Web browsers usually do ignore foreign tags, but we're going to see a move away from PC-based Web use. Wireless devices don't have the processing power or bandwidth to waste figuring out which markup to parse, and which to disregard.
In order to ensure that the information we post on the Web can be retrieved by these new devices, we must mark up the data in compliance with an agreed-upon set of guidelines.
Now, I'm not saying I agree with all, or even most of W3C's recommendations, but I'll follow them anyway.
Microsoft has, once again, dropped the ball on this one. Because IE5.5 isn't compliant, most developers won't use compliant markup, which will set back the development of the Web.
The problem, as I see it, is that no matter what, or how many, TLD's we add, they will get gobbled up by the big players, leaving us right where we are now.
It's my understanding that 'fair use' applies when a work is reproduced & republished. Does it have any relevence to, say, copying a song from a friend's CD?
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The /. admins would be grateful.
One could extend this argument to include the HTML used to mark up a web page, or the PostScript instructions defining a logo.
If this argument holds, it could set a very dangerous precedent.
Who stands the best chance of making money form distributed filesharing technologies like Gnutella?
What sort of revenue model do you expect to succeed?
What steps do you expect RIAA, MPAA, & others will take to try to stop it?
Will they resort to guerrilla tactics to try to dismantle the system?
Who will sue them when they do it?
What guarantee does the American Public have that agencies such as NSA, CIA, FBI, etc. are not overstepping thier bounds when it comes to our privacy?
In other words, to whom does the NSA answer?
Who's watching the watchers?
You can pick up a used Imac or a g3 tower for well under $1000
New IMacs start at $799.
Yeah, but Everything2 doesn't allow you to ftp whole files.
btw, why is this offtopic?
It sounds mediocre until you actually use a G4.
I use both Macs & PCs, and I can attest to the fact that a 450MHz G4 absolutely blows a comparably-priced 800MHz Dell P3 out of the water.
That being said, I don't understand why Apple is so stingy with RAM. It seems silly to ship a dual-processor G4 with 64MB of RAM.
My G4 definitely lost some of its elegance when I hooked up the monitor, keyboard, power, ethernet, and [replacement] mouse.
Imagine the Cube with about eight cables trailing out from under its minimalist shell.
AC's start at zero.
Yeah, that is such a glaring mistake, I actually thought they had been hacked at first.
Web browsers usually do ignore foreign tags, but we're going to see a move away from PC-based Web use. Wireless devices don't have the processing power or bandwidth to waste figuring out which markup to parse, and which to disregard.
In order to ensure that the information we post on the Web can be retrieved by these new devices, we must mark up the data in compliance with an agreed-upon set of guidelines.
Now, I'm not saying I agree with all, or even most of W3C's recommendations, but I'll follow them anyway.
Microsoft has, once again, dropped the ball on this one. Because IE5.5 isn't compliant, most developers won't use compliant markup, which will set back the development of the Web.
Check out The Secret History of Lead for a study in corporate greed.
if browser developers aren't bothering to implement it, I doubt that there's a whole lot of demand for it
Have you even read any of the comments? There is obviously a demand for it.
That's not the point. If IE was compliant, nobody would be bitching about new features.
It's a matter of priorities.
Guns don't kill people. People kill people.
Stunts like this will simply help speed up the evolution of peer to peer filesharing.
Um. he's a criminal. he has no rights.
That's a ridiculous statement.
Are there no solutions to these trajedies?
Yes. It's called raising your threshold.
Did it occur to you that, by posting this nonsense, you are contributing to the problem?
"ICANN is not considering TLD proposals.... (We) are still considering the policies for considering them,"
I believe it was our fearless leader (Clinton, not CmdrTaco) who said it best - "Well, that depends on what the meaning of the word is is."
What ever happened with this story?
Was it just a bluff? A hoax?
The problem, as I see it, is that no matter what, or how many, TLD's we add, they will get gobbled up by the big players, leaving us right where we are now.
It's my understanding that 'fair use' applies when a work is reproduced & republished. Does it have any relevence to, say, copying a song from a friend's CD?
It all comes down to intent. If you send email with the intent of hindering an investigation, then that's illegal.
He must be up to something...
I wish I had a mod point for this one...