recent studies have shown that 99.51% of the viewing populace prefers a constant stream of raw binary! down with unicode! we shall destroy the micromacroadobeaolsoft running dogs like the craven infidels they are!
--brought to you courtesy the Binary Liberation Front
unconstitutional? at best, that's hyperbole. Fillibuster is a currently legal use of the Senate's Rules -- the Rules of Procedure being made up by the Senate, as according to the dictates of the Constitution. This argument that many conservatives are putting forth -- that Senate Rule XXII is unconstitutional due to it's conflict with their interpretation of supermajority voting implications of the Constitution -- is argument through abstraction and implication alone.
Plus, their arguments ring especially false when we remember that just a few short years back, they were arguing the OPPOSITE when it was Clinton's judgeships up for confirmation.
Interesting article on the topic, in special reference to George Will, located here :
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/lazarus/20030306.html
And, like the author of that article, I find the constant flip-flopping of both parties when the case fits, to be repugnant and sad.
There's also Ming, if you want to generate SWFs on the fly.
http://ming.sourceforge.net/
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give me a break. you've chosen to use a browser config that's in a very small minority, chosen to not use a plugin that's extremely common, and yet you complain that you can't view certain sites?
that's like running your system in 640x480 at 256 colors and complaining that sites are "too big".
the problem is not in the links on that site. the problem is that your box is not up to spec.
Without a well designed, functional UI, how can SVG hope to compete against things like Flash? It's all well and good for the programming types to go : "Wow! SVG is great! I can write a few dozen lines of code and make a circle go from point a to point b!" but the bald fact of the matter is that programming types are not responsible, and will not be responsible, for doing the graphic design and animation. And for good reason : they usually suck at it (people like Maeda and the like aside). Designers are used to, and require, professional class UI and organizational tools (things like timelines, text tools, visual hierarchies, etc.) to do what they do in an efficient manner. Having a good GUI would help things, but Flash already does tons of things that SVG MIGHT do in a year or more.
And Flash is perfectly capable of handling XML and database-driven content, thank you. The fact of the matter is that as of today, SVG is an esoteric curiosity, nothing more... which may well change, as Adobe and Microsoft both are getting mighty anxious about Flash and it's capabilities.
Now, I'm all for Open Source, but come on -- I'm not going to get on the "If it's proprietary, it's EVIL" bandwagon. Macromedia has spent tons to develop Flash to the point where it is now, and has done so in a fundamentally benign manner, especially when compared to things like the GIF fiasco and the other various predatory business practices out there. They have a right to make money off their product, the Flash application itself.
In 1990, the coalition consisted of 34 countries, the vast majority of whom sent troops, including Arab states like Afghanistan (funny enough), Bahrain, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, as well as nations such as the US, the UK, Canada, Germany, and France.
The vast majority of this support was in troops, material, and cash.
In 2003, the "Coalition of the Willing" was comprised of a varied number of states, depending on what you consider "support" -- in the case of a number of states listed by Powell, their only constributions were public statements of support; no material, no troops, no money.
Prominent "Coalition of the Willing" members include the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Iceland, Palau, and the Solomon Islands -- none of which even have enough of a military complex to defend their own borders, much less contribute to a massive undertaking as this. Colombia, totally dependant on the US for military aid against the insurgency that controls a third of it's territory, is also listed -- another "political support only" membership. Turkey was also listed by Powell as a coalition member. Japan, another member, promised only post-conflict support.
Other luminaries of the coalition include Uzbekistan, a totaltarian dictatorship; Eritrea and Ethiopia, both dependant on the US for the cease-fire between their nations (and both utterly destitute); Uganda and Rwanda, ah to be in THAT company; and various eastern european nations again dependant on the US, the IMF, and the World Bank to finance their economies.
Pretty telling that the only arab country involved is Kuwait, eh? Oh, I forgot -- Afghanistan, of course! We must have pulled some Special Forces off of Karzai's security detail for that one...
all a big stretch from '91 when even Italy was sending thousands of troops. "Coalition" my ass.
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damn tootin, bruddah --
recent studies have shown that 99.51% of the viewing populace prefers a constant stream of raw binary! down with unicode! we shall destroy the micromacroadobeaolsoft running dogs like the craven infidels they are!
--brought to you courtesy the Binary Liberation Front
BAD Flash is the thing you have a problem with. Bad Flash is just like marquee tags.
unconstitutional? at best, that's hyperbole. Fillibuster is a currently legal use of the Senate's Rules -- the Rules of Procedure being made up by the Senate, as according to the dictates of the Constitution. This argument that many conservatives are putting forth -- that Senate Rule XXII is unconstitutional due to it's conflict with their interpretation of supermajority voting implications of the Constitution -- is argument through abstraction and implication alone. Plus, their arguments ring especially false when we remember that just a few short years back, they were arguing the OPPOSITE when it was Clinton's judgeships up for confirmation. Interesting article on the topic, in special reference to George Will, located here : http://writ.news.findlaw.com/lazarus/20030306.html
And, like the author of that article, I find the constant flip-flopping of both parties when the case fits, to be repugnant and sad.
How about his desire to extend the PATRIOT act indefintely?
There's also Ming, if you want to generate SWFs on the fly.
http://ming.sourceforge.net/
give me a break. you've chosen to use a browser config that's in a very small minority, chosen to not use a plugin that's extremely common, and yet you complain that you can't view certain sites? that's like running your system in 640x480 at 256 colors and complaining that sites are "too big". the problem is not in the links on that site. the problem is that your box is not up to spec.
SVG has one huge glaring problem :
No authoring environment.
Without a well designed, functional UI, how can SVG hope to compete against things like Flash? It's all well and good for the programming types to go : "Wow! SVG is great! I can write a few dozen lines of code and make a circle go from point a to point b!" but the bald fact of the matter is that programming types are not responsible, and will not be responsible, for doing the graphic design and animation. And for good reason : they usually suck at it (people like Maeda and the like aside). Designers are used to, and require, professional class UI and organizational tools (things like timelines, text tools, visual hierarchies, etc.) to do what they do in an efficient manner. Having a good GUI would help things, but Flash already does tons of things that SVG MIGHT do in a year or more.
And Flash is perfectly capable of handling XML and database-driven content, thank you. The fact of the matter is that as of today, SVG is an esoteric curiosity, nothing more... which may well change, as Adobe and Microsoft both are getting mighty anxious about Flash and it's capabilities.
Now, I'm all for Open Source, but come on -- I'm not going to get on the "If it's proprietary, it's EVIL" bandwagon. Macromedia has spent tons to develop Flash to the point where it is now, and has done so in a fundamentally benign manner, especially when compared to things like the GIF fiasco and the other various predatory business practices out there. They have a right to make money off their product, the Flash application itself.
but then we could sink 'er!
FUD? Talk about FUD.
In 1990, the coalition consisted of 34 countries, the vast majority of whom sent troops, including Arab states like Afghanistan (funny enough), Bahrain, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, as well as nations such as the US, the UK, Canada, Germany, and France.
The vast majority of this support was in troops, material, and cash.
In 2003, the "Coalition of the Willing" was comprised of a varied number of states, depending on what you consider "support" -- in the case of a number of states listed by Powell, their only constributions were public statements of support; no material, no troops, no money.
Prominent "Coalition of the Willing" members include the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Iceland, Palau, and the Solomon Islands -- none of which even have enough of a military complex to defend their own borders, much less contribute to a massive undertaking as this. Colombia, totally dependant on the US for military aid against the insurgency that controls a third of it's territory, is also listed -- another "political support only" membership. Turkey was also listed by Powell as a coalition member. Japan, another member, promised only post-conflict support.
Other luminaries of the coalition include Uzbekistan, a totaltarian dictatorship; Eritrea and Ethiopia, both dependant on the US for the cease-fire between their nations (and both utterly destitute); Uganda and Rwanda, ah to be in THAT company; and various eastern european nations again dependant on the US, the IMF, and the World Bank to finance their economies.
Pretty telling that the only arab country involved is Kuwait, eh? Oh, I forgot -- Afghanistan, of course! We must have pulled some Special Forces off of Karzai's security detail for that one...
all a big stretch from '91 when even Italy was sending thousands of troops. "Coalition" my ass.