Does the Sydney Morning Herald fit your criteria for a good online newspaper, from a traditional paper news company? I certainly like it, and I feel like they've adapted their online version well.
If they're lefty, or wrong, I guess they're not protected.
I initially read the title as meaning "whale rights". Which left me wondering what rights does the Buoy network protect? Whales already have free speech.
The earliest times when Tibet becomes part of China is the Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), the ones getting them is Mongols, not Hans.
The Mongols conquered Tibet 50 years before they conquered China, so it's hardly logical to consider that Tibet became part of China during that dynasty.
After that, in the Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Actually, Tibet was under its own rule during the Ming dynasty. China did not rule it at all during this period, although they would come in occasionally with military, and quieten down any unrest. I guess they believed in having peaceful neighbours.
It was during the Qing dynasty that they established a presence in Tibet. Even then, it was established by a Manchurian Emperor, and was a military presence. No political administration was established, and no taxes were paid to the Manchurian empire. Tibet was still under the rule of the Dalai Lama's government. Then, in 1908, the Dalai Lama proclaimed independence from the Qing dynasty. Tibet was in no way, at any of these stages, under control by the Han Chinese.
I think a comparison with the past British rule over India is very inappropriate.
Personally, I think it's a very apt comparison. Han Chinese authority has had nothing to do with Tibet at any time in history. Now all of a sudden they come in and say "you're under our control now". Very much like the British and India.
I have to say, as an Australian Ebay buyer, I don't appreciate being restricted in my payment options. Paypal was fine when buying from overseas sellers, but from local sellers, bank deposit was by far the most convenient way to pay. Oh well, at least they're not removing C.O.D, which I've done a few times.
Superconductivity is not only useful for power distribution. It can also be used for energy storage and high strength magnetic fields. There still may be a fair few practical uses for a high pressure superconductor.
Yep, you're right, I didn't pick up on the sarcasm. It just sounded like you were jaded and cynical. Who knows, maybe you are, and the sarcasm is a mask for how you really feel.;-)
You've just rendered yourself unfit for political office. No true politician admits to a mistake, or says he/she would do something differently. It's much more political to blame the facts.
True politicians suck. I'd much rather a person who can accept that they've made mistakes, as long as I can trust that they'd learn from them. Bruce would have my vote, just based on that statement alone.
I actually like being able to come home from work, and there's still plenty of light left in the sky. Otherwise, almost all I'd experience of my house is when it's shrouded in darkness. Except for those weekends when the light doth shine through the darkness.
I believe we are actually "first" to make it part of the shipping kernel. In Linux you can enable it as a module, but there are extra steps you must take. For FreeBSD its just there, like TCP.
There's extra steps you must take? What steps are these? I haven't had experience with SCTP on any OS, but I would have thought that once the Linux module is loaded, the protocol is "just there" as well.
Maybe he's talking about kernel defaults? It's a curious statement that he makes.
fglrx shows corruption in lower right hand corner and hardware cursor if trying to do 3D apps at 1400x150 (native resolution). Have to run at 1280x960 to prevent that corruption.
I had the same issue at one stage. I had to put the following option in the fglrx Device section of xorg.conf :
And at the same time, Blu-ray is faster, has more capacity, and all video releases have to be region free a year from initial release. Price will come down more after time. The only problem is that I don't trust Sony.
Sure, no problem. An example that I often come across is positioning form labels and inputs. I want to have each label horizontally aligned with every input box, like so:
__Input Label:_____Input Box
But, I also want to have multiple input boxes aligned vertically, like so:
|
Label 1 |Input Box 1
|
Label 2 |Input Box 2
|
But, I don't want to manually specify the horizontal positioning of the input boxes, via relative positioning to its container, or absolute positioning. That's a hack, and doubles future maintenance work of the form code. I want it to dynamically resize itself depending on the maximum size of the labels on the left. That makes adding or modifying form data extremely easy.
I hope I've been lucid enough with the example. If you could find a good and simple way to do this via CSS, I would be ecstatic! The "display: table" layout is, unfortunately, not supported enough.. damn IE!
You're right, I'm definitely _not_ talking about laying out jigsawed images. That falls into my category of excessive table usage.
There are a number of pre-existing, opensource css grid setups available (check out http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/grids/), if you don't want to reinvent the wheel.
Also, one can absolute position columns by percentage of the page, which generally answers parent's fear of layout math.
Interesting link. Thanks for the info. I've bookmarked that Yahoo site for the future. I'm sure it'll come in handy.
Unfortunately, it does nothing to solve the issue that I'm talking about. I'm talking about aligning elements both vertically AND horizontally. A true grid layout style. The examples shown through developer.yahoo.com are all vertical columns, without the horizontal alignment of elements through multiple columns. This isn't good enough for many design cases.
I'm sorry to see that you're disheartened, but I really think you've bought into the hype that CSS layout can solve all layout needs. It can't. Table layouts still have a place in the design world, to cover more complex cases that CSS cannot easily achieve. Believe me, I'd really love CSS to do everything I need. I use CSS whenever I can, I really do. But, it just can't do everything that I need it to do.
Table designs can be more elegant than CSS layout. Wow, I'm glad I got that out. I almost feel like I've blasphemed against all those web professionals out there. But it's true. Table designs can be much easier to create and and much easier to work with. The trick is to keep it simple, and use it only when you absolutely need to.
Anyway, sorry for the rant. I hate to rant, but I'll do it when needed. My message is plain and simple. Table layout is not evil. Excessive use is, but necessary use is not.
None of the websites in that link have a true grid layout. Some are semi-grid like (e.g Yahoo), but not truly aligned vertically AND horizontally.
My point being, if it's so damn hard to achieve that effect in CSS, then that shows a failing in the standard. Tables are extremely easy. To achieve the same effect in CSS, it's very hard, and you never really achieve the auto-resizing liquid design that table design can achieve.
I knew my comment was going to achieve some flak, because it flies in the face of current design wisdom. I really wish that people will just admit that CSS has not been able to completely replace tables for layout. It's half there. I can use CSS for most of my layout needs. But it's not the complete layout solution that people would make you believe it to be.
No. No you can't. Not with ease, but with a great lot of complication.
Even still, it doesn't replicate the exact formatting that tables can achieve. Tables allow the alignment of many vertical elements with complete ease. It's just not that easy with CSS. In fact, it's terribly complicated. Why should some essential and simple effect be so complicated in CSS?! It shows a failing in the standard.
I really enjoyed it. The gameplay itself was ordinary, but the storyline was classic Futurama. You really have to play to the end to get the full impact of the story. It's a brilliant ending.
Well, one thing that was correct in the article: tables are still the best way to organise a html page. At least for relatively complex websites. There is absolutely no replacement for tables, when it comes to aligning elements to each other, both horizontally and vertically.
CSS just doesn't cut it for relative positioning to multiple elements in a column. For simple layouts, CSS is great. It works, it looks neat, and is very maintainable. But as soon as you start needing a proper grid style layout, it just falls to pieces. There's no way that CSS can replace tables in that instance, unless you use absolute positioning and meticulously calculate the exact sizes and positions you want. But then you're left with a complete mess, much worse than using tables to begin with.
As long as you keep the table as simple as possible, and use CSS to layout the simple elements, then it's still very maintainable. Just try to avoid using tables for every little thing, and the design is generally fine.
If the kite only lasts 1 year, it is a problem (at today's cost of oil). It doesn't pay for itself before it wears out... unless the kite fabric is a small fraction of the installed system's $715,000
I'd imagine that the installation and equipment would make up the bulk of the initial cost. Can you really see a piece of kite material costing more than $10,000? It'd have to be gold thread laced.
I assume the 20% savings ($1,600/day) is when the wind is blowing good, and in the right direction. Just on general principles, that's going to happen about 1/3 the time times maybe 1/2 the time. Just on general principles, that's going to happen about 1/3 the time times maybe 1/2 the time. So actual savings are going to be around 3% ($266/day) That's about $78,000 per year. Barely enough to pay for one employee to manage the kite. Nothing left over to pay the interest ($60,000), or pay off the principal (another $75K over 10 years).
You're making some heavy assumptions, all of which I believe are incorrect.
The 20% itself is an average value, not a peak value. This isn't obvious from the article, but if you go to the Skysails website, you'll find the data. If the wind is blowing good, and in the right direction, according to the website, you can actually save up to 50% (peak value I assume).
There are established shipping routes where the wind will blow in the right direction for much more than half the time. I can appreciate your assumption here, but it doesn't actually match up to real world conditions for many ships.
Lastly, the system is completely automated and computer controlled. There is no need to hire anyone to manage the kite.
In any case, if it was so obvious that the economics were shot, then surely the product would have failed to be developed from the start. There's obviously more to it than some simple economic deconstruction can calculate.
Sorry, but that is the extent of the demo. I am not going to buy the game if I get a opinion from the demo that I do not like it.
That's up to you, of course. You might want to consider looking past the demo in this instance, though. It is a truly spectacular game, with some very unique level design in the latter half. It's not without flaws; the last level (Meat Circus) is ordinary, and feels almost like an anti-climax, in the wake of the sheer brilliance of the previous psych levels. But otherwise, this is a game that will stay permanently in my collection. Where it is good, it is sublime.
Plus, according to the article, you can soon download it onto your xbox 360, for a price that's pocket change. Personally, I prefer regular media, because I like having a game library there on the shelf, within sight and with tactile feel.
I don't know really. I just know Psychonauts isn't for me, it feels too childish or teenagerish? - especially when it comes to the dialog of the characters, I really feel it is aimed for a younger audience (as opposed to younger and above).
I think you've only tried the first half of the game, in which you generally talk with the other kids in the camp. The dialog is certainly going to feel childish, because it is children that you are speaking with.
When you start to delve into the insane asylum, the dialog has some very mature nuances. Especially within Gloria's mind. That was a very dark and sad situation she was in. Plus all the theatrical references... they'd go _way_ over the head of most teenagers. Boyd's mind was also quite interesting and dark (ironically set in a bright sunny environment). It wasn't on the same intellectual level as the Gloria stage.
Still, even the first half is peppered with some mature material. Take the two cheerleader kids. I won't spoil it for people, but they seem fun loving at first, although inside hides some darker motives. In fact, all the kids have a story to tell, in one way or another. Some more innocent, some less so. That was one of the real strengths, and weaknesses, of Psychonauts. Each person felt real and unique, but because of that, it was hard to keep track of them all. There were just too many characters, and too little time getting to know them.
Anyway, I'm starting to meander off the topic now, but I'm sure you get the picture. Dialog in Psychonauts. It is good. It is for all ages. Don't discount it just based on your initial impressions.
Now try to explain why the day after January 19th 2038 will be December 13th 1901.
Anything can be explained with a few high quality powerpoint presentations. Make sure you liberally use diagrams, charts, preferably with animation, and at least one pie graph. They may not understand what you say, but presented as such, they will accept it without question. Management is the same everywhere.
As for 2038, I'm counting on the good probability that 32 bit systems will be replaced by 64 bit by that time. The 64 bit limit will outlive the life of the sun, by which time we would have presumably moved onto 128 bit, and a completely different solar system.
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If they blow and suck at the same time, then you're probably right.
But, if they blow then suck, you get electricity.
Man, this post could sure be taken out of context.
Does the Sydney Morning Herald fit your criteria for a good online newspaper, from a traditional paper news company? I certainly like it, and I feel like they've adapted their online version well.
If they're lefty, or wrong, I guess they're not protected.
I initially read the title as meaning "whale rights". Which left me wondering what rights does the Buoy network protect? Whales already have free speech.
It was during the Qing dynasty that they established a presence in Tibet. Even then, it was established by a Manchurian Emperor, and was a military presence. No political administration was established, and no taxes were paid to the Manchurian empire. Tibet was still under the rule of the Dalai Lama's government. Then, in 1908, the Dalai Lama proclaimed independence from the Qing dynasty. Tibet was in no way, at any of these stages, under control by the Han Chinese.Personally, I think it's a very apt comparison. Han Chinese authority has had nothing to do with Tibet at any time in history. Now all of a sudden they come in and say "you're under our control now". Very much like the British and India.
http://www.tradingpost.com.au/
http://www.oztion.com.au/
http://www.xoobie.com.au/
http://www.bidsell.com.au/
http://www.dola.com.au/
There's certainly no shortage of alternatives.
I have to say, as an Australian Ebay buyer, I don't appreciate being restricted in my payment options. Paypal was fine when buying from overseas sellers, but from local sellers, bank deposit was by far the most convenient way to pay. Oh well, at least they're not removing C.O.D, which I've done a few times.
He's got a 5 digit ID. He's been around here for much longer than you have.
Well said. I completely agree with you.
Superconductivity is not only useful for power distribution. It can also be used for energy storage and high strength magnetic fields. There still may be a fair few practical uses for a high pressure superconductor.
Yep, you're right, I didn't pick up on the sarcasm. It just sounded like you were jaded and cynical. Who knows, maybe you are, and the sarcasm is a mask for how you really feel. ;-)
True politicians suck. I'd much rather a person who can accept that they've made mistakes, as long as I can trust that they'd learn from them. Bruce would have my vote, just based on that statement alone.
I actually like being able to come home from work, and there's still plenty of light left in the sky. Otherwise, almost all I'd experience of my house is when it's shrouded in darkness. Except for those weekends when the light doth shine through the darkness.
To quote from the article ...
I believe we are actually "first" to make it part of the shipping kernel. In Linux you can enable it as a module, but there are extra steps you must take. For FreeBSD its just there, like TCP.
There's extra steps you must take? What steps are these? I haven't had experience with SCTP on any OS, but I would have thought that once the Linux module is loaded, the protocol is "just there" as well.
Maybe he's talking about kernel defaults? It's a curious statement that he makes.
I had the same issue at one stage. I had to put the following option in the fglrx Device section of xorg.conf :
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Give it a try and see how it works for you.
And at the same time, Blu-ray is faster, has more capacity, and all video releases have to be region free a year from initial release. Price will come down more after time. The only problem is that I don't trust Sony.
Sure, no problem. An example that I often come across is positioning form labels and inputs. I want to have each label horizontally aligned with every input box, like so:
.. damn IE!
__Input Label:_____Input Box
But, I also want to have multiple input boxes aligned vertically, like so:
|
Label 1 |Input Box 1
|
Label 2 |Input Box 2
|
But, I don't want to manually specify the horizontal positioning of the input boxes, via relative positioning to its container, or absolute positioning. That's a hack, and doubles future maintenance work of the form code. I want it to dynamically resize itself depending on the maximum size of the labels on the left. That makes adding or modifying form data extremely easy.
I hope I've been lucid enough with the example. If you could find a good and simple way to do this via CSS, I would be ecstatic! The "display: table" layout is, unfortunately, not supported enough
You're right, I'm definitely _not_ talking about laying out jigsawed images. That falls into my category of excessive table usage.
Interesting link. Thanks for the info. I've bookmarked that Yahoo site for the future. I'm sure it'll come in handy.
Unfortunately, it does nothing to solve the issue that I'm talking about. I'm talking about aligning elements both vertically AND horizontally. A true grid layout style. The examples shown through developer.yahoo.com are all vertical columns, without the horizontal alignment of elements through multiple columns. This isn't good enough for many design cases.
I'm sorry to see that you're disheartened, but I really think you've bought into the hype that CSS layout can solve all layout needs. It can't. Table layouts still have a place in the design world, to cover more complex cases that CSS cannot easily achieve. Believe me, I'd really love CSS to do everything I need. I use CSS whenever I can, I really do. But, it just can't do everything that I need it to do.
Table designs can be more elegant than CSS layout. Wow, I'm glad I got that out. I almost feel like I've blasphemed against all those web professionals out there. But it's true. Table designs can be much easier to create and and much easier to work with. The trick is to keep it simple, and use it only when you absolutely need to.
Anyway, sorry for the rant. I hate to rant, but I'll do it when needed. My message is plain and simple. Table layout is not evil. Excessive use is, but necessary use is not.
None of the websites in that link have a true grid layout. Some are semi-grid like (e.g Yahoo), but not truly aligned vertically AND horizontally.
My point being, if it's so damn hard to achieve that effect in CSS, then that shows a failing in the standard. Tables are extremely easy. To achieve the same effect in CSS, it's very hard, and you never really achieve the auto-resizing liquid design that table design can achieve.
I knew my comment was going to achieve some flak, because it flies in the face of current design wisdom. I really wish that people will just admit that CSS has not been able to completely replace tables for layout. It's half there. I can use CSS for most of my layout needs. But it's not the complete layout solution that people would make you believe it to be.
No. No you can't. Not with ease, but with a great lot of complication.
Even still, it doesn't replicate the exact formatting that tables can achieve. Tables allow the alignment of many vertical elements with complete ease. It's just not that easy with CSS. In fact, it's terribly complicated. Why should some essential and simple effect be so complicated in CSS?! It shows a failing in the standard.
I really enjoyed it. The gameplay itself was ordinary, but the storyline was classic Futurama. You really have to play to the end to get the full impact of the story. It's a brilliant ending.
Well, one thing that was correct in the article: tables are still the best way to organise a html page. At least for relatively complex websites. There is absolutely no replacement for tables, when it comes to aligning elements to each other, both horizontally and vertically.
CSS just doesn't cut it for relative positioning to multiple elements in a column. For simple layouts, CSS is great. It works, it looks neat, and is very maintainable. But as soon as you start needing a proper grid style layout, it just falls to pieces. There's no way that CSS can replace tables in that instance, unless you use absolute positioning and meticulously calculate the exact sizes and positions you want. But then you're left with a complete mess, much worse than using tables to begin with.
As long as you keep the table as simple as possible, and use CSS to layout the simple elements, then it's still very maintainable. Just try to avoid using tables for every little thing, and the design is generally fine.
I'd imagine that the installation and equipment would make up the bulk of the initial cost. Can you really see a piece of kite material costing more than $10,000? It'd have to be gold thread laced.
You're making some heavy assumptions, all of which I believe are incorrect.
The 20% itself is an average value, not a peak value. This isn't obvious from the article, but if you go to the Skysails website, you'll find the data. If the wind is blowing good, and in the right direction, according to the website, you can actually save up to 50% (peak value I assume).
There are established shipping routes where the wind will blow in the right direction for much more than half the time. I can appreciate your assumption here, but it doesn't actually match up to real world conditions for many ships.
Lastly, the system is completely automated and computer controlled. There is no need to hire anyone to manage the kite.
In any case, if it was so obvious that the economics were shot, then surely the product would have failed to be developed from the start. There's obviously more to it than some simple economic deconstruction can calculate.
That's up to you, of course. You might want to consider looking past the demo in this instance, though. It is a truly spectacular game, with some very unique level design in the latter half. It's not without flaws; the last level (Meat Circus) is ordinary, and feels almost like an anti-climax, in the wake of the sheer brilliance of the previous psych levels. But otherwise, this is a game that will stay permanently in my collection. Where it is good, it is sublime.
Plus, according to the article, you can soon download it onto your xbox 360, for a price that's pocket change. Personally, I prefer regular media, because I like having a game library there on the shelf, within sight and with tactile feel.
I think you've only tried the first half of the game, in which you generally talk with the other kids in the camp. The dialog is certainly going to feel childish, because it is children that you are speaking with.
When you start to delve into the insane asylum, the dialog has some very mature nuances. Especially within Gloria's mind. That was a very dark and sad situation she was in. Plus all the theatrical references
Still, even the first half is peppered with some mature material. Take the two cheerleader kids. I won't spoil it for people, but they seem fun loving at first, although inside hides some darker motives. In fact, all the kids have a story to tell, in one way or another. Some more innocent, some less so. That was one of the real strengths, and weaknesses, of Psychonauts. Each person felt real and unique, but because of that, it was hard to keep track of them all. There were just too many characters, and too little time getting to know them.
Anyway, I'm starting to meander off the topic now, but I'm sure you get the picture. Dialog in Psychonauts. It is good. It is for all ages. Don't discount it just based on your initial impressions.
Anything can be explained with a few high quality powerpoint presentations. Make sure you liberally use diagrams, charts, preferably with animation, and at least one pie graph. They may not understand what you say, but presented as such, they will accept it without question. Management is the same everywhere.
As for 2038, I'm counting on the good probability that 32 bit systems will be replaced by 64 bit by that time. The 64 bit limit will outlive the life of the sun, by which time we would have presumably moved onto 128 bit, and a completely different solar system.