Oh, and everyone is going to put up their websites at their own cost, as a labor of love?
Of course not, they'll find other ways to make money off the site. Take a look at mine, and see if there's any banner ads. Yet, I'm very happy with the results the site has brought me.
No problem. My current adblocker already stops meta refresh tags as well, so I'm not even going to notice that change.
The problem here (well, I don't consider it a problem:-) is that all the rendering and interpretation is done on the client side, so you'll have an arms race, which the client is likely to win, especially if advertising is trying things that are more irritating, like the example you're giving, than banner ads.
I don't. It's not my job to make them profitable enough to keep on working. It's theirs. The burden is on them, not me.
And yes, I'm running one of those sites myself (take a look), and I've got other ways to make it possible to go on doing it without banner ads, and I expect to continue working on the site for quite a while. I've found a way, I'm sure others can as well.
Actually, there's five locations on the screen that are all equally fast to reach by mouse. Tog has an excellent article on this, I'd recommend you read it.. It's called A Quiz Designed to Give You Fitts, look at question 3 of the Quiz.
Since these Bills keep on popping up, a (-5, Troll) is probably better. Or, since these are riders, how about a (-5, Offtopic) instead? Hmm, looks like the moderation system might work very well there...
The Supreme Court has repeatedly reaffirmed the compelling interest of the government in protecting children from exposure to sexually explicit material.
and
As stated by the Court: "It is evident beyond the need for elaboration that the State's interest in safeguarding the physical and psychological well-being of a minor is compelling."
are two wildly different things. But perhaps that's very European of me. Sorry, can't help where I'm born...
If all-caps posts can be 'banned', I strongly suggest somebody with admin priveleges on slashdot visit this link and add the damn link - Oog was way more funny...
To have sex with their peers? Any age they damn well please. 11, 12? Sure, for most. We were talking about adults having sex with kids, as in, pedophiles, the ulgy picture where a 35 year old fondles an 8 year old. Also note that, if you pick "adults" to be 18, I don't consider 17-with-18-year-olds to be a problem either, as some countries seem to do.
Nope. Write consenting adults in there, and I'd agree. I'd also agree that there's no such thing as a consenting child, so having sex is impossible for a pedophile, but other than that, there really is no difference between hetro/homo/bi and pedo. That fact that some pedo's still have sex with kids is simply a legal matter, send them to jail, just like hetro/homo/bi who have non-consenting sex (or let's call it what it is, rape) with others.
Patents, when applied correctly, help innovation, rather than stifle it
True. Unfortunately, lots of patents are applied incorrectly and hurt innovation deeply. The question then becomes wether the benefit of the correctly applied patents outweighs the pain done by incorrect patents. My position currently is that this is not the case, and I'm against patents because of that... -John
I'm not terribly good at orbital dynamics, but I assume you include Lagrange points in that list - aren't they great collectors of dust and garbage? If I were to leave something there I'd have to take special care to make them last longer, right?
And most offices have spare old hardware gathering dust anyways, so there's plenty of products better suited, such as NetBSD/i386 Firewall Project
You might want to buy this card for the support (although I feel for small offices the firewall should just sit quietly in a corner simply always work), but in that case, why not spend money on a stand-alone box anyway?
That's a US law-in-the-making, right? The original question was how things were done *outside* the US. Anyway, it simply depends on the local laws. In the Netherlands, so-called 'soft' drugs are almost but not quite legal, and as a result you can find plenty of info on the web on where to buy it. A quick search on a dutch search engine, and the top three results:
Bastille is a great project, but ultimately it targets people who sort-of know what they are doing. How do you feel about projects like the NetBSD/i386 Firewall Project who (whilst having all sources available) targets people who have no clue other than "I need security" by giving them a firewall that has an install that's about as simple as one can make it? Is this just a matter of defining the target audience different?
Then don't buy any music and only attend concerts like everyone has always had to do excluding the last 100 years
Check. I'm doing just that.
And I love to code, but giving my code away makes me poor.
Well, I've been giving away what I've been doing, and it has netted me quite a bit. Take a look at the NetBSD/i386 Firewall project. It has landed me a few projects, an article in;login: and a lot of review work. I'm no longer making making money from the code, but from the performance (of writing new code, or doing (security) reviews). Just like I rather visit a live music performance than listen to music, people now do the same with my work - and I'm not an artist!
About a year ago I was so annoyed by exactly that that I ripped the magazine apart, and whilst reading it made three piles:
Pile 1: page with ads on both sides of the paper
Pile 2: page with ads on one side of the paper and an article on the other side
Pile 3: page with article on both sides. The end result was so disappointing I decided to ignore Wired from that point on. Try it some time, and weep... -John
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Of course not, they'll find other ways to make money off the site. Take a look at mine, and see if there's any banner ads. Yet, I'm very happy with the results the site has brought me.
-John
The problem here (well, I don't consider it a problem :-) is that all the rendering and interpretation is done on the client side, so you'll have an arms race, which the client is likely to win, especially if advertising is trying things that are more irritating, like the example you're giving, than banner ads.
I don't. It's not my job to make them profitable enough to keep on working. It's theirs. The burden is on them, not me.
And yes, I'm running one of those sites myself (take a look), and I've got other ways to make it possible to go on doing it without banner ads, and I expect to continue working on the site for quite a while. I've found a way, I'm sure others can as well.
-John
The book (which is here at amazon, by the way) has it's own web site as well.
I did a review of that book once for TidBITS, which you can find here
Actually, there's five locations on the screen that are all equally fast to reach by mouse. Tog has an excellent article on this, I'd recommend you read it.. It's called A Quiz Designed to Give You Fitts, look at question 3 of the Quiz.
Since these Bills keep on popping up, a (-5, Troll) is probably better. Or, since these are riders, how about a (-5, Offtopic) instead? Hmm, looks like the moderation system might work very well there...
The Supreme Court has repeatedly reaffirmed the compelling interest of the government in protecting children from exposure to sexually explicit material.
and
As stated by the Court: "It is evident beyond the need for elaboration that the State's interest in safeguarding the physical and psychological well-being of a minor is compelling."
are two wildly different things. But perhaps that's very European of me. Sorry, can't help where I'm born...
If all-caps posts can be 'banned', I strongly suggest somebody with admin priveleges on slashdot visit this link and add the damn link - Oog was way more funny...
Naah, it's just very, very drool-proof :-)
To have sex with their peers? Any age they damn well please. 11, 12? Sure, for most. We were talking about adults having sex with kids, as in, pedophiles, the ulgy picture where a 35 year old fondles an 8 year old. Also note that, if you pick "adults" to be 18, I don't consider 17-with-18-year-olds to be a problem either, as some countries seem to do.
Nope. Write consenting adults in there, and I'd agree. I'd also agree that there's no such thing as a consenting child, so having sex is impossible for a pedophile, but other than that, there really is no difference between hetro/homo/bi and pedo. That fact that some pedo's still have sex with kids is simply a legal matter, send them to jail, just like hetro/homo/bi who have non-consenting sex (or let's call it what it is, rape) with others.
True. Unfortunately, lots of patents are applied incorrectly and hurt innovation deeply. The question then becomes wether the benefit of the correctly applied patents outweighs the pain done by incorrect patents. My position currently is that this is not the case, and I'm against patents because of that...
-John
Indeed. Excellent point. Glad to see my assumption on the Lagrange points wasn't that far off :-)
I'm not terribly good at orbital dynamics, but I assume you include Lagrange points in that list - aren't they great collectors of dust and garbage? If I were to leave something there I'd have to take special care to make them last longer, right?
replace "www" with "channel" in any NYT link, and you don't have to spend the 20 secs...
There's always tricks. In case of the NYT, replace "www" in the url with "channel" and you don't have to register.
And most offices have spare old hardware gathering dust anyways, so there's plenty of products better suited, such as NetBSD/i386 Firewall Project
You might want to buy this card for the support (although I feel for small offices the firewall should just sit quietly in a corner simply always work), but in that case, why not spend money on a stand-alone box anyway?
That's a US law-in-the-making, right? The original question was how things were done *outside* the US. Anyway, it simply depends on the local laws. In the Netherlands, so-called 'soft' drugs are almost but not quite legal, and as a result you can find plenty of info on the web on where to buy it. A quick search on a dutch search engine, and the top three results:
pinkfloyd coffee shop
Coffeeshop Smokey
Coffeeshop Bazar-Zoo
Bastille is a great project, but ultimately it targets people who sort-of know what they are doing. How do you feel about projects like the NetBSD/i386 Firewall Project who (whilst having all sources available) targets people who have no clue other than "I need security" by giving them a firewall that has an install that's about as simple as one can make it? Is this just a matter of defining the target audience different?
Step 4: visit www.dubbele.com
:-)
I may not be a Geek on a caffeine high, but that firewall is priceless - free, that is
-John
Check out the NetBSD/i386 Firewall Project. Far, far easier for a newbie.
And yes, 15% of the the people who visit that web site do so from the @home domain...
-John
hangt er van af hou oud je bent. Tussen de 12 en 16 mag je prima met je leeftijdsgenoten 'vozen'.
Follow the three R's:
Respect for self
Respect for others and
Responsibility for all your actions.
You seem to be following this, I salute you.
-John
Then don't buy any music and only attend concerts like everyone has always had to do excluding the last 100 years
;login: and a lot of review work. I'm no longer making making money from the code, but from the performance (of writing new code, or doing (security) reviews). Just like I rather visit a live music performance than listen to music, people now do the same with my work - and I'm not an artist!
Check. I'm doing just that.
And I love to code, but giving my code away makes me poor.
Well, I've been giving away what I've been doing, and it has netted me quite a bit. Take a look at the NetBSD/i386 Firewall project. It has landed me a few projects, an article in
-John
Pile 1: page with ads on both sides of the paper
Pile 2: page with ads on one side of the paper and an article on the other side
Pile 3: page with article on both sides.
The end result was so disappointing I decided to ignore Wired from that point on. Try it some time, and weep...
-John