jonny_noog

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by jonny_noog 17y ago
Good point. But I'd also be interested to know the experience level of users involved in Nielsen's study. My own anecdotal experience suggests that people less accustomed to the web are far slower at discerning what is an ad and what is con
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
I do use an adblocker, but even before I did, I think I'd just used the web so much that it was almost like my brain had gotten used to the general pattern/shape of ads on web pages to the point where I just unconscionably ignored them.
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
women can use the b word - no one else can. This one's actually news to me. I'm glad I never bothered keeping up with trends in political correctness, it seems to be a battle fought over shifting sands that cannot be won.
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
You say "grown" but D&D originally pretty much was a board game primarily. It was only with the later AD&D that things started getting further away from the classic dungeon laid out on a table using miniatures style play and more to
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
No, I watched it all, just a long time ago and had forgotten most of it, to be honest. But I had not forgotten the overall thrust of the programme. To try and clarify my view a bit, IMO the terrorist "groups" we hear about today are more li
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
I'm not wishing to argue that labeling Anonymous as a terrorist orgainsation would be a good thing (it would be monumentally retarded, which is why I also think there's a good chance it will happen at some point, I have little faith in gove
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
Thanks guys, I'm aware of my options. :P I wonder if there's been a noticeable spike in search terms related to that ad, e.g. people searching for how to say "you are cute" in French.
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
When I first met the German woman who is now my wife, she could barely speak a coherent English sentence, but we managed. Two weeks later we were a couple, a year later we were married. That was 7 years ago this month. I still don't know ho
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
You may be interested in reading about the Golden Ratio[1] and more specifically the ways people apply it to web design[2]. Helped me a fair bit, especially when I'm at that point where I'm starting a new design and need a jumping off point
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
As others have alluded to, the fear does not stem from thinking that the computer is going to kill you. It stems from thinking "If I break this thing, I'm up for $$$$." and "If I break this thing, I won't be able to complete my work." and "
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
This is 100% correct IMO. astrec also lays out a good explanation for why this situation comes about ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1099573 ) It may also be worth noting that since the last change of leadership the Liberals[1] went t
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
Sadly, corruption doesn't even need to enter into these issues. The Australian Government can stay well within the law and still manage to screw our Internet nicely.
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
He was right of course. But too bad for all the people who get screwed in the process.
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
I would classify myself and quite technically skilled, and I still need a near-constant and perfectly working Internet connection to be passably useful. :P
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
You make some relevant points. But somehow, I doubt creating the "final solution" fail safe platform was first and foremost in the minds of whoever it was that thought up the iPhone app store model. Nobody likes a monopoly... unless it's th
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
What I find amusing is this argument I've heard a few times coming from the labels that goes along the lines of that we need their expertise in order to produce and discern the "quality" music... Because they do such a good job of that usua
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
Prices sound awesome, man. Apartment looks great. Good luck with your move! Will you have a blog or something? No I'm not in Sydney (I was born there though), but I know what you mean, housing prices are pretty screwed up in many places aro
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
Well there you go, didn't know that either. if this is the mechanism that the story is based on, it's even less to be kicking up a fuss about IMO.
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
Well dude, if it were up to me, I would have a "censorship is always wrong" approach. No exceptions. I realise this will never come to pass, but that's none the less how it would be if it were up to me. Censorship is never a force for good
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
I remembered your earlier post. You made Estonia sound pretty good. :)
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
I just don't know what to say anymore. As an Australian, I am ashamed and baffled at the way my government has been handling Internet policy lately. Their treatment of the issues betrays a astounding naivety that I find of increasing concer
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
I know I probably don't represent the average user and not to invalidate your point in any way, but I would find it incredibly novel and entertaining to see an outage report describing the issue as an "EPIC DATABASE FAIL!"
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
Yes I like that, and may steal it for the future. :)
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
Sorry for the late reply. Didn't notice your response. Well yes, I don't really support prison either. But to me as bad as prison is, it's still the lesser of two evils. I feel that society needs to make up its mind whether prison is punis
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
Well I had you beat in terms of crappy old phone ownership. I just upgraded from my good old Sony Ericsson w800i (had it for ~3 years) to an iPhone 3GS. I thought long and hard about this move, I've seriously pondering upgrading my phone fo
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
I'm not surprised because I have heard that people use Google in this "asking a question" way (I'll call it the "Ask Jeeves Technique"). None the less it still feels odd to me. This is because when I am searching for an answer to a question
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
If capital punishment is used, there's never a chance that someone spuriously found guilty might be able to be vindicated and get some semblance of their life back. It's better that 10 guilty men go free than 1 innocent man hang. Or at le
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
^sigh^ whatever happened to letting the market decide... It was realised that it was not the most effective method to maintain profits for those established individuals and organisations that have the clout to influence government policy.
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
If I managed to sell something for a billion dollars, I'd be off doing something more interesting than trying to make more money for the sake of it. I guess that makes me a "no" man.
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by jonny_noog 17y ago
I feel similarly. To me, as a (primarily) Debian user, there's Debian and all the distros that descend from it, then there's all the others. This differentiation exists in my mind primarily because of the difference in package management. I

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