I think you're on to the right idea here (if a bit over-the-top on implementation), in that we do need to shut down some of the 'news' we have to deal with. Find the things that interest you, and learn about them; don't let others tell you what is and is not important for you to know (I know that technically I'm doing the same thing. Semantics are awesome.).
Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean that you get rid of your TV, it's just a tool, after all, and what you do with it is up to you. Of course, if that is what it takes for you to finally shut out all of the unnecessary garbage... do so with my blessing:)
After-market modules (extensions, etc) aren't particularly popular for IE, but they are for firefox. Are your crashes due to FF, or the extensions you have installed?
A lot of things can come into play when you think about browser stability. It's been my experience that FF will crash more often when you have a lot of extensions running (Yes, Firebug, I'm looking at YOU), but IE will crash from Javascript beating on it (instead of giving up and erroring out the JS but not crashing, which is what FF does) more often than anything.
So, browser stability has a LOT more to do with what users (and the webpages they view) do to it than the browser code itself.
Whitespace is important, but excessive whitespace makes code look scattered and gives you the feeling you have to chase it all over the screen. Most IDEs automatically highlight matching braces anyway.
Most IDEs these days -do- highlight matching braces. On the other hand, there are times when I can't see both my beginning and ending brace on the same screen (this is most common in large class definitions, but I've seen it in loops too). Without the beginning brace to line up with the ending brace, there are occasions where I don't know just how deep I'm nested, causing me to chase the code around to figure it out.
Precisely the point I was trying (and perhaps failing?) to make. What would be interesting to see is a university willing to bridge the gap and create an 'Applied Computer Science' degree or the like... one that teaches the nitty-gritty of Computer Science as opposed to the academia.
That's what technical colleges (polytechnics) are for. They teach with a hands-on curriculum that puts you in real-life situations for you to learn from. The difference is sometimes as simple as the name of the degree: Computer Science (university), vs. Computer Networking Systems (tech college).
It's much easier to cause a problem than to solve one. Sure, you could start a 'PR Nightmare' in a low-paying customer-facing position, but you're not empowered in the slightest to actually solve them. It's not as if the 'supervisor' in a tech support centre has the authority or influence to actually change anything, especially in a company as large as Verizon.
Just as important to PR as sales? Not really. Sales (executives in the larger companies) get to actually change PR. Tech support merely tows the line....
I know that it's still a cottage industry in many ways, but I'm surprised that web hosting
companies in the US aren't up in arms about this. To eliminate Free Speech on the web would be enforcable against US companies, and could possibly send some out of business (SpeakEasy comes to mind).
Note here that the study isn't pure availability of broadband access, but who actually has it. Prices for such things being what they are in the US, it's not surprising that many other countries supersede us.
You can't compete when there are countries that include, on a nationwide basis, high-speed internet access with basic phone service.
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And in some very limited cases, gained employability.
How?
Some cigarette companies require anyone dealing with 'sensitive' information (mailing lists, internal memos, etc) to actually -be- smokers. After all of the espionage that occurs from health-conscious political groups, the smoking requirement is a security measure.
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That's not true in a lot of states though. Washington, for example, requires the purchase of a whole new license. Note the key word there... purchase. There's no waste of ink and plastic if you are paying for it directly instead of taxmonies.
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While duplicate tracks is an idea, one thing to note with the differences in this media is the prodective coating. The thinner protective layer of Blue-Laser makes them less scratch-resistant.
As a parent, I can't begin to count the number of kids' movies I've lost due to damage. Blue-Laser sounds amazing technologically, but when it comes to the standard DVD user (that is to say, everyone), I'll take the extra scratch protection any day.
That said, it'd be nice if everyone who builds a browser would play along with the standards rather than interpreting them as they see fit.
While that's a good idea, in theory, it loses out on one major factor: Money. Whenever a browser can't render something, or renders it to standards and it doesn't look as 'pretty', it loses money. This was a major impetus for the 'quirks mode' found in IE6, as well as backwards compatibility.
User-Agent designers have to keep in mind that not every web designer is a guru (This is the IT world folks, everyone thinks everyone else is a complete idiot), and as such tends to try to 'interpret' code as best they can. The problem here is: it never ends up the same way twice. The nature of the beast when it comes to competition.
Of course we could all just use IE, and let MS set the standard. Then everything would be the same and always work (Who cares about Linux users anyway? Cheap Bastards).
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Yes, but there is no alternative that has a lower ongoing cost to air.
I think you're on to the right idea here (if a bit over-the-top on implementation), in that we do need to shut down some of the 'news' we have to deal with. Find the things that interest you, and learn about them; don't let others tell you what is and is not important for you to know (I know that technically I'm doing the same thing. Semantics are awesome.).
:)
Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean that you get rid of your TV, it's just a tool, after all, and what you do with it is up to you. Of course, if that is what it takes for you to finally shut out all of the unnecessary garbage... do so with my blessing
After-market modules (extensions, etc) aren't particularly popular for IE, but they are for firefox. Are your crashes due to FF, or the extensions you have installed? A lot of things can come into play when you think about browser stability. It's been my experience that FF will crash more often when you have a lot of extensions running (Yes, Firebug, I'm looking at YOU), but IE will crash from Javascript beating on it (instead of giving up and erroring out the JS but not crashing, which is what FF does) more often than anything. So, browser stability has a LOT more to do with what users (and the webpages they view) do to it than the browser code itself.
Some of us are still writing php on vim in a production environment.
Most IDEs these days -do- highlight matching braces. On the other hand, there are times when I can't see both my beginning and ending brace on the same screen (this is most common in large class definitions, but I've seen it in loops too). Without the beginning brace to line up with the ending brace, there are occasions where I don't know just how deep I'm nested, causing me to chase the code around to figure it out.
So... Nietzsche talks to himself?
Precisely the point I was trying (and perhaps failing?) to make. What would be interesting to see is a university willing to bridge the gap and create an 'Applied Computer Science' degree or the like... one that teaches the nitty-gritty of Computer Science as opposed to the academia.
That's what technical colleges (polytechnics) are for. They teach with a hands-on curriculum that puts you in real-life situations for you to learn from. The difference is sometimes as simple as the name of the degree: Computer Science (university), vs. Computer Networking Systems (tech college).
This actually sounds like one of the most useful features for an ISP I've ever really heard of. What ISP do you use?
It's much easier to cause a problem than to solve one. Sure, you could start a 'PR Nightmare' in a low-paying customer-facing position, but you're not empowered in the slightest to actually solve them. It's not as if the 'supervisor' in a tech support centre has the authority or influence to actually change anything, especially in a company as large as Verizon. Just as important to PR as sales? Not really. Sales (executives in the larger companies) get to actually change PR. Tech support merely tows the line....
I know that it's still a cottage industry in many ways, but I'm surprised that web hosting companies in the US aren't up in arms about this. To eliminate Free Speech on the web would be enforcable against US companies, and could possibly send some out of business (SpeakEasy comes to mind).
Note here that the study isn't pure availability of broadband access, but who actually has it. Prices for such things being what they are in the US, it's not surprising that many other countries supersede us. You can't compete when there are countries that include, on a nationwide basis, high-speed internet access with basic phone service.
And in some very limited cases, gained employability.
How?
Some cigarette companies require anyone dealing with 'sensitive' information (mailing lists, internal memos, etc) to actually -be- smokers. After all of the espionage that occurs from health-conscious political groups, the smoking requirement is a security measure.
That's not true in a lot of states though. Washington, for example, requires the purchase of a whole new license. Note the key word there... purchase. There's no waste of ink and plastic if you are paying for it directly instead of taxmonies.
While duplicate tracks is an idea, one thing to note with the differences in this media is the prodective coating. The thinner protective layer of Blue-Laser makes them less scratch-resistant.
As a parent, I can't begin to count the number of kids' movies I've lost due to damage. Blue-Laser sounds amazing technologically, but when it comes to the standard DVD user (that is to say, everyone), I'll take the extra scratch protection any day.
That said, it'd be nice if everyone who builds a browser would play along with the standards rather than interpreting them as they see fit.
While that's a good idea, in theory, it loses out on one major factor: Money. Whenever a browser can't render something, or renders it to standards and it doesn't look as 'pretty', it loses money. This was a major impetus for the 'quirks mode' found in IE6, as well as backwards compatibility.
User-Agent designers have to keep in mind that not every web designer is a guru (This is the IT world folks, everyone thinks everyone else is a complete idiot), and as such tends to try to 'interpret' code as best they can. The problem here is: it never ends up the same way twice. The nature of the beast when it comes to competition.
Of course we could all just use IE, and let MS set the standard. Then everything would be the same and always work (Who cares about Linux users anyway? Cheap Bastards).