RDF, DC Metadata, etc, is an extension of the current semantics defined by HTML.
while they have a common grandparent, RDF and so forth can hardly be considered extensions of HTML. if that were the case, there would be a <table> tag in RDF. just because they have a common syntax and can be interleaved in the same document using namespaces does not mean they serve equivalent functions.
What they mean by replacing tags with their semantic equivalents is using tags that convey the meaning of their content instead of just style. EG. replacing tag with and CSS.
i know what they mean, but using a language *correctly* can hardly be considered 'semantic'. just because you wrap a paragraph in a <p> tag does not mean you're conveying *semantic* meaning... it's purely structural meaning.
Daniel M. Frommelt and his posse have recoded a prototype of Slashdot that uses valid, semantic HTML and stylesheets.
HTML is not a semantic web technology! here's the W3C Semantic Web page. Notice how (X)HTML isn't mentioned?
i don't know who to blame for the propagation of this usage of the word 'semantic,' but i think it might be Jeffrey Zeldman. i like the dude, but this has to stop...
There is in Microsoft Windows 2000 Explorer. I can move or copy a file, and when I press Ctrl+Z, Explorer will perform the inverse transaction. Why can't iTunes store the inverse of the file system transactions involved in organizing my audio files and then play back that inverse in response to an Undo command?
because the obvious opposite of the "Organize" command is "Disorganize," and they can't be asked to spend the time impliment that in a manner tailored to everybody's personal disorganization scheme.
as a former employee of a News Corp subsidiary, i've met the guy who writes the news ticker that appears on the News Corp building in midtown New York. it's actually refered to as the "zipper," and he's called the "zipper guy."
he's an old fart, and that building is full of talentless hacks. just thought i'd get that off my chest.:)
Derek Bastille of the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center in Fairbanks said that they just built a supercomputer but spent about 30 million using Cray and IBM equipment.
yes, but that's dual-use equipment (spaceheater).:)
I seriously doubt those things (especially the video cards) will get a lot of use in a giant cluster.
as i say every time this topic comes up, they're talking about using the GPUs for additional processing. while GPUs aren't flexible enough to perform many tasks, among some of the tasks they can do are some that they do extremely well.
does anyone get the same feeling reading stuff like this that you get when you read writing from like the 1930's that says that we may one day visit the moon?
no no, you have it all wrong. that's the old Mac OS. here are some other ones:
Windows: Marketing people told a herd of feral cats how to program it.
BeOS: a team of kernel hackers did the featureset ("Q. What work can I do with BeOS?" "A. You can multithread! A lot!").
Mac OS X: Kernel was done as a homework project; GUI was done by a team of NextStep software architects (every application is a subclass of NSText.):)
since bill gates and paul allen wrote TRON, the 'trace-on' command they added to BASIC when they were first hacking together MS-DOS from what they bought from Seattle Computer Products, couldn't it be said that TRON was always in an alliance with Microsoft?:)
Kids fifty to eighty years ago spent lots and lots of time building rafts and treehouses, far away from their parents. Yet they did not turn into psychopaths.
it does not follow from this that it's culture's fault for these sorts of incidents. there are too many variables... for instance, my understanding of the parent-child relationship of 80 years ago is that parents generally beat the s*** out of their kids for every step out of line. parents don't really impose such harsh discipline on kids these days, at least in the U.S.
it's not the fault of the parents that left guns around where little kids could get their hands on them. or for not teaching them to not shoot at cars. no way, that's too easy of an explination.
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someone has to publicly pie this mcbride character, and fast!
HTML is not a semantic web technology! here's the W3C Semantic Web page. Notice how (X)HTML isn't mentioned?
i don't know who to blame for the propagation of this usage of the word 'semantic,' but i think it might be Jeffrey Zeldman. i like the dude, but this has to stop...
sheesh! :)
he's an old fart, and that building is full of talentless hacks. just thought i'd get that off my chest. :)
and it looks like circle's winning... ;)
does anyone get the same feeling reading stuff like this that you get when you read writing from like the 1930's that says that we may one day visit the moon?
what makes you think it's proprietary? it's not. it's called Open Firmware and it's an IEEE standard.
Open, as in, not proprietary, and you can hack it yourself easily, if you feel like learning Forth.
since bill gates and paul allen wrote TRON, the 'trace-on' command they added to BASIC when they were first hacking together MS-DOS from what they bought from Seattle Computer Products, couldn't it be said that TRON was always in an alliance with Microsoft? :)
try moving to New York... the AT&T GSM here is fine. :)
students of a teacher that hates Java are struggling with Java. story at 11.
actually, IIRC, they're promoting the video cards as a *benefit*. i think they're working on using those GPUs for more processing.
FREEEDOM! HORRIBLE FREEDOM!
i don't know if you know this, but that's not how encryption works... :)
it's not the fault of the parents that left guns around where little kids could get their hands on them. or for not teaching them to not shoot at cars. no way, that's too easy of an explination.