Comment Re:nice, now for the real fight (Score 1) 631
(T)error (S)imulation (A)dministration
Formerly known as (T)aking (S)uckaz (A)ssets
(T)error (S)imulation (A)dministration
Formerly known as (T)aking (S)uckaz (A)ssets
Same here. I stopped wearing watches because I had allergic reactions to the metal, and for the past 15-20 years I used my cellphone as my watch instead. I don't often need to check the time, and when I do, odds are I'm behind a computer anyway. When I ordered my Pebble, I was a bit concerned because I didn't know how my skin would react to the plastic, but fortunately, the Pebble didn't provoke any reactions.
You can easily replace the Pebble's watchband, as it is standard 22mm. I hated the original silicone watchband and bought a nice leather one on Amazon for $20. Now the Pebble feels and looks nicer.
Actually, the smart customers can be the worst. There's a reason that they say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Engineers work with customers. But if the customer want something unrealistic, the engineers push back. If what the customer wants is too far out of line, they don't merely advise, they refuse. Same with architects and physicians.
One of the hallmarks of being a professional is that the professional is expected to have experience and understanding and the autonomy to say "no". If you don't have that, you can't count yourself as a professional.
Agree 100%. My team and I have said no to some pretty big/important customers. However, the customer will occasionally escalate the issue, sometimes to 2 or 3 levels above me. At that point it's a coin flip as to whether upper management listens to engineering reason or to the customer.
TL;DR: Read more carefully, use both, and stop posting tirades. We'll all be happier, you included.
Nicely measured response! Usually such responses fall on deaf ears and only invite further flame from that guy, but it looks like you (to use that guy's lingo) destroyed him.
It's not the web designers' fault! I'm a small time self employed web designer. When it comes to designing a website, we don't do what we want! We don't even do what the customer needs. We end up doing what he asks. Most of the time what they ask for sucks, and that's what they/you get.
If you have so little input into the process as that, you're not a technical professional, you're a prostitute.
Have you ever worked directly with customers? Not all customers are savvy or intelligent, and your advice to change their foolish request will fall on deaf ears. It is a genuine pleasure to work with smart customers, because they will generally listen to design advice and understand the concepts.
You are REALLY a going to be unhappy in 6 months, when they release the Dell Venue 8 7000 2...
Best laugh I had all day! Thank you for that.
Well said, man. I wouldn't mind if
Take a shot at this challenge of mine
Been there, done that. You and I previously discussed the Ad Muncher software that I have been using for many years, and you agreed it was a good solution (especially compared to browser plugins). Is hosts file manipulation another solution? Sure, probably. But I don't care, since I already have a good solution.
In regards to my question to you, instead of repeating myself, I will just refer you to our other conversation.
Apk,
My comment was about the content of your posts, and has nothing to do with your preconceived (and incorrect) notion that I am defending anyone.
I come here to read interesting discussions. Posts (from anyone) containing attacks and finger pointing are boring and hurt everyone's experience.
So again let me ask you:
why not make your point(s) without making personal attacks?
And please don't respond with "so and so was mean to me, so I needed to destroy them". You can rise above someone else's childish comment, if you so choose. Just ignore their comment and move on. It isn't worth your time.
Hey apk,
All raymorris has is minusmods vs. that post of mine he downmodded.
Just because people don't like something you posted and thus mod it down, doesn't mean that someone in the discussion did the down-modding. You have no way to know who the moderators were, and accusing random people of doing so will make the discussion contributors not take you seriously.
Why not make your point(s) without making personal attacks? If you want to be taken seriously, then discuss things rationally *and* politely. If you are only here to attack in hopes of "destroying" people, then you are clearly asking moderators to jump all over you.
So are you here to contribute and be taken seriously, or is this merely a search-and-destroy effort?
If you want your comments to reach more people, sign up for an account and build up a tiny bit of karma so that your posts start with a score of 1 or 2, instead of 0. It really isn't that much effort.
Hey apk,
Just because people don't like something you posted and thus mod it down, doesn't mean that Khyber or anyone else in the discussion did the down-modding. You have no way to know who the moderators were, and accusing random people of doing so just makes you come off as an asshole.
I know this is a long shot, but why not make your point(s) without making personal attacks? If you want to be taken seriously, then discuss things rationally *and* politely. If you are only here to attack in hopes of "destroying" people, then you are clearly asking moderators to jump all over you.
Then there's the tracking problem: figuring out where the headset IS in that industrial plant, to within the few cm or mm required for decent AR. Google glass doesn't address that problem. To address it, you need to chuck in a huge number of either tracking markers, or RF tracking tags (don't work well with metal) or some similar system. No only is that hugely expensive, it's also pretty much an unsolved problem in complex environment.
Could that be solved by using computer vision algorithms, similar to how some missiles can terrain-follow and find their target, visually?
so cold turkey is not an option
After the American Thanksgiving holiday, cold turkey was the only option for about a week.
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