I guess the question is why we should care about the computer "understanding" our web pages? Sure, there are many examples when this is necessary, but in most cases (e.g. "my fluffy cat" type pages) there is simply no point to bloat the code for the web page with semantic markup. I am the first to admit that I am a diletant, but it seems to me that forcing xhtml+css on everybody is an overkill. Why not give an option for "my fluffy cat" page users to continue using simple html with presentation markup?
A good analogy is mathml. For decades most scientists use latex to type the text, then somebody came up with the idea that the formulae must be searchable and presented in a form that computer must understand. Why? What useful purpose would it serve? How I as a user can benefit from it? How many readers of the online journals are going to search for a particular fragment of the formula in the online paper?
OK, I will play the devil's advocate. Why is visual markup so bad? 95% of the people who view 95% of all web pages do so in a traditional way: in IE, Firefox, Mozilla or Opera. Often, I want a part of the text be bold or italic without leaving it to the browser to decide how "strong" is presented. For example, references to Phys. Rev. journal traditionally require the volume number to be displayed in bold font. Why am I forced to use CSS do it, when B tag can do the job by typing 7 symbols (opening and closing tags). I can think of many other examples.
I realize that there are blind users, and their needs must be taken into account. I admit I have no idea how it works, but I am assuming the text containing STRONG fragment is converted into something sounding like
blah, blah, strong text follows, beep, beep, beep, strong text ends, blah, blah, blah
Why is this better than
blah, blah, bold text follows, beep, beep, beep, bold text ends, blah, blah, blah
Yes, and I also suggest that everyone should wear a tracking device 24 hours a day, and have cameras and microphones installed at home and at work.
If you are so cool about it, why don't you post your fingerprints on the internet to prove your point of view? What do you have to hide? You are not a criminal, are you? Everyone can get them in 30 seconds anyway.
Researchers from Princeton - where Einstein spent much of his career
Wtf? Brownian motion, Bose-Einstein statistics, explanation of photoeffect, special and general relativity theories were developed and finished long before 1932 - the year Einstein accepted the offer from Princeton.
Anyone care to elabote what great discoveries he did while in Princeton, and how is his name even remotely related to this idiotic story? Who gives money to these lunatics? Next thing you know they will be studying astrology, alchemy and witchcraft in Princeton. Really sad, if this not a hoax.
I am saying that the idiocy of our reactions IS a simple monotonic function,
A function of what?
simple monotonic function, not a boolean one
You meant continuous function?
c) act as if you care (even if you really believe it)
What is exactly the difference between caring and believing that you care ?
Our emotional reaction to an event is not a simple monotonic function of the overall number of casualties involved.
All your posts seem to originate from failure to realize this simple fact.
On the other hand, I may be wrong, and you do understand it, but you are saying that most people have an "idiotic" emotional reaction, but then again, this would be ridiculous. Emotions cannot be "idiotic" or "smart". Our reaction to our emotions can be "idiotic", but as you realize , no one of our fellow./ posters jumps out of the window.
So, what are you really saying?
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ImageMagick :)
This should be rather illuminating: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/view_profile.php?userid=4422
So, do you believe the following is true?
:)
"Just because you believe in something (or don't) does NOT mean it IS or IS'NT true"
13)Profit!
A good analogy is mathml. For decades most scientists use latex to type the text, then somebody came up with the idea that the formulae must be searchable and presented in a form that computer must understand. Why? What useful purpose would it serve? How I as a user can benefit from it? How many readers of the online journals are going to search for a particular fragment of the formula in the online paper?
I realize that there are blind users, and their needs must be taken into account. I admit I have no idea how it works, but I am assuming the text containing STRONG fragment is converted into something sounding like
blah, blah, strong text follows, beep, beep, beep, strong text ends, blah, blah, blah
Why is this better than
blah, blah, bold text follows, beep, beep, beep, bold text ends, blah, blah, blah
?
They share a LOT in common, but why people get all ansy(or is that antsy) about what's different in the films compared to the books is beyond me.
It's ANSI.
Yes, and I also suggest that everyone should wear a tracking device 24 hours a day, and have cameras and microphones installed at home and at work.
If you are so cool about it, why don't you post your fingerprints on the internet to prove your point of view? What do you have to hide? You are not a criminal, are you? Everyone can get them in 30 seconds anyway.
Oh damn, never mind.
Wtf? Brownian motion, Bose-Einstein statistics, explanation of photoeffect, special and general relativity theories were developed and finished long before 1932 - the year Einstein accepted the offer from Princeton.
Anyone care to elabote what great discoveries he did while in Princeton, and how is his name even remotely related to this idiotic story? Who gives money to these lunatics? Next thing you know they will be studying astrology, alchemy and witchcraft in Princeton. Really sad, if this not a hoax.
Paying attention to what Microsoft says about Linux considered harmful.
I am saying that the idiocy of our reactions IS a simple monotonic function, A function of what? simple monotonic function, not a boolean one You meant continuous function? c) act as if you care (even if you really believe it) What is exactly the difference between caring and believing that you care ?
Our emotional reaction to an event is not a simple monotonic function of the overall number of casualties involved. All your posts seem to originate from failure to realize this simple fact. On the other hand, I may be wrong, and you do understand it, but you are saying that most people have an "idiotic" emotional reaction, but then again, this would be ridiculous. Emotions cannot be "idiotic" or "smart". Our reaction to our emotions can be "idiotic", but as you realize , no one of our fellow ./ posters jumps out of the window.
So, what are you really saying?