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At 2.20 am, ninety-six years ago, the Titanic sank. Since then, it’s been pretty much public knowledge that Northern Ireland make a big deal out of crap. I mean, look at George Best. His feet had more action off the field than on it, even when he was sober enough to stand, he wasted a … Continue reading “Anniversary of the Titanic”
At 2.20 am, ninety-six years ago, the Titanic sank.
Since then, it’s been pretty much public knowledge that Northern Ireland make a big deal out of crap.
I mean, look at George Best. His feet had more action off the field than on it, even when he was sober enough to stand, he wasted a liver transplant by returning to drink and still we hold him dear as a national hero.
So, we have Titanic and George Best. What other monumental fuckups do we hold up as our best and brightest in Northern Ireland?
via 37Signals signal versus noise “To curtail Japan’s overweight population, the Japanese health ministry recently mandated that all waistlines among its 56 million workers over age 40 be below ‘regulation size’ of 33.5 inches (for men). Any company failing to bring its employees’ weight under control — as well as the weights of their family … Continue reading “Government Mandated Health?”
via 37Signals signal versus noise
“To curtail Japan’s overweight population, the Japanese health ministry recently mandated that all waistlines among its 56 million workers over age 40 be below ‘regulation size’ of 33.5 inches (for men). Any company failing to bring its employees’ weight under control — as well as the weights of their family members — will be fined up to 10% of its earnings by the government.â€
So I have just over 4 years to shave a couple of inches off….if I wanted to work for a Japanese company.
I think this is good. Companies which provide nothing but sugar-filled vending machines and expect their workers to work long hours should be fined.
Sebastiaan at the Cocoia blog goes off on one about Helvetica Erik Spiekermann, a great type designer, was asked in the eponymous Helvetica movie; “Why, 50 years later, is [Helvetica] still so popular?†Erik stares into space a few seconds, pondering, sighs, then answers: — “I don’t know… Why is bad taste ubiquitous?†Times like … Continue reading “Helvetica”
Sebastiaan at the Cocoia blog goes off on one about Helvetica
Erik Spiekermann, a great type designer, was asked in the eponymous Helvetica movie;
“Why, 50 years later, is [Helvetica] still so popular?â€
Erik stares into space a few seconds, pondering, sighs, then answers:
— “I don’t know… Why is bad taste ubiquitous?â€
Times like this, designers really annoy me. In fact, all sorts of opinion bigots annoy the shit out of me. I can’t be bothered paying for clothing labels, I don’t give a shit which music is cool and I don’t want some UI bigot telling me what I should be liking. You’re no better than that prick who shows people how to be naked. I don’t think being naked is an issue for over 50% of the UK. It’s being clinically obese that is an issue for them (and I say this as someone who is working to lose weight). But sure it’s okay if you’re in danger of a heart attack if you just wear these clothes which are ‘in’ this season.
Wankers.
I am not wrong for liking Helvetica. It’s my opinion. I like the way it look on the virtual page as I type. Just because it offends some hoodie-wearing designer prick, doesn’t make me wrong. I’m not so impressed with all of this avant garde, manufactured-quirky shit that keeps being thrown out there. It’s all as authentic-quirky as a Marilyn Manson video. Cynically manufactured beyond that inch of life.
If I like something and you don’t, be thankful for diversity. The world would be a boringly shit place if we all liked the same stuff.
Using dried fruit and nuts to keep me off the chocolate. But, you have to ask, why is it that a nut can look fine but when you chew it, it tastes like the devil shat in your mouth. Why is it just nuts that behave this way? Related posts: Second course at Old Hansa, … Continue reading “Nuts”
Using dried fruit and nuts to keep me off the chocolate. But, you have to ask, why is it that a nut can look fine but when you chew it, it tastes like the devil shat in your mouth.
Why is it just nuts that behave this way?
From the BBC: “A row about who should pay for extra network costs incurred by the iPlayer has broken out between internet service providers (ISPs) and the BBC. ISPs say the on-demand TV service is putting strain on their networks, which need to be upgraded to cope.” So, Mr Whiny ISP guy, why not upgrade … Continue reading “Streaming Video: who pays the cost?”
From the BBC:
“A row about who should pay for extra network costs incurred by the iPlayer has broken out between internet service providers (ISPs) and the BBC.
ISPs say the on-demand TV service is putting strain on their networks, which need to be upgraded to cope.”
So, Mr Whiny ISP guy, why not upgrade your network with the cash you’ve been raking in?
The theory is: now we can catch up on Easties if we’ve missed it, the ISPs networks are starting to experience some strain. But, I hear you say, I have a 6 Mbit download from my ISP and the BBC iPlayer only takes up a fraction of that. And yes, that’s true, but the ISPs have been dishonest with us, taking the same backbone and selling it hundreds of times over to us.
For example, an ISP might buy a 100 Mbit link from a backbone vendor and then sell that to a hundred people, offering them speeds ranging from 512 Kbit to 6 Mbit. They oversell the bandwidth they have because they know that not everyone is going to use it.
They’ve benefited from the fact that most of us only send the occasional email and browse the web (and even then only during the daylight hours) a little while taking in subscription fees. They’ve come down hard on people who abuse the network because their advertised “Unlimited” accounts actually have hard limits.
This time I’m siding with the BBC. The ISPs need to suck it in. I’m paying for my 6 Mbit and I demand the right to download whatever legal content I want. This is a cynical attempt by ISPs to get the BBC to foot the bill for their lack of vision and their dishonesty to customers. They already have mechanisms to prevent abuse of their networks via capped limits and small-print fair use policies.
We the consumer are paying for these bandwidth speeds and, presumably, the ability to use them. We can expect that many poorly-run ISPs will quickly raise their prices in order to pay for the backhaul network upgrade.
This comes mere hours after I was pleased to hear that the BBC and Nintendo had inked a deal where iPlayer would be available for the Wii.
Dear WordPress people, Please move the categories back to beside the entry text and not below. And hire some UI people. Or something. Related posts: iPhone 3GS Entitlementards Do you work for bozos? Is it your fault? iPhone. 4. WordPress for iPhone, part 2
Dear WordPress people,
Please move the categories back to beside the entry text and not below.
And hire some UI people. Or something.
NotAnMBA writes: “The IT guy tells me that it’s necessary to “lock down†the network. He doesn’t want anyone using unauthorized services running on high ports. Of course, anyone can tell you that it’s trivial to circumvent this obstacle by tunneling to the unauthorized service over unblocked port 80 via a friendly server running somewhere … Continue reading “Company Stupidity”
“The IT guy tells me that it’s necessary to “lock down†the network. He doesn’t want anyone using unauthorized services running on high ports.
Of course, anyone can tell you that it’s trivial to circumvent this obstacle by tunneling to the unauthorized service over unblocked port 80 via a friendly server running somewhere outside their network (in someone’s basement, for example). Anyone can also tell you that it’s easier to hide access to an unauthorized service when it’s talking over port 80—it’s lost in the mix, isn’t it.”
Which is basically what happens at $BIG_COMPANY because they have stupid people running their networks. How frustrating is it that you can’t check personal email due to ‘security’? How frustrating is it that you can’t look at a link like http://www.apple.com/itunes for some reason (presumably the people who make the firewall rules are all Zune users) though you can look at pretty much every other part of apple.com.
Howcome these idiots get control of networks and firewalls?
Well, it’s because $BIG_COMPANY likes MCSE-types. Anyone who manages to get one has a leg in the door at a big corporation and it doesn’t matter if the individual is particularly slack jawed or has other odious habits (like a full beard).
It annoys me because, a hundred years ago in the nineties I used to work in networks and multiple times we were browbeaten into making stupid changes due to Corporate Stupidity. If you’re not running AV protection on your servers then changing the network parameters will not help you. You need to fire the dickheads who are not managing the AV servers correctly.
NotAnMBA continues:
- Employers distrust their employees.
- Employers fear their employees.
- Executives have no appreciation for the capabilities of the technologies they surround themselves with and run their businesses with.
I, of course, have the dual joys of witnessing network stupidity from day to day as well as having a new MicroManager to report to. Honestly, neither of us have anything better to do than to have daily meetings where he doles out little tasks for me. Nothing that couldn’t be handled with a decent networked task manager (except we don’t have access to one) or even say, a fucking email.
I don’t care much about the stupid firewall rules because I have an iPhone but the stupid management really gives me some pause. Unless Apple manages to produce some iPhone software which turns bad managers into something I don’t despise.
Diamond Dan A pathetic attempt by the Orange Order to increase visibility and relevancy. Rather than paying for the commission of a comic book character they could have started policing their own people and weeding out the bigots and louts. As I said last year: As a Catholic who attended the celebrations on 12th July … Continue reading “Ridiculous”
A pathetic attempt by the Orange Order to increase visibility and relevancy.
Rather than paying for the commission of a comic book character they could have started policing their own people and weeding out the bigots and louts. As I said last year:
As a Catholic who attended the celebrations on 12th July 2007 in Holywood, I must say the sectarian displays were not comforting. The booze-addled skinheads wearing nylon uniforms in red, white and blue really set the scene. Add to that the drizzle waiting for about 90 minutes for the march to organise themselves to come up and down the main street. It really helped the spirits.
So how about making the 12th July more inclusive and less about the STUPID in our history?
I hate April Fools day. The internet is full of stupid and you never know when a news item is going to be true or false – because some of them are subtle and some are ridiculous. And it takes days for all of the BS to be uncovered and laid to rest. It’s actually … Continue reading “April Fools”
I hate April Fools day.
The internet is full of stupid and you never know when a news item is going to be true or false – because some of them are subtle and some are ridiculous. And it takes days for all of the BS to be uncovered and laid to rest. It’s actually worth not bothering to get out of bed.
So…why did I?
Indeed.
(Jared has the scoop)
You broke it… …it’s your fault. (I’m kinda tired already of people thinking that if they email the CEO that things will magically happen. Goes to show that Mac users are really whining snobs.) Related posts: Make the fork not hurt FaceTime for Mac and the Mac App Store I want email everywhere Why is … Continue reading “You dropped it…”
You broke it…
(I’m kinda tired already of people thinking that if they email the CEO that things will magically happen. Goes to show that Mac users are really whining snobs.)