I use Google's DNS service, and the.org domain name appears to be seized, but the.com domain name still points to the owner's servers. However, Rojadirecta's Web site says that both their.com and.org domain names were seized, so I would assume it's only a matter of time before DNS records are updated globally.
That's probably why you're still able to access the Web site via one of the seized domain names.
You actually gave me a little bit of hope that Google's philosophies haven't been thrown completely down the drain... Lets hope for the outrage theory.
I concur. The media often creates false illusions... particularly that this will allow for faster Internet connections than what users already have.
Under that premise, go ahead... but as a Web developer, and a user who likes his smaller Web sites, no way.
Their motto has been thrown down the drain with the recent press releases, media coverage, and acquisitions. It's almost as if they're no longer the original company with their great philosophies.
1. Investment in Zynga, a company who's CEO admitted to using forms of fraud to ensure the success of his company.
2. Acquisition of Slide, another company whose success is mostly based upon their acknowledged violation of MySpace's Terms of Service.
3. Discontinuation of Google Wave, a product which despite relatively low adoption levels, is very powerful and useful for many users. It's basically as awesome as GMail, but for a more niche market.
4. Now, (even though talks began 10 months ago) an agreement which undermines Net Neutrality... not by lobbying against it, not by crossing their arms regarding the issue, but by planning to make an agreement between another private company, as if the Internet were owned by them (Google)?
I'm dumbfounded. Simply dumbfounded.
I've sincerely been a Google supporter since a little kid, and loved their products, services, and philosophies... and for most of this time, I ignored most critics, since Google actually kept doing good for the most part. Now, all of that has changed. I'm very disappointed in Google.:/
You could just visit the browser ballot page directly.
I was surprised none of the articles I've seen have provided a direct link... I saw the screenshot from the Microsoft blog, and figured the site was already live.
What if those feeds have bad markup? Then it'd be harder to extract and use the data, which is opposite of what wants to be achieved.
Standards are there for a reason. While I'm not pedantic with needing to follow every stinkin' standard, they are there as guidelines for a reason: to make sure what's created is as useful as possible to the largest amount of people.
I really want to meet the Web developer(s) who developed Data.gov's temporary home page. Its source is simply horrible.
1) XHTML standards compliant? Far from it.
2) Why use <center> tags?
3) There's a couple of unused and unclosed <p> tags.
4) No CSS at all.
5) Why use an image to display text?
I hope that was a quick job by an intern. Otherwise, we're doomed:P
WhiteHouse.gov doesn't pass standards compliance validation, but for the most part, it's alright. It could be better in some minor points, in terms of speed and efficiency (which are unrelated to standards compliance).
The subject text box isn't the "write-the-beginning-of-the-message-until-space-runs-out-and-then-use-the-big-textarea-under-it" field. The big textarea under it is there for a clear reason.
I second him. While I myself will study in the U.S. due to other reasons (primarily because while I'm fluent in Spanish, I prefer and dominate English more), the University of Puerto Rico at Bayamon does offer great courses in Computer Science. You should try also the Interamerican University (Universidad Interamericana), which is another local university.
There are also many technology companies established here who have research labs, such as Hewlett-Packard, and local offices, such as Microsoft and Yahoo! (unfortunately Google doesn't yet have an office in Puerto Rico), as well as many other companies that focus on software development, or use it in some major way. There are tons of life and health insurance companies, in addition to financial institutions, who are now looking into technology to facilitate their business, so they're hiring many software engineers.
And being a bit redundant, we're bilingual here, so there's no problem as to which language you prefer to use. I hope you strongly consider PR.:)
I really wouldn't mind having better ASP support on Apache (that doesn't hurt anyone), but this talk about "interoperability" between Microsoft and the ASF just brings back into my memory what happened to Novell.
The Apache Software Foundation/HAS/ (triple emphasis!) to keep their usual levels of strictness when it comes to outside contributors, specially Microsoft in this case.
I hope they don't let their guard down. I'm quite concerned, honestly. I do have some hope that the ASF will handle this properly, and not let such a great project succumb to Corporate America.
Slashdot Mirror
So I wasn't the only one who read the headline as "read with a flashlight." :)
I use Google's DNS service, and the .org domain name appears to be seized, but the .com domain name still points to the owner's servers. However, Rojadirecta's Web site says that both their .com and .org domain names were seized, so I would assume it's only a matter of time before DNS records are updated globally.
That's probably why you're still able to access the Web site via one of the seized domain names.
Cheers.
Well, glad it was all media misinformation. My position still stands on the first three points... still, Google is on my watchlist (unfortunately).
:P
P.S. Those who criticized my wording... it was 6:34am for pete's sake... I hadn't slept all night
You actually gave me a little bit of hope that Google's philosophies haven't been thrown completely down the drain... Lets hope for the outrage theory.
I concur. The media often creates false illusions... particularly that this will allow for faster Internet connections than what users already have. Under that premise, go ahead... but as a Web developer, and a user who likes his smaller Web sites, no way.
Their motto has been thrown down the drain with the recent press releases, media coverage, and acquisitions. It's almost as if they're no longer the original company with their great philosophies.
:/
1. Investment in Zynga, a company who's CEO admitted to using forms of fraud to ensure the success of his company.
2. Acquisition of Slide, another company whose success is mostly based upon their acknowledged violation of MySpace's Terms of Service.
3. Discontinuation of Google Wave, a product which despite relatively low adoption levels, is very powerful and useful for many users. It's basically as awesome as GMail, but for a more niche market.
4. Now, (even though talks began 10 months ago) an agreement which undermines Net Neutrality... not by lobbying against it, not by crossing their arms regarding the issue, but by planning to make an agreement between another private company, as if the Internet were owned by them (Google)?
I'm dumbfounded. Simply dumbfounded.
I've sincerely been a Google supporter since a little kid, and loved their products, services, and philosophies... and for most of this time, I ignored most critics, since Google actually kept doing good for the most part. Now, all of that has changed. I'm very disappointed in Google.
You could just visit the browser ballot page directly.
I was surprised none of the articles I've seen have provided a direct link... I saw the screenshot from the Microsoft blog, and figured the site was already live.
+1 Informative
I agree. That's the only tag I actually wanted to keep. :)
Hehe :P
You can use CSS for other things, but I was pointing out the use of depreciated tags in the XHTML standards.
What if those feeds have bad markup? Then it'd be harder to extract and use the data, which is opposite of what wants to be achieved.
Standards are there for a reason. While I'm not pedantic with needing to follow every stinkin' standard, they are there as guidelines for a reason: to make sure what's created is as useful as possible to the largest amount of people.
I really want to meet the Web developer(s) who developed Data.gov's temporary home page. Its source is simply horrible.
:P
1) XHTML standards compliant? Far from it.
2) Why use <center> tags?
3) There's a couple of unused and unclosed <p> tags.
4) No CSS at all.
5) Why use an image to display text?
I hope that was a quick job by an intern. Otherwise, we're doomed
WhiteHouse.gov doesn't pass standards compliance validation, but for the most part, it's alright. It could be better in some minor points, in terms of speed and efficiency (which are unrelated to standards compliance).
The subject text box isn't the "write-the-beginning-of-the-message-until-space-runs-out-and-then-use-the-big-textarea-under-it" field. The big textarea under it is there for a clear reason.
Just sayin'.
I second him. While I myself will study in the U.S. due to other reasons (primarily because while I'm fluent in Spanish, I prefer and dominate English more), the University of Puerto Rico at Bayamon does offer great courses in Computer Science. You should try also the Interamerican University (Universidad Interamericana), which is another local university.
:)
There are also many technology companies established here who have research labs, such as Hewlett-Packard, and local offices, such as Microsoft and Yahoo! (unfortunately Google doesn't yet have an office in Puerto Rico), as well as many other companies that focus on software development, or use it in some major way. There are tons of life and health insurance companies, in addition to financial institutions, who are now looking into technology to facilitate their business, so they're hiring many software engineers.
And being a bit redundant, we're bilingual here, so there's no problem as to which language you prefer to use. I hope you strongly consider PR.
I really wouldn't mind having better ASP support on Apache (that doesn't hurt anyone), but this talk about "interoperability" between Microsoft and the ASF just brings back into my memory what happened to Novell.
/HAS/ (triple emphasis!) to keep their usual levels of strictness when it comes to outside contributors, specially Microsoft in this case.
The Apache Software Foundation
I hope they don't let their guard down. I'm quite concerned, honestly. I do have some hope that the ASF will handle this properly, and not let such a great project succumb to Corporate America.