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Mozilla Starts Work On XForms
AnamanFan writes "The Mozilla Foundation, with Novell and IBM, announced the formation to implement the W3C's XForms 1.0 Recommendation on the Mozilla platform. XForms is the forms module in XHTML 2, developed by the W3C. The project enables developers to deliver the type of next-generation, rich, portable web-based applications desired by corporate IT. Is this one step away from the corporate world's dependence on ActiveX? We can only hope."
Anything that gets rid of ActiveX and isn't just as dangerous is a good thing(tm)
Today, in a shocking turn of events, a black ops team from the Mozilla foundation stormed Microsoft Corprate Headquartes in Redmond and took a number of high-profile hostages. The team had one demand: dump all IE code and use the firefox code instead.
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The Yasashii Syndicate ||
The tests of working sheepherding dogs, organized by the Collie Club and the Club of the Belgian shepherd dog, took place on the 1st and 2nd of May, 1892, on the premises of the market and slaughterhouse of Cureghem, Brussels. The land, wide meadows cut by streams and banks, had been well prepared for the event. A grandstand sheltered a large audience; at the center were the judges: Mr. Dangis of Tinlot (Liege), president; Mr. Lousse of Obaix-Buzet; Mr. Pinte of Fexhe le Haut-Clocher (Liege), Mr. Sillekens of Anderlecht; and Mr. Wouters of Lierre. A flock of 200 sheep, crossed merino and native French from Magdeburg, raised in the sheepfold, had been supplied free of charge by Dewolf, rue Joseph Plateau, Brussels.
These lambs, much more difficult to drive than the sheep accustomed to dogs, were found enclosed by tens in a series of small pens situated toward the far end of the meadow and looking out on a triangular space defined by a plow furrow and in which a small pen was emptied for each dog. The shepherd stood at the exit of this funnel, on the road, between two stakes.
He sent his dog to get the small flock, which must accompany him on the six- to eight-meter-wide road marked by the furrows, passing in an S-curve over 2 bridges and an earthen bank, to come to the gate of a latticework enclosure leading to a sheepfold of tightly joined planks. This course of about 200 meters had to be completed in less then 10 minutes.
When all goes well, nothing appears more simple than this walk of a man followed by 10 sheep pursued by a dog.
But this doesn't always go easily and, when all went well one had to admire the composure and the presence of mind of the shepherd, and even more the wisdom, even temper and often the initiative of the dog. If, in going to find his little flock, the dog does not use the greatest caution, if he frightens his sheep, it's all over.
It had been agreed to assign a penalty to the dog each time that it lets a sheep leave the course, 2 points if two or more leave, 5 points if the dog bit an ear, 10 for biting the front foot or the throat, from 5 to 10 if he barked. Dogs which bit excessively would be disqualified from the competition. For the remainder (irregularities in the way of going, eccentric gait, etc.), the judges would decide.
All is ready. The shepherds advance, their dogs on leash; they cross the plain and go to hide behind the fence concealing the penned sheep. It is the right moment to take a photo.
When one sees this moving procession, the men do not need to be carrying a crook to indicate their profession. Although of different colors and with various coats, all the dogs indicate well the shepherd dog type. And we say to ourselves - but why on earth haven't all these beautiful animals been shown? They would certainly be awarded prizes! Alas! We must ward off this feeling. We have frequently noticed that animals of the same breed always seem more beautiful in a group than they really are. Does this optical effect come from looking at them with a paternal eye? Do we see only the beautiful side?
Always, it is that individuals in a group of very similar animals become more difficult to examine in detail and that finally one does not find one single type to be proposed as an ideal.
The dogs compete in the order indicated by drawing lots.
#17 Faro, of Mr. A. Thibeau of Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher (Liege), begins. The 10 sheep are released, they crowd one against the other; the shepherd in vain commands his dog to go get them: this dog is hardly worried. After having granted him 10 long minutes, the jury excuses him from the competition, and the sheep -- which it would have been unfair to entrust to the following dog -- are driven to the other end of the course by one man and a second backs him up.
#2 N., of Mr. Fr. Nelis, Contich, did not compete.
#18 Picard, of Mr. Thibeau of Voroux Goreux (Liege). It is 1:58 p.m. The dog makes a number of circles around his little flock. He appears very ardent, too ardent in proportion to the small number of sheep to drive. A s
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Yes, because we all know Jezus has unlimited modpoints.
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Ah, a fellow X-Phile.
I know that this is off-topic, but Monday was the lovely Gillian's birthday (August 9, 1968), and this past Saturday was David Duchovny's birthday (August 7, 1960). No, I can't believe that she's 36 either, or that he's 44. And it's interesting that among all the other "cognitive, rich, next-generation synergy" between the characters, they celebrated birthdays merely two days apart.
Who did the casting for that show again? Chris Carter was my almighty god for some years, but whoever was in charge of casting possessed pure genius, on more levels than one...
Thanks to the War on Drugs, it's easier to buy meth than it is to buy cold medicine!