His failure was in never coming even close to living up to his creative potential.
In other words, by "failure" you mean in the eyes of others (i.e. you), not his own. Because I'm sure he wouldn't see his own career as a failure, especially since he's probably too busy counting all of his money to care about what others think.
That's a great lesson for you young creative types out there. Careful what you wish for.
I'm not sure what you're getting at. Are you implying that George Lucas' career is a failure? Because I'm sure he wouldn't see it that way, and, given the massive empires he's created (Star Wars and Indiana Jones most prominently), I don't agree with you either. He may not have focused on directing for much of his career, but, looking back, you can't really say that he failed.
My impression is that most folks don't type addresses, they get to sites through google. If I want to go to say Ford's website I open google, type ford, and click on the first link. I usually never type urls unless I have no other way to get there. I don't really need to care if their site is ford.com or cars.ford or whatevever.
This is basically it. Top level domains are getting to be virtually irrelevant to the average user.
This over-use of "agile" to describe programming needs to stop. Please. It's a mean-nothing word. "Agile" and has turned into a useless fluff phrase (has it ever been anything but?).
He invented this? How come I had one before he was born?
I think I still have it saved somewhere in my old "Cool"
alarm equip. I used to do installs in the pre-computer
(pre 386 days). This was a box, with triggers and a phone
module. Event triggers, allowed for voice out, mic in.
I don't get it - what's the point? With a chili that hot, even if it's diluted in a sauce you're not going to get anything resembling a nice flavour or taste, just fire in your mouth. I'd much rather eat something that packed a moderate punch along with decent flavour.
Face it, Canonical has gone rogue, just like Oracle and Novell. Remember, it is free as in libre, not gratis. If you are a "real" linux user, uninstall Ubuntu.
How dare they want to make money while supplying the world with a FREE operating system! Free as in you-don't-have-to-pay-anything-for-it-ever-so-stop-whining. Or, hey, maybe if you donate enough money they won't have to resort to such commercialization.
Seriously - how can you be so naive and so arrogant?
I love the arrogance of arm-chair quarterbacks </sarc>
Newsflash to people living in the south: snow doesn't mean the road is impassable. It means you might need to exercise a little more caution. Where I live, the roads are pretty much covered in snow from October or November through March or April. Are you suggesting that anyone who ventures out on the roads between those months is a moron?
Newsflash #2: Even smart people sometimes get stuck in the snow, because it can sometimes be difficult or impossible to tell the difference between a perfectly good road with a little snow on it and a treacherous road until it's too late. It happens. It can even happen to YOU. So maybe tone down the condescension a little, because next time, you might be the one who needs a little help.
The south? I happen to live in Canada where we do get a fair bit of snow. So yes, I've driven my fair share in the snow.
And of course I'm not suggesting that you shouldn't drive in the snow. What I am suggesting is that, if it looks like there's a lot of snow ahead (and it's not usually hard to gauge the depth of a snowfall on the road) then you should exercise caution and know the limits of your vehicle.
Also, Slashdotters apparently need a lesson in dry/sarcastic humour.
Judging from most of the comments below, the majority of users here are either (A) clueless about design, (B) completely stuck in their ways, or (C) way too picky. This isn't a drastic redesign. The site has been freshened up, that's all. Stop whining over nothing. Slashdot guys - good work. I like it.
I'm guessing you don't make websites for a living. When your clients expect your website to "just work", even from their ancient dusty computer they've got sitting in the basement, then you need to worry about IE6 compatibility. Unless you're a giant corporation (and even then!), you can't afford the loss in business.
A cult by definition is a religious group - it's silly for you to equate a religious activity with a sports activity.
A cult is a religious group, but a religious group is not necessarily a cult. If all 'A's are 'B's, all 'B's are not necessarily 'A's. As another poster mentioned, Christianity is far from a cult. Yes, it has rituals, as does any religion. But rituals do not make a cult. You're free to leave the Christian church at any time. Blame your parents for keeping you in church as a kid, just as a kid who doesn't like soccer might blame his parents for keeping him in the sport against his will.
My parents forced me to go to church every week, then sunday school, and during the week I would be forced to work as an altar boy for no pay. All the time I was brainwashed with repetitive prayers and actions. A cult is a cult is a cult. It doesn't matter that here in North America we tend to be fond of a particular one.
That's a very poor argument. You can swap out "church" for almost any other childhood activity. For example, soccer:
My parents forced me to go to soccer every week and play a game on saturday, and during the week I would be forced to go to soccer practice for no pay. All the time I was brainwashed with repetitive stretches and drills.
In other words, equating Sunday school and being an altar boy to doing film editing production is silly. The former are childhood activities, not jobs. But I suppose most Slashdotters take any opportunity to bash Christianity (note: I am not a Christian).
Apple understands design and focuses on it. The have GUI design docs and the follow them and enforce them stringently.
If you weren't aware, Microsoft also has very specific GUI guidelines as well... Guidelines that Apple forces their Windows programmers to not follow. Have you used the unintuitive piece of shit called "iTunes for Windows" that makes zero sense to those unfamiliar with the OS X UI?
iTunes on OS X isn't half bad. iTunes on Windows is Apple's lock-in approved way of forcing the customer to think long and hard about throwing his phone or MP3 player at the wall because he can't understand why his desktop keeps erasing the music he put on it with his laptop without calling the manufacturer.
GUI guidelines for software have nothing to do with a company's website... I guess you just wanted to slip in an off-topic rant.
BringIt has separate tournaments meant for novice players and expert gamers. Levin compared it to the handicap system in golf or the weight-class system in wrestling
or the operating system in geek world
I don't think you need to 'speak sports lingo' to know the difference between 'novice' and 'expert'...
Try telling that to a client who demands that her website "just works on my screen". Yes, every web developer wishes that IE would just go away, but it's a moot point. As long as 'normal' users continue to use IE because it's all they know - most clients I've dealt with just call it 'the internet', they don't even know what a browser is - we just have to pander. That's life.
Yes, fine, you've written six chapters of the Emo Manifesto. Congratulations.
Breakups happen every day. Countless people get dumped every year. A lot of them are cheated on, lied to, treated poorly, whatever.
Like most people, I've been on the bad side of a breakup. But, seriously, it's all part of growing up, maturing, whatever you want to call it. "No form of physical torture can compare"? Seriously? Talk about a statement of teen angst at its finest. "You'll live a life lost"?? Listen: if what you describe happens to someone after a breakup, it's a pretty safe bet that the breakup is NOT the root of the problem; not even close. It may be the straw that breaks a camel's back, but that degree of emotional fragility could probably be set off by the car breaking down on the way to the grocery store.
"You'll be left a hollow shell incapable of really recovering"... please. You've written some of the most hyperbolic, melodramatic nonsense I've ever seen in a comment here.
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His failure was in never coming even close to living up to his creative potential.
In other words, by "failure" you mean in the eyes of others (i.e. you), not his own. Because I'm sure he wouldn't see his own career as a failure, especially since he's probably too busy counting all of his money to care about what others think.
That's a great lesson for you young creative types out there. Careful what you wish for.
I'm not sure what you're getting at. Are you implying that George Lucas' career is a failure? Because I'm sure he wouldn't see it that way, and, given the massive empires he's created (Star Wars and Indiana Jones most prominently), I don't agree with you either. He may not have focused on directing for much of his career, but, looking back, you can't really say that he failed.
Google+ seems to have inherited several of these problems. And it provides no means for pointing them out to the development team...
... there's a "send feedback" button on the bottom right of every page.
Let's see, contribute to the creation of a superbug, or wash my fucking socks? Decisions, decisions...
You have socks just for fucking?
My impression is that most folks don't type addresses, they get to sites through google. If I want to go to say Ford's website I open google, type ford, and click on the first link. I usually never type urls unless I have no other way to get there. I don't really need to care if their site is ford.com or cars.ford or whatevever.
This is basically it. Top level domains are getting to be virtually irrelevant to the average user.
This over-use of "agile" to describe programming needs to stop. Please. It's a mean-nothing word. "Agile" and has turned into a useless fluff phrase (has it ever been anything but?).
He invented this? How come I had one before he was born?
I think I still have it saved somewhere in my old "Cool" alarm equip. I used to do installs in the pre-computer (pre 386 days). This was a box, with triggers and a phone module. Event triggers, allowed for voice out, mic in.
Exact same thing. So... innovation?
Kudos to him for a great innovation.
-@|
AC til I find it...
You were using 3G in the pre-386 days?
You keep saying fake3d, because everyone listen to a whiny pendant.
If you want to be a pendant, at least be good about it. All movies are 3d. Height, width, and Time..bitch.
You keep calling the parent a pendant. Do you see him hanging from a necklace? It would have to be pretty big to hold all that weight...
I don't get it - what's the point? With a chili that hot, even if it's diluted in a sauce you're not going to get anything resembling a nice flavour or taste, just fire in your mouth. I'd much rather eat something that packed a moderate punch along with decent flavour.
Face it, Canonical has gone rogue, just like Oracle and Novell. Remember, it is free as in libre, not gratis. If you are a "real" linux user, uninstall Ubuntu.
How dare they want to make money while supplying the world with a FREE operating system! Free as in you-don't-have-to-pay-anything-for-it-ever-so-stop-whining. Or, hey, maybe if you donate enough money they won't have to resort to such commercialization.
Seriously - how can you be so naive and so arrogant?
I think you missed the joke.
I love the arrogance of arm-chair quarterbacks </sarc>
Newsflash to people living in the south: snow doesn't mean the road is impassable. It means you might need to exercise a little more caution. Where I live, the roads are pretty much covered in snow from October or November through March or April. Are you suggesting that anyone who ventures out on the roads between those months is a moron?
Newsflash #2: Even smart people sometimes get stuck in the snow, because it can sometimes be difficult or impossible to tell the difference between a perfectly good road with a little snow on it and a treacherous road until it's too late. It happens. It can even happen to YOU. So maybe tone down the condescension a little, because next time, you might be the one who needs a little help.
The south? I happen to live in Canada where we do get a fair bit of snow. So yes, I've driven my fair share in the snow.
And of course I'm not suggesting that you shouldn't drive in the snow. What I am suggesting is that, if it looks like there's a lot of snow ahead (and it's not usually hard to gauge the depth of a snowfall on the road) then you should exercise caution and know the limits of your vehicle.
Also, Slashdotters apparently need a lesson in dry/sarcastic humour.
Is she your ex-girlfriend because you realized that someone who doesn't notice snow on the road ahead isn't the sharpest pencil in the drawer?
Judging from most of the comments below, the majority of users here are either (A) clueless about design, (B) completely stuck in their ways, or (C) way too picky. This isn't a drastic redesign. The site has been freshened up, that's all. Stop whining over nothing. Slashdot guys - good work. I like it.
I'm guessing you don't make websites for a living. When your clients expect your website to "just work", even from their ancient dusty computer they've got sitting in the basement, then you need to worry about IE6 compatibility. Unless you're a giant corporation (and even then!), you can't afford the loss in business.
A cult by definition is a religious group - it's silly for you to equate a religious activity with a sports activity.
A cult is a religious group, but a religious group is not necessarily a cult. If all 'A's are 'B's, all 'B's are not necessarily 'A's. As another poster mentioned, Christianity is far from a cult. Yes, it has rituals, as does any religion. But rituals do not make a cult. You're free to leave the Christian church at any time. Blame your parents for keeping you in church as a kid, just as a kid who doesn't like soccer might blame his parents for keeping him in the sport against his will.
My parents forced me to go to church every week, then sunday school, and during the week I would be forced to work as an altar boy for no pay. All the time I was brainwashed with repetitive prayers and actions. A cult is a cult is a cult. It doesn't matter that here in North America we tend to be fond of a particular one.
That's a very poor argument. You can swap out "church" for almost any other childhood activity. For example, soccer:
My parents forced me to go to soccer every week and play a game on saturday, and during the week I would be forced to go to soccer practice for no pay. All the time I was brainwashed with repetitive stretches and drills.
In other words, equating Sunday school and being an altar boy to doing film editing production is silly. The former are childhood activities, not jobs. But I suppose most Slashdotters take any opportunity to bash Christianity (note: I am not a Christian).
Apple understands design and focuses on it. The have GUI design docs and the follow them and enforce them stringently.
If you weren't aware, Microsoft also has very specific GUI guidelines as well... Guidelines that Apple forces their Windows programmers to not follow. Have you used the unintuitive piece of shit called "iTunes for Windows" that makes zero sense to those unfamiliar with the OS X UI? iTunes on OS X isn't half bad. iTunes on Windows is Apple's lock-in approved way of forcing the customer to think long and hard about throwing his phone or MP3 player at the wall because he can't understand why his desktop keeps erasing the music he put on it with his laptop without calling the manufacturer.
GUI guidelines for software have nothing to do with a company's website... I guess you just wanted to slip in an off-topic rant.
BringIt has separate tournaments meant for novice players and expert gamers. Levin compared it to the handicap system in golf or the weight-class system in wrestling or the operating system in geek world
I don't think you need to 'speak sports lingo' to know the difference between 'novice' and 'expert'...
Try telling that to a client who demands that her website "just works on my screen". Yes, every web developer wishes that IE would just go away, but it's a moot point. As long as 'normal' users continue to use IE because it's all they know - most clients I've dealt with just call it 'the internet', they don't even know what a browser is - we just have to pander. That's life.
-1, doesn't get a very obvious joke.
Why do you care so much about how your posts are moderated? It's not a big deal. Get over it...
"Want to download this file? Fill out the form and wait for us to send you a post card first."
I don't think so...
-1: Won't Play Along
Yes, fine, you've written six chapters of the Emo Manifesto. Congratulations.
Breakups happen every day. Countless people get dumped every year. A lot of them are cheated on, lied to, treated poorly, whatever.
Like most people, I've been on the bad side of a breakup. But, seriously, it's all part of growing up, maturing, whatever you want to call it. "No form of physical torture can compare"? Seriously? Talk about a statement of teen angst at its finest. "You'll live a life lost"?? Listen: if what you describe happens to someone after a breakup, it's a pretty safe bet that the breakup is NOT the root of the problem; not even close. It may be the straw that breaks a camel's back, but that degree of emotional fragility could probably be set off by the car breaking down on the way to the grocery store.
"You'll be left a hollow shell incapable of really recovering"... please. You've written some of the most hyperbolic, melodramatic nonsense I've ever seen in a comment here.