The most effective learning books I have ever read were Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML and Head First Design Patterns. They also happen to be the most enjoyable.
Note that this style may not be the best for you personally as we all learn in different ways.
Well, I don't believe in god/devil based on lack of evidence. But if the devil appeared then religion would become scientific, i.e. I can test that the devil is sitting on my bed. Therefore I would not take the cure from the devil as I would not like the statistical probability of going to Hell.
If it were MS offering the cure then I would take it (while crossing my fingers that they had removed all the bugs in it first).
So you argue that reasonable people slowly take over and when they have they do not torture and butcher civilians, and yet you advocate doing just that? Does that mean you do not think the US is governed by reasonable people, or if it is you think that some unreasonable people should take over that are capable of butchering people in Iraqi? I think you've lost me there.
Also I don't think someone who makes such ludicrous (and dangerous) generalizations as:
The islamists, the muslims, do not believe it is wrong to butcher civilians (as evidenced a hundred times over by stuff like 9/11 and dozens of other incidents), so they NEED to be replaced is in a position to make a rational argument.
I disagree. Lowering yourself to the worst level of the enemy is hardly a way to create a stable long term solution. Sure you may get a temporary decline in fighting if you massacred everyone in sight, but you create more seething hatred towards you. It is only a matter of time before that comes and bites you in the ass.
Also actions like that have an effect on how well you can conduct diplomacy. For example why should some other country accept that it is wrong to torture and butcher civilians if that what you are doing?
no longer bound to protect the opponent's citizens, and can shoot anyone they like for any reason whatsoever.
How sweet. It is just that attitude that will win the world over and stop populations waging gorilla wars against the US. Oh wait...
I disagree that it's human nature to do as little as possible to get by. If that were the case then why do rich people still go to work? Or some old people want to stay at work past the time they could retire? Or to take me as an example, I am on permanent disability benefits due to having chronic fatigue, if I wanted to I could just sit back and do nothing. Do I do that? Hell no! I kept trying to study and have just this last year managed to learn programming. Now I am in a position to give back to society in some way with these skills.
Some people will try an exploit any system, or turn to crime for an easy fix. But I don't think that is representative of the average Joe.
For something that can never ever work it is doing remarkably well in the UK, see the Income Tax. I don't know the US system but I would be surprised if there wasn't at least some form of redistribution tax in place, be it direct or indirect.
Are you seriously suggesting an all or nothing approach?
All out communism has failed, so by your logic if we can't do that then we should do nothing? Politics is the art of the possible, I would welcome a gradual improvement over a fanatical "we shall have total fairness or nothing!" approach.
That's taking the two extremes and comparing them, why not use the middle ground? More taxes to redistribute wealth and other legislation seem like a good idea to me.
When western companies bring employment to poor countries that's great. When they bring sweat shops, horrible working conditions, repression, etc then they damn well should get dog's abuse.
Other browsers will always have the market of those who compare the software they use and select the best one. IE is hardly going to beat Opera or Firefox in the best browser awards any time soon.
Opera is the best browser for mobile devices, so they don't need a large share of the desktop market to continue. In fact if mobile browsing increases Opera might become the familiar browser to people giving it a knock on benefit to the desktop version.
Firefox doesn't need to be popular to keep enough people coding for it.
In short I can't see IE killing it's competition.
If people without a genuine Windows key don't get the update it will mean we need to support IE 6's aggravating CSS performance for a long time to come.
Cheating can be seen as a creative solution to a problem, i.e. that of answering the question you have been given. In a way that's exactly what we want from students.
Why fight the internet and technology, surely it is better to change to the questions we ask students to reflect this new reality. That way we can assess their ability in a subject as well as their skill at on-line research.
It's somewhat ironic that on Lighthouse.org's site if you have trouble with colour vision you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the bold text and their links (as they are only different in colour and are not underlined in any way).
I see this as a good thing as long as it doesn't get carried away.
Companies that are building new websites or redesigning old ones should be standards compliant. There is no excuse not to be if you are already hiring someone to do the work as doing so improves the site in general as well as for people with a disability.
I would be concerned if websites of companies that were built before good standards came about were targeted for legal action. We are still in a time of transition of web design (a longer transition then needed thanks to IE) and I think companies with old sites should have a fair grace period to update.
Here's what I think should happen:
Lobby large companies to update their sites, sue those that don't
Lobby medium companies to update their sites, sue those that don't
Lobby small companies to update their sites, sue those that don't
With regards to the rare mention of OOo compared to these Ajax alternatives, maybe I am wrong, I was just posting on what I had read. I am very happy to be corrected on this though, but maybe not by an irate Anonymous Coward.;)
Is why OpenOffice is rarely mentioned when talking about free alternatives to MS Office. OpenOffice if free to download and I have never found it wanting when compared with MS Office. Is it just not "cool" enough when compared to snazzy AJAX apps?
I don't agree that there are is a lack for a book like this. Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML tought me XHTML, with good practice, and CSS very painlessly, in fact it was fun. For more advanced stuff you can use the tools you have learned with imagination, buy The ZEN of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web, and exelant book even if you don't buy it for the CSS aspect, or check sites like:
For batch changing I have found Advanced Find and Replace to be very effective. I had to update a none standards compliant site that didn't use CSS to standards compliance with CSS recently. The site had about 15000 pages at the time, if I remember rightly, but it was quite painless updating it with Advanced Find and Replace.
For HTML, CSS and PHP editing I use TextPad. A great text editor with syntax highlighting and other tools that make writing code easy. For checking the page I use Firefox with Web Developer plugin, Opera (my main browser) and, grudgingly, IE.
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The most effective learning books I have ever read were Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML and Head First Design Patterns. They also happen to be the most enjoyable.
Note that this style may not be the best for you personally as we all learn in different ways.
Come to the US! There is even a chance you may win a free holiday in sunny Guantanamo Bay! ;)
Apart from the fact that PHP is very solid with regards to concat, it uses a dot.
Well, I don't believe in god/devil based on lack of evidence. But if the devil appeared then religion would become scientific, i.e. I can test that the devil is sitting on my bed. Therefore I would not take the cure from the devil as I would not like the statistical probability of going to Hell.
If it were MS offering the cure then I would take it (while crossing my fingers that they had removed all the bugs in it first).
Also I don't think someone who makes such ludicrous (and dangerous) generalizations as: The islamists, the muslims, do not believe it is wrong to butcher civilians (as evidenced a hundred times over by stuff like 9/11 and dozens of other incidents), so they NEED to be replaced is in a position to make a rational argument.
I disagree. Lowering yourself to the worst level of the enemy is hardly a way to create a stable long term solution. Sure you may get a temporary decline in fighting if you massacred everyone in sight, but you create more seething hatred towards you. It is only a matter of time before that comes and bites you in the ass.
Also actions like that have an effect on how well you can conduct diplomacy. For example why should some other country accept that it is wrong to torture and butcher civilians if that what you are doing?
How sweet. It is just that attitude that will win the world over and stop populations waging gorilla wars against the US. Oh wait...
I disagree that it's human nature to do as little as possible to get by. If that were the case then why do rich people still go to work? Or some old people want to stay at work past the time they could retire? Or to take me as an example, I am on permanent disability benefits due to having chronic fatigue, if I wanted to I could just sit back and do nothing. Do I do that? Hell no! I kept trying to study and have just this last year managed to learn programming. Now I am in a position to give back to society in some way with these skills.
Some people will try an exploit any system, or turn to crime for an easy fix. But I don't think that is representative of the average Joe.
For something that can never ever work it is doing remarkably well in the UK, see the Income Tax. I don't know the US system but I would be surprised if there wasn't at least some form of redistribution tax in place, be it direct or indirect.
Are you seriously suggesting an all or nothing approach? All out communism has failed, so by your logic if we can't do that then we should do nothing? Politics is the art of the possible, I would welcome a gradual improvement over a fanatical "we shall have total fairness or nothing!" approach.
That's taking the two extremes and comparing them, why not use the middle ground? More taxes to redistribute wealth and other legislation seem like a good idea to me.
When western companies bring employment to poor countries that's great. When they bring sweat shops, horrible working conditions, repression, etc then they damn well should get dog's abuse.
Other browsers will always have the market of those who compare the software they use and select the best one. IE is hardly going to beat Opera or Firefox in the best browser awards any time soon. Opera is the best browser for mobile devices, so they don't need a large share of the desktop market to continue. In fact if mobile browsing increases Opera might become the familiar browser to people giving it a knock on benefit to the desktop version. Firefox doesn't need to be popular to keep enough people coding for it. In short I can't see IE killing it's competition.
If you rely on JavaScript then you miss the 10% of people who have JavaScript turned off. That is quite a percentage for a business.
If people without a genuine Windows key don't get the update it will mean we need to support IE 6's aggravating CSS performance for a long time to come.
Cheating can be seen as a creative solution to a problem, i.e. that of answering the question you have been given. In a way that's exactly what we want from students.
Why fight the internet and technology, surely it is better to change to the questions we ask students to reflect this new reality. That way we can assess their ability in a subject as well as their skill at on-line research.
Check out the Web Accessibility Initiative for standards info.
It's somewhat ironic that on Lighthouse.org's site if you have trouble with colour vision you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the bold text and their links (as they are only different in colour and are not underlined in any way).
I see this as a good thing as long as it doesn't get carried away.
Companies that are building new websites or redesigning old ones should be standards compliant. There is no excuse not to be if you are already hiring someone to do the work as doing so improves the site in general as well as for people with a disability.
I would be concerned if websites of companies that were built before good standards came about were targeted for legal action. We are still in a time of transition of web design (a longer transition then needed thanks to IE) and I think companies with old sites should have a fair grace period to update.
Here's what I think should happen:
"What planet are you on?"
Earth, you?
With regards to the rare mention of OOo compared to these Ajax alternatives, maybe I am wrong, I was just posting on what I had read. I am very happy to be corrected on this though, but maybe not by an irate Anonymous Coward. ;)
Is why OpenOffice is rarely mentioned when talking about free alternatives to MS Office. OpenOffice if free to download and I have never found it wanting when compared with MS Office. Is it just not "cool" enough when compared to snazzy AJAX apps?
About 10% have it turned off acording to w3schools. It's kind of like that anoying 20% that still use 800/600. ;)
Using Javascript like this is risky though, plenty of people disable Javascript or use browsers that don't have it.
For batch changing I have found Advanced Find and Replace to be very effective. I had to update a none standards compliant site that didn't use CSS to standards compliance with CSS recently. The site had about 15000 pages at the time, if I remember rightly, but it was quite painless updating it with Advanced Find and Replace.
For HTML, CSS and PHP editing I use TextPad. A great text editor with syntax highlighting and other tools that make writing code easy. For checking the page I use Firefox with Web Developer plugin, Opera (my main browser) and, grudgingly, IE.