I've found that M. Night Shyamalan understands this stuff well. [...] In interviews he indicated how he didn't want any of these movies to be advertised as "From the director who brought you..." because he wants the movie to do itself justice.
Odd, when you notice that every ad you see for one of his movies has his name emblazoned in large type across the top. It may not list his previous movies, but this is the next closest thing.
I've only seen one of his movies (Sixth Sense) but solely due to the ads for his subsequent movies I know exactly who he is and what else he does. It would be quite effective if I were into the types of movies he makes.
All this talk of whether or not it's ethical to use an open wireless network and no one is addressing what it's being used for. Sure, the anti-open wifi crowd has scare stories about people sharing movies or kiddie porn, but what about non-continuous, low-impact use like checking e-mail?
While I don't agree that using open wireless networks is unethical or, heaven forbid, "stealing", I would never use one for something that would affect the network owner, whether it's illegal or just bandwidth-intensive. BUT, if I move into a new apartment and don't have internet connectivity yet, is it unethical for me to pop on to a neighbor's open network for a minute to check my e-mail?
That would be the Berkeley Bowl here in Berkeley. Their produce selection is simply staggering but, for some reason I have yet to figure out, it tends to go bad faster than produce bought anywhere else. I'd chalk it up to being organic, pesticide-free, etc (being in Berkeley, and all), but even the organic produce from Whole Paycheck^WFoods lasts longer (it ought to, it costs four times as much).
I've got a whole system now about what kinds of produce I buy during the weekly shopping trip and what kind I only buy when I'm ready to use it. Combined with making the produce-heavy meals early in the week, it works out pretty well.
For the record, I just tried out the Typo3 demo and it creates lists exactly like I described above, complete with font tags. This is the official Typo3 demo site, so if this is a configurable option it must either be the default or the recommended behavior (or both).
Who said anything about menus? I'm talking about a simple bulleted list within a page of text, not navigation or anything related to "menus".
Still, even if there's an option to use standard HTML or tables to render a simple unordered list, even if this isn't the default behavior, the fact that Typo3 will do this indicates that there's something seriously wrong with the design behind the application.
I had to make a change to someone else's Typo3-powered site once. I dismissed it as something I would ever use when I realized that it rendered a simple unordered list not in HTML, using the list elements that exist for exactly this, but as a table with a graphic of a bullet in one cell and the text of the list item in the next. For each item in the list.
Allow me to demonstrate. This is the right way to make a list:
<ul>
<li>list item text here</li> </ul>
And this is the Typo3 way. I added line breaks for readability (ha!). In reality this is all on two lines:
Parallels is also great for people or businesses that have just one application that requires Windows while they're able to do all thier other work in OS X. Not everyone is stuck using exclusively Windows-only software.
I think a lot of Dvorak's (and my) gripes with CSS would be assuaged with the availability of a 'CSS Debugger' that would let you, say, select a piece of the page, and show exactly which portions of CSS were controlling the layout of that piece. Like how Firefox lets you select text and "view selection source", except it would show you the CSS styling, including all the levels of inheritance.
If you're an OS X user, the answer is Xyle Scope. It does exactly this and more. It's the kind of thing that makes you wonder how you ever got along without it.
Most people who use any alcohol do so irresponsibly.
Numbers and sources? Oh, you don't have them?
I'm a casual/social drinker. I don't drink and drive. I hardly think I'm in the minority. You seem to think that the fact that irresponsible drinkers, with the associated problems (drunk driving, bar brawls, etc) are more visible also means they are more common, even to the point where they outnumber people like me.
How about just restricting the sale of high alcohol content beverages, and holding alcohol servers liable if they are the last bar to serve alcohol to a patron who later commits a drunk driving accident (over the limit)? Bar owners would need to install breathalyzers, and make sure they aren't over-serving. Party holders would be motivated to make sure their party-goers aren't over consuming and driving themselves home.
How do you suggest people enforce this? Physical force? Hire police officers to guard the door?
Let's play a game and pretend I'm a bar owner. How would I determine whether a customer in my bar is driving, on foot, taking a cab, or taking public transit (which is plentiful in my city)? Suppose he lies? Once a bar patron is ready to leave, how do I force him to take the breathalizer? Do I physically restrain him if he's over the legal limit? Again, what if he's over but says he isn't driving (keeping in mind that most urban bars don't have a parking lot just outside where I could see how he got here)?
I could go on all day. Do you really have no idea how ludicrous your proposal is?
People drinking responsibly at home and not driving would be unaffected.
I would only be unaffected if I wanted to drink at home alone. As soon as I invite a friend over, I'm faced with the all the above nonsense.
suicide is illegal for a reason.
And that reason is?
I hear people talk about the nanny state all the time but it rare that I actually encounter someone who endorses it like this. And on Slashdot no less!
And this is made even more complicated by the fact that FedEx retail locations aren't really FedEx, they're Kinko's. This means that it's the Kinko's IT people who know anything about the aforementioned POS systems. If those people are still around, great. If the lines of communication are open between the IT departments of the big parent company and the acquired company, even better. Sadly, this is not always the case. Those Kinko's IT people may have even been laid off after the acquisition, potentially leaving no one with a clue about the systems in use. Ideally, the IT groups will have been merged together, but it's only been 2.5 years and companies of this size tend to move slowly.
Austria does put guards on international trains, at the very least, checking passports of non-EU citizens. While I didn't have any trouble crossing the Austrian border with a US passport (both in and out by rail), the guards were a bit intimidating and certainly didn't go out of their way to be friendly.
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Odd, when you notice that every ad you see for one of his movies has his name emblazoned in large type across the top. It may not list his previous movies, but this is the next closest thing.
I've only seen one of his movies (Sixth Sense) but solely due to the ads for his subsequent movies I know exactly who he is and what else he does. It would be quite effective if I were into the types of movies he makes.
Let me guess, you're the guy who wrote the installer for Redwall Firewall?
To quote from the installer, "Choose YES to disable zeroconf network or NO to enable it". I've even got a picture.
But is it "stealing"?
All this talk of whether or not it's ethical to use an open wireless network and no one is addressing what it's being used for. Sure, the anti-open wifi crowd has scare stories about people sharing movies or kiddie porn, but what about non-continuous, low-impact use like checking e-mail?
While I don't agree that using open wireless networks is unethical or, heaven forbid, "stealing", I would never use one for something that would affect the network owner, whether it's illegal or just bandwidth-intensive. BUT, if I move into a new apartment and don't have internet connectivity yet, is it unethical for me to pop on to a neighbor's open network for a minute to check my e-mail?
Beats sounding ignorant.
It's a perfectly cromulent word.
When, oh when, will I learn to not click on things that say "Clicking this may crash your browser"?
I am running 1.5.0.5 (thanks, Firefox auto-updater thingy!), so it couldn't execute the test on my machine, but that didn't stop the browser crashing.
Not to nitpick, but MySpace very famously runs Windows. It was developed in Cold Fusion and was later ported to some sort of CF/.Net hybrid.
Bin Laden? Is that guy still around?
Actually yes, he is. Guess we'll have to keep turning these rocks over...
I was going to explain the scene to you but I think I'll just suggest you go out and rent it. Tonight, if possible.
Wouldn't you consider replacing human cashiers with self-checkout machines a form out outsourcing? The end result is the same.
That would be the Berkeley Bowl here in Berkeley. Their produce selection is simply staggering but, for some reason I have yet to figure out, it tends to go bad faster than produce bought anywhere else. I'd chalk it up to being organic, pesticide-free, etc (being in Berkeley, and all), but even the organic produce from Whole Paycheck^WFoods lasts longer (it ought to, it costs four times as much).
I've got a whole system now about what kinds of produce I buy during the weekly shopping trip and what kind I only buy when I'm ready to use it. Combined with making the produce-heavy meals early in the week, it works out pretty well.
It includes biatch support, with 10% more shizzle!
Oh, never mind.
Replying to myself is bad form, I know.
For the record, I just tried out the Typo3 demo and it creates lists exactly like I described above, complete with font tags. This is the official Typo3 demo site, so if this is a configurable option it must either be the default or the recommended behavior (or both).
Who said anything about menus? I'm talking about a simple bulleted list within a page of text, not navigation or anything related to "menus".
Still, even if there's an option to use standard HTML or tables to render a simple unordered list, even if this isn't the default behavior, the fact that Typo3 will do this indicates that there's something seriously wrong with the design behind the application.
Allow me to demonstrate. This is the right way to make a list:And this is the Typo3 way. I added line breaks for readability (ha!). In reality this is all on two lines:I swear I'm not making this up. This was just copied/pasted directly from a live Typo3 site. Whoever designed that should be shot.
That's C. Montgomery Burns you're thinking of.
Parallels is also great for people or businesses that have just one application that requires Windows while they're able to do all thier other work in OS X. Not everyone is stuck using exclusively Windows-only software.
If you're an OS X user, the answer is Xyle Scope. It does exactly this and more. It's the kind of thing that makes you wonder how you ever got along without it.
What fair use rights do you expect to have for a rented movie?
If we were talking about buying movies here, I'd agree (well, to a certain extent), but that argument doesn't apply at all here.
Numbers and sources? Oh, you don't have them?
I'm a casual/social drinker. I don't drink and drive. I hardly think I'm in the minority. You seem to think that the fact that irresponsible drinkers, with the associated problems (drunk driving, bar brawls, etc) are more visible also means they are more common, even to the point where they outnumber people like me.
How do you suggest people enforce this? Physical force? Hire police officers to guard the door?
Let's play a game and pretend I'm a bar owner. How would I determine whether a customer in my bar is driving, on foot, taking a cab, or taking public transit (which is plentiful in my city)? Suppose he lies? Once a bar patron is ready to leave, how do I force him to take the breathalizer? Do I physically restrain him if he's over the legal limit? Again, what if he's over but says he isn't driving (keeping in mind that most urban bars don't have a parking lot just outside where I could see how he got here)?
I could go on all day. Do you really have no idea how ludicrous your proposal is?
I would only be unaffected if I wanted to drink at home alone. As soon as I invite a friend over, I'm faced with the all the above nonsense.
And that reason is?
I hear people talk about the nanny state all the time but it rare that I actually encounter someone who endorses it like this. And on Slashdot no less!
If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!
And this is made even more complicated by the fact that FedEx retail locations aren't really FedEx, they're Kinko's. This means that it's the Kinko's IT people who know anything about the aforementioned POS systems. If those people are still around, great. If the lines of communication are open between the IT departments of the big parent company and the acquired company, even better. Sadly, this is not always the case. Those Kinko's IT people may have even been laid off after the acquisition, potentially leaving no one with a clue about the systems in use. Ideally, the IT groups will have been merged together, but it's only been 2.5 years and companies of this size tend to move slowly.
Austria does put guards on international trains, at the very least, checking passports of non-EU citizens. While I didn't have any trouble crossing the Austrian border with a US passport (both in and out by rail), the guards were a bit intimidating and certainly didn't go out of their way to be friendly.
Heh, I just posted a comment in another thread about an American tourist I saw in Italy getting upset about a distance given to him in kilometers.