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The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by paradox460 »

knodi123 wrote: post #84
nullhole wrote: post #3

Worth noting is Gary Larson's original response to the WWW was an open letter asking fans not to post his cartoons online. Akin to the Bill Gates letter on copying software, but, perhaps, more understandable. This website is a reversal of that original position. He was thoughtful then, and is thoughtful now. The original letter: https://www.portmann.com/farside/index.html?home.html And the reversal: https://www.thefa…

although he still disables right-clicking on his site. So he's still putting some effort into the sisyphean "uphill slog"

No RSS feed either

Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by oh_sigh »

psunavy03 wrote: post #53
omoikane wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the expectation from the early days of the internet was that information could be contained, and the realization from recent years is that the expectation no longer holds. So creators either have to make their own contents accessible or someone else will do it anyways, possibly poorly. Gary Larson might have arrived at this realization relatively late, but I don't think he is the last one.

Witness all the artists who refused to put their music on iTunes or streaming. How'd that exclusive CD deal with Wal-Mart work out, Garth?

Garth has a net worth of like $300M so I guess it worked out pretty good

Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by jqpabc123 »

sphars wrote: post #148
jqpabc123 wrote: post #145

Needs an API to pull the single cartoon of the day with a link to the full web site. Assuming there is any real interest in expanding viewership.

I'm sorta working on this, but as an RSS feed, since there is a dedicated page per day, with 1-5 comics each day, for example https://www.thefarside.com/2024/01/31 They try to prevent basic scraping but I found a way around it using Selenium. Just haven't published it anywhere. The notice at the bottom has given me pause so I'm thinking of the best way to do this > No images or other content displayed on this Website…

They try to prevent basic scraping...

Well, this mentality is the problem.

Including an active link at the bottom of a single "daily" cartoon would likely be the best way to attract people to the site.

I certainly wouldn't object to this link and would just pass it along on my own web site. It would essentially be an open invitation to their web site that a lot of my users would accept.

Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by iszomer »

eichin wrote: post #62
nullhole wrote: post #3

Worth noting is Gary Larson's original response to the WWW was an open letter asking fans not to post his cartoons online. Akin to the Bill Gates letter on copying software, but, perhaps, more understandable. This website is a reversal of that original position. He was thoughtful then, and is thoughtful now. The original letter: https://www.portmann.com/farside/index.html?home.html And the reversal: https://www.thefa…

The "wings stay on/wings fall off" switch is the one I keep having to dig up at work (alternating with "Why do we even have that lever?" from emperor's new groove.) And then there's "Cow Tools"...

Or the prepper in his bunker without a can opener.

Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by crtasm »

knodi123 wrote: post #84
nullhole wrote: post #3

Worth noting is Gary Larson's original response to the WWW was an open letter asking fans not to post his cartoons online. Akin to the Bill Gates letter on copying software, but, perhaps, more understandable. This website is a reversal of that original position. He was thoughtful then, and is thoughtful now. The original letter: https://www.portmann.com/farside/index.html?home.html And the reversal: https://www.thefa…

although he still disables right-clicking on his site. So he's still putting some effort into the sisyphean "uphill slog"

That works until a hacker comes along and knows to hold shift before right-clicking.

Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by jamie1np »

ClassyJacket wrote: post #156
dsquared2 wrote: post #61

“Yes… I believe there’s a question there in the back” https://www.cardcow.com/images/set856/card00130_fr.jpg

I don't get it. What's with this guy and indecipherable cow jokes?

Im pretty sure the joke is that the slide is literally just saying “this is a cow” and someone is confused enough to ask a question.
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