beta my site too please

[Scot Free]

I am getting ready to launch, any coments, ideas
and constructive/destructive critique is welcome.
thanks,
jeff
beta site

[Stephon]

Hey Scot, I think it looks pretty damn cool!

2 thoughts: When you open the Filing Cabinet and the close-up window pops up, have the music play through only once--it's short and the repeatition gets a bit annoying. And under "Show Synopsis" it should be "the show is composed of"not "comprised of".

The site is well thought-out, the theme carries though nicely, and the flash is functional and used sparingly.

Nice!

[Cybele]

Me -n- my dinosaurian dial up have been the object of ridicule, so I don't know how much you care about being backwards compatible. I couldn't open anything in any of the sub menus. It looks really cool, though, very film noir.

"Comprised of" is just as acceptable as "composed of." Not that I'd dream of arguing with Stephon.

-cybele

[Stephon]

I can see your house from up on this horse!

Originally posted by Cybele
"Comprised of" is just as acceptable as "composed of." Not that I'd dream of arguing with Stephon.

I cannot argue that using these words interchangably has become accepted. It does not, however, make it right: a gizmo is composed of several widgets; several widgets comprise a gizmo.

Now Scot, really, would you rather be acceptable, or right?

[Cybele]

...fancy shmancy people with their fancy schmancy graphics just PISS ME OFF...

I bow to Stephon's Geekmeisterly superior command of language.

As to whether Scott would prefer acceptability to rightness, I must say, for crap's sake, his name's not even Scott. It's Jeff.

Swapping one incredibly common name for another; that's just WRONG any way you slice or serve it.

And could I have widgets with that, please? Super size 'em.

[Scot Free]

Re: I can see your house from up on this horse!

Originally posted by Stephon


Now Scot, really, would you rather be acceptable, or right?

I am right. thanks for your imput tho stephon.

comprised (as in "consist") v. : be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"

comprised (as in "incorporate") v. : include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"

comprised (as in "constitute") v. : form or compose

Cybele, you're right too, if you have dial-up I don't care about you. (just kiddin) I have added a splash page offering just the html part.

here

[Stephon]

Ah, but---

Scot, I wasn't actually arguing the meaning of "comprised", just talking about the use of "of" after the word.

All of your definitions use "comprised" w/out "of", but the 1st one does use "composed of". "comprised (as in "consist") v. : be composed of" is exactly what I was talking about. From Remarks on English Usage: "Note that the whole comprises the parts; it is not comprised of them." Or check here. That's why I said it should have been "composed of".

Anyway, look, I'm a grammar snob and a fuddy-duddy; that usage is one of my pet peeves, along with "irregardless" (Robert) and interchanging "imply" and "infer". No one listens to me about this stuff, nor should they: The fact I take myself too seriously doesn't mean anyone else should.

Either way, I think your site looks great.

[Cybele]

what does html stand for, anyway?

Jeff-

Okay, thanks for putting up the low-tech version. I caught a few things that struck me funny. If they're deliberate, fine. If not...well, that's why you have beta testers.

Under Current Activities, you use the phrase "aided and abedded".

If you mean you're going to bed with the audience, that's fine, obviously. However, if you meant "abetted", you may wish to swap consonants.

Under Wanted, you have the word Equilblibristics, which is unpronouncable, and seems to not mean anything. Perhaps you meant Equilibristics?

And under Summary, your final line lacks an apostrophe, when you're talking about customizing your show to meet a "client's" (not "clients") preferred time specifications.

Compelling! Interesting! Alliterative!

-cybele

[Scot Free]

HyperText Markup Language

Originally posted by Stephon

"Note that the whole comprises the parts; it is not comprised of them."

oh. wow. i was so sure.
.......but then again i'm the guy who just had to look up Alliterative.