HTML is a client-side thing, and thus is very subject to a network effect: its only useful if lots of people are using it and can be counted on to use it. M$ "forking" HTML is problematic because it balkanizes the installed user base into different camps supporting different specs, thus reducing the utility of HTML as a whole (or something like that).
When a project like PHP is forked, it's true that it may divide up the developer base somewhat, spreading communal development resources more thinly than they otherwise might be. But it's not a project that's depending on end-user consistency in the same way as something like HTML.
That's my explanation anyway.
(Not that different browsers do a particularly good job of all displaying the same HTML the same way, regardless of the spec, but that's another conversation entirely...)
Yes, it's scary that the Supreme Court just barely got this one right. And upsetting it had to get to the Supreme Court in the first place.
But it's also disturbing that the general attitude seen here seems rather resigned, as if what goes on in Washington is completely and entirely detached from our influence.
Contrary to popular belief, we still live in a democracy, albeit a crumbling one with a widening gap between lawmakers & interpreters and regular Joes. I suggest anyone disturbed by the closeness of this decision take a look at joining an organization such as the EFF or the ACLU.
Government is still easier to control than weather (though not by much).
Don't know about their domain reg, but I had an extremely negative experience with Alabanza's web hosting. They discontinued mSQL support without notifying me and in deciding to discontinue proceeded to delete my entire mSQL database. Needless to say, we stopped doing business with them.
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Oh man. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one with those ssh connections getting reset.
Forging packets is a felony in 9 states? I didn't know that. Which nine? What are the statutues?
not "Free Pass."
HTML is a client-side thing, and thus is very subject to a network effect: its only useful if lots of people are using it and can be counted on to use it. M$ "forking" HTML is problematic because it balkanizes the installed user base into different camps supporting different specs, thus reducing the utility of HTML as a whole (or something like that).
When a project like PHP is forked, it's true that it may divide up the developer base somewhat, spreading communal development resources more thinly than they otherwise might be. But it's not a project that's depending on end-user consistency in the same way as something like HTML.
That's my explanation anyway.
(Not that different browsers do a particularly good job of all displaying the same HTML the same way, regardless of the spec, but that's another conversation entirely...)
"it" is a hoax illustrating how stupid we all are. Imagine if it were a bicycle, that'd fit the clues. And we already have IT !
...so I visited http://www.hipsocket.com and laughed my ass off.
But it's also disturbing that the general attitude seen here seems rather resigned, as if what goes on in Washington is completely and entirely detached from our influence.
Contrary to popular belief, we still live in a democracy, albeit a crumbling one with a widening gap between lawmakers & interpreters and regular Joes. I suggest anyone disturbed by the closeness of this decision take a look at joining an organization such as the EFF or the ACLU.
Government is still easier to control than weather (though not by much).
Don't know about their domain reg, but I had an extremely negative experience with Alabanza's web hosting. They discontinued mSQL support without notifying me and in deciding to discontinue proceeded to delete my entire mSQL database. Needless to say, we stopped doing business with them.