I have a WiFi network in the house, it doesn't broadcast SSID, employs WPA and MAC filtering. I am still exposed? To be prefectly frank, if someone already knows enough about my network to know the SSID, the MAC address to spoof and can also break the WPA, then I have much bigger problems to worry about.
Although it is worrying when a press outlet is suddenly charged with dictating our language rules. Just because wired has decided to do this does not mean the rest of the world, especially The Geeks who understand why it should be capitalised in the first place, should also adopt such sloppy practises.
As an aside, although new terms do enter the langauge on a yearly basis (mostly to describe things not previously extant) the actual rules of language seem to be settling down and not changing, most likely due to the archiving of the rule (so we now have them "written in stone" as it were) and also the existence of mass education where people are taught the rules and any variation is "wrong".
Yes,and if you're rolling out a £10000 web application for a company that is one of those, then you should just tell them they have to upgrade all their boxes in defiance of corporate policy?
On a non-critical site I'm all for using standards and techniques that, in theory, make for a better experience for the user, but there are times that it just isn't practical.
Unless it is a different version to mine, it just has a DVD disc included with it that shows some home footage of them recording the album, it's on a different disc to the music.
f you went into a book store with your ebook, you could turn it on and download the first couple chapters of a book. Then if you liked what you read, you could hit a button and it would download the rest of book and charge your credit card.
Why would you need to be in a book store to do this?
Ideally, you could use it when you go into a "traditional" book shop. If you spot a book you fancy, scan the barcode (or enter ISBN if scanner will add too much to the cost) and it can automatically do the first couple of chapters download.
There was also a springboard module available for the Handsprings that had long range IR and came with multi-remote software (http://www.pacificneotek.com/) that let you define multiple screens and totally customise controls. Very good product for the price, but not a patch on the Philips Prontos.
It was cool being able to press one button and have the DVD player, Amp and projector turn on, drop the screen and close the curtains. (This was back when I worked in a home cinema dealers).
I got my copy of the Zelda retrospective disc there for about UK£12. Coupled with the Gameboy Player (UK£25) I can basically play every (Nintendo) Zelda game there is on the TV.
Next step is to find a cheap 3DO for the dire Zelda games released on that patform.
With regards to the first point it is to get away from the explicit formatting and move to descriptive, at this point it really is arguing semantics.
For point two, ideally you want to mark up the quote as a quote and, for the given example, use a semantic span for the bold text. EG Quoted text here. This allows you to suggest to browsers using CSS that the text should be in bold whilst also maintaining semantic meaning for that particular use. Note that the descriptive would be acceptable in this case because you were semantically describing other content and want to show that it was bold text, it would not be ideal just to make some text bold as it is semantically presentational, not structural.
It all comes down to whether you do things "properly" or in a way that mostly gives the results. I prefer the idea of semantic markup and seperate presentation as much as is feasible given the current tools and browsers.
Well, the h1-h6 tags are still available. The likes of b, i etc have been removed as they were presentation. XHTML does have useful things like 'em' and 'strong' which are much more semantic and can be styled with CSS to take on those attributes if you so which. Simple tags all the same, just requires a little change in thinking, but doesn't make the reasoning or coding any more difficult.
OK, I'm sure you're trolling, but how is XHTML any harder to understand than HTML 4?
Since they use practically identical tags and are structured in the same way, a well written (ie compliant) HTML 4 page will comply to XHTML with a change of doctype and a few minor tweaks (<br> to <br/> etc).
Anyone who is in any way competent with HTML can switch to XHTML with no problem. In fact, for less technical people, XHTML will be easier to understand as the reams of presentation code will have been shifted to the CSS file, making the underlying (X)HTML easier to read and understand document structure.
If I'm completely off base about where you're coming from, please enlighten me.
Trent answers that question on the NIN site. Linky here.
Sorry, for some reason, Trent seems to think it's artistic to post the answers to questions on a dodgily typewritten sheet that has then been scanned and saved as a.gif:S
So, forever is once in a blue moon. A blue moon, of course, being the second full moon that occurs in a single calendar month. We get one of those about every thirteen months or so, which is a pretty short value of forever. Making eternity roughly 1040 months, or about 87 years.
Interestingly, considering average life span, that is a reasonable definition since, for any one person, eternity could be seen as the time they are alive for.
After wireless handsfree, I use Bluetooth to synchronise my calendar/contacts/tasks with my PC, to transfer contacts, pictures etc with other users (much more convenient than trying to keep them pointed at each other with IR, to connect via the PC to the Internet without having to use GPRS and also to completely control the phone using a desktop program that gives me full access to the phone functions.
I could also use it to control the Sony Ericsson Bluetooth RC car if I had one.
Of course, I use a P900, which is pretty much a PDA anyway, but most of the same applies to any phone with more than basic features.
Picasa has only become free since being acquired by Google. It was a reasonably priced product to start with and the speed in use is fantastic. It's still a little rough around the edges and has a lot of missing features. I think what most Picasa users will now be thinking is "What does this mean for version 2", which had been promised for an early Summer release.
However, I am hoping that the Google injection will really give the developers a lot more incentive to really turn the next version into a great product and being it up to iPhoto standards (before Apple get iPhoto for Windows out the door - disclaimer, I have no evidence they ever intend to).
I do this, is there some problem with hard coding the email address in the php page and not relying on a variable for it? Are you still open for abuse?
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I have a WiFi network in the house, it doesn't broadcast SSID, employs WPA and MAC filtering. I am still exposed? To be prefectly frank, if someone already knows enough about my network to know the SSID, the MAC address to spoof and can also break the WPA, then I have much bigger problems to worry about.
Stuart
Although it is worrying when a press outlet is suddenly charged with dictating our language rules. Just because wired has decided to do this does not mean the rest of the world, especially The Geeks who understand why it should be capitalised in the first place, should also adopt such sloppy practises.
As an aside, although new terms do enter the langauge on a yearly basis (mostly to describe things not previously extant) the actual rules of language seem to be settling down and not changing, most likely due to the archiving of the rule (so we now have them "written in stone" as it were) and also the existence of mass education where people are taught the rules and any variation is "wrong".
Stuart
Yes,and if you're rolling out a £10000 web application for a company that is one of those, then you should just tell them they have to upgrade all their boxes in defiance of corporate policy?
On a non-critical site I'm all for using standards and techniques that, in theory, make for a better experience for the user, but there are times that it just isn't practical.
Stuart
Unless it is a different version to mine, it just has a DVD disc included with it that shows some home footage of them recording the album, it's on a different disc to the music.
Good album BTW.
Stuart
Erm, do you have any pictures of the three girls in tartan pleat skirts, please?
Thank you.
Stuart
"How can you live with yourself playing CS all day..."
I dunno, but I'm sure the hundred grand helps a little.
Stuart
Ideally, you could use it when you go into a "traditional" book shop. If you spot a book you fancy, scan the barcode (or enter ISBN if scanner will add too much to the cost) and it can automatically do the first couple of chapters download.
Stuart
There was also a springboard module available for the Handsprings that had long range IR and came with multi-remote software (http://www.pacificneotek.com/) that let you define multiple screens and totally customise controls. Very good product for the price, but not a patch on the Philips Prontos.
It was cool being able to press one button and have the DVD player, Amp and projector turn on, drop the screen and close the curtains. (This was back when I worked in a home cinema dealers).
Stuart
But I bet if they brought out a Natalie Portman branded version it would sell like hot grits.
Stuart
eBay :)
I got my copy of the Zelda retrospective disc there for about UK£12. Coupled with the Gameboy Player (UK£25) I can basically play every (Nintendo) Zelda game there is on the TV.
Next step is to find a cheap 3DO for the dire Zelda games released on that patform.
Stuart
Whoops, plain text strips html. That should have been Quoted text here
Sorry.
Stuart
With regards to the first point it is to get away from the explicit formatting and move to descriptive, at this point it really is arguing semantics.
For point two, ideally you want to mark up the quote as a quote and, for the given example, use a semantic span for the bold text. EG Quoted text here. This allows you to suggest to browsers using CSS that the text should be in bold whilst also maintaining semantic meaning for that particular use. Note that the descriptive would be acceptable in this case because you were semantically describing other content and want to show that it was bold text, it would not be ideal just to make some text bold as it is semantically presentational, not structural.
It all comes down to whether you do things "properly" or in a way that mostly gives the results. I prefer the idea of semantic markup and seperate presentation as much as is feasible given the current tools and browsers.
Stuart
Well, the h1-h6 tags are still available. The likes of b, i etc have been removed as they were presentation. XHTML does have useful things like 'em' and 'strong' which are much more semantic and can be styled with CSS to take on those attributes if you so which. Simple tags all the same, just requires a little change in thinking, but doesn't make the reasoning or coding any more difficult.
Stuart
OK, I'm sure you're trolling, but how is XHTML any harder to understand than HTML 4?
/> etc).
Since they use practically identical tags and are structured in the same way, a well written (ie compliant) HTML 4 page will comply to XHTML with a change of doctype and a few minor tweaks (<br> to <br
Anyone who is in any way competent with HTML can switch to XHTML with no problem. In fact, for less technical people, XHTML will be easier to understand as the reams of presentation code will have been shifted to the CSS file, making the underlying (X)HTML easier to read and understand document structure.
If I'm completely off base about where you're coming from, please enlighten me.
Stuart
Trent answers that question on the NIN site. Linky here.
.gif :S
Sorry, for some reason, Trent seems to think it's artistic to post the answers to questions on a dodgily typewritten sheet that has then been scanned and saved as a
Stuart
Well, as long as they're not getting snipped, they'll probably be OK.
Stuart
I think that iPod Lounge may complain.
Stuart
So, forever is once in a blue moon. A blue moon, of course, being the second full moon that occurs in a single calendar month. We get one of those about every thirteen months or so, which is a pretty short value of forever. Making eternity roughly 1040 months, or about 87 years.
Interestingly, considering average life span, that is a reasonable definition since, for any one person, eternity could be seen as the time they are alive for.
Stuart
Ah, that Ol Janx Spirit.
I usually play to lose.
Stuart
Wow, talk about completely flipping out.
You must be a Ninja
Stuart
Hmm, from Google's cache of www.google.com:
"Google is not affiliated with the authors of this page nor responsible for its content."
That is shirking corporate responsibility if ever I saw it.
Stuart
Obligatory:
'"PC Load Letter"? What the fuck does that mean?'
Stuart
After wireless handsfree, I use Bluetooth to synchronise my calendar/contacts/tasks with my PC, to transfer contacts, pictures etc with other users (much more convenient than trying to keep them pointed at each other with IR, to connect via the PC to the Internet without having to use GPRS and also to completely control the phone using a desktop program that gives me full access to the phone functions.
I could also use it to control the Sony Ericsson Bluetooth RC car if I had one.
Of course, I use a P900, which is pretty much a PDA anyway, but most of the same applies to any phone with more than basic features.
Stuart
Picasa has only become free since being acquired by Google. It was a reasonably priced product to start with and the speed in use is fantastic. It's still a little rough around the edges and has a lot of missing features. I think what most Picasa users will now be thinking is "What does this mean for version 2", which had been promised for an early Summer release.
However, I am hoping that the Google injection will really give the developers a lot more incentive to really turn the next version into a great product and being it up to iPhoto standards (before Apple get iPhoto for Windows out the door - disclaimer, I have no evidence they ever intend to).
Stuart
I do this, is there some problem with hard coding the email address in the php page and not relying on a variable for it? Are you still open for abuse?
Stuart