Thanks for that, much appreciated. That (with some clever xslt) should make my current task much easier. I guess that's one reason they're called *cascading* style sheets;-)
Sorry mate, Grammer Nazi errors are recursive... when you opened the double quote to quotate the phrase containing your own grandparent post error, you didn't close it!
Should've used single quotes there in the first place, and confused everyone cos on computers they're drawn the same as apostrophes;-)
Using Amazon's "search text" facility on "The Sceptical Environmentalist" it appears it was an unnamed 1926 hurricane, so I was wrong on both counts. Apols.
If you mean, have we created the environment which attacks us, no, not really. Bear with me, and read on...
The most devastating hurricane on record (Andrew, IIRC), swept across a huge area of eastern Florida and destroyed everything in its path, at a cost of, well, very little really. You see, Andrew hit in 1922, when there was nothing there but fishermen.
Now that the coast of Florida is almost entirely condos (made of crap) and marinas full of boats (made of fibreglass), even a medium sized hurricane costs millions.
Now, have we done it to ourselves? Only by taking our very expensive possessions and plonking them down in an area of the planet that has always had storms.
New Orleans is just bad luck compounded by delay. There've been bigger storms, they just don't often hit big cities.
I think your colour/distribution observations may be true for any and all jpegs. This is because they convert from rgb to some other form that I forget the name of, and can't find with google in the limited time I have to reply;-)
Surely it's only fair to use Spanish, as the GP did:
I know is quite exact because I have deceived my Spaniard that speaks friends once in a conversation of IM. I said I learned him Spaniard way the hypnosis and every Spaniard basically barely copies/hit in IM. The conversation passed so that wants 15 full Spanish minutes before I said utilized them the website. They meaban its pants.
I might also point out that I recently found a bug in VB - and Microsoft would not investigate without payment.
For anyone that's interested, I was automatedly saving a many-sheet spreadsheet to many cvs files. Sometimes one of the saved files would contain half of one sheet and half of another. The only workaround I have so far is to a sleep/wait/'whatever it is' that turns a 20 minute routine into a four hour one.
Indeed. In fact, I want to be able to say "Computer, get me four beers, my address book, and my conversation hat!" and it just does, rather than me having to remember where the hell I put them.
Wonder what effects it would have on backups though...
Oh, for applications? Sorry, was thinking web site back ends automatically.
Good programming should make it unnoticable. For example, Eclipse is plenty snappy enough for me, inline code help and all. Don't know why some java applications run slow, possibly a crap joice of JVM profile.
you execute a program and it will run before next Christmas (not something you can say for Java).
Hallo trolly, trolly, trolly. OK, to be fair, I'm not sure that was trolling, but it sounds like it, as I develop rather large websites for rather large customers, and we don't seem to have any speed issues.
Are you by any chance using the Microsoft JVM? I suggest that might be your problem.
I agree, Sourceforge is now an amazing resource. Anything I want to do recently (creating panoramic images yesterday, for example), I do the following:
www.google.com
site:sourceforge.net
A few minutes later I have a free tool installed to do whatever I want.
The only way this could be better would be if every single sourceforge app was published in apt (and autopackage, rpm) forms, then I could just find it and apt-get it. Plug-and-play software, coming sooner than you think.
As you patently can't do the maths, given a brick is about 3x4x9 inches, eighteen bricks is 3.2.2.3.3.3.3.2 inches = 2^3.3^5 = 6.cuberoot(9) inches cubed. That's a little over a cubic foot.
In general, the BSD license is much more appealing to commercial endeavors
If you're talking about commerce that wants something for free, yeah. If you're talking about firms that have something and are considering giving it away, they I'd say 'bullshit'.
Any example of contracts that prevent release under GPL while permitting it under BSD licence would be greatly appreciated, cos I don't think any exist.
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Thanks for that, much appreciated. That (with some clever xslt) should make my current task much easier. I guess that's one reason they're called *cascading* style sheets ;-)
J.
Either way, I'm impressed!
J.
Beethoven is less and less of a musician these days. That's because he's decomposing.
Justin.
Colour me stupid, but how does firefox enable collapsing divs without JS? I'd really like to know - I could use that capability in my current project!
Cheers,
J.
Oh my god it's actually happening!
Sorry mate, Grammer Nazi errors are recursive... when you opened the double quote to quotate the phrase containing your own grandparent post error, you didn't close it!
;-)
Should've used single quotes there in the first place, and confused everyone cos on computers they're drawn the same as apostrophes
J.
J.
I must have mis-remembered it.
Using Amazon's "search text" facility on "The Sceptical Environmentalist" it appears it was an unnamed 1926 hurricane, so I was wrong on both counts. Apols.
J.
Thanks, that's what I meant. Just couldn't remember all dem big words ;-)
J.
If you mean, have we created the environment which attacks us, no, not really. Bear with me, and read on...
The most devastating hurricane on record (Andrew, IIRC), swept across a huge area of eastern Florida and destroyed everything in its path, at a cost of, well, very little really. You see, Andrew hit in 1922, when there was nothing there but fishermen.
Now that the coast of Florida is almost entirely condos (made of crap) and marinas full of boats (made of fibreglass), even a medium sized hurricane costs millions.
Now, have we done it to ourselves? Only by taking our very expensive possessions and plonking them down in an area of the planet that has always had storms.
New Orleans is just bad luck compounded by delay. There've been bigger storms, they just don't often hit big cities.
Justin.
I think your colour/distribution observations may be true for any and all jpegs. This is because they convert from rgb to some other form that I forget the name of, and can't find with google in the limited time I have to reply ;-)
Good point, not too bad in the end. A few too many Spaniards and not enough piss is hardly a problem ;-)
Surely it's only fair to use Spanish, as the GP did:
;-)
I know is quite exact because I have deceived my Spaniard that speaks friends once in a conversation of IM. I said I learned him Spaniard way the hypnosis and every Spaniard basically barely copies/hit in IM. The conversation passed so that wants 15 full Spanish minutes before I said utilized them the website. They meaban its pants.
Still bollocks
Justin.
You might be interested to learn that there is a rule which I have found helps people remember better than the way you've put it:
Pronouns do not take possessive apostrophes.
His, hers, its, theirs, etc. "Its" is not as irregular as people think.
Cheers
J.
I might also point out that I recently found a bug in VB - and Microsoft would not investigate without payment.
For anyone that's interested, I was automatedly saving a many-sheet spreadsheet to many cvs files. Sometimes one of the saved files would contain half of one sheet and half of another. The only workaround I have so far is to a sleep/wait/'whatever it is' that turns a 20 minute routine into a four hour one.
Justin.
Indeed. In fact, I want to be able to say "Computer, get me four beers, my address book, and my conversation hat!" and it just does, rather than me having to remember where the hell I put them.
Wonder what effects it would have on backups though...
J.
Oh, for applications? Sorry, was thinking web site back ends automatically.
Good programming should make it unnoticable. For example, Eclipse is plenty snappy enough for me, inline code help and all. Don't know why some java applications run slow, possibly a crap joice of JVM profile.
I don't think it's a language thing all the same.
J.
Hallo trolly, trolly, trolly. OK, to be fair, I'm not sure that was trolling, but it sounds like it, as I develop rather large websites for rather large customers, and we don't seem to have any speed issues.
Are you by any chance using the Microsoft JVM? I suggest that might be your problem.
Justin.
You can both win: GCJ
Because they'd be easily picked off by the sharks.
I agree, Sourceforge is now an amazing resource. Anything I want to do recently (creating panoramic images yesterday, for example), I do the following:
www.google.com
site:sourceforge.net
A few minutes later I have a free tool installed to do whatever I want.
The only way this could be better would be if every single sourceforge app was published in apt (and autopackage, rpm) forms, then I could just find it and apt-get it. Plug-and-play software, coming sooner than you think.
Justin.
If that's right, they're incompetent fools! What kind of sad bastard checks Slashdot on a Saturday evening?!
Oh.
As Emily Litella said... never mind.
Errr... exactly. Hardly 'no space in the trunk', but obviously it is some!
As you patently can't do the maths, given a brick is about 3x4x9 inches, eighteen bricks is 3.2.2.3.3.3.3.2 inches = 2^3.3^5 = 6.cuberoot(9) inches cubed. That's a little over a cubic foot.
Hardly a trunk full, even in a Prius!
J.
If you're talking about commerce that wants something for free, yeah. If you're talking about firms that have something and are considering giving it away, they I'd say 'bullshit'.
Any example of contracts that prevent release under GPL while permitting it under BSD licence would be greatly appreciated, cos I don't think any exist.
Justin.