No, it doesn't. Seeing as web programming is my job, I can tell yout that tables - horrible as they may be - make a better layout tool than CSS.
I have to disagree with you here. I've been a web programmer professionaly for 2 years and been doing it on my own since back when PHP3 was a new and cool language (looking back, I get to thinking, why the hell did I think php3 was a good language?). Back then, CSS was still fairly young and didn't have near as much standard support as it does now. Building a website without tables was laughable. When I started getting back into PHP and web programming in general, I picked back up using tables like before. A guy I worked with at my current place of employment showed me how far CSS support has gone since I dropped out of the scene. I was impressed, to say the least (even though the company's websites were all still done using tables). I quickly started learning of the benefits of CSS and using valid (X)HTML. Now, whenever I have to build a website, I have my HTML already written (for the most part) and just upload the necessary files. I then write the CSS and position everything where they need to be (unless the layout is drastically different from others). Using CSS has saved me at least an hours worth of time when starting a website. Then, when they want to redesign, it's just switching out graphics and minor changes to the HTML/CSS. If only my boss could see the time it would save by switching over from tables, instead, they saw the amount of time it took to overcome the learning curve. That's one of the key things that CSS Zen Garden showcases. You can have a completely different site using identical HTML (alot of that is in the graphics the site uses but, still). I find it fun to browse through the Special Effects category of CSS Zen and see just how completely different people make that site look just using CSS alone.
There are drawbacks to CSS. The equal length columns issue and IE are two of the problems. It would be downright awesome if all browsers supported CSS1 and 2 100% but, that would also mean my job would be even less secure. I don't know how many times I've clashed with my boss over the equal columns issue. It got so bad with one site (the site had a bunch of 'boxes' stacked one next to the other) that I had to write an ugly javascript function that would manually size each box based on the largest box on that row.
I've found equal-height columns to be a very negative design mechanism. It looks great in Photoshop, but horribly fails when the site is complete. Invariably, the client will be too absent-minded to realize that if one column has substantially more content then the other, then the other column will be incredibly long with very little content (the people of the aformentioned site did that and then called complaining about their own content).
There are some CSS tricks you can use to your advantage, though, that will work great in (what I call) the big 3 (Windows: IE, FF, Opera; Mac: Safari, FF, Opera). You can have an entire column wrapped in a single div, set the width of that div (with no padding, margin nor border), then use divs for the content inside that div. Leave the width alone and set the necessary margin, padding and borders. That way, there's no need for hacks around IE's box model bug or anything. It can potentially create some wasted div space in the HTML, which is undesirable but unavoidable until browsers all become more aligned.
It sounds like your only problem is that CSS just hasn't clicked for you yet. (Forgive me if I'm wrong, you probably have more experience than I do and I'm by no means a CSS genius or anything, that's just what it sounds like to me) If you just take your time and force yourself to only use tables were appropriate or absolutely necessary, you'll get to a point where you can do almost anything you could with tables without having to use ugly hacks and do it easier and quicker than before.
FreeBSD's hardware support isn't as wide reaching as linux from what I have found. If you have normal hardware (ie. popular), you wont find any problems with compatiblity from FreeBSD. If you are ever putting a computer together for the specific purpose of running FreeBSD, always check the hardware compatibility matrix. I had an instance at work where my boss bought the hardware for the servers and had me put it together and get FreeBSD installed. He didn't check the hardware for compatibility and 2 of the 4 RAID cards didn't have drivers for FreeBSD (while linux had drivers for both cards).
For the most part, FreeBSD has good hardware support. Most of the hardware you find will be supported. FreeBSD is a strong, solid server OS. I'm interested in how they are going to push for a stronger desktop presence. In my general setups, I'll use Linux exclusively for desktop (although, I wouldn't have a problem building a server with Gentoo or Debian, I just find FreeBSD a stronger solution), and use FreeBSD for servers. I'd prefer to see FreeBSD focus on just server optimization but, hopefully, we will see some bigger advances from both linux and FreeBSD from this 'competition.'
I run into the same problem at my job, PHP programming and some system administration. My job would be much easier if they gave me the root password. Currently, whenever I need the permissions on a file changed, I have to ask the "sysadmin" (I do more system administration that he does) to login as root and change them. Not to mention that I write some scripts and run them on live sites, I have to ask my boss to login as root on my computer so I can write the scripts.
Their reasoning behind not giving me the password is that they are very secure about who has access and who doesn't. So, the workaround I've come up with, I just leave an SSH session running with a root account logged in. They know I do that and they called that a good idea when I told them. I don't get people sometimes.
If it's run on a volunteer basis (or whatever), what's to stop one of them from yelling fire? Do you think that wouldn't cause a panic? It wouldn't get people rushing towards an exit and potentially CAUSING a distaster? There's all kinds of bad outcomes surrounding an independent radio station in there. If newsletters and loudspeakers aren't enough, then there's something wrong.
For years, I wouldn't even consider buying a laptop. Due to the price, the fact that they couldn't compare to desktops (performance and screen size/resolution), etc. But, lately, there have been a number of advancements in the laptop market that give you a comparable computer from a laptop (granted, the laptop will weigh a lot more if you're trying to get a full desktop comparable laptop) but, the price is still a factor. In the past, my job has never had anything to do with computers (insurance, chemical labs, etc.) but now I have a programming job that I work from home as well as the office. The most annoying thing is having everything set up just the way you want it at work, then switching to a completely different set up at home. This is the reason why I'm looking into buying a laptop. I spend a lot of time at my bosses house and while I'm there, I can't really get anything done, so I pretty much waste 2-3 hours when I could be getting more work done (that's why the company is also considering chipping in on the cost of the laptop). That leads to the largest benefit that a laptop can provide, portability. It's convenient to be able to take your computer with you when you need to travel, etc.
I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner. The biggest reason I would continue buying desktops is to play games (since I work all the time, I rarely do). Then again, it's also nice to be able to upgrade your system piece by piece but, you can't have your cake and eat it, too.
There is also a man porting the original Zelda for the NES to the dreamcast. Of course, all sprites and such had to be changed, because Nintendo found out about it (back when it was for PC only) and used the DMCA to force the creators to either drop it, or stop using their art. The link for today's project, Openlynks, is located here.
When I was just starting to get into computer hardware and such, I had an old PII 350 MHz with a ATI 8MB video card in it. Little did I know, that before I upgraded the video card, the temp in the box was already hot. I took out the ATI card and put in a new GeForce2 Ultra. Well, after about 2 months... out of no where, green horizontal lines start flashing around my screen. I took a screen grab of it (while playing Counter-Strike, if memory serves me correctly) and the lines were there. So, I deduced that the video card was overheating. Since I was (and still am) poor, I couldn't afford to replace it at the time. Instead of leaving it off, I stick a box fan next to it with the case off. It didn't work out to well but, was eventually able to save enough money to repair it. I ended up replacing a hard drive, mobo, processor, video card, and a cd-rom drive. When replacing that, I strapped as many fans on the inside as I could find room for. Off the top of my head, I have 6 ~3" fans and 2 of a smaller size (and one on my GeForce4 TI 4400). Checking my temp now, I still get ~50C with no load (with a AMD Athlon T-Bird 1GHz). I only kept the video card and hard drive from all the upgrades, since even if the rest were salvagable, nobody I knew personally had lower specs than that. I put the old video card in a friends computer, and it still works to this day (even without the green lines). As for the hard drive, it works but, I only use it for back-up purposes. It was only 8gb so, I'm not missing anything.
Urine is composed of pretty much the same thing as sweat. There was a story about a family trapped in their basement after an earthquake in California. A husband, wife and child. The husband told his family to drink their urine but, the wife refused. The man and child survived...
I used to work in a chemical lab, and I was friends with the person who would run hexavalent chromiums. We would occasionally bet on the results of the samples that came in. There was one, it was crystal clear, didn't have any smell, etc. The result was drastically high (and almost went out of her curve with only 10 mLs of sample). And, if I recall correctly, Erin Brockovich was about the water's Cr(-6).. So, I wouldn't trust water that hadn't atleast been boiled before use.
Out of my experiences with ATI vs. nVidia, I have found that if you prefer OpenGL, then get an nVidia card. If you prefer DirectX, then get an ATI. The last ATI I had experience with couldn't handle OpenGL at all (mind you, this was years back) but ran with DirectX fine. Although, my GeForce 4400 (I believe it is) can run both just fine. But, I prefer to program in OpenGL, so I stick with nVidia.
With that said, Valve is strictly using DirectX for HL2 (atleast thats the last I heard) and is also "designed for ATI." So, it would make sense that HL2 would run better on an ATI card. But, me personally, I'll stick with nVidia and take a performance hit on HL2. I've had too many bad experiences with ATI.
Does anybody here presently know if SCO's claims are true? Also, does anybody know of a place to get an in-depth history of UNIX to present day linux, *BSD, etc? I was reading other posts concerning a.out and realized that I didn't really know what they were talking about, and that's why I ask.
Fact: More Americans are employed than ever before.
The household employment survey of Americans indicates that there are 1.9 million more Americans employed since the recession ended in November 2001. There are 138.3 million workers in the U.S. economy today--more than ever before.[2]
Myth #2: The low unemployment rate excludes many discouraged workers.
Fact: Unemployment is dropping, despite a surging labor force.
Not only is the unemployment rate low in historical terms at 5.6 percent, but the workforce has been growing--there are now 2.03 million more people in the labor force than in late 2001. Without a higher rate of unemployment or a shrinking workforce, there is no evidence of growing discouragement.[3]
Myth #3: Outsourcing will cause a net loss of 3.3 million jobs.
Fact: Outsourcing has little net impact, and represents less than 1 percent of gross job turnover.
Over the past decade, America has lost an average of 7.71 million jobs every quarter.[4] The most alarmist prediction of jobs lost to outsourcing, by Forrester Research, estimates that 3.3 million service jobs will be outsourced between 2000 and 2015--an average of 55,000 jobs outsourced per quarter, or only 0.71 percent of all jobs lost per quarter.
Myth #4: Free trade, free labor, and free capital harm the U.S. economy.
Fact: Economic freedom is necessary for economic growth, new jobs, and higher living standards.
A study conducted for the 2004 Index of Economic Freedom confirms a strong, positive relationship between economic freedom and per capita GDP. Countries that adopt policies antithetical to economic freedom, including trying to protect jobs of a few from outsourcing, tend to retard economic growth, which leads to fewer jobs.
Myth #5: A job outsourced is a job lost.
Fact: Outsourcing means efficiency.
Outsourcing is a means of getting more final output with lower cost inputs, which leads to lower prices for all U.S. firms and families. Lower prices lead directly to higher standards of living and more jobs in a growing economy.
Myth #6: Outsourcing is a one-way street.
Fact: Outsourcing works both ways.
The number of jobs coming from other countries to the U.S. (jobs "insourced") is growing at a faster rate than jobs lost overseas. According to the Organization for International Investment, the numbers of manufacturing jobs insourced to the United States grew by 82 percent, while the number outsourced overseas grew by only 23 percent.[5] Moreover, these insourced jobs are often higher-paying than those outsourced.[6]
Myth #7: American manufacturing jobs are moving to poor nations, especially China.
Fact: Nations are losing manufacturing jobs worldwide, even China.
America is not alone in experiencing declines in manufacturing jobs. U.S. manufacturing employment declined 11 percent between 1995 and 2002, which is identical to the average world decline.[7] China has seen a sharper decline, losing 15 percent of its industrial jobs over the same period.
Myth #8: Only greedy corporations benefit from outsourcing.
Fact: Everyone benefits from outsourcing.
Outsourcing is about efficiency. As costs decline, every consumer benefits, including those who lose their jobs to outsourcing. A 2003 study by Michael W. Klein, Scott Schuh, and Robert K. Triest, which includes dislocation costs in its calculations, shows the benefits of trade outweighing its costs by 100 percent.[8]
Myth #9: The government can protect American workers from outsourcing.
Fact: Protectionism is isolationism and has a history of failure.
Proposals to punish businesses that outsource jobs, institute tariffs, or change tax rules will carry unintended consequences if enacted. Such measures would injure U.S. firms that export goods and services and erode U.S. competitiveness, often in unexpected ways. Recent steel tariffs, for example, cost jobs in doz
I think he has low self-esteem because the USA only gained independence thanks to French support.
If you want to get technical about it, the same goes the opposite way. The French crumbled at Hitlers feet in little to no time at all in WWII. I would say that we should have just given France to Germany but, that wouldn't help now either...
There are many reasons for a call to have manned missions to the moon and mars. Ever since we got to the moon (and eventually stopped), the US as a country doesn't have a common goal to set forth on. We did in the 60's. That's one of the few things that I will praise JFK for. Plus, there are massive inventions that took place then. A lot you enjoy still today (microwave oven, computers, et al). While sending up rovers to do the work is not a bad idea, it isn't the same as sending actual astronauts. Bush set forth the Mars plan as a very long-term goal. We are still a long time away from Mars. But, the moon is still possible with in a decade. (Maybe even less considering we are more technologically advanced than we were back then)
I think your looking way into it. As if your trying to be offended by this article. It's merely stating a simple fact that a Californian city almost banned foam cups from being misinformed. How many times have you heard some one say, "It's a law in that." But, then you go and look it up and it's completey wrong... It's the same deal here. If you're an environmentalist, then good for you. Your post is attacking non-environmentalists (and big business at that). I could get very offended at your post (claiming such that it's just flamebait crap, but I don't). Just accept that people think different than you.
Now, I'm all for environmentalism as long as it doesn't interfere with my everyday life in too far an extreme. If there is an environmentalist trying to get something passed to better the environment, then he needs to make sure that he has each and every last detail, down the the dotted 'i's and crossed 't's. Trying to get something like that passed without doing any kind of research of your own is just neglegence at its finest (or poorest?).
Actually, your body requires a small amount of arsenic. It's just when you go overboard that you die. The same goes for salt (NaCl). You need salt in your system but, if you consume too much, it becomes toxic (remember kids, it's safer to drink your own urine than ocean water). Work in a chemical lab and you'll learn what to be afraid of (nasty things like NaOH, Hydroflouric acid (spill some of that on you and you'll have a really great day), HCl, H2SO4, etc.).
A little interesting fact, the headache that you get after a long night of drinking is caused by your blood's pH level being to acidic. That's why you drink a lot of water, so you can dilute your system's acidity level...
There are some companies, in my book, who can pull such delays off. Valve Software, id Software, just to name a few. If they want to delay a game, then good, take the time you need to release a quality product. In my opinion, rushing to meet a release date is a bad idea. Haste makes waste has always been true. But, delaying so long that your product (that at the time was a ground-breaking, barrier-pushing product) becomes out-dated pre-release is also bad (Diaktana (SP?)). With the industry moving as fast as it is, it becomes real difficult to keep up and still release a high-quality game (as far as PC is concerned). I believe that thats a reason as to why more and more games that come out are very dissapointing. And price will also have a lot to do with the problem. Some people really can't afford to spend $50+ dollars on a single game. Another reason why a game may suck is because of a lack of balance between the two sides of games (single and multiplayer). In todays world, multiplayer is a must. One reason why I thought that id's Quake III arena was not any good, was because it was just a deathmatch for $50 dollars. (Another reason why I didn't care to much for Q3 is because it was written in C but, that's a different story) A game needs a good single player game and have multiplayer on the side with room for mods to be made. That's were Valve did right with Half-Life. A good, mostly challenging single-player game with a multi-player game with a really good SDK for mods.
If parents didn't let there children run about like they were responsible enough to take care of themselves, *then* and only then would we solve this problem. Technology is not a parenting device (look at the TV, making children fatter and dumber since the 1950's). It is up to the parents to keep track of their kids. If they don't want thier child kidnapped, why the fuck was it out on the street unsupervised in the first place? Parents should be prosecuted in such a case as well as the kidnapper (not for the same punishment but some kind of action needs to be taken against poor parenting). I hear stories constantly about how children were kidnapped at a bus stop from school. Why weren't the parents there? It's as if parents unconsciously lull themselves into a false sense of security. One thing that makes me mad, I walk into a corner store, and there are 2 or 3 kids in there with out any form of parental supervision. It needs to be stopped. Or, how parents just let there children wander through a super-market w/o them. Parents need to start taking some fucking responsibility.
This recent call to the moon is mostly just that. It can evolve into useful military applications. This is a call-back to the space race of the '60s. Necessity is the mother of all invention. Make getting to the moon a necessity and we will start seeing new inventions come out just like in the first space race. How do you think we have a lot of the nifty stuff now? Space race. This can also lead to more job openings as well. People will need to come up with this stuff, build it, etc. Space borne weapons just isn't feasible at this point in time, in my opinion. It would be even more high maintanance than the hubble is now. It just wouldn't work until better technology comes about...
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Thank you, exactly (almost) how I feel. Bush won so, obviously most of the electoral collage feel that the country belongs in the right (damn liberals). America has a right to fight for it's interests before the rest of the world's. And, what we are doing is helping the rest of the world more than itself. If Saddam were to start something, America (I believe) would be able to defend itself, I'm not too sure about a lot of other countries. We are working in the interests of Iraqi's themselves.
America, the rest of the world is praying that you wake up and dump Bush this year.
That's an excessively over-generalized statement. That's like saying, "The rest of the US hates black people, lets ship them to Canada and Mexico." Or better yet, "The rest of the world hates how British people pay money to the royal family (that does nothing for it's people) to keep them living a needlessly luxurious life, you should send them out on the street." And people call me racist for stereotyping (all races (even white)) while your pretty much doing the exact same thing.
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I, for one, am glad that Bush won. I shudder to think how Gore would have handled 9-11. And I wouldn't be expecting a liberal to win this election. Look at the leading Democrats this go-round. Dean and Clark. Two of the most psychotic presidential hopefuls I've ever heard of. Clark, who fully supported the war until he decided to try running for the presidency. Dean, who urged (and urged, and urged, and urged) Clinton to attack Bosnia (?) without UN support but now repeatedly condemns Bush for the same thing. Yeah, those would be two great men to have leading this country.
There has been a total lack of innovation in all forms of entertainment. TV shows haven't been good lately (thanks to reality TV), music has been dreadful (thanks (in my opinion) to hip-hop), movies have been terrible (thanks (again, in my opinion) to CGI graphics), sports has never been worth while (thanks to atheletes expecting more than minimum wage). I have pretty much put a halt on purchasing anything (other than food, etc) from the past 15 years. I only buy movies from the '50s to '70s. I only buy music from the '60s and a little '70s. I have both seasons of The Monkees and their movie HEAD. I have yet to find a movie (atleast from hollywood) that competes with the depth, acting, meaning, and soundtrack of that movie. I have most of The Beatles' CD's and a a few old records (same with the monkees). Back then, people knew what quality was. The music wasn't about money, the movies were more about getting a message across than making some meaningless movie with big explosions in hopes of attracting a large crowd.
As far as video games, they are still moderately new and they can't really be compared to movies and music. But, one big problem I have noticed is that people don't want a game, they want graphics that look like real polygonal characters. I would rather play Quake I than Quake III because it had a point. Multiplayer should be an extra, not the game. Q3 had no point. All it was was a basepoint for modders to build on and charge people $50 to play it. I also don't believe in charging a massive lisencing fee for thier engine but, that's thier prerogative. As far as Console games are concerned, consoles are definately not ready for 3D. I have all this generation's conoles (XBox, Gamecube, PS2) and I never touch them. I have my old NES and play that all the time. The games are better, funner, and all around more worth playing.
One thing that is dragging the whole industry down, is remakes. It's bad in movies, music, games, and anything else. The problem is the lack of originality in entertainment. In my opinion, the entertainment industry will not do well until they stop focusing on money and focus on making the game/movie/song/sport.
I often wondered why America didn't focus much on history while a lot of Europe did. It's because they can only look back and see what great power they used to have. America can see it all around it.
Okay, I NEVER said it was. I listed 1. many pain killers 2. herione 3. cocaine 4. cigarettes
But, only your mind craves the buzz, not your body. That is an incredibly big difference. Sorry, it isn't a disease. By calling it a disease, people are trying to give the idea that "Hey, it's not your fault. It's the alcohol's." Take some responsibility for your irresponsible drinking and go to AA. It might be crippling but, that's your fault if you picked up the bottle.
(other than his racist, sexist, and untruthful banter)
I haven't listened to Rush very often until lately so the only incident that I can bring to mind about him being racist is the Donovan McNaab issue. So, I will talk about this right here (something I've wanted to complain about for a LONG time and here's my chance).
First, Rush's statement was NOT racist in any form. It wasn't degrading McNaab in any way. He said he was overrated. He thought that he was because the *MEDIA* wanted a black person to succeed. If it's in any way racist, it's pointing out the media's racist bias. McNaab is overrated. He hasn't performed and the Eagles should have taken him off the starting line-up.
Second, McNaab has NO room to complain about Rush "bringing race into his performance." McNaab complained to the Eagles manager stating that he wasn't earning what he deserves as the starting quarterback because he is black. If he doesn't like the pay, then go to a different team (except the Eagles are the only team stupid enough to pay him what he gets).
Third, people who *play* sports are already overrated and overpaid. Why does somebody who plays a *GAME* get paid several million a year? They don't provide a useful service to the nation. We have ditch-diggers and teachers that deserve more money than they do. And people wonder why education in America is declining. (and all of my third point can be applied to actors/actresses as well)
Forth, what happened to freedom of speech? Now, I can't walk out my door without offending some one of a different race. And people who try to speak on a broad forum (READ: TV) can't say anything that might upset anybody of an opposite race.
Fifth, black people cannot complain about white racists. Black people are numerous times more racists than the most racist white man. They hold double standards (black people can us the word nigger and white people can't). There is a degrading term for each race (nigger, chink, gook, white-trash (or insert your favorite here, there are plenty to go around), etc.). Black people need to get over themselves. They aren't that great of people. Neither are white people, or asain, or any other person from a particular nationality. If you have seen the movie "American History X" there is a seen where Edward Norton says that the black people (or which ever race (it's been a while)) are keeping the white people down. I almost agree with that. It isn't the black keeping the white down, it's the black keeping the black down, white keeping the white down, etc. I just happen to believe that black people hold themselves down further than other races. Where I live, there are a number of upstanding black men and women that I've had the pleasure to work with, but there are many others that I have come across that are completely opposite. They don't try to better themselves, they have obscene amounts of children to be able to collect more welfare money (my hard earned tax-dollars, mind you), etc. There are also a number of white people in the same mud-hole. It's just the way things are.
Sixth, slavery reparations. The largest load of bullshit I've ever heard. Why should black people today collect money for their great-great-great-great-grandfather/mother's suffering? They are in a better place now (would you rather go back to Africa?) and should be thankful that you were given American Citizenship. If they don't want to work for their money like every other tax-payer, then they can jump on a boat and go back to Africa. American Indians do have reperations (no tax (grumble)) and they rightfully should. Their land was taken, their offspring is affected by this daily. They do diserve reparations.
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I have to disagree with you here. I've been a web programmer professionaly for 2 years and been doing it on my own since back when PHP3 was a new and cool language (looking back, I get to thinking, why the hell did I think php3 was a good language?). Back then, CSS was still fairly young and didn't have near as much standard support as it does now. Building a website without tables was laughable. When I started getting back into PHP and web programming in general, I picked back up using tables like before. A guy I worked with at my current place of employment showed me how far CSS support has gone since I dropped out of the scene. I was impressed, to say the least (even though the company's websites were all still done using tables). I quickly started learning of the benefits of CSS and using valid (X)HTML. Now, whenever I have to build a website, I have my HTML already written (for the most part) and just upload the necessary files. I then write the CSS and position everything where they need to be (unless the layout is drastically different from others). Using CSS has saved me at least an hours worth of time when starting a website. Then, when they want to redesign, it's just switching out graphics and minor changes to the HTML/CSS. If only my boss could see the time it would save by switching over from tables, instead, they saw the amount of time it took to overcome the learning curve. That's one of the key things that CSS Zen Garden showcases. You can have a completely different site using identical HTML (alot of that is in the graphics the site uses but, still). I find it fun to browse through the Special Effects category of CSS Zen and see just how completely different people make that site look just using CSS alone.
There are drawbacks to CSS. The equal length columns issue and IE are two of the problems. It would be downright awesome if all browsers supported CSS1 and 2 100% but, that would also mean my job would be even less secure. I don't know how many times I've clashed with my boss over the equal columns issue. It got so bad with one site (the site had a bunch of 'boxes' stacked one next to the other) that I had to write an ugly javascript function that would manually size each box based on the largest box on that row.
I've found equal-height columns to be a very negative design mechanism. It looks great in Photoshop, but horribly fails when the site is complete. Invariably, the client will be too absent-minded to realize that if one column has substantially more content then the other, then the other column will be incredibly long with very little content (the people of the aformentioned site did that and then called complaining about their own content).
There are some CSS tricks you can use to your advantage, though, that will work great in (what I call) the big 3 (Windows: IE, FF, Opera; Mac: Safari, FF, Opera). You can have an entire column wrapped in a single div, set the width of that div (with no padding, margin nor border), then use divs for the content inside that div. Leave the width alone and set the necessary margin, padding and borders. That way, there's no need for hacks around IE's box model bug or anything. It can potentially create some wasted div space in the HTML, which is undesirable but unavoidable until browsers all become more aligned.
It sounds like your only problem is that CSS just hasn't clicked for you yet. (Forgive me if I'm wrong, you probably have more experience than I do and I'm by no means a CSS genius or anything, that's just what it sounds like to me) If you just take your time and force yourself to only use tables were appropriate or absolutely necessary, you'll get to a point where you can do almost anything you could with tables without having to use ugly hacks and do it easier and quicker than before.
Really, it all comes down
FreeBSD's hardware support isn't as wide reaching as linux from what I have found. If you have normal hardware (ie. popular), you wont find any problems with compatiblity from FreeBSD. If you are ever putting a computer together for the specific purpose of running FreeBSD, always check the hardware compatibility matrix. I had an instance at work where my boss bought the hardware for the servers and had me put it together and get FreeBSD installed. He didn't check the hardware for compatibility and 2 of the 4 RAID cards didn't have drivers for FreeBSD (while linux had drivers for both cards).
For the most part, FreeBSD has good hardware support. Most of the hardware you find will be supported. FreeBSD is a strong, solid server OS. I'm interested in how they are going to push for a stronger desktop presence. In my general setups, I'll use Linux exclusively for desktop (although, I wouldn't have a problem building a server with Gentoo or Debian, I just find FreeBSD a stronger solution), and use FreeBSD for servers. I'd prefer to see FreeBSD focus on just server optimization but, hopefully, we will see some bigger advances from both linux and FreeBSD from this 'competition.'
I run into the same problem at my job, PHP programming and some system administration. My job would be much easier if they gave me the root password. Currently, whenever I need the permissions on a file changed, I have to ask the "sysadmin" (I do more system administration that he does) to login as root and change them. Not to mention that I write some scripts and run them on live sites, I have to ask my boss to login as root on my computer so I can write the scripts.
Their reasoning behind not giving me the password is that they are very secure about who has access and who doesn't. So, the workaround I've come up with, I just leave an SSH session running with a root account logged in. They know I do that and they called that a good idea when I told them. I don't get people sometimes.
Just out of curiousity, what would happen if something big were to happen in the area of the floating power plant (something like Katrina, etc.)?
If it's run on a volunteer basis (or whatever), what's to stop one of them from yelling fire? Do you think that wouldn't cause a panic? It wouldn't get people rushing towards an exit and potentially CAUSING a distaster? There's all kinds of bad outcomes surrounding an independent radio station in there. If newsletters and loudspeakers aren't enough, then there's something wrong.
For years, I wouldn't even consider buying a laptop. Due to the price, the fact that they couldn't compare to desktops (performance and screen size/resolution), etc. But, lately, there have been a number of advancements in the laptop market that give you a comparable computer from a laptop (granted, the laptop will weigh a lot more if you're trying to get a full desktop comparable laptop) but, the price is still a factor. In the past, my job has never had anything to do with computers (insurance, chemical labs, etc.) but now I have a programming job that I work from home as well as the office. The most annoying thing is having everything set up just the way you want it at work, then switching to a completely different set up at home. This is the reason why I'm looking into buying a laptop. I spend a lot of time at my bosses house and while I'm there, I can't really get anything done, so I pretty much waste 2-3 hours when I could be getting more work done (that's why the company is also considering chipping in on the cost of the laptop). That leads to the largest benefit that a laptop can provide, portability. It's convenient to be able to take your computer with you when you need to travel, etc.
I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner. The biggest reason I would continue buying desktops is to play games (since I work all the time, I rarely do). Then again, it's also nice to be able to upgrade your system piece by piece but, you can't have your cake and eat it, too.
There is also a man porting the original Zelda for the NES to the dreamcast. Of course, all sprites and such had to be changed, because Nintendo found out about it (back when it was for PC only) and used the DMCA to force the creators to either drop it, or stop using their art. The link for today's project, Openlynks, is located here.
When I was just starting to get into computer hardware and such, I had an old PII 350 MHz with a ATI 8MB video card in it. Little did I know, that before I upgraded the video card, the temp in the box was already hot. I took out the ATI card and put in a new GeForce2 Ultra. Well, after about 2 months... out of no where, green horizontal lines start flashing around my screen. I took a screen grab of it (while playing Counter-Strike, if memory serves me correctly) and the lines were there. So, I deduced that the video card was overheating. Since I was (and still am) poor, I couldn't afford to replace it at the time. Instead of leaving it off, I stick a box fan next to it with the case off. It didn't work out to well but, was eventually able to save enough money to repair it. I ended up replacing a hard drive, mobo, processor, video card, and a cd-rom drive. When replacing that, I strapped as many fans on the inside as I could find room for. Off the top of my head, I have 6 ~3" fans and 2 of a smaller size (and one on my GeForce4 TI 4400). Checking my temp now, I still get ~50C with no load (with a AMD Athlon T-Bird 1GHz). I only kept the video card and hard drive from all the upgrades, since even if the rest were salvagable, nobody I knew personally had lower specs than that. I put the old video card in a friends computer, and it still works to this day (even without the green lines). As for the hard drive, it works but, I only use it for back-up purposes. It was only 8gb so, I'm not missing anything.
Urine is composed of pretty much the same thing as sweat. There was a story about a family trapped in their basement after an earthquake in California. A husband, wife and child. The husband told his family to drink their urine but, the wife refused. The man and child survived...
I used to work in a chemical lab, and I was friends with the person who would run hexavalent chromiums. We would occasionally bet on the results of the samples that came in. There was one, it was crystal clear, didn't have any smell, etc. The result was drastically high (and almost went out of her curve with only 10 mLs of sample). And, if I recall correctly, Erin Brockovich was about the water's Cr(-6).. So, I wouldn't trust water that hadn't atleast been boiled before use.
I guess a lag of a couple days would rule out any Counter-Strike play. Which is sad, since I was really looking forward to owning some aliens...
Out of my experiences with ATI vs. nVidia, I have found that if you prefer OpenGL, then get an nVidia card. If you prefer DirectX, then get an ATI. The last ATI I had experience with couldn't handle OpenGL at all (mind you, this was years back) but ran with DirectX fine. Although, my GeForce 4400 (I believe it is) can run both just fine. But, I prefer to program in OpenGL, so I stick with nVidia.
With that said, Valve is strictly using DirectX for HL2 (atleast thats the last I heard) and is also "designed for ATI." So, it would make sense that HL2 would run better on an ATI card. But, me personally, I'll stick with nVidia and take a performance hit on HL2. I've had too many bad experiences with ATI.
Does anybody here presently know if SCO's claims are true? Also, does anybody know of a place to get an in-depth history of UNIX to present day linux, *BSD, etc? I was reading other posts concerning a.out and realized that I didn't really know what they were talking about, and that's why I ask.
Myth #1: America is losing jobs.
Fact: More Americans are employed than ever before.
The household employment survey of Americans indicates that there are 1.9 million more Americans employed since the recession ended in November 2001. There are 138.3 million workers in the U.S. economy today--more than ever before.[2]
Myth #2: The low unemployment rate excludes many discouraged workers.
Fact: Unemployment is dropping, despite a surging labor force.
Not only is the unemployment rate low in historical terms at 5.6 percent, but the workforce has been growing--there are now 2.03 million more people in the labor force than in late 2001. Without a higher rate of unemployment or a shrinking workforce, there is no evidence of growing discouragement.[3]
Myth #3: Outsourcing will cause a net loss of 3.3 million jobs.
Fact: Outsourcing has little net impact, and represents less than 1 percent of gross job turnover.
Over the past decade, America has lost an average of 7.71 million jobs every quarter.[4] The most alarmist prediction of jobs lost to outsourcing, by Forrester Research, estimates that 3.3 million service jobs will be outsourced between 2000 and 2015--an average of 55,000 jobs outsourced per quarter, or only 0.71 percent of all jobs lost per quarter.
Myth #4: Free trade, free labor, and free capital harm the U.S. economy.
Fact: Economic freedom is necessary for economic growth, new jobs, and higher living standards.
A study conducted for the 2004 Index of Economic Freedom confirms a strong, positive relationship between economic freedom and per capita GDP. Countries that adopt policies antithetical to economic freedom, including trying to protect jobs of a few from outsourcing, tend to retard economic growth, which leads to fewer jobs.
Myth #5: A job outsourced is a job lost.
Fact: Outsourcing means efficiency.
Outsourcing is a means of getting more final output with lower cost inputs, which leads to lower prices for all U.S. firms and families. Lower prices lead directly to higher standards of living and more jobs in a growing economy.
Myth #6: Outsourcing is a one-way street.
Fact: Outsourcing works both ways.
The number of jobs coming from other countries to the U.S. (jobs "insourced") is growing at a faster rate than jobs lost overseas. According to the Organization for International Investment, the numbers of manufacturing jobs insourced to the United States grew by 82 percent, while the number outsourced overseas grew by only 23 percent.[5] Moreover, these insourced jobs are often higher-paying than those outsourced.[6]
Myth #7: American manufacturing jobs are moving to poor nations, especially China.
Fact: Nations are losing manufacturing jobs worldwide, even China.
America is not alone in experiencing declines in manufacturing jobs. U.S. manufacturing employment declined 11 percent between 1995 and 2002, which is identical to the average world decline.[7] China has seen a sharper decline, losing 15 percent of its industrial jobs over the same period.
Myth #8: Only greedy corporations benefit from outsourcing.
Fact: Everyone benefits from outsourcing.
Outsourcing is about efficiency. As costs decline, every consumer benefits, including those who lose their jobs to outsourcing. A 2003 study by Michael W. Klein, Scott Schuh, and Robert K. Triest, which includes dislocation costs in its calculations, shows the benefits of trade outweighing its costs by 100 percent.[8]
Myth #9: The government can protect American workers from outsourcing.
Fact: Protectionism is isolationism and has a history of failure.
Proposals to punish businesses that outsource jobs, institute tariffs, or change tax rules will carry unintended consequences if enacted. Such measures would injure U.S. firms that export goods and services and erode U.S. competitiveness, often in unexpected ways. Recent steel tariffs, for example, cost jobs in doz
I think he has low self-esteem because the USA only gained independence thanks to French support.
If you want to get technical about it, the same goes the opposite way. The French crumbled at Hitlers feet in little to no time at all in WWII. I would say that we should have just given France to Germany but, that wouldn't help now either...
There are many reasons for a call to have manned missions to the moon and mars. Ever since we got to the moon (and eventually stopped), the US as a country doesn't have a common goal to set forth on. We did in the 60's. That's one of the few things that I will praise JFK for. Plus, there are massive inventions that took place then. A lot you enjoy still today (microwave oven, computers, et al). While sending up rovers to do the work is not a bad idea, it isn't the same as sending actual astronauts. Bush set forth the Mars plan as a very long-term goal. We are still a long time away from Mars. But, the moon is still possible with in a decade. (Maybe even less considering we are more technologically advanced than we were back then)
I think your looking way into it. As if your trying to be offended by this article. It's merely stating a simple fact that a Californian city almost banned foam cups from being misinformed. How many times have you heard some one say, "It's a law in that ." But, then you go and look it up and it's completey wrong... It's the same deal here. If you're an environmentalist, then good for you. Your post is attacking non-environmentalists (and big business at that). I could get very offended at your post (claiming such that it's just flamebait crap, but I don't). Just accept that people think different than you.
Now, I'm all for environmentalism as long as it doesn't interfere with my everyday life in too far an extreme. If there is an environmentalist trying to get something passed to better the environment, then he needs to make sure that he has each and every last detail, down the the dotted 'i's and crossed 't's. Trying to get something like that passed without doing any kind of research of your own is just neglegence at its finest (or poorest?).
Actually, your body requires a small amount of arsenic. It's just when you go overboard that you die. The same goes for salt (NaCl). You need salt in your system but, if you consume too much, it becomes toxic (remember kids, it's safer to drink your own urine than ocean water). Work in a chemical lab and you'll learn what to be afraid of (nasty things like NaOH, Hydroflouric acid (spill some of that on you and you'll have a really great day), HCl, H2SO4, etc.).
A little interesting fact, the headache that you get after a long night of drinking is caused by your blood's pH level being to acidic. That's why you drink a lot of water, so you can dilute your system's acidity level...
There are some companies, in my book, who can pull such delays off. Valve Software, id Software, just to name a few. If they want to delay a game, then good, take the time you need to release a quality product. In my opinion, rushing to meet a release date is a bad idea. Haste makes waste has always been true. But, delaying so long that your product (that at the time was a ground-breaking, barrier-pushing product) becomes out-dated pre-release is also bad (Diaktana (SP?)). With the industry moving as fast as it is, it becomes real difficult to keep up and still release a high-quality game (as far as PC is concerned). I believe that thats a reason as to why more and more games that come out are very dissapointing. And price will also have a lot to do with the problem. Some people really can't afford to spend $50+ dollars on a single game. Another reason why a game may suck is because of a lack of balance between the two sides of games (single and multiplayer). In todays world, multiplayer is a must. One reason why I thought that id's Quake III arena was not any good, was because it was just a deathmatch for $50 dollars. (Another reason why I didn't care to much for Q3 is because it was written in C but, that's a different story) A game needs a good single player game and have multiplayer on the side with room for mods to be made. That's were Valve did right with Half-Life. A good, mostly challenging single-player game with a multi-player game with a really good SDK for mods.
If parents didn't let there children run about like they were responsible enough to take care of themselves, *then* and only then would we solve this problem. Technology is not a parenting device (look at the TV, making children fatter and dumber since the 1950's). It is up to the parents to keep track of their kids. If they don't want thier child kidnapped, why the fuck was it out on the street unsupervised in the first place? Parents should be prosecuted in such a case as well as the kidnapper (not for the same punishment but some kind of action needs to be taken against poor parenting). I hear stories constantly about how children were kidnapped at a bus stop from school. Why weren't the parents there? It's as if parents unconsciously lull themselves into a false sense of security. One thing that makes me mad, I walk into a corner store, and there are 2 or 3 kids in there with out any form of parental supervision. It needs to be stopped. Or, how parents just let there children wander through a super-market w/o them. Parents need to start taking some fucking responsibility.
This recent call to the moon is mostly just that. It can evolve into useful military applications. This is a call-back to the space race of the '60s. Necessity is the mother of all invention. Make getting to the moon a necessity and we will start seeing new inventions come out just like in the first space race. How do you think we have a lot of the nifty stuff now? Space race. This can also lead to more job openings as well. People will need to come up with this stuff, build it, etc. Space borne weapons just isn't feasible at this point in time, in my opinion. It would be even more high maintanance than the hubble is now. It just wouldn't work until better technology comes about...
Thank you, exactly (almost) how I feel. Bush won so, obviously most of the electoral collage feel that the country belongs in the right (damn liberals). America has a right to fight for it's interests before the rest of the world's. And, what we are doing is helping the rest of the world more than itself. If Saddam were to start something, America (I believe) would be able to defend itself, I'm not too sure about a lot of other countries. We are working in the interests of Iraqi's themselves.
America, the rest of the world is praying that you wake up and dump Bush this year.
That's an excessively over-generalized statement. That's like saying, "The rest of the US hates black people, lets ship them to Canada and Mexico." Or better yet, "The rest of the world hates how British people pay money to the royal family (that does nothing for it's people) to keep them living a needlessly luxurious life, you should send them out on the street." And people call me racist for stereotyping (all races (even white)) while your pretty much doing the exact same thing.
On a political note [not for moderation]...
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I, for one, am glad that Bush won. I shudder to think how Gore would have handled 9-11. And I wouldn't be expecting a liberal to win this election. Look at the leading Democrats this go-round. Dean and Clark. Two of the most psychotic presidential hopefuls I've ever heard of. Clark, who fully supported the war until he decided to try running for the presidency. Dean, who urged (and urged, and urged, and urged) Clinton to attack Bosnia (?) without UN support but now repeatedly condemns Bush for the same thing. Yeah, those would be two great men to have leading this country.
There has been a total lack of innovation in all forms of entertainment. TV shows haven't been good lately (thanks to reality TV), music has been dreadful (thanks (in my opinion) to hip-hop), movies have been terrible (thanks (again, in my opinion) to CGI graphics), sports has never been worth while (thanks to atheletes expecting more than minimum wage). I have pretty much put a halt on purchasing anything (other than food, etc) from the past 15 years. I only buy movies from the '50s to '70s. I only buy music from the '60s and a little '70s. I have both seasons of The Monkees and their movie HEAD. I have yet to find a movie (atleast from hollywood) that competes with the depth, acting, meaning, and soundtrack of that movie. I have most of The Beatles' CD's and a a few old records (same with the monkees). Back then, people knew what quality was. The music wasn't about money, the movies were more about getting a message across than making some meaningless movie with big explosions in hopes of attracting a large crowd.
As far as video games, they are still moderately new and they can't really be compared to movies and music. But, one big problem I have noticed is that people don't want a game, they want graphics that look like real polygonal characters. I would rather play Quake I than Quake III because it had a point. Multiplayer should be an extra, not the game. Q3 had no point. All it was was a basepoint for modders to build on and charge people $50 to play it. I also don't believe in charging a massive lisencing fee for thier engine but, that's thier prerogative. As far as Console games are concerned, consoles are definately not ready for 3D. I have all this generation's conoles (XBox, Gamecube, PS2) and I never touch them. I have my old NES and play that all the time. The games are better, funner, and all around more worth playing.
One thing that is dragging the whole industry down, is remakes. It's bad in movies, music, games, and anything else. The problem is the lack of originality in entertainment. In my opinion, the entertainment industry will not do well until they stop focusing on money and focus on making the game/movie/song/sport.
But, why should I speak since I know nothing.
I often wondered why America didn't focus much on history while a lot of Europe did. It's because they can only look back and see what great power they used to have. America can see it all around it.
Okay, I NEVER said it was. I listed
1. many pain killers
2. herione
3. cocaine
4. cigarettes
But, only your mind craves the buzz, not your body. That is an incredibly big difference. Sorry, it isn't a disease. By calling it a disease, people are trying to give the idea that "Hey, it's not your fault. It's the alcohol's." Take some responsibility for your irresponsible drinking and go to AA. It might be crippling but, that's your fault if you picked up the bottle.
(other than his racist, sexist, and untruthful banter)
I haven't listened to Rush very often until lately so the only incident that I can bring to mind about him being racist is the Donovan McNaab issue. So, I will talk about this right here (something I've wanted to complain about for a LONG time and here's my chance).
First, Rush's statement was NOT racist in any form. It wasn't degrading McNaab in any way. He said he was overrated. He thought that he was because the *MEDIA* wanted a black person to succeed. If it's in any way racist, it's pointing out the media's racist bias. McNaab is overrated. He hasn't performed and the Eagles should have taken him off the starting line-up.
Second, McNaab has NO room to complain about Rush "bringing race into his performance." McNaab complained to the Eagles manager stating that he wasn't earning what he deserves as the starting quarterback because he is black. If he doesn't like the pay, then go to a different team (except the Eagles are the only team stupid enough to pay him what he gets).
Third, people who *play* sports are already overrated and overpaid. Why does somebody who plays a *GAME* get paid several million a year? They don't provide a useful service to the nation. We have ditch-diggers and teachers that deserve more money than they do. And people wonder why education in America is declining. (and all of my third point can be applied to actors/actresses as well)
Forth, what happened to freedom of speech? Now, I can't walk out my door without offending some one of a different race. And people who try to speak on a broad forum (READ: TV) can't say anything that might upset anybody of an opposite race.
Fifth, black people cannot complain about white racists. Black people are numerous times more racists than the most racist white man. They hold double standards (black people can us the word nigger and white people can't). There is a degrading term for each race (nigger, chink, gook, white-trash (or insert your favorite here, there are plenty to go around), etc.). Black people need to get over themselves. They aren't that great of people. Neither are white people, or asain, or any other person from a particular nationality. If you have seen the movie "American History X" there is a seen where Edward Norton says that the black people (or which ever race (it's been a while)) are keeping the white people down. I almost agree with that. It isn't the black keeping the white down, it's the black keeping the black down, white keeping the white down, etc. I just happen to believe that black people hold themselves down further than other races. Where I live, there are a number of upstanding black men and women that I've had the pleasure to work with, but there are many others that I have come across that are completely opposite. They don't try to better themselves, they have obscene amounts of children to be able to collect more welfare money (my hard earned tax-dollars, mind you), etc. There are also a number of white people in the same mud-hole. It's just the way things are.
Sixth, slavery reparations. The largest load of bullshit I've ever heard. Why should black people today collect money for their great-great-great-great-grandfather/mother's suffering? They are in a better place now (would you rather go back to Africa?) and should be thankful that you were given American Citizenship. If they don't want to work for their money like every other tax-payer, then they can jump on a boat and go back to Africa. American Indians do have reperations (no tax (grumble)) and they rightfully should. Their land was taken, their offspring is affected by this daily. They do diserve reparations.