what's the <wbr> tag all about? IE only right? (not sure)
hitting "Ctrl-A" in firefox with the Web Developer Extension installed (W3C Markup Validation Service - form upload) gives me around 40 errors - some from the included commercials but some slashdot related too...hitting "Ctrl-H" (check by url) even gives a nice 403? doesn't really help in debugging;)
hey do you NOT want people to check if your code is standard compliant? or do you just oppose the W3C Markup Validation Service? i know "clean HTML" doesn't really imply standard compliance - well actually i implied it...
in germany the publich broadcast channels you have to pay for (öffentlich-rechtlich) are showing commercials almost all the time. i think from 8p.m. on they are (as of now) not allowed to show any advertisements anymore...although they always try to expand this. my question on this: why the heck are they forcing people to pay for their program - watching it or not - when they fill it with commercials just like the private stations?
my second thought on this: these channels (e.g. ZDF - the second station) also spend huge amounts of money to advertise for themself: driving through the streets around here in germany you will find lots of highly paid celebrities covering one eye and smiling down from road signs and huge advertisements telling you that "you better see on the second" (meaning you should watch ZDF).
so if you think about it they take the money from everybody who owns a TV, produce a commercial or advertisement with this money, just to make you watch their program, which you have to pay for anyways - if you watch it or not. WTF? by the way even the GEZ (the organization knocking on your door trying to peek into your flat to spot a TV set and making you pay for it) also spends a lot of money on commercials urging you to pay...
third thought on this: there have been some wrong statements on this in different posts. i'll try to clarify the whole thing:
1. you have to pay this fee for every device that is technically able to receive the broadcasts. meaning you have to pay for every TV, VCR (which normally has an own tuner), radio - also car radio, alarm clocks, TV-Tuner-Card... you get the point... (so you als have to pay for a VCR even if you don't have a TV!)
2. if you own 2 TVs, the socond one is free. but only if it's located in the same house/appartment. if you have a second house with a second TV - you have to pay twice (why? idunno - i can only watch one TV at a time right?)
3. if you pay for a TV (about 13,50 $/month) you don't have to pay for a radio - otherwise a radio costs about 4,50 $/month
in my mind the fee is much too high - i pay 13,50$/month whereas i pay about 12,00$ fo rmy cable connection...ok this fee is used to fund about 60 radio stations, 26 orchestras and big bands...but hey, is this the "basic service"??
also consider the print area - there are no "öffentlich-rechtliche" papers out there - still nobody would say that people get misinformed and everybody agrees that there are many good and thrustworthy newpspapers ot there (all private): Spiegel, Die Welt, Die Zeit...
i don't have to compile stuff with huge commandline-commands when installing software (after reading huge man docs)
i can insert a cd and it works right away - no mounting 'n stuff - AND I GET IT BACK WHEN I PUSH THE EJECT-BUTTON!
the interface is standardized in (almost) all applications - some apps in linux look and act like they were created ages ago (because they ARE) causing them to be not really useful for the regular user (sorry have no example in mind now)
it all comes down to the regular computer users needs: he doesn't want to code the application himself, but have a working one "out of the box" - of course linux is cool and secure and sure you can use it productively, but when it comes to usability it cannot serve the regular guy.
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what's the <wbr> tag all about? IE only right? (not sure)
;)
hitting "Ctrl-A" in firefox with the Web Developer Extension installed (W3C Markup Validation Service - form upload) gives me around 40 errors - some from the included commercials but some slashdot related too...hitting "Ctrl-H" (check by url) even gives a nice 403? doesn't really help in debugging
hey do you NOT want people to check if your code is standard compliant? or do you just oppose the W3C Markup Validation Service? i know "clean HTML" doesn't really imply standard compliance - well actually i implied it...
nice tableless layout though!
in germany the publich broadcast channels you have to pay for (öffentlich-rechtlich) are showing commercials almost all the time. i think from 8p.m. on they are (as of now) not allowed to show any advertisements anymore...although they always try to expand this. my question on this: why the heck are they forcing people to pay for their program - watching it or not - when they fill it with commercials just like the private stations?
... you get the point... (so you als have to pay for a VCR even if you don't have a TV!)
my second thought on this:
these channels (e.g. ZDF - the second station) also spend huge amounts of money to advertise for themself: driving through the streets around here in germany you will find lots of highly paid celebrities covering one eye and smiling down from road signs and huge advertisements telling you that "you better see on the second" (meaning you should watch ZDF).
so if you think about it they take the money from everybody who owns a TV, produce a commercial or advertisement with this money, just to make you watch their program, which you have to pay for anyways - if you watch it or not. WTF? by the way even the GEZ (the organization knocking on your door trying to peek into your flat to spot a TV set and making you pay for it) also spends a lot of money on commercials urging you to pay...
third thought on this:
there have been some wrong statements on this in different posts. i'll try to clarify the whole thing:
1. you have to pay this fee for every device that is technically able to receive the broadcasts. meaning you have to pay for every TV, VCR (which normally has an own tuner), radio - also car radio, alarm clocks, TV-Tuner-Card
2. if you own 2 TVs, the socond one is free. but only if it's located in the same house/appartment. if you have a second house with a second TV - you have to pay twice (why? idunno - i can only watch one TV at a time right?)
3. if you pay for a TV (about 13,50 $/month) you don't have to pay for a radio - otherwise a radio costs about 4,50 $/month
in my mind the fee is much too high - i pay 13,50$/month whereas i pay about 12,00$ fo rmy cable connection...ok this fee is used to fund about 60 radio stations, 26 orchestras and big bands...but hey, is this the "basic service"??
also consider the print area - there are no "öffentlich-rechtliche" papers out there - still nobody would say that people get misinformed and everybody agrees that there are many good and thrustworthy newpspapers ot there (all private): Spiegel, Die Welt, Die Zeit...
finally i know how alec empire made his hypermodern jazz - lp ;)
it all comes down to the regular computer users needs: he doesn't want to code the application himself, but have a working one "out of the box" - of course linux is cool and secure and sure you can use it productively, but when it comes to usability it cannot serve the regular guy.
thanks for the attention.