Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Eager Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: motherfuckingwebsite.com Date: 28 Jun 2014 20:44:24 GMT Lines: 69 Message-ID: References: <20140623122606.b752bbfa.rsw@therandymon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net LNoZe3o2EJCoWKsPumhlJQaRdlwNfh5KprFTuZDVCifNZK1pr8 Cancel-Lock: sha1:p6xWEhOZxivnm6vaY2hS39UmY/0= User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:3919 On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:07:40 -0400, Barry Margolin wrote: > In article , > Adrienne Boswell wrote: > >> Barry Margolin wrote >> >> > In article , >> > Adrienne Boswell wrote: >> > >> >> RS Wood wrote >> >> >> >> > There was a discussion on Soylentnews.com about web app design >> >> > with a 40 + year life expectancy. That discussion wasn't overly >> >> > interesting, but someone linked to this website, which I find >> >> > pretty funny and well-done: >> >> > >> >> > http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ >> >> > >> >> > As the guy who posted something about gopher on this newsgroup, >> >> > I'm all for simple websites and content before flash. Whoever did >> >> > motherfuckingwebsite.com seems to be in perfect agreement. Point >> >> > of that site and the discussion at Soy is: you'd better focus on >> >> > the least common denominator and allow intermediary systems to be >> >> > replaced or modified as the system ages. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Coincidentally, my 10 year old son and I watched The Net (1995) >> >> because I thought he might want to see what computers looked like >> >> back then. Of course, he then had to go and see what version HTML >> >> was at the time, and what elements were available. I'm proud of >> >> him. >> >> >> >> He also looked over my shoulder, saw this url, and the next thing I >> >> knew it was popping up in his browser. I told him to read the page, >> >> dismiss the foul language, and learn from what the author says. >> > >> > Has he seen the video of modern kids trying to figure out how to use >> > an Apple ][? >> > >> > >> Are you kidding me? I think my son can use any kind of computer he can >> get his hands on. He has a Windows XP laptop at home, and Apple at >> school in the computer lab (although it's one of the newer ones). They >> also have a Chromebook at school for the class, and he has helped the >> other kids, and the teacher, use it. He grabbed my friend's windows >> phone when she was having trouble with it, and never having used one >> before, was able to fix her problem, and then show her how to use it. >> We also have a Nook HD from Barnes and Noble that he uses all the time. >> Even my ancient phone, when I was trying to get it to do something that >> it is just too stupid to do, he tried to figure out a way. > > They all use the same basic GUI model. I think he might have a little > trouble figuring out a computer that requires you to load the OS in from > a floppy disk, and type all the commands from memory instead of clicking > on them. Yes, I think that ought to say 'any kind of modern computer'. Give him UNIX v6 and he might have trouble. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org