Tea
Storage? I am Storage!
Awesome page, James. Only one thing missing from it - when you close the window it stays closed. Where are all the porn-site style pop-ups that pop-up when you close the pop-ups?
New look: opinions please
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timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Dude that site is sweet! Though, if they could fit a few more frames in there I think it would definately help.
James
Storage is cool
I liked the banners, too...
Pradeep
Storage? I am Storage!
Oh yes. Magnificent
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
How is James's site different from some of the great AOL morasses, like mirabilis or CNN?
Yup, it's ugly. But CNN's designers make theirs that way on purpose.
I'm of the opinion that the whole internet should move to porn banners. Two reasons for this. 1.) Porn banners actually pay out. Porn companies actually make money. None of the "oops, we ran out of money" junk, and 2.) Porn ads at least incorporate something I might click through to look at. Visually interesting, you might say. I bet the click-through rates on 'em are quite a bit higher than for "punch the monkey" and the like.
And unless we get back to talking about .sex or .xxx domains, I'll stop talking about porn now.
Yup, it's ugly. But CNN's designers make theirs that way on purpose.
I'm of the opinion that the whole internet should move to porn banners. Two reasons for this. 1.) Porn banners actually pay out. Porn companies actually make money. None of the "oops, we ran out of money" junk, and 2.) Porn ads at least incorporate something I might click through to look at. Visually interesting, you might say. I bet the click-through rates on 'em are quite a bit higher than for "punch the monkey" and the like.
And unless we get back to talking about .sex or .xxx domains, I'll stop talking about porn now.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Mercutio said:
The problem with this is twofold:
1) If every banner were a porn banner, then the advertising rates would be lower. There are diminishing returns for this type of thing.
2) Would CNN or MSN or any of the other sites that want to be highly regarded ever switch to porn banners? No. These sites need credibility and I don't see porn banners equating a site with credibility, at least not in my lifetime.
Buck
Storage? I am Storage!
Tannin,
Your site continues to change, and the new look is a good improvement.
BR
Your site continues to change, and the new look is a good improvement.
BR
Tea
Storage? I am Storage!
Your average porn baner is more credible than MSN.
But then, what isn't?
But then, what isn't?
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Tea said:
That's not the point monkey boy.
Buck
Storage? I am Storage!
timwhit said:Tea said:
That's not the point monkey boy.
I thought it was monkey girl?
Tea
Storage? I am Storage!
Thanks Buck. Thanks too for your help with it (and indeed to SF members in general - yes, even you, Pradeep of the unutterably awful link).
I'm concentrating on the CPU pages right now. www.redhill.net.au/hw-cpu-1.html for example. Some of them are the new look now, some the old; many entries rewritten in the new-look sections, as many others still to do. Lots more pictures too.
I think there is some fine-tuning of the look and feel still to go, Buck. I'm not ignoring your comments about fonts, by the way, just tinkering now and then to try to get it just so. But once I have the whole site on CSS I can tinker away at leisure.
I'm concentrating on the CPU pages right now. www.redhill.net.au/hw-cpu-1.html for example. Some of them are the new look now, some the old; many entries rewritten in the new-look sections, as many others still to do. Lots more pictures too.
I think there is some fine-tuning of the look and feel still to go, Buck. I'm not ignoring your comments about fonts, by the way, just tinkering now and then to try to get it just so. But once I have the whole site on CSS I can tinker away at leisure.
Cliptin
Wannabe Storage Freak
I don't know a whole lot about html (evidence: http://cliptin.dyndns.org) but I know two things.
1. Java and Javascript are the same in name only.
2. FORTRAN 77 rocks! Much better than C and certainly better than C++.
1. Java and Javascript are the same in name only.
2. FORTRAN 77 rocks! Much better than C and certainly better than C++.
Tea
Storage? I am Storage!
Didn't they teach you anything in school?
It's quite simple, really. It's all to do with the initial letters. All programming languages that start with the letters "M", "P", "F", and "Z" are wonderful and very cool, whereas, as everyone knows, any programming language that starts with the letters "B", "C", or "J" is an abomination to be avoided at all costs.
Those starting with the letter "F" are an acquired taste.
It's quite simple, really. It's all to do with the initial letters. All programming languages that start with the letters "M", "P", "F", and "Z" are wonderful and very cool, whereas, as everyone knows, any programming language that starts with the letters "B", "C", or "J" is an abomination to be avoided at all costs.
Those starting with the letter "F" are an acquired taste.
Tannin
Storage? I am Storage!
I can't think of any.
Oh, unless you count Algol. And ADA. Oh, and APL. They are probably best filed under "F", where the F stands for: "if you like FORTRAN you are probably twisted enough to like these too".
Oh, unless you count Algol. And ADA. Oh, and APL. They are probably best filed under "F", where the F stands for: "if you like FORTRAN you are probably twisted enough to like these too".
Tannin
Storage? I am Storage!
Real assembley language starts with "Z".
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Bah. Motorola 6800s are the place for assembly.
...And Tannin, if you think C or Java is bad, go find the language specification for Intercal. It really exists, and it really does work like that.
...And Tannin, if you think C or Java is bad, go find the language specification for Intercal. It really exists, and it really does work like that.
Tannin
Storage? I am Storage!
Ahh, you're behind the times, Mercutio. Intercal is old hat. What you need now is J-Intercal.
And yes, I remember buying a 6800 assembler book years ago, when I was doing a lot of Z-80 work. (I no doubt still have it somewhere.) I'm not sure that I actualy did more than flip the pages over, but I remember being very impressed by the 6502 manual, which I read in more detail, and very, very unimpressed by the terrible ergonomics of the Intel 8080 and 8088 chips.
And yes, I remember buying a 6800 assembler book years ago, when I was doing a lot of Z-80 work. (I no doubt still have it somewhere.) I'm not sure that I actualy did more than flip the pages over, but I remember being very impressed by the 6502 manual, which I read in more detail, and very, very unimpressed by the terrible ergonomics of the Intel 8080 and 8088 chips.