That has to be the worst thing a client can say to us. Things are better now in the web business but in the last couple years we couldn't just tell the client to fuck off if they deviated from the signed definition of "done".
The second worst is: "The CEO who has never even cared about the website until now finally looked at and he hates the color blue." This is after 3 months of building an e-commerece site.
Having read much of what Patrick Henry wrote and said:
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
I beleive Henry would have grabed his MP-5 and driven down to Washington and assasinated Ashcroft himself.
From what I remember some older guy had his whole "being" put in a computer and the hero of the book/movie carried him around with him. The computer was pretty depressed all the time because it was stuck between alive and dead. I'm thinking either William Gibson, Phil K. Dick, or perhaps even Neil Stephenson.
Look at this [uspto.gov] and laugh, or weep, or both.
So the inventor of a way of determining breast size lives within walking distance. I think I'll go over there and see if he needs someone to "test" his invention.
Think about fingerprinting. There is a standard way to analyaze a fingerprint in order to find it in a database. The FBI can look at one type a few comands into a computer system and return results. This is not the case in ballistics. If the cops find a bullet, they would have to literally look at every single record and compare them by placing one next to the other. Thats why this ballistic database would be useless in finding a criminal. It could only be used in situations where both the gun and ammo is found and a link needs to proven in court.
If the light turns red while you're in the intersection then you are completly legal.
Screaming.com, kickin' ass since 94.
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My dad bought (did I say bought? Back then ICANN gave them out for free) screaming.com in '94 and put up his first website. Problem is, it's the same damn website.
I went to a hardcore music show there a year ago and the only drinks they had were vegan "cokes". I might as well been drinking brine water because my alleged cherry cola tasted like complete ass. I asked for a Red Bull and I swear the snack bar guy almost punch me in the face. He said they didn't serve drinks with bull semen, and he said through clenched teeth. What a bunch of fuckers.
Any "webmaster" who uses Frontpage deserves a mercyless beatdown. Both Adobe GoLive and Macromedia Dreamweaver and trillions, if not bajallions, times better then Frontpage. The only WYSIWYG editor that is worse then Frontpage is NetObjects Fusion.
My dad got "discovered" at a comp sci class at Pierce College about 1980. The teacher had a friend who needed a couple of programmers who were inexperenced (i.e. cheap) but could figure stuff out. My dad had messed around with TSR80's and whatnot plus the programming class was easy so the teacher recommended him and he go the job.
My dad didn't get a comp sci degree until 94 or so. He got jobs through friends but the HR depts didn't like hiring him without a degree.
So his advice to me was: Get the fucking degree. Jobs are harder to get then back in 1980.
Did I follow his advice? Nah, I've worked for three years doing web development at an advertising firm and finshished about 21 units of school. I'd have a hard time getting another job right now but so far I'm happy and it's working out.
Are you going to let her starve because of "morals"? If you don't have kids/a wife/pets/etc. I guess you're lucky enough to not have obligations. But for some (most) of us, responsiblity begins and ends with our families health and well being and never even gets near weather or not something is morally right or not.
Sleep in the fucking van. Drive all other the whole United States, or North America, or the world for that matter. That is sole way of getting big without "selling out". I won't judge a band without see them live first because until then they could be talentless hacks with session musicans on the CD.
Finding a balance is hard and not worth the trouble. If your going to take 7 years to graduate might as well spend the first three in a row having a good time.
Sorry for being offtopic but did anybody notice the story on the frontpage of/. about MS not using the DMCA to stop a MIT student from disclosing Xbox security flaws? I saw it but when I clicked on the story all I got was a "nothing to see here, move along" message.
As soon as someone gets booted their keycard doesn't work.
Also, the cops can tell when a Gap store eye scanner marks a bad guy but the scanners in the same fucking building can't?
Backgound images in tables.
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If you put a background image in a cell and then nested a table inside that cell, each cell in the nested table would grab the background image of the outside cell and start it over.
So if the big cell had a picture of the Mona Lisa as it's background a 9 cell table inside that cell would show up that image 9 times with each cell only showing the upper left corner.
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That has to be the worst thing a client can say to us. Things are better now in the web business but in the last couple years we couldn't just tell the client to fuck off if they deviated from the signed definition of "done".
The second worst is: "The CEO who has never even cared about the website until now finally looked at and he hates the color blue." This is after 3 months of building an e-commerece site.
the email address for the creator of the site is: slashdotwidener@yahoo.com for Christ's sake!
From what I remember some older guy had his whole "being" put in a computer and the hero of the book/movie carried him around with him. The computer was pretty depressed all the time because it was stuck between alive and dead. I'm thinking either William Gibson, Phil K. Dick, or perhaps even Neil Stephenson.
The filename is: Armadillo_Aerospace-flightUnsuccessful.mpeg
do we cheat them and how?
Because in the four years I've been reading slashdot this writeup is the hardest to comprehend.
97% of all Americans want to sit at home while dump trucks pour hundred dollar bills into their swimming pools.
So the inventor of a way of determining breast size lives within walking distance. I think I'll go over there and see if he needs someone to "test" his invention.
Think about fingerprinting. There is a standard way to analyaze a fingerprint in order to find it in a database. The FBI can look at one type a few comands into a computer system and return results. This is not the case in ballistics. If the cops find a bullet, they would have to literally look at every single record and compare them by placing one next to the other. Thats why this ballistic database would be useless in finding a criminal. It could only be used in situations where both the gun and ammo is found and a link needs to proven in court.
If the light turns red while you're in the intersection then you are completly legal.
My dad bought (did I say bought? Back then ICANN gave them out for free) screaming.com in '94 and put up his first website. Problem is, it's the same damn website.
I went to a hardcore music show there a year ago and the only drinks they had were vegan "cokes". I might as well been drinking brine water because my alleged cherry cola tasted like complete ass. I asked for a Red Bull and I swear the snack bar guy almost punch me in the face. He said they didn't serve drinks with bull semen, and he said through clenched teeth. What a bunch of fuckers.
M1 Abrams tanks can be thrown out the back of a plane. Since they weigh dozens of tons I'm sure a Greyhound is under the wait limit.
Any "webmaster" who uses Frontpage deserves a mercyless beatdown. Both Adobe GoLive and Macromedia Dreamweaver and trillions, if not bajallions, times better then Frontpage. The only WYSIWYG editor that is worse then Frontpage is NetObjects Fusion.
My dad got "discovered" at a comp sci class at Pierce College about 1980. The teacher had a friend who needed a couple of programmers who were inexperenced (i.e. cheap) but could figure stuff out. My dad had messed around with TSR80's and whatnot plus the programming class was easy so the teacher recommended him and he go the job.
My dad didn't get a comp sci degree until 94 or so. He got jobs through friends but the HR depts didn't like hiring him without a degree.
So his advice to me was: Get the fucking degree. Jobs are harder to get then back in 1980.
Did I follow his advice? Nah, I've worked for three years doing web development at an advertising firm and finshished about 21 units of school. I'd have a hard time getting another job right now but so far I'm happy and it's working out.
Are you going to let her starve because of "morals"? If you don't have kids/a wife/pets/etc. I guess you're lucky enough to not have obligations. But for some (most) of us, responsiblity begins and ends with our families health and well being and never even gets near weather or not something is morally right or not.
Sleep in the fucking van. Drive all other the whole United States, or North America, or the world for that matter. That is sole way of getting big without "selling out". I won't judge a band without see them live first because until then they could be talentless hacks with session musicans on the CD.
I'd say it was a scam.
TMBG found it on a educational record that would have been played in an elementary school.
Finding a balance is hard and not worth the trouble. If your going to take 7 years to graduate might as well spend the first three in a row having a good time.
Sorry for being offtopic but did anybody notice the story on the frontpage of /. about MS not using the DMCA to stop a MIT student from disclosing Xbox security flaws? I saw it but when I clicked on the story all I got was a "nothing to see here, move along" message.
As soon as someone gets booted their keycard doesn't work.
Also, the cops can tell when a Gap store eye scanner marks a bad guy but the scanners in the same fucking building can't?
If you put a background image in a cell and then nested a table inside that cell, each cell in the nested table would grab the background image of the outside cell and start it over.
So if the big cell had a picture of the Mona Lisa as it's background a 9 cell table inside that cell would show up that image 9 times with each cell only showing the upper left corner.
and does not redirect to goatse.