Metallica Stinks

alternateorg on December 15, 2000

Don’t these guys have anything better to do with their time or money? Metallica is at it again. This time the heavy metal “hipsters” are suing Guerlain, a French fragrance manufacturer for trademark infringement. Guerlain is selling a perfume named “Metallica” at fancy smancy retailer Neiman Marcus.

In a complaint filed Friday at the U.S. District Court in the Central District of California, Metallica claims Guerlain, the century-old French fragrance manufacturer, causes “confusion, deception, and mistake in the minds of the public with respect to the source and origin of defendants’ goods.”

Metallica accuses Neiman Marcus of dilution, unfair competition, false designation of origin and injuring the quartet’s reputation because–get this–the perfume might mislead metalheads into thinking the band endorsed the product.

I am sorry but these guys need to be shot (I am really happy today). Ban Metallica, these guys really stink!

New Survey

alternateorg on December 14, 2000

So it looks like we’ve topped out at about 76 votes in the poll… not bad for a site that started out with a user-base of 4, and all of us wrote for it.

A new survey will be posted shortly, as soon as I can come up with a new idea for one.

I hate George but love Bush.

alternateorg on December 14, 2000

FUCK BUSH. <—- would make a great t-shirt

This guy has the best name for all the shit talkers of the world, LOL. Comedians are going to have plenty of material about Bush for the next 4 years.

It's Decent, But it's Not a Night at the Opera

alternateorg on December 13, 2000

From IHT:

Opera Software’s market share is microscopic, at less than 1 percent. But the Oslo-based company’s launch of an advertising-sponsored version of Opera 5.0 for Windows intends to heat up the competition…

Hrm. I would really be interested in knowing if more people would use alternative internet software (as in non-MS, non-Netscape) if most of the developers would stop the insistence on putting advertisements in unless you pay for it (as in Opera or Eudora). Also, I think Opera would be a viable option for some people, if it didn’t suck so bad.

The User? What's That?

alternateorg on December 13, 2000

I just overheard an interesting exchange in a conference call with a client. The designer spent 3-5 minutes describing to the client why the client-suggested navigation would not work out best from a usability standpoint. The client kind of kept quiet until the word ‘user’ was mentioned (as in ‘it would be more confusing for the user’), at which point the client said ‘Right…’ in such a way that made 2 things painfully obvious: 1) He had never even thought about anyone using his ridiculous idea, and 2) really didn’t care what we thought.

THIS is why bad websites happen (or at least the majority of them), in my humble opinion. It all boils down to clients trusting experts to do the job they hired them for.

What an idea!

alternateorg on December 13, 2000

Hmmmm…


Hey Kev, give this URL to your excuse for a SysAdmin.

You may have to click on the “Macintosh hangs or freezes when accessing a DAVE volume. ” link.

More Network Admin Gripes

alternateorg on December 13, 2000

How come most people, the ones who are supposed to help you in particular, simply tell you that the problem you are having is your own fault, and that they cannot help you, despite the fact that it’s their job to? Everyone in the office has a problem with Photoshop locking up while saving to a specific server, using DAVE to connect to it. What then happens is that the file you crashed while saving didn’t get totally written, and the file is now impossible to open. This is a problem. And yet the network guy just keeps telling me ‘it’s a Photoshop problem,’ and walking away, offering nothing in the way of help. Motherfucker. I could fucking punch him.

President Weed er.. Tree.. er.. Bush

alternateorg on December 13, 2000

So Bush is the pres. Wow. The best thing to come from this presidency? I bet it’ll be some really decent screwups for ‘The Daily Show’ to capitalize on. That’s about it. I could go on and on here about Republicans and Democrats, but I’m too tired.