A Note to a Web Retailer about JavaScript-or-Else Pages
I was cruising computer hardware retailers on the web today because I’ve got to make a few orders. Not so many that I need to pester the manufacturers directly, but a large order compared to what most folks buy online with a credit card. Specifically, I need to replace one motherboard and build six new computers (complete with screens, etc.). Checking through a few shops I decided to order from one of the top 3 online stores for computer gear — and was rejected by their website for even trying to browse the product listings because I don’t have JavaScript enabled by default.
This got me to thinking about how stupid that was. JavsScript isn’t necessary for any of that site’s core functionality, particularly when just browsing. I hadn’t put anything in the cart, hadn’t done anything that requires “interactivity” (a laughable concept in a website if you know anything about the history of port 80, but whatever) or anything like that — I was just checking specs and prices, which worked just fine, but every single page is set to a five-second redirect delay if and only if the customer doesn’t have JavaScript enabled.
So I wrote the webmaster a note
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tl:dr: I’m supporting Ron Paul. He actually knows enough to hold and argue positions, something sorely lacking from the political field.
I’ve been overwhelmingly busy with trying to start an open-source focused IT company with literally zero financing (yeah, “fat chance” right?) so haven’t had much time to pay to elections lately.
Anyone familiar with my thoughts on geopolitics, economics and political philosophy can probably guess that I perceive a significant separation between the way that establishment political parties portray themselves and the actual policies they adhere to, the way people think and the available menu of parties to choose from, and the way Americanism as a political philosophy is taught through history and the way the situation stands today.
For those who aren’t familiar with my thoughts, or aren’t able to infer just where I believe these political divides to be, you can simply read them directly. Two or three years ago I laid out how the American political landscape is removed from the current menu provided by establishment politics. The basic problem is one of uncomfortable couplings of incompatible principles.
These weird couplings lead to incoherent policies, inventive ways to sell such incompatibilities in elections and then even more inventive
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