If only I hadn't spent my last mod points 3 articles ago. The idea is excellent, and I would gladly enter the information for all my CDs by hand. Even big, scary CDs like Short Music for Short People (101 tracks). Now, the real question is, who wants to get this started?
However, Microsofts Booger would undeniably be placed behind a glass case, where we may only look at it, and marvel at the massive size. However, the booger of your average open source company would be completely moldable and customizable.. You could choose your own color, wetness, and basic shape, plus, it would come with free instructions on how to make your own boogers! Yay!
-Dan
Posting without reading what I just typed, or checking for any coherent message, or spelling, or anything since... 3 minutes ago.
Excellent point. Current web dev seems to be focused much more on having what would be percieved as a good looking page than what would be a valuable page.
Ask yourself this, would you rather read all those html formatted HOWTOs and man pages (yes I know there are other formats, but let's stick to this) in the current, clean, text-only fashion, or with a big colorful interface like so many websites are using? And would you want to wait for those big fancy interfaces to load on dialup?
The point: Every little thing added to look cool, slick, or fashionable delays the user's time to get to the information they want. The user's satisfaction is your ultimate goal, remember to format anything you produce to accomodate the lowest reasonable equipment.
Bloat is Bad.
-}{avoc "I have a l33t name that uses }{ instead of an H! WOW!"
PS - This IS on topic.. just going off on a tangent.
Bill Gates' book, I belive it was called "The Road Ahead", which was published quite a few years back (around the Win 3.11 days) contained a CD with a "virtual tour" of the future Gate's mansion which outlined the various innovations the home would have, which I must say, were rather impressive. The things I can remember right off the top of my head were a tracking badge you would clip on when you enter the house, which would allow music to follow you around, art (displayed on wall-mounted flatscreen monitors) would change to match things you like, and phone calls would be routed so that only the phone nearest to you would ring. I'm not sure, but I think I recall it mentioning temps and lights adjusting to fit your prefrences, though I am not sure... If anybody wants, I'll dig up the CD and see if I can get more specific information. -Dan
Doesn't the Mayan calendar stop in like, a few months? (I probably have no idea what I'm talking about -- it's 4AM here. ugh.) Anyway, if it does we can have ourselves another "We're All Gonna Die" scare.. it may not reach the magnitude of the Y2K stuff (I refuse to use bug and scare, 1: it's not a bug. It just was a left out feature. 2: It didn't scare me at all.), but hey, We're All Gonna Die... YAY!
I am in the same situation, though I am not near as advanced as this kid. Right now I'm a freshman in highschool, and I am rebeling like you said.
Thanks to my grade on my honors lit final, I'll pass with a 89.825, which does NOT round up to an A. My parents are upset about this because "I am an A student, and I did not apply myself."
This pisses me off.
I agree with everything you say in your post about love, rebellion, etc. The statement about love being conditional is extremely accurate, and I guess my girlfriend can attest to that considering how insecure I am about certain aspects of my life.
Anyway, I just wanted to agree with you, have a nice day.
Well.. i didn't follow/understand all of that... but i noticed the suggestion of an MP3 Player for the dreamcast... great idea.. but it's already been done.. well.. kinda... check out http://www.mp3psx.com - the mp3 player for playstation. -}{avoc
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If only I hadn't spent my last mod points 3 articles ago. The idea is excellent, and I would gladly enter the information for all my CDs by hand. Even big, scary CDs like Short Music for Short People (101 tracks). Now, the real question is, who wants to get this started?
That's a darn fine idea... almost as good as switching to a network other than Napster.. but if you're going to stay, might as well fight em! :)
Dan
And I must say, that's one of the few FP's I've seen that was actually funny... congrats man.
I really should do that... *goes off to DNS the servers*
-Dan
However, Microsofts Booger would undeniably be placed behind a glass case, where we may only look at it, and marvel at the massive size. However, the booger of your average open source company would be completely moldable and customizable.. You could choose your own color, wetness, and basic shape, plus, it would come with free instructions on how to make your own boogers! Yay!
-Dan Posting without reading what I just typed, or checking for any coherent message, or spelling, or anything since... 3 minutes ago.
I'm with @home and have never used the proxy... Nothing seems to be different on my end.
-Dan
Excellent point. Current web dev seems to be focused much more on having what would be percieved as a good looking page than what would be a valuable page.
Ask yourself this, would you rather read all those html formatted HOWTOs and man pages (yes I know there are other formats, but let's stick to this) in the current, clean, text-only fashion, or with a big colorful interface like so many websites are using? And would you want to wait for those big fancy interfaces to load on dialup?
The point: Every little thing added to look cool, slick, or fashionable delays the user's time to get to the information they want. The user's satisfaction is your ultimate goal, remember to format anything you produce to accomodate the lowest reasonable equipment.
Bloat is Bad.
-}{avoc
"I have a l33t name that uses }{ instead of an H! WOW!"
PS - This IS on topic.. just going off on a tangent.
Bill Gates' book, I belive it was called "The Road Ahead", which was published quite a few years back (around the Win 3.11 days) contained a CD with a "virtual tour" of the future Gate's mansion which outlined the various innovations the home would have, which I must say, were rather impressive. The things I can remember right off the top of my head were a tracking badge you would clip on when you enter the house, which would allow music to follow you around, art (displayed on wall-mounted flatscreen monitors) would change to match things you like, and phone calls would be routed so that only the phone nearest to you would ring. I'm not sure, but I think I recall it mentioning temps and lights adjusting to fit your prefrences, though I am not sure... If anybody wants, I'll dig up the CD and see if I can get more specific information.
-Dan
Doesn't the Mayan calendar stop in like, a few months? (I probably have no idea what I'm talking about -- it's 4AM here. ugh.) Anyway, if it does we can have ourselves another "We're All Gonna Die" scare.. it may not reach the magnitude of the Y2K stuff (I refuse to use bug and scare, 1: it's not a bug. It just was a left out feature. 2: It didn't scare me at all.), but hey, We're All Gonna Die... YAY!
Oh, and who says your time zone is so high and mighty? eah?
;)
I am in the same situation, though I am not near as advanced as this kid. Right now I'm a freshman in highschool, and I am rebeling like you said.
Thanks to my grade on my honors lit final, I'll pass with a 89.825, which does NOT round up to an A. My parents are upset about this because "I am an A student, and I did not apply myself."
This pisses me off.
I agree with everything you say in your post about love, rebellion, etc. The statement about love being conditional is extremely accurate, and I guess my girlfriend can attest to that considering how insecure I am about certain aspects of my life.
Anyway, I just wanted to agree with you, have a nice day.
Well.. i didn't follow/understand all of that... but i noticed the suggestion of an MP3 Player for the dreamcast... great idea.. but it's already been done.. well.. kinda... check out http://www.mp3psx.com - the mp3 player for playstation. -}{avoc