation is another.
Remember folks, TV is a luxury item that you don't need. It shouldn't be subsidized.
In some West-European countries, it is argued that television is an important medium for people to stay informed. If you wouldn't have a TV, you'd be set back quite a bit information-wise. Thus lots of municipalities offer TVs for people at welfare level, either free or against a substantial discount.
I for one welcome our new learning, seeing, navigating, manipulating, planning, reasoning, speaking, and natural language processing Stair overlords.
*whispers*
You forgot plotting.
*mumbles quietly to himself*
but the most painful part of any project is trying to get your site, which validates and renders properly in all other browsers, to render correctly in IE--which takes up the remaining 75% of the development time
I find that percentage hard to believe. Almost all IE6 bugs have been thoroughly documented including fixes. If you consistently spend that percentage of time, then I think you need to rethink your process. For example, one developer could focus on IE6 bugs and port your layouts. That person would have most bugs (including fixes) in his head.
by the fact that we are "wired" to believe that rare equals valuable
This is pretty funny but true in a lot of ways. While The GIMP is open source and free to download for every major platform, I know lots of people who have a cracked Photoshop. I'd ask them: why bother with Photoshop, since you're not a professional and The GIMP is free? You typically get something like 'Photoshop can do more' while (for them) that's probably not the case.
Incidentally, a friend of mine breaks off dates early in the evening with the message "I've got another appointment", which he claims gives off a good signal. Same principle?
Not to mention that kde 3.x hadn't been properly maintained since they started working on kde4
That depends on your distribution. Debian does a good job here.
I always had run-ins with teachers because I thought they were being unfair or something. Until I realized that things would work smoother for myself if I just assumed I lived in a tyranny and I'd have to work hard to be able to escape it as soon as possible.
Your advice is not going to make things simpler for the topic starter. Best is to question the situation politely and in firm terms. If no response happens, leave it the hell alone and get the hell out as soon as possible.
I still haven't seen sensible benchmarks for [...] small file read and create
This is pretty hard to benchmark with ext4. You see, those small files are a real lively lot. Trying to get them in one line, then wait for the start signal and then start at the same time has been quite an ordeal.
They've succeeded once, but then the mothers noticed the hustle. You'll be glad you weren't anywhere near. You might not think a lot about a fat mother penguin, which just tells me you have never seen a angry penguin charging at you in excess of 100 mph.
How can you avoid paying pensions? I don't live in the USA, but isn't pensions something that's montly saved in a funds, then paid out only after people turn 65?
Well, with a Dell Inspiron costing $299, he's getting awfully close to being serious.
I have to admit that I, too, have stopped upgrading anything. I'm a developer who doesn't want to spend time installing windows or just drivers, so when my girlfriend asked me to reinstall her ~4 year old computer, I just bought a new $250-$300 Dell.
Star Trek's Borg, despite supposedly being on a quest to assimilate the best of everything everywhere, go nowhere.
That's because they got crippled in 2374 by Species 8472 and crippled by Janeway in 2378. Duh. Everybody knows this.
This is the last time I catch you spouting nonsense, young man. Next time you will log out of this site and hand over your geek card at the door!
I was forced to get Vista "for free" on my newest laptop
Couldn't you just select a vendor who installed another OS on your laptop?
Do you really use reference books any longer? I just use the web.
I try to get documentation on paper, because I like to be able to take my eyes off the screen every so often.
these days I'd feel bad about wasting all of that paper
I feel bad about wasting my wrists :-)
Go see a counsellor. Just the exercise of explaining what you want to advance is worth the $75/hr. He'll give you some exercises which he'll follow up as well. (For example: "Ask your colleague what he's been doing this weekend and what feeling this gave him.")
I think you're right about the managing-upward thing. It's not a simple thing; you can have a good working relationship and even have lots of things in common with your manager. However in this case Steve didn't sympathize with Kelly. That's a pretty difficult thing when it's not a natural reflex.
It doesn't work that way. It's easier to find a job when you already have one. So don't accept a layoff unless you found yourself a new one.
The summary makes it out to be a choice between the evil, cold-blooded manager (Doug) and the warm, fatherly teamleader (Steve). As much as we all like to see the black-white picture, I'm frankly sick with it -- do we need to have Slashdot become the Cosmo Girl for Nerds?
With a clear suppressor and an underdog, this can also be painted another way.
Kelly is the manager of the above two here. She was in a very tight spot and felt very alone, with noone to rely on. When asked for employee ratings, Steve unresponsively turned his back to her, just following orders. However, when Doug came along, he offered a listening ear and offered suggestions of his own. He showed that he could think along, offer support as well as make tough decisions -- just the person she needed.
*yawn* See how boring this black-and-white stuff gets?
Ah yes, time to switch to red wine! It goes well outside the fridge, and you can do the 'established gentleman' routine :D
That's because these are terr'ists as well. Duh.
I tried. The search results are extremely relevant to my interests. Of course, I don't use the natural language processing system "Lolita".
I didn't buy the nicer looking Budweiser drinks chiller
OK so now you're "green" but how will you show your manliness now?
Especially after the "we can't be bothered to maintain a stable branch of the linux kernel, so we will add new shit in with the old all the time".
Your comparison is off. The distro makers, not the kernel team, has the primary responsibility for picking a kernel version and stabilize it.
I understand your confusion over this issue (and many with you). In the *BSD world, this responsibility lies with one team. The Linux world is different, the responsibility is shared.
This is why I fucking hate slashdot.
Hehheh you must also hate the real world, where lots of people think it's fun to push your buttons. Why would you care what an anonymous coward replies to you?
However if you're operating in a niche market, there are lots of assholes copying your PHP-based software and sticking their name on it. It's irritating and a hassle to go after each and every one of them.
Yeah, like, "Where's my damn schnitzel!?"
Well, if you put it in the fridge, then it's fair game for anyone who wants to eat it.