It's too hard to implement, because there is no default way it should look like. There is no default, standard stylesheet. What height is H1 supposed to look like by default?
Also look how hard and painful it is to implement a 3 column liquid layout with just HTML and CSS. Compare this to XUL's grid, vbox and hbox (yes, I know there are now CSS selectors in Firefox, Opera and Safari to do that)
Fact is, HTML is based on a page/document model, whereas, nowadays, HTML "pages" are most of the time "screens", part of an application. The idea to separate content and layout is nice, but the thing is, most content in pure-ist HTML+CSS is basically a bunch of div's and span's. It isn't much semantically richer than tablesoup.
IMHO, if I were to redesign HTML today, it would look a lot like Xul, with XBL2 and microformats on top.
They're big, ugly, and noisy, they tend to restrict public access to the surrounding land,
The bigger they are, the slower they turn and hence the less noise they make: the frequency of sounds they generate is below human perception. There isn't that many elephants in NZ so that shouldn't be a problem, should it?
As for restricting access to the surrounding land... if you access such land via airplane, I guess...
and they cause the all-important property values of private individuals to plummet.
Possibly, but the trend is to put them on farm land. Grain grows just fine below them.
A majority of hospitals (and all teaching hospitals I believe) in France are public; but there is a non-trivial ratio of private hospitals.
Most of said private hospitals charge based on an agreement with the public health insurance; some do not, but don't get to have their cost reimbursed by it.
Yeah, it's the same in France, and I guess in most european countries. But I don't want to confuse our American friends -- the fact that even the poor can get transplants and chemo is enough already to get them insane.
Power of Nightmare is also a must-see, as it provides a parallel between Iraq-war era US gov't, and Vietnam war era US gov't, as well as a parallel between neocons and Al'Qaeda.
Most countries with universal health care do not have "socialised" health care.
France, Germany, etc, have "socialised" health insurance.
Care itself is mostly private. Doctors, dentists, pharmacists have private practices. A majority of hospitals are state-run, but there are plenty of private hospitals, too.
Huh? You can disagree all you want with Castro, you can't accuse him of having become anything like his predecessors.
While freedom of speech is undoubtedly stiffled in Cuba, it's a comparatively safe place. Opponents might be sent to jail, but they're not tortured. Women's right are respected. Religious rights are respected. No child labor. Education is good. There doesn't seem to be massive corruption, at least compared to similar countries.
Compare this to current US allies.
I dunno, Saudi Arabia. Not only isn't there any of the rights afforded to Cubans, but they don't even have any of those that the Cubans lack; try to exercise freedom of speech in Saudi Arabia, and see how long your head stays attached to your spine.
You could also take China. No freedom of speech, rampant corruption, massive inequalities, and on top of that atrocious environmental violations. It's only nominally communist, when Cuba has at least what looks like true equality among its citizens.
Compared to many places in the world, Cuba is a sweet place to live. That doesn't make it an ideal place, far from it. But considering how much the US spends on trying to "fix" it, and how it focuses on it, this is a major fraud in my opinion.
I remember scene in Bowling for Columbine when he stated people in Toronto don't lock their doors. This is an exaggeration to put it mildly.
Well maybe you should watch it again, or at all: he never said canadians never locked their door. What he showed was that, usually, in small town Canada, people didn't lock themselves *inside*. You see him walking up to a porch, pushing an unlocked door and asking "is there anyone in here?", and the lady of the house comes, surprised but not frightened.
Here's the thing about Michael Moore: he's criticized for movies he didn't make, and things he never said. I believe it's called "strawman".
We've heard that crap since Fahrenheit 9/11, and his movie has stood up to scrutiny. Take that incident with the gun and the bank. The bank *lied*, claiming they did not give guns in the bank office itself. Nevermind Moore is seen aiming the gun in the presence of bank staff.
Yet you still read idiots like yourself claiming Moore forged this incident. That's revolting.
How is a christian or sunni Lebanese supposed to influence what Hezbollah does?
Or even a non-member shiah, for that matter.
Again, for the 100th time, Israel didn't just target Hezbollah, they bombed ALL of Lebanon. And those Iran-supplied weapons you speak of? How do they compare to US-supplied frag bombs dropped by US-supplied F-16s? Do they have US-supplied GPS targetting? Do they have US-supplied laser guidance systems? You say Hezbollah fired on civilian targets. Israel bombed the CITY of Beirut, including, again, its refinery. Is this not a civilian target? Were militants hiding in between the distillation towers? Are you kidding me?
Israel *deliberately* targetted civilians in this war. So did Hezbollah, true. That's my point: what we have here is two equally evil (but not equally powerful) terrorist organizations. One is Hezbollah, the other is the Israeli gov't.
Hezbollah fired a bunch of low tech rockets at Israel. Total victims is on the order of a few dozens.
Israel responded by dropping thousands of 1-ton bombs, fragmentation bombs and laser-guided missiles on the whole Lebanese territory. Casualties in the hundreds, if not thousands. And Hezbollah is *not* Lebanon. It's a shiah organization. Not all shiites are members. And Lebanese has christians and sunnis. Well, guess what, all of them got fragged.
Plus Israel specifically targetted infrastructure, such as bridges and Beyrut's oil refinery (resulting in the worse oil spill in the mediterranean ever), which had nothing to do with terrorists. See, militants carry their RPG by foot or moped; they don't drive armored vehicles, and don't really need those bridges to do their guerilla.
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It's too hard to implement, because there is no default way it should look like. There is no default, standard stylesheet. What height is H1 supposed to look like by default?
Also look how hard and painful it is to implement a 3 column liquid layout with just HTML and CSS. Compare this to XUL's grid, vbox and hbox (yes, I know there are now CSS selectors in Firefox, Opera and Safari to do that)
Fact is, HTML is based on a page/document model, whereas, nowadays, HTML "pages" are most of the time "screens", part of an application. The idea to separate content and layout is nice, but the thing is, most content in pure-ist HTML+CSS is basically a bunch of div's and span's. It isn't much semantically richer than tablesoup.
IMHO, if I were to redesign HTML today, it would look a lot like Xul, with XBL2 and microformats on top.
Just follow the links you've just posted and you will realize the OP was right.
It's very complex, it takes a long wire of not slightly resting material, hooked up to a thermostat.
... ah well it would be a shame to lose a few dozen kW on a 5 MEGAwatt contraption. Duh.
That XIXth century tech would be so hard to get right!
As for efficiency
They're big, ugly, and noisy, they tend to restrict public access to the surrounding land,
... if you access such land via airplane, I guess ...
The bigger they are, the slower they turn and hence the less noise they make: the frequency of sounds they generate is below human perception. There isn't that many elephants in NZ so that shouldn't be a problem, should it?
As for restricting access to the surrounding land
and they cause the all-important property values of private individuals to plummet.
Possibly, but the trend is to put them on farm land. Grain grows just fine below them.
Blizzard belongs to Vivendi-Universal. Universal, as in Universal Music ...
Azureus has supported RC4 stream cipher for a long time.
It's not as strong as SSL could be, but for the purpose at hand it's perfect.
A majority of hospitals (and all teaching hospitals I believe) in France are public; but there is a non-trivial ratio of private hospitals.
Most of said private hospitals charge based on an agreement with the public health insurance; some do not, but don't get to have their cost reimbursed by it.
1Mbps is prehistoric.
Where do you live, the US?
So, how long do you think it will be before Google sues the Linux community to remove slocate and similar programs from the OS?
As soon as slocate achieves over 90% penetration, and qualifies as a monopoly as Microsoft does.
I wonder how likely that is.
I'm French, living in France, and I don't want to go to the US. So don't worry.
Cuban exiles living in Miami ... you mean just like Jose Posada?
Well pardon me if I don't have much trust in avowed terrorists.
Yeah, it's the same in France, and I guess in most european countries. But I don't want to confuse our American friends -- the fact that even the poor can get transplants and chemo is enough already to get them insane.
Sure, it's one of the best in the world, but it's a giant money hole.
Yeah, health care costs money. So what would you rather do with the money you'd save? Save it for after you're dead?
Power of Nightmare is also a must-see, as it provides a parallel between Iraq-war era US gov't, and Vietnam war era US gov't, as well as a parallel between neocons and Al'Qaeda.
Most countries with universal health care do not have "socialised" health care.
France, Germany, etc, have "socialised" health insurance.
Care itself is mostly private. Doctors, dentists, pharmacists have private practices. A majority of hospitals are state-run, but there are plenty of private hospitals, too.
You are free to go to any doctor you want.
Ironically its become what he tried to remove.
Huh? You can disagree all you want with Castro, you can't accuse him of having become anything like his predecessors.
While freedom of speech is undoubtedly stiffled in Cuba, it's a comparatively safe place. Opponents might be sent to jail, but they're not tortured. Women's right are respected. Religious rights are respected. No child labor. Education is good. There doesn't seem to be massive corruption, at least compared to similar countries.
Compare this to current US allies.
I dunno, Saudi Arabia. Not only isn't there any of the rights afforded to Cubans, but they don't even have any of those that the Cubans lack; try to exercise freedom of speech in Saudi Arabia, and see how long your head stays attached to your spine.
You could also take China. No freedom of speech, rampant corruption, massive inequalities, and on top of that atrocious environmental violations. It's only nominally communist, when Cuba has at least what looks like true equality among its citizens.
Compared to many places in the world, Cuba is a sweet place to live. That doesn't make it an ideal place, far from it. But considering how much the US spends on trying to "fix" it, and how it focuses on it, this is a major fraud in my opinion.
I remember scene in Bowling for Columbine when he stated people in Toronto don't lock their doors. This is an exaggeration to put it mildly.
Well maybe you should watch it again, or at all: he never said canadians never locked their door. What he showed was that, usually, in small town Canada, people didn't lock themselves *inside*. You see him walking up to a porch, pushing an unlocked door and asking "is there anyone in here?", and the lady of the house comes, surprised but not frightened.
Here's the thing about Michael Moore: he's criticized for movies he didn't make, and things he never said. I believe it's called "strawman".
Ever put up with specific instances or shut up.
We've heard that crap since Fahrenheit 9/11, and his movie has stood up to scrutiny. Take that incident with the gun and the bank. The bank *lied*, claiming they did not give guns in the bank office itself. Nevermind Moore is seen aiming the gun in the presence of bank staff.
Yet you still read idiots like yourself claiming Moore forged this incident. That's revolting.
I looked at the graph you point to ... and oh, boy, that's interesting, last time climate was warmer than now, dinosaurs were the dominant species.
Then climate changed. Care to remind us what happened to them? Oh yeah, that's right, THEY DIED.
Freaking genius.
The fact we have had periods far warmer than this in human history is also fact.
It's not fact, it's just pure fantasy.
There has been warmer periods in the earths history -- and dominant species at the time were reptilian.
Sun is shipping it for use in "enterprise" setups.
Their core business is very expensive hardware and software for demanding users: banks and the likes.
If you've gotta give the benefit of the doubt to someone in this area, it's gotta be Sun.
How is a christian or sunni Lebanese supposed to influence what Hezbollah does?
Or even a non-member shiah, for that matter.
Again, for the 100th time, Israel didn't just target Hezbollah, they bombed ALL of Lebanon. And those Iran-supplied weapons you speak of? How do they compare to US-supplied frag bombs dropped by US-supplied F-16s? Do they have US-supplied GPS targetting? Do they have US-supplied laser guidance systems? You say Hezbollah fired on civilian targets. Israel bombed the CITY of Beirut, including, again, its refinery. Is this not a civilian target? Were militants hiding in between the distillation towers? Are you kidding me?
Israel *deliberately* targetted civilians in this war. So did Hezbollah, true. That's my point: what we have here is two equally evil (but not equally powerful) terrorist organizations. One is Hezbollah, the other is the Israeli gov't.
Hezbollah fired a bunch of low tech rockets at Israel. Total victims is on the order of a few dozens.
Israel responded by dropping thousands of 1-ton bombs, fragmentation bombs and laser-guided missiles on the whole Lebanese territory. Casualties in the hundreds, if not thousands. And Hezbollah is *not* Lebanon. It's a shiah organization. Not all shiites are members. And Lebanese has christians and sunnis. Well, guess what, all of them got fragged.
Plus Israel specifically targetted infrastructure, such as bridges and Beyrut's oil refinery (resulting in the worse oil spill in the mediterranean ever), which had nothing to do with terrorists. See, militants carry their RPG by foot or moped; they don't drive armored vehicles, and don't really need those bridges to do their guerilla.
Alpha means features still missing
Beta means feature complete, blocker bugs remain
What you call "beta" is actually "release candidate"
In a case like that, "it's a beta", particularly when it's been hyped at a big event, rings VERY hollow.
I don't care how it "rings," as long as it matches the definition of beta software: feature complete, known to have blocking bugs left.