In fact many companies are also breathing a sigh of relief along with us techies, but for different reasons. They don't want their users watching videos while they should be working.
Yeah - because it would be so hard for them to block sites like YouTube via a proxy or other means.
Why the *sigh*? By your answer it's clear what you believe (about yourself and the topic). The *sigh* adds no real value, except perhaps as a sort of additional marker of how wrong you think this was.
You also forgot to mention that the propane ones are also "fume free" in terms of producing NO toxic fumes.
Too bad this was an AC b/c it needs to be modded up. Propane Zambonis are emitting CO, but this isn't generally considered a pollutant or irritant like gasoline engine exhaust (yes, yes, in can still kill you, especially if your ice rink is only 500 sq. ft.). So it wouldn't be any more problematic for that poor asthmatic child than some beer-swilling guy in the too-tight hockey sweater one row behind him.
I really can't believe someone tried to drop a "save the children" into an argument about Zambonis.
Every time I've bought a ticket (do people ever buy tickets from anywhere other than online anymore?), they've never asked me how much space I take up or how much I weigh. Wouldn't they only be able to make this determination at the gate?
Yeah. I was thinking that by me living in an area that is shown as having coverage on their coverage maps meant that I would...wait for it, wait for it...actually have coverage. How silly of me.
This is all well and good until you then recognize that better customer service costs more. Are you willing to pay more for better customer service? It's easy to exclaim "Yes!" on a stupid internet posting, but the vast majority of people's actions belie this. Cost is king.
It would also be awesome if people acknowledged that there's more than one subgroup of cyclists, and that some of them treat the roads differently than others.
This is a great point. I ride my bike for transportation, but I mock the "cyclist" with all the gear and garb, probably for the same reason I mock people that customize their Honda Civics. I know it is some people's passion and hobby, but it's not for me. So I am not a "cyclist", but I ride my bike because sometimes it's the only way to get where I want to go. And when I ride, I am paranoid of drivers. I give them every opportunity to do what they need to do and enough room to make a lot of mistakes. I know I have a right to be on the road, but my rights expire when I do, so I'm more concerned with getting to my location without dying or being injured than making a point. I am sure if I rode my bike exclusively, I would get a bit more adamant about cars being more bike-aware, but as it is, I think reality (that is, assuming the worst of people and that ALL people are unsafe jerks, regardless of the type of vehicle they're using) is one great way to stay safe. As a side note, it would also be interesting to compare cycle vs. car accidents and pedestrian vs. car accidents.
Part of intuitiveness is recognizability. You may disagree, but the fact that you almost certainly understood my last sentence even though "recognizability" is not actually part of the existing English language, lends at least a little bit of credence the other way. If you want to talk about building interfaces off of already recognizable "standards" that makes good sense, but if you want to compare UI elements to elements in a language, then part of the fun is that the dictionary is always growing. Your idea also doesn't take into account that parts of Apple's or Microsoft or whomever's UI suck.
Redundancy is also the key to overcoming noise, at least in theory (http://www.afirstlook.com/docs/information.pdf). It just depends upon the message that you need to get across and how much noise there is.
All that to say that UI design is different than, say, P2P networking or teaching your kid not to lick the TV.
I don't want to dismiss what you've written, but based on what you've said, then how did your father become a brutal, social violent sociopath? Was he
"given everything, never had to earn anything, never been hungry, never had anything real to fear, never been punished for their behavior and are bored with having to much entertainment"? Again - I am not trying to be cute, but am just suggesting that people are complicated.
Why do all these products have such stupid names? Brio, Treo, Kindle, Nano, Vaio, blah blah blah. It's like there's a council somewhere that approves product names based only on how gadgety and futuristic they sound, but under the assumption that in the future product names will only end with vowel sounds.
Syria, Iran and Iraq allow minorities freedom of worship
Sure - as long as your worship doesn't involve what Christians would call evangelism and other religions would call proselytism.
Basically, you've got a pretty loose definition of "freedom of worship". If freedom of worship means sitting alone in your room thinking about your religion, then there's freedom of worship everywhere.
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A stalled US economy has lead to a lot of upset Chinese unemployed.
One correction.
In fact many companies are also breathing a sigh of relief along with us techies, but for different reasons. They don't want their users watching videos while they should be working.
Yeah - because it would be so hard for them to block sites like YouTube via a proxy or other means.
Why the *sigh*? By your answer it's clear what you believe (about yourself and the topic). The *sigh* adds no real value, except perhaps as a sort of additional marker of how wrong you think this was.
I have my own domain, too. I also have an ISP that's funny about ports. Sure, I could drop them for such restrictions. But my other choice is dial-up.
You also forgot to mention that the propane ones are also "fume free" in terms of producing NO toxic fumes.
Too bad this was an AC b/c it needs to be modded up. Propane Zambonis are emitting CO, but this isn't generally considered a pollutant or irritant like gasoline engine exhaust (yes, yes, in can still kill you, especially if your ice rink is only 500 sq. ft.). So it wouldn't be any more problematic for that poor asthmatic child than some beer-swilling guy in the too-tight hockey sweater one row behind him.
I really can't believe someone tried to drop a "save the children" into an argument about Zambonis.
In this case, "Romanes eat donuts"
Every time I've bought a ticket (do people ever buy tickets from anywhere other than online anymore?), they've never asked me how much space I take up or how much I weigh. Wouldn't they only be able to make this determination at the gate?
You forgot to say something about the military industrial complex....
OR ... if (many more) different people were voting on it than those who originally passed it, perhaps they wouldn't be afraid to get rid of it.
(FYI: This is my passive aggressive call for term limits.)
This isn't flaimbait, you freaking putz of a "moderator".
Since you brought up the socially inept idea, I might also suggest taking a look at Bic's razor or Gillette's razor.
And I say all that as a liberal, feminist, lesbian, intellectual, liberal arts major.
[insert Sesame Street song, "One of these things is not like the other things, one of these things does not belong"]
audiovisual aid
(oh come on, you set your self up)
Sorry if you got confused.
Yeah. I was thinking that by me living in an area that is shown as having coverage on their coverage maps meant that I would...wait for it, wait for it...actually have coverage. How silly of me.
Not sure why that was modded interesting. Interesting? Probably not. Insightful. Definitely.
This is all well and good until you then recognize that better customer service costs more. Are you willing to pay more for better customer service? It's easy to exclaim "Yes!" on a stupid internet posting, but the vast majority of people's actions belie this. Cost is king.
It would also be awesome if people acknowledged that there's more than one subgroup of cyclists, and that some of them treat the roads differently than others.
This is a great point. I ride my bike for transportation, but I mock the "cyclist" with all the gear and garb, probably for the same reason I mock people that customize their Honda Civics. I know it is some people's passion and hobby, but it's not for me. So I am not a "cyclist", but I ride my bike because sometimes it's the only way to get where I want to go. And when I ride, I am paranoid of drivers. I give them every opportunity to do what they need to do and enough room to make a lot of mistakes. I know I have a right to be on the road, but my rights expire when I do, so I'm more concerned with getting to my location without dying or being injured than making a point. I am sure if I rode my bike exclusively, I would get a bit more adamant about cars being more bike-aware, but as it is, I think reality (that is, assuming the worst of people and that ALL people are unsafe jerks, regardless of the type of vehicle they're using) is one great way to stay safe. As a side note, it would also be interesting to compare cycle vs. car accidents and pedestrian vs. car accidents.
Yeah - totally. Just get another job. Because there are so many of them these days!
Mod insightful, interesting, obvious genius, whatever. Do so with all your might. Countless hours wasted dealing with IE6. And just recently, too.
Part of intuitiveness is recognizability. You may disagree, but the fact that you almost certainly understood my last sentence even though "recognizability" is not actually part of the existing English language, lends at least a little bit of credence the other way. If you want to talk about building interfaces off of already recognizable "standards" that makes good sense, but if you want to compare UI elements to elements in a language, then part of the fun is that the dictionary is always growing. Your idea also doesn't take into account that parts of Apple's or Microsoft or whomever's UI suck.
Redundancy is also the key to overcoming noise, at least in theory (http://www.afirstlook.com/docs/information.pdf). It just depends upon the message that you need to get across and how much noise there is.
All that to say that UI design is different than, say, P2P networking or teaching your kid not to lick the TV.
many people are too timid to press anything they don't already understand
Given my experience in IT in corporate America, I would say that this is not only not the case, but REALLY not the case.
I don't want to dismiss what you've written, but based on what you've said, then how did your father become a brutal, social violent sociopath? Was he "given everything, never had to earn anything, never been hungry, never had anything real to fear, never been punished for their behavior and are bored with having to much entertainment"? Again - I am not trying to be cute, but am just suggesting that people are complicated.
I'd echo this. I can think of far greater tragedies that occurred as a result of firms like Bear Stearns collapsing.
Why do all these products have such stupid names? Brio, Treo, Kindle, Nano, Vaio, blah blah blah. It's like there's a council somewhere that approves product names based only on how gadgety and futuristic they sound, but under the assumption that in the future product names will only end with vowel sounds.
Syria, Iran and Iraq allow minorities freedom of worship
Sure - as long as your worship doesn't involve what Christians would call evangelism and other religions would call proselytism.
Basically, you've got a pretty loose definition of "freedom of worship". If freedom of worship means sitting alone in your room thinking about your religion, then there's freedom of worship everywhere.