clueless vs not clueless. more info
actually, i should rephrase that, according to the actual stats, you can see that fred moody is lying (or incompetent) in accruing his (meaningless) statistics.
mccain uncensored is a lot more satisfying than what actually happened.
weighted web server share (finally not /.ed)
lunch break reading: U2 Stirring Their Souls in the Studio
“One of the only problems we’ve had,” says Bono, “is that when you put the band in the room with no shenanigans or trickery, they tend to sound a bit like U2.” “Who would have thought that’d be a problem when we started out?” mutters Larry Mullen Jr.
on the cans: ferry corsten, smooove like buttah.
interesting, i didn’t realize that although arsdigita compensates well, that they make you sign a they make you sign a very broad, 2 yr non-compete. that quite bluntly sucks. ad doesn’t pay quite enough to justify signing away two years of your professional career. as if being forced to program tcl isn’t bad enough.
other intersting stuff on their process pages. these were forbidden for a while, but i guess they’re back online now.
luckily, there’s a “casual” agreement that you can sign. your stocks don’t vest, but you aren’t hogtied until you decide you want to be. (from the confidentiality page)
all this research was kicked off from the Good things aD has done lately thread in the web/db forum.
google is smart: web load balancing
cool, tobey maguire is cast as spidey. much better choice than wes bentley (another name being tossed around for a time) imo. the bonus is that he buffed up and really looks the part and of course, he’s got the whole nerd thing down.
eagle_grinder’s history lesson:
Conversation between Big Media and their programmer consultant, circa 1990
Big time Author / MPAA bigwig / RIAA fatcat:
“We’ll produce digital material if and only if it is protected by the first amendment and copyright law.”
Programmer:
Sounds good. But isn’t it hypocritical that YOUR media, when changed into 1’s and 0’s, is protected, but MY media, which, in the form of .h, .c, .java files, and binary executables, ISN’T protected?
But that would also mean that the digital algorithm used to encrypt your format ISN’T protected, meaning anyone can flat out copy it and distribute it. Rampant piracy wound ensue.
Big time Author / MPAA bigwig / RIAA fatcat:
You’re right. All digital media should be protected.
Programmer:
In that case, The “hackers” will just reverse engineer your algorithm under fair use and as before, distribute it.
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Did anyone guess what the industry fatcats said next?
If you said “Buy legislation that eliminates fair use from digital media” You’ve correctly identified the DMCA! BOB, TELL THEM WHAT THEY’VE WON!
monty python mozilla joke:
/.: Bring out your dead! /.: Bring out your dead! /.: Bring out your dead! SUCK: Here's one -- ninety thousand banner reads. MOZILLA: I'm not dead! /.: What? SUCK: Nothing -- here's my ninety thousand banner reads. MOZILLA: I'm not dead! /.: Here -- he says he's not dead! SUCK: Yes, he is. MOZILLA: I'm not! /.: He isn't. SUCK: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill. MOZILLA: I'm getting better! SUCK: No, you're not -- you'll be stone dead in a moment. /.: Oh, we can't take him like that -- it's against regulations. MOZILLA: I don't want to go in the cart! SUCK: Oh, don't be such a baby. /.: We can't take him... MOZILLA: I feel fine! SUCK: Oh, do us a favor... /.: We can't. SUCK: Well, can you hang around a couple of months? He won't be long.
it’s soo… evil. i like it! The CSS Anarchist’s Cookbook
the using css as debug tool article is pretty neat as well, although admittedly it doesn’t do much for the browsers that really have problems, and that don’t support css.