While I agree with you in general... there are folks that still have to have both parents work just to make ends meet. Happened to my folks when I was a baby, just because of the area we lived in, and trust me, we didn't live in luxury, we just got by.
But yeah, that doesn't change the fact that you shouldn't buy stuff you can't afford:p
Yup, so that I can't fill out web forms without turning javascript on. Sounds like a great way to get even a locked down computer owned. I just managed to teach my family to use NoScript, but it won't protect people if all the "good" sites out there train them to turn javascript on for everything.
Don't get too high and mighty. I've tried to correct folks when they err in my favor and the response in invariably "But that's what the machine says!" Then they get snippy if you try to push the issue:p
Admittedly, it doesn't happen to me too often; I just don't buy all that much.
Basically the same experience here. I got an EXCELLENT education from my Catholic school experience -- academically, mind, there was quite a bit that I didn't understand about people until I got out into the world. For example, even though I'd seen the numbers to the contrary in history class, I was convinced that the majority of human beings were Catholic.
At the same time, though, it all TOTALLY depends on whose running the school. There are some scary people out there, and some of them tried to take over our school (after I was out of it). They were the sort that wanted the parents to not know what was going on in the classrooms and told little kids they were going to hell for not standing quietly in line and crap like that. In the end we beat them back (yeah, I know, sounds like there was physical fighting. There wasn't), but it just emphasizes that there are all kinds of people out there, and if you aren't careful the scary sort can very easily grab power in a faith structure.
I actually wrote one of these for a site I administer. Instead of the usual phpBB captcha, I put up pictures of things that you have to name. You can find the names on the site, though the pictures on the site don't directly match the ones in the captcha.
It only works for us because we're small and anyone wanting to use our forum would be a fan and therefore willing to look up the name of the character. It works. I haven't had a single spammer sign up since I implemented it, but "real people" signups have been at about the same rate. We do provide an email address right on the page for if you can't see the image or keep getting it wrong.
If they make it "crawlable", though, wouldn't that mean that the text is available to be read somewhere? And that means it's only a matter of time before someone designs a Flash translator that pulls the content (and say, LINKS?! #$%&@ flash developers) and turns it into straight XHTML.
That'd be great if those sorts even noticed horns. I'm a backroads person myself, but about one day a week I get behind this little old lady who will go no faster than 40 in a 55 zone. The horn doesn't bother her in the least. Neither does coming up close on her. I think I could run over her and she'd never notice.
Ah well; she only live 2 miles from where I work and after that I don't have to deal with her. Just wish there was a passing zone in between there somewhere.
"[A] normal programmer would conclude that Office's binary file formats: are deliberately obfuscated; are the product of a demented Borg mind; were created by insanely bad programmers; and are impossible to read or create correctly. You'd be wrong on all four counts..."...It's something far more sinister.
evought, I'm stealing your idea. I've been collecting smart stuff like this for when I build my (tiny, green) dream home. This is one of the more sensible ideas I've heard in a long while.
A window to the inside of the fridge would be ugly, too. I can just imaging my mother, who likes to have things neat, reorganizing the fridge so it looks nice for guests.
How about a dual-layer door? Open the shell (opaque, magnetic for those pictures of the kids or reminders to clean the gutters) and look through the window without letting cold air out and hot in. Open the whole thing to get food.
Coming in late on this, like I always do, but how about:
Copyright for the life of the writer/singer/artist Upon death, work enters a cooling off period where it can be copied AS IS (to keep it from becoming lost), but not profited from After X years, work enters true public domain.
It must be just me, but I've found that the replacement drug for Pseudophredrine (Chlorpheniramine maleate) actually works far better than Pseud. did to begin with.
I'm guessing it's individual physiology, because when I had congestion before I didn't even bother with the OTC stuff. I was going to suffer anyway, so I might as well suffer without paying for it.
Amen. And this comes from someone who drives a light truck.
What keeps me out of the ditch is that I know that 4WD is just as adept at getting you into trouble as it is getting you out. And if you get yourself into trouble with 4WD... chances are you're in deeper than it's going to get you out of.
2WD year 'round for me, except for when the roads are a sheet of ice, and that's only to keep my tail end from coming around; I still drive slow.
You can actually tweak NoScript to make it so you have to click on Flash to get it to play, even in the sites where you are allowing scripting. I believe you can go one step further and whitelist individual flash files as you click on them, but I'm never done that, so I don't know for sure.
I can confirm this. As a baby I had a particular fondness for orange-colored baby foods (still do actually... well, orange colored foods, not baby foods) and I turn a rather interesting shade of orange. Scared my parents. Not as bad as when I ate too much candy at grandma's and sweated vanilla scent, though*
This is the strange sort of thing that happens to first children.
*A vanilla-scented child may actually tip you off to a rare form of cancer. My brother died of it right about that time which is what scared my folks so bad.
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While I agree with you in general... there are folks that still have to have both parents work just to make ends meet. Happened to my folks when I was a baby, just because of the area we lived in, and trust me, we didn't live in luxury, we just got by.
But yeah, that doesn't change the fact that you shouldn't buy stuff you can't afford :p
Yup, so that I can't fill out web forms without turning javascript on. Sounds like a great way to get even a locked down computer owned. I just managed to teach my family to use NoScript, but it won't protect people if all the "good" sites out there train them to turn javascript on for everything.
Don't get too high and mighty. I've tried to correct folks when they err in my favor and the response in invariably "But that's what the machine says!" Then they get snippy if you try to push the issue :p
Admittedly, it doesn't happen to me too often; I just don't buy all that much.
Basically the same experience here. I got an EXCELLENT education from my Catholic school experience -- academically, mind, there was quite a bit that I didn't understand about people until I got out into the world. For example, even though I'd seen the numbers to the contrary in history class, I was convinced that the majority of human beings were Catholic.
At the same time, though, it all TOTALLY depends on whose running the school. There are some scary people out there, and some of them tried to take over our school (after I was out of it). They were the sort that wanted the parents to not know what was going on in the classrooms and told little kids they were going to hell for not standing quietly in line and crap like that. In the end we beat them back (yeah, I know, sounds like there was physical fighting. There wasn't), but it just emphasizes that there are all kinds of people out there, and if you aren't careful the scary sort can very easily grab power in a faith structure.
I actually wrote one of these for a site I administer. Instead of the usual phpBB captcha, I put up pictures of things that you have to name. You can find the names on the site, though the pictures on the site don't directly match the ones in the captcha.
It only works for us because we're small and anyone wanting to use our forum would be a fan and therefore willing to look up the name of the character. It works. I haven't had a single spammer sign up since I implemented it, but "real people" signups have been at about the same rate. We do provide an email address right on the page for if you can't see the image or keep getting it wrong.
If they make it "crawlable", though, wouldn't that mean that the text is available to be read somewhere? And that means it's only a matter of time before someone designs a Flash translator that pulls the content (and say, LINKS?! #$%&@ flash developers) and turns it into straight XHTML.
I'd pay for that.
How I wish it were so. I've done more than my share of needlework, and it always made my hands worse. Had to give it up in the end :(
"Hell, the non-farmers can't even farm their own food since the ground is frozen up there for several months out of the year. "
*scratches head as she looks out at 4 acres of fruit, vegetables, and meat rabbits*
Crap. I wish you'd have told me that before I started.
Good god that's hilarious.
In real life, I think one 5yo could take me out. I'm glad I don't teach kindergarten.
That's a relief...
Because the thought of a holodeck full of 4-year-olds has to be the definition of Hell.
I read that as "a pat on the back and free bears".
That'd be great if those sorts even noticed horns. I'm a backroads person myself, but about one day a week I get behind this little old lady who will go no faster than 40 in a 55 zone. The horn doesn't bother her in the least. Neither does coming up close on her. I think I could run over her and she'd never notice.
Ah well; she only live 2 miles from where I work and after that I don't have to deal with her. Just wish there was a passing zone in between there somewhere.
Are you using razor wire for floss or something? O.o
(OK, just kidding. I hurt myself even when I floss with a mirror. Sensitive gums)
"[A] normal programmer would conclude that Office's binary file formats: are deliberately obfuscated; are the product of a demented Borg mind; were created by insanely bad programmers; and are impossible to read or create correctly. You'd be wrong on all four counts..." ...It's something far more sinister.
(Sorry, sometimes ya just gotta get it out)
evought, I'm stealing your idea. I've been collecting smart stuff like this for when I build my (tiny, green) dream home. This is one of the more sensible ideas I've heard in a long while.
A window to the inside of the fridge would be ugly, too. I can just imaging my mother, who likes to have things neat, reorganizing the fridge so it looks nice for guests.
:)
How about a dual-layer door? Open the shell (opaque, magnetic for those pictures of the kids or reminders to clean the gutters) and look through the window without letting cold air out and hot in. Open the whole thing to get food.
Not techy enough, though, for this discussion
That'd require Clippy to actually be helpful though; not sure he can handle that.
Coming in late on this, like I always do, but how about:
Copyright for the life of the writer/singer/artist
Upon death, work enters a cooling off period where it can be copied AS IS (to keep it from becoming lost), but not profited from
After X years, work enters true public domain.
I have to thank you for the mental picture :)
I'm an edu and I've got 6 & 7 about evenly split for hits coming from outside the college. All IE versions together are at about 40%.
Actually, they shouldn't (assuming Milford, Ohio gets this right, and it jives with my own not-to-long-ago driver's ed.): http://milfordcommunityfd.org/safety%20programs/pull_right_for_lights.htm
"- NEVER enter an intersection when an emergency vehicle is approaching, pull over and stop BEFORE the intersection"
Which totally makes sense, because you have no idea where that vehicle is going.
It must be just me, but I've found that the replacement drug for Pseudophredrine (Chlorpheniramine maleate) actually works far better than Pseud. did to begin with.
I'm guessing it's individual physiology, because when I had congestion before I didn't even bother with the OTC stuff. I was going to suffer anyway, so I might as well suffer without paying for it.
Amen. And this comes from someone who drives a light truck.
What keeps me out of the ditch is that I know that 4WD is just as adept at getting you into trouble as it is getting you out. And if you get yourself into trouble with 4WD... chances are you're in deeper than it's going to get you out of.
2WD year 'round for me, except for when the roads are a sheet of ice, and that's only to keep my tail end from coming around; I still drive slow.
You can actually tweak NoScript to make it so you have to click on Flash to get it to play, even in the sites where you are allowing scripting. I believe you can go one step further and whitelist individual flash files as you click on them, but I'm never done that, so I don't know for sure.
I can confirm this. As a baby I had a particular fondness for orange-colored baby foods (still do actually... well, orange colored foods, not baby foods) and I turn a rather interesting shade of orange. Scared my parents. Not as bad as when I ate too much candy at grandma's and sweated vanilla scent, though*
This is the strange sort of thing that happens to first children.
*A vanilla-scented child may actually tip you off to a rare form of cancer. My brother died of it right about that time which is what scared my folks so bad.