Really, the best way is with a text editor. Dreamweaver is a pretty good program but it can't compete with a basic text editor (with tabs and the ability to save to FTP.) Most of the work is tweaking the CSS, although you will probably need to modify some other PHP files if you plan on doing extensive changes. With Firebug you can modify CSS and see the changes in real time. There are so many different styles of themes that you can save yourself a lot of work modifying an existing setup you like (three column, magazine, corporate, 2.0ish, etc.) BTW, this works for Wordpress too.
As far as intially designing mockups of what you want the site to look like, that's what Photoshop is for;) Been doing this for years and I couldn't agree more.
Therefore, we should immediately ban all political contributions. Not just by fat cats, but ALL political contributions. Oh, and none of this "I'll use my own money" -- we must also ban all political expenditures as well. No campaign ads, no flyers, no paid push pollers.
in the future, people will be elected with the accumulation of karma points on web forums! (only half joking;)
This is a knee-jerk response to a real problem. Let me explain what is happening here:
The Associated Press is a not-for-profit organization comprised of hundreds of newspapers and television stations around the world. Members of the cooperative pay to subscribe to news that they would ordinarily not be able to cover because of limited resources. They also contribute their own resources to the wire service. If there is a tornado in some small town in Kansas, the AP will "pick up" the story from the local newspaper and add additional reporting as needed. This involves calling people and asking them questions. Typically the AP story will cite the original paper as a source.
What AHN does is scrape AP subscribers' sites and slightly change the wording, stripping any mention that their source of information is the Associated Press. They then sell their "reporting" to other companies and organizations. From their website:
AHN content feed services provide a convenient, cost-effective and reliable alternative to expensive and difficult to deal with "legacy" wire service and content providers.
They are profiting from plagiarism, plain and simple. The "hot news" doctrine stipulates that the news is only imbued with some aspects of property rights while it is commercially valuable. This means that the Associated Press does not claim ownership of the facts they report. Other companies are welcome to make calls, visit the scene, etc. in their own pursuit of the story. What other companies can't do is completely lift all of the information in an originally reported item and sell a competing product based on that. Th AP is right here, despite your "insightful" comment.
It's great for a quick relatively unimportant fact or to point you to some proper research
Wrong! What most people who post on any Wikipedia thread fail to understand is that the Encyclopedia Brittanica is really divided in to two sections: the Macropedia and the Micropedia. The Micropedia is a large collection of brief articles on a wide range of subjects. This is what most people think of as an encyclopedia and Wikipedia surpasses EB in this respect.
The Macropedia, on the other hand, is a series of well-organized, in-depth information on a limited number of topics. The quality of writing and comprehensive nature of the Macropedia easily surpasses that of Wikipedia. I love Wikipedia and use it all the time. I just wanted to clarify this oft-overlooked point.
"Jail" is not like the scenes you see on TV and movies of a bunch of laid back criminals playing cards and swapping cigarettes - it's shitting in a tin can with 20 other drunks and wifebeaters.So are you a drunk or a wifebeater?:P
Quite frankly, you don't know what you're talking about. You can get a decent camera for $1200. If what you want to do is shoot a short film in daylight with limited dialog, using props you have on hand, without paying anybody, then yeah -- I guess you can do that. If you need lights, or a boom mic, or plan on paying even a nominal amount of money for the people who help you (food?), you will find out that even cheap film projects are expensive. Clerks cost $27,000. Rodriguez is celebrated for making a film for just $7,000 by casting his extended family.
Believe me, as someone who has helped several friends bring they're film projects to life ( for free) I know that the costs are greater than what you imagine.
it's from the preface of douglas adams' Restaurant at the End of the Universe:
"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
You get a refund but you pay taxes throughout the year. I can say with some authority (being below the poverty level for much of my adult life) that I pay taxes. generally, if you make over ~$8K you pay taxes. You will probably get a refund, but you still have taxes withheld from your paychecks.
Desktop linux can certainly improve some aspects of its usabilty, but choosing wireless network connectivity is a horrible example. In Ubuntu, its simply a matter of clicking the signal bars (a widely understood glyph) in the upper right corner of the screen (right next to the volume control.) Apple does the same thing. To top things off, my cheap wireless PCI card was recognized right off the bat in Ubutu 8.04, which is certainly more than can be said for Windows XP. I am new to Ubuntu but find most tasks are very intuitive. More so than XP and maybe even OS X.
Diversification is important. Intel and many other companies in the semiconductor industry are putting a lot of effort into solar cell research. AMD is one of the few that has no solar program. Unfortunately, they diversified by buying ATI, which has proven to be a boondoggle. They would be wise to get with the solar program.
Just curious what weird wikiadventure led you to that nugget. Are you a biologist who studies these things or did you wind up looking into WWI and eventually stumble on the mantis shrimp?
question: why did the value of gold in relation to US dollars suddenly rise in 1973?
question: why is everything, from coffee to autos, so much more expensive now?
answer: our currency has been devalued through inflation. Saying that our economy is worth 13 trillion dollars is meaningless when it costs twice as much (or more) to buy things. I suggest you research the history of the financial system a little more thoroughly. This Bear Stearns bailout/subprime crunch is just the beginning . . .
Consider: all of the people who paid $300 for his special edition release, probably listen to many other artists as well. Would they spend $300, or anything close to it, for special edition releases of albums from all the other artists they like? Probably not; most almost certainly couldn't afford to pay $300 x N artists x M albums; Trent was savvy enough to do it first, so he gets to enjoy what is likely an unsustainable pricing model.
Here is how it should work: fan clubs. You can join the club for free to get announcements of tour dates in your area, or new releases or whatever. But if you pony up a few bucks, you get access to high-quality downloads, or stickers are mailed or you get a DVD of a live show, or a t-shirt, etc. Depending on what you pay, the value of the goods you receive increases. Some enterprising fans may offer unusual items like furniture, or original art. The list goes on. I have thought about this for years and most people dismiss me when I explain it. In that sense, it's bittersweet to see widespread acclaim now. What keeps me going is how much better they could be doing it. If anyone is interested I could go on and on . . .
Magnatune has been doing exactly this for years. While I'm pleased that he's doing this, it's a little frustrating how everyone is praising NIN and Radiohead for innovation when it's really an old idea. Sure they're big names, but I listened to the free tracks from Ghosts and wasn't too impressed.
The first step towards solving the problem, in my opinion, is stop making college degrees the minimum requirement for employment, regardless of major.
I've got to agree with that! It sucks when companies won't even consider you for a position without a degree. It turns out, people without degrees are often fairly knowledgeable about diverse subjects! *sigh*
The RIAA and producers aren't about making music - they make celebrities.
To be fair, there are plenty of plenty of member labels that put out some great music. Rhino and Decca,for instance, are both RIAA members and there are plenty more that shed light on undiscovered artists that deserve a wider audience. It's unfortunate that everyone thinks RIAA==Britney Spears. The music industry is as varied as the computer industry. Sure you've got your Dell and Apple, but there are plenty of smaller players (and some big ones)that make moves and money. Of course it's easier to just denounce everything RIAA as evil. Nuanced opinions are usually modded down in these discussions.
OK, I see this sentiment pop up on everyone of these threads and it's just plain wrong. There are more talented musicians distributing and playing their music right now than at any other time in the history of the world. Instruments are cheap, equipment is cheap, recording is cheap (all relatively speaking, of course.) There is a TON of awesome music right now. More than I could listen to in several lifetimes. I'm especially lucky because I happen to like a diverse range of music. Fema Kuti, Anna Kramer, DJ Shadow, The Octopus Project are just a few of the MANY,MANY, MANY artists that are putting out quality music these days. Many artists, like Prefuse 73, or Bonobo, could not even exist without the wonderful advances technology has bestowed upon the recording artist. GENRE DOESN'T MATTER. There are great blues bands, folk bands, jazz groups, string quartet . . . ANYTHING!
People who claim there is no good music out there now need to pull their ears out of their asses and use some of the amazing music discovery tools like last.fm or internet radio or music blogs to find something that suits them! I can't believe moderators classified your post as Insightful. This tired mem is nothing more than a troll.
-lavaface
You should vote your conscience, not for the pre-approved "front-runners." I imagine a lot( perhaps majority) of people would agree with Kucinich's platform if they actually took the time to understand his point of view on the issues instead of reacting to his media caricature. And you should take another look at what Edwards is all about--most progressives I read prefer him to Obama. Of course, you could just fall in line with the false dichotomy presented by the mainstream media. If people were less preoccupied about voting for a "winner" and instead chose the most ideal candidate perhaps we wouldn't be quite so fucked these days.
my 2 cents . . .
We deploy MSO and it borks up big time, it's all good cause, well I don't really know why, seems management have all the forgiveness for MS products but not for any others
Slashdot Mirror
Bolgnium?
As far as intially designing mockups of what you want the site to look like, that's what Photoshop is for ;) Been doing this for years and I couldn't agree more.
Therefore, we should immediately ban all political contributions. Not just by fat cats, but ALL political contributions. Oh, and none of this "I'll use my own money" -- we must also ban all political expenditures as well. No campaign ads, no flyers, no paid push pollers.
in the future, people will be elected with the accumulation of karma points on web forums! (only half joking ;)
here's some stuff I've chuckled at in the past: http://www.google.com/notebook/public/11738854246952505999/BDQ4fSgoQ1ejknvoh
The Associated Press is a not-for-profit organization comprised of hundreds of newspapers and television stations around the world. Members of the cooperative pay to subscribe to news that they would ordinarily not be able to cover because of limited resources. They also contribute their own resources to the wire service. If there is a tornado in some small town in Kansas, the AP will "pick up" the story from the local newspaper and add additional reporting as needed. This involves calling people and asking them questions. Typically the AP story will cite the original paper as a source.
What AHN does is scrape AP subscribers' sites and slightly change the wording, stripping any mention that their source of information is the Associated Press. They then sell their "reporting" to other companies and organizations. From their website:
AHN content feed services provide a convenient, cost-effective and reliable alternative to expensive and difficult to deal with "legacy" wire service and content providers.
They are profiting from plagiarism, plain and simple. The "hot news" doctrine stipulates that the news is only imbued with some aspects of property rights while it is commercially valuable. This means that the Associated Press does not claim ownership of the facts they report. Other companies are welcome to make calls, visit the scene, etc. in their own pursuit of the story. What other companies can't do is completely lift all of the information in an originally reported item and sell a competing product based on that. Th AP is right here, despite your "insightful" comment.
Wrong! What most people who post on any Wikipedia thread fail to understand is that the Encyclopedia Brittanica is really divided in to two sections: the Macropedia and the Micropedia. The Micropedia is a large collection of brief articles on a wide range of subjects. This is what most people think of as an encyclopedia and Wikipedia surpasses EB in this respect.
The Macropedia, on the other hand, is a series of well-organized, in-depth information on a limited number of topics. The quality of writing and comprehensive nature of the Macropedia easily surpasses that of Wikipedia. I love Wikipedia and use it all the time. I just wanted to clarify this oft-overlooked point.
and nearly a billion institutional (mutual funds, investment banks, etc.) shares sold with no purchases.
how do you have a sale with no purchase?
"Jail" is not like the scenes you see on TV and movies of a bunch of laid back criminals playing cards and swapping cigarettes - it's shitting in a tin can with 20 other drunks and wifebeaters.So are you a drunk or a wifebeater? :P
Quite frankly, you don't know what you're talking about. You can get a decent camera for $1200. If what you want to do is shoot a short film in daylight with limited dialog, using props you have on hand, without paying anybody, then yeah -- I guess you can do that. If you need lights, or a boom mic, or plan on paying even a nominal amount of money for the people who help you (food?), you will find out that even cheap film projects are expensive. Clerks cost $27,000. Rodriguez is celebrated for making a film for just $7,000 by casting his extended family. Believe me, as someone who has helped several friends bring they're film projects to life ( for free) I know that the costs are greater than what you imagine.
"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
You get a refund but you pay taxes throughout the year. I can say with some authority (being below the poverty level for much of my adult life) that I pay taxes. generally, if you make over ~$8K you pay taxes. You will probably get a refund, but you still have taxes withheld from your paychecks.
Desktop linux can certainly improve some aspects of its usabilty, but choosing wireless network connectivity is a horrible example. In Ubuntu, its simply a matter of clicking the signal bars (a widely understood glyph) in the upper right corner of the screen (right next to the volume control.) Apple does the same thing. To top things off, my cheap wireless PCI card was recognized right off the bat in Ubutu 8.04, which is certainly more than can be said for Windows XP. I am new to Ubuntu but find most tasks are very intuitive. More so than XP and maybe even OS X.
Diversification is important. Intel and many other companies in the semiconductor industry are putting a lot of effort into solar cell research. AMD is one of the few that has no solar program. Unfortunately, they diversified by buying ATI, which has proven to be a boondoggle. They would be wise to get with the solar program.
Just curious what weird wikiadventure led you to that nugget. Are you a biologist who studies these things or did you wind up looking into WWI and eventually stumble on the mantis shrimp?
question: why is everything, from coffee to autos, so much more expensive now?
answer: our currency has been devalued through inflation. Saying that our economy is worth 13 trillion dollars is meaningless when it costs twice as much (or more) to buy things. I suggest you research the history of the financial system a little more thoroughly. This Bear Stearns bailout/subprime crunch is just the beginning . . .
to be fair, hulu only plays ads every 10 mins or so . . . .
Here is how it should work: fan clubs. You can join the club for free to get announcements of tour dates in your area, or new releases or whatever. But if you pony up a few bucks, you get access to high-quality downloads, or stickers are mailed or you get a DVD of a live show, or a t-shirt, etc. Depending on what you pay, the value of the goods you receive increases. Some enterprising fans may offer unusual items like furniture, or original art. The list goes on. I have thought about this for years and most people dismiss me when I explain it. In that sense, it's bittersweet to see widespread acclaim now. What keeps me going is how much better they could be doing it. If anyone is interested I could go on and on . . .
I've got to agree with that! It sucks when companies won't even consider you for a position without a degree. It turns out, people without degrees are often fairly knowledgeable about diverse subjects! *sigh*
http://last.fm/ is also a great source for discovering music.
To be fair, there are plenty of plenty of member labels that put out some great music. Rhino and Decca,for instance, are both RIAA members and there are plenty more that shed light on undiscovered artists that deserve a wider audience. It's unfortunate that everyone thinks RIAA==Britney Spears. The music industry is as varied as the computer industry. Sure you've got your Dell and Apple, but there are plenty of smaller players (and some big ones)that make moves and money. Of course it's easier to just denounce everything RIAA as evil. Nuanced opinions are usually modded down in these discussions.
Hey! Some of us are unemployed. And we live, you know, in the basement . . . at our parents house ; P
OK, I see this sentiment pop up on everyone of these threads and it's just plain wrong. There are more talented musicians distributing and playing their music right now than at any other time in the history of the world. Instruments are cheap, equipment is cheap, recording is cheap (all relatively speaking, of course.) There is a TON of awesome music right now. More than I could listen to in several lifetimes. I'm especially lucky because I happen to like a diverse range of music. Fema Kuti, Anna Kramer, DJ Shadow, The Octopus Project are just a few of the MANY,MANY, MANY artists that are putting out quality music these days. Many artists, like Prefuse 73, or Bonobo, could not even exist without the wonderful advances technology has bestowed upon the recording artist. GENRE DOESN'T MATTER. There are great blues bands, folk bands, jazz groups, string quartet . . . ANYTHING!
People who claim there is no good music out there now need to pull their ears out of their asses and use some of the amazing music discovery tools like last.fm or internet radio or music blogs to find something that suits them! I can't believe moderators classified your post as Insightful. This tired mem is nothing more than a troll. -lavaface
You should vote your conscience, not for the pre-approved "front-runners." I imagine a lot( perhaps majority) of people would agree with Kucinich's platform if they actually took the time to understand his point of view on the issues instead of reacting to his media caricature. And you should take another look at what Edwards is all about--most progressives I read prefer him to Obama. Of course, you could just fall in line with the false dichotomy presented by the mainstream media. If people were less preoccupied about voting for a "winner" and instead chose the most ideal candidate perhaps we wouldn't be quite so fucked these days. my 2 cents . . .
They probably have microsoft stock . . .