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JaredOfEuropa
ay November 28, 2008 @08:58PM
Packaging, in the broadest sense of the word, is starting to really piss me off.
Let's start with physical packaging. Whatever happened to the days when a fish would be packaged in yesterday's paper, small parts (screws and bolts) came in a little cardboard box or paper bag, and some stuff wouldn't be packaged at all? These days, some packaging (most notably the so called blister packaging) can be deathly dangerous to open. I'd like to propose one single, simple rule for packaging: one should be able to open it by hand. I'll make two exceptions: stuff that is notoriously easy to steal can go into blister packs, and it's acceptable to require a knife, key or any old sharp implement to cut packing tape.
Then there's labelling and pricing. Another simple rule: either provide a label or price tag that comes off clean, or don't label at all. When I buy a present for someone, a book, a DVD, a bit of wood that I intend to finish properly, a glass ornament, whatever, I would very much like the object in question to look nice. So why is it that shops insist on using labels that will tear when removed, and will leave a nasty gooey residy that won't come off no matter what? I can kind of understand putting such labels on packaging or on paperbacks... but not on expensive gifts.
And finally, there's the matter of "packaging" software. Some more rules:
- I DO NOT WANT software that I run only "on demand" to install some resident "helper" software to check for updates or whatever. You can check for updates when I start your program. Are you listening, Apple?
- I DO NOT WANT to answer the same questions over and over again whenever I install an update of your software. An update should be just that: replace the software that is already there with no questions asked; do not treat it as a more or less fresh reinstall. Are you listening, Zone Labs / Checkpoint?
Major issues to be sure... Come to think of it, if this is what I worry about, I suppose I have a pretty good life.
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JaredOfEuropa
rday January 31, 2004 @05:25PM
*sigh* No words of wisdom or idle banter to write in the journal today. Nevertheless, the question on my last journal entry has been answered, so time to push it off the top.
Today, I offer the bored reader who aimlessly wandered into here: cat pictures of
Dolly and
Mickey
These two little furballs are my cats. Enjoy!
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JaredOfEuropa
rday January 17, 2004 @01:38PM
"Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain". If only I could remember who uttered this particular wisdom.
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JaredOfEuropa
rday July 19, 2003 @07:15PM
So... what is this funny little white dot that appears on the slashdot pages just under the banner ad?
*pokes the dot*
I don't trust you.
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JaredOfEuropa
day July 08, 2003 @10:46AM
As someone pointed out, it should be
find ~your -name '*base*' | xargs chown us
instead of
chown -R us ~your/*base*
as my sig currently reads. I'll change it later, I suppose...
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JaredOfEuropa
ay June 29, 2003 @03:22PM
From now on, these will automatically be metamoderated 'unfair'. Don't waste your moderator points on insightful posts that happen to be dupes. Mod some other insightfull stuff up, or mod the fluff down.
That is all
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JaredOfEuropa
ay May 02, 2003 @08:00AM
Boredom sets in once again, work is slow today.
Anyways...
There's a few annoying words that have wriggled their way into everyday idiom, at least in some circles. My personal top 3 of most hated ones.
3) Cracker. The rest of the world calls such a person a hacker, and will continue to use this word, no matter how much you try and drill the hacker/cracker distinction into them. Give it up already.
2) Wardriving. A term that fails in so many ways to convey what it actually means, and makes most people think of something having to do with Osama bin Laden.
1) Blog. An odd way to abbreviate the word 'weblog', and one that sounds like sicking up at that. Blog. Blogging. Yeck. Someone please come up with a better and nicer-sounding word.
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JaredOfEuropa
rday November 09, 2002 @07:53PM
Who the hell is Saskboy (id 600063) and what is he doing on my "preferences" page?
Also... one begins to wonder where my moderator points are after over a year of being at this place. What gives? (and yes, I did check the "want to moderate" box).
Oh well, time for another bottle of wine
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