I was thinking, maybe, technically, since XHTML is basically HTML 4 with a few additional rules (one of which being the very important termination of all elements), that one could basically say (with transitional as your excuse) that they were not including an alt attribute or terminating the image element due to some lesser-known piece of software that chokes on it that the author knows about. Which IS feasible, and DOES excuse such neglections, SORT OF.
But I'm not going to actually sit here and defend ANOTHER person claiming they can write XHTML just because they read an XHTML book and managed to get something on the screen.
"Web designers" (98% of them at least) are out of fucking control, and if you haven't already written a letter to him, perhaps I will.
Now the question is, do I give him a snippet of his code tweaked just to validate under XHTML, or do I give him a snippet utilizing Fahrner Image Replacement just to confuse him?
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It's less slanted relative to the fact, yes.
However, it is possible for a more accurate statement to be slanted when it's conjured in opposition to the statement which is in wide-spread use.
In other words, suicide-bomber is the established term for these killers. The term "homicide-bomber" might be more accurate in relation to the fact of the matter. However, it is a slant in relation to "suicide-bomber."
As an example, I can call Bush a conservative. If I refer to him as a "neo-conservative" this term might be more accurate than the term "conservative," however since it opposes the accepted term of "conservative," it would be considered a slant.
You should also check out this opinion on the matter, which I also believe is a good argument against the term.
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More accurate or not, it's a slant. Much like the RIAA refers to copyright violations as "stealing."
I downloaded your trial yesterday and noticed that things earlier reported to not work at all, very much did work, with little/no difficulty. I've been mighty impressed and intend to buy a license as soon as I've got the hardware to run it. (PS7 via Crossover on a PII 450 just isn't as smooth as one would like it to be.)
You're not "breaking the spec" if you're writing the spec. I'm certain HTML broke more of SGML's rules than XML does. Difference is that they're not children of the SGML spec, they're derivatives. As such, they're not confined to the limits of the SGML spec, they just take the basic idea and modify it to fit a new need.
The single good reason for "breaking the spec the way they are trying to" is that XHTML is meant to be BOTH readable and writable for humans, with little trouble, and readable and writable for machines, with little trouble. XML is a commmunications format, not a presentation format. XHTML is an XML parsable presentation format. It's a web page that, with some work, could be broken down by a program and presented some other way, or communicated to another program. The idea is that anyone can write an XML reading/writing program. HTML 4.01, though more strict than previous versions, still had far too many exceptions and special cases that programs would have to be written to allow. XHTML makes parsing an actual web page much easier. Try it some time.
Absolutely, there should be consequences for every action, but just like god doesn't rain holy hell down upon your head when you step on a ladybug, the state shouldn't ruin a person's life just for tagging a site.
I didn't say that because I thought you needed me to reiterate, I said it because the god/ladybug analogy popped into my head and I just HAD to say it.
If a teenager defaces some public property, say, a road, is his sentance similar to a teenager who defaces a public website, say, the dept. of transportation's website?
I can't speak for the parent, but I assume his problem wasn't with the fact that people are being held accountable for their actions, but rather, people are recieving unjust and unequal sentences.
While I'm on the bragging tangent. I also managed to get jigdo-lite to work under windows. Maybe it was dumb luck, or maybe the thread I ran into where some people were claiming they couldn't get it to work under windows was just an isolated case, but yeah.
I think the reason I managed to do all that great stuff was because I was willing to RTFM(s). After hearing about Linux users saying that all the time I figured I'd proactively seek out my answers online before asking someone for help. In retrospect, I should have ignored the stigma and just joined #debian on freenode. That lot is extremely helpful.
Bah, I got Debian running as my first ever Linux operating system. I don't need midnight commander to do anything, console apps or vim are enough for me. I had all my hardware supported (except for that Superdisk, but it worked as a normal floppy drive). ALL of that I learned on my first install... which, granted, took about ten hours.
Catch is, I've never compiled a program, I've never taken a college class, I'm a freaggin web/graphics designer! Given this fact, I would support another poster saying that it's the experience enabling the person in question to recognize an ailment with a linux system. Fixing something once you know something is wrong isn't difficult in Linux, it's knowing what's wrong.
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Fine, fine, he's full of shit.
I was thinking, maybe, technically, since XHTML is basically HTML 4 with a few additional rules (one of which being the very important termination of all elements), that one could basically say (with transitional as your excuse) that they were not including an alt attribute or terminating the image element due to some lesser-known piece of software that chokes on it that the author knows about. Which IS feasible, and DOES excuse such neglections, SORT OF.
But I'm not going to actually sit here and defend ANOTHER person claiming they can write XHTML just because they read an XHTML book and managed to get something on the screen.
"Web designers" (98% of them at least) are out of fucking control, and if you haven't already written a letter to him, perhaps I will.
Now the question is, do I give him a snippet of his code tweaked just to validate under XHTML, or do I give him a snippet utilizing Fahrner Image Replacement just to confuse him?
Well he didn't say that snippet was XHTML Strict...
I see someone's never dealt with a Pentium II
It's less slanted relative to the fact, yes.
However, it is possible for a more accurate statement to be slanted when it's conjured in opposition to the statement which is in wide-spread use.
In other words, suicide-bomber is the established term for these killers. The term "homicide-bomber" might be more accurate in relation to the fact of the matter. However, it is a slant in relation to "suicide-bomber."
As an example, I can call Bush a conservative. If I refer to him as a "neo-conservative" this term might be more accurate than the term "conservative," however since it opposes the accepted term of "conservative," it would be considered a slant.
You should also check out this opinion on the matter, which I also believe is a good argument against the term.
More accurate or not, it's a slant. Much like the RIAA refers to copyright violations as "stealing."
I downloaded your trial yesterday and noticed that things earlier reported to not work at all, very much did work, with little/no difficulty. I've been mighty impressed and intend to buy a license as soon as I've got the hardware to run it. (PS7 via Crossover on a PII 450 just isn't as smooth as one would like it to be.)
You're not "breaking the spec" if you're writing the spec. I'm certain HTML broke more of SGML's rules than XML does. Difference is that they're not children of the SGML spec, they're derivatives. As such, they're not confined to the limits of the SGML spec, they just take the basic idea and modify it to fit a new need.
The single good reason for "breaking the spec the way they are trying to" is that XHTML is meant to be BOTH readable and writable for humans, with little trouble, and readable and writable for machines, with little trouble. XML is a commmunications format, not a presentation format. XHTML is an XML parsable presentation format. It's a web page that, with some work, could be broken down by a program and presented some other way, or communicated to another program. The idea is that anyone can write an XML reading/writing program. HTML 4.01, though more strict than previous versions, still had far too many exceptions and special cases that programs would have to be written to allow. XHTML makes parsing an actual web page much easier. Try it some time.
You're right, screw complaining, let's go for impeachment...
Absolutely, there should be consequences for every action, but just like god doesn't rain holy hell down upon your head when you step on a ladybug, the state shouldn't ruin a person's life just for tagging a site.
I didn't say that because I thought you needed me to reiterate, I said it because the god/ladybug analogy popped into my head and I just HAD to say it.
And /. says:
Good riddance, this is nothing, the veritable beginning of the end. We knew, we cared, but alas there was nothing we could do to save it.
If a teenager defaces some public property, say, a road, is his sentance similar to a teenager who defaces a public website, say, the dept. of transportation's website?
I can't speak for the parent, but I assume his problem wasn't with the fact that people are being held accountable for their actions, but rather, people are recieving unjust and unequal sentences.
While I'm on the bragging tangent. I also managed to get jigdo-lite to work under windows. Maybe it was dumb luck, or maybe the thread I ran into where some people were claiming they couldn't get it to work under windows was just an isolated case, but yeah.
I think the reason I managed to do all that great stuff was because I was willing to RTFM(s). After hearing about Linux users saying that all the time I figured I'd proactively seek out my answers online before asking someone for help. In retrospect, I should have ignored the stigma and just joined #debian on freenode. That lot is extremely helpful.
Bah, I got Debian running as my first ever Linux operating system. I don't need midnight commander to do anything, console apps or vim are enough for me. I had all my hardware supported (except for that Superdisk, but it worked as a normal floppy drive). ALL of that I learned on my first install... which, granted, took about ten hours.
Catch is, I've never compiled a program, I've never taken a college class, I'm a freaggin web/graphics designer! Given this fact, I would support another poster saying that it's the experience enabling the person in question to recognize an ailment with a linux system. Fixing something once you know something is wrong isn't difficult in Linux, it's knowing what's wrong.
How about six?
I ditched television al-together. Fox News' "We report, you decide" hypocrisy was a large part of that.
Absolutely uncalled for.
I've achieved critical karma mass with the lost hours.
Yay! GO CHINA!
Yeah, go ahead, mod me down, I've got karma to burn.
Seriously, I love debian, adore it. I'm going back from RedHat 9 to sarge/sid this month. But I still think that's uncalled for.
Good point. Upon reconsideration, I have not been converted to .NET.
Christ, I think I've just been converted to .NET. Don't ever do that again! Ever!
Windows XPXP?
Yeah, we're kind of self defeating that way.
When I was thirteen, I remember passing up Mortal Kombat and Doom for some Super Mario Kart with my dad on more than one occasion.
If that doesn't speak to parents, I don't know what will.
"What's Slashdot becoming, a free way to secure prior art against when companies actually has a patentable working model?"
Well look at usenet... then us... yeah, I rest my case.