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Dvorak Rants on CSS
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Once people get a grasp of using CSS, going back the traditional table based layouts, and mixing content and style, is no longer an option;
I have to disagree with you on that point. While CSS is suprisingly good at what it does once you get the hang of it, and is capable of wonders like CSS Zen Garden, there are still cases when good old static HTML does the job quite well. CSS will never be the easiest way to get an average "hi, I'm Billy and this is a picture of my cat" homepage or "Big Roy's Gerbil Grooming, just off exit 47 on the Interstate" non-Internet-based business site going, or anything else that isn't expected to be dynamic or incorporate too many bells and whistles and can get away with using a solid, static design.
FF extensions enhance the capabilities of the browser, and only the browser. ActiveX controls can affect your entire computer (hurrah for integrating the browser with the OS!.) Also, the "authentication" of an AX control is being "signed" by something as trustworthy as Verisign, an agency I wouldn't trust to make me a peanut butter sandwich without somehow setting my kitchen on fire and charging me thousands of dollars for the bread before feeding it to some random kid on the street.
Solution: Start telling MSIE users to upgrade when they show up at your website, and if they don't, tell them to shove off. Yes, CSS standards are good. Firefox and Opera implement them a whole heck of a lot better than MSIE does. Okay, MSIE is catching up, but it's only one update followed by another 5 year span of stagnation. Users don't realize what a drag they're causing on web standards by sticking with such an old browser; it's time to help them feel the pain.
That is an insanely wonderful idea, and I wish we were in a world where everyone could do so. But no commercial clients will ever let their web crew turn away any possible customers even if they're browsing on an N64 with a bad Mozilla port, as long as they can see the stupid twinkly Flash files they demand. (Never mind the vision-impaired...)
Beyond that, there's also the fact that I'm typing this in MSIE at work, and I'm nowhere near a position to tell the overlords at this company to switch to something more standards-compliant and free when they can pay lots of money to support MS products instead.
..Dvorak displays lack of understanding of issue he's ranting about.
Ok, this is actually a bit funny, but not in a humorous editorial column way. More of a sad "son hits dad in the groin with a baseball bat on 'Funniest Home Videos'" sort of way.
The article doesn't say a thing about what sort of truck they'll be using to deliver these PS3s, what roads it'll be taking, or which truckstops along the way serve the driver's favorite foods. How useless.
That's one hell of a grievance note. Well-written, well thought out, and it makes its points well. That time I stuck a note to the convenience store owner's door raising certain questions regarding his personal pedigree as a result of his mother's alleged affection for certain types of sea otter before setting my uniform shirt on fire in the parking lot and never going back, sort of pales in comparison.
That's right up there with broadband ISPs throttling the quality of service for users who dare to run a filesharing client or (gasp) a traditional server, even so simple as an FTP folder. You have unlimited speeds on paper, but in practice you end up forced back into the predetermined "average" use in order to keep the ISP's costs of providing the service to the general public down. Sort of like the old chestnut about how the phone network would crap itself if everyone on the system tried to make a call at the exact same time, it's not designed to handle 100% use.
I remember a certain Video Computer System that confused matters a bit 29 years ago.
At any rate, everything from game consoles to phones to TVs to watches are no less than specialized computers these days. The word "computer" is just too redundant to use on every computer-based device anymore. Otherwise store shelves would be clogged with video game console computers, bread-toasting computers, car alarm keychain computers, coffee-making computers, marital aid computers, and so on.
Wikipedia's article on ASBOs provides interesting reading on the subject. The article is a bit of a mess, but there is decent info in it, and the links list at the end is well worth perusing. These things are used against everything from vandals and thieves to hat-wearers.
Of course, I did not read the article, but it seems as though these guys were bad guys and got caught for it. So, my thoughts are, gambling is bad m'kay. Getting arrested by the FBI when your being bad is bad m'kay. My rights do not appear to be violated and this does not seem like a controversial YRO article m'kay.
I personally don't much like gambling, but as I see it this does apply to your rights online in that the crackdown on online gambling is defining a couple of rights you do or don't have. Is it or is it not illegal to run a gambling site out of this country? Is it or is it not illegal to use one, even if it's based somewhere that has no problem with it? If gambling is legal in Las Vegas, should I be able to set up a server there and run web casinos off it? Or can I patronize an offshore gambling site if I'm sitting at my PC in Atlantic City? Decisions are being made and precedents are being set which further delineate just what rights we do have online.
Tokyo, Japan (July 18, 2006) - Square Enix Co., Ltd ("the Company"). wishes to comment on a
specific media report, dated July 14, stating that the Company is developing a sequel to its online
game title, FINAL FANTASY® XI, and plans to release the title on three platforms the
PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., the
Xbox 360TM video game and entertainment system, and Windows Vista TM the next-generation PC
operating system from Microsoft Corporation.
The Company did not make such an announcement and has not made any decisions resembling
those detailed in the media report.
As the Company announced in May 2005, it is currently developing an online title for
next-generation platforms including game consoles and PCs; however, this title is being developed as
a completely new MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online RPG). We will disclose further details of
this title, including platform compatibility, immediately after any relevant decisions are made.
In addition, the Company continuously plans to release expansion packs for FINAL FANTASY XI,
available on PlayStation®2, Xbox 360, and Windows®, as well as perform version updates.
No, FFXII is already in the works as a standard console RPG. A direct sequel to FFXI might follow either of the naming models of the sequels to FFX (a la FFX-2) or FFVII (a la FFVII: Dirge of Cerberus,) or something else entirely.
Great! Another month of my life wasted in front of the TV.
FFXI is the MMORPG, so if the sequel is another one you can waste much longer than a month. There are players who have been wasting several years on it now.
I have to agree here. As with most of my apps I'm entirely self-taught in Photoshop, and didn't have much of a problem at all in finding my way around it when I started. I just can't say the same for the standard GIMP, the interface was quite a barrier. Of course I can only speak for myself, such things are entirely subjective, and your mileage may vary.
I tried and failed a few times to get into GIMP, but the interface just wasn't doing it for me. I recently discovered Gimpshop, an elegant hack of GIMP which emulates the Photoshop interface. It's fantastic, I find it much more intuitive than plain GIMP, and I've even managed to use it to get a Photoshop-trained graphic design guru to explore FOSS with it.
Who cares about the different form factors of existing cassette players ?
The proposal is for the design of a NEW headunit...
Oh, I see now. I was picturing some sort of cassette-player adaptor. My mistake, that'll teach me to attempt to read and proccess things on Monday mornings...
The actual blame rests on Charles Babbage, and that "computer" idea of his. But to be fair, he might never have done that if it hadn't been for those damned ancient Greeks with their abacus...
This reminds me of those word problems in grade-school math, where they'd put some unrelated sentence in there to throw you off. Something like, "Roy has five apples. Roy gives three apples to Dean. Dean likes movies about gladiators. How many apples does Roy have left?"
I know a lot of manufacturers have started including iPod connections in the glovebox with stereo's equipped with direct control of the gadget, but has anyone made a headunit with a cassette-like bay for the iPod? It would be like, retro cool. I guess the problem comes with the different form factors of all the different iPods, but I suppose they could include various shims.
It's not just the iPod, it's the different form factors of cassette players. Side loading vs. front-loading, and so on. Best to just use the cassette-on-a-wire thing people have been attaching to discmen for years.
Plus, for better or worse, cassette decks are a dying breed. They're not in new cars by default, and in another generation or so they'll completely go the way of the ancient 8-track. That's probably not an aesthetic Apple would want its flagship "omg look at me I'm cool and hip and modern and stuff!" gadget associated with, so I doubt they'd make an official cassette bay thing. It might be worthwhile for a third-party to do cheaply, though.
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FF extensions enhance the capabilities of the browser, and only the browser. ActiveX controls can affect your entire computer (hurrah for integrating the browser with the OS!.) Also, the "authentication" of an AX control is being "signed" by something as trustworthy as Verisign, an agency I wouldn't trust to make me a peanut butter sandwich without somehow setting my kitchen on fire and charging me thousands of dollars for the bread before feeding it to some random kid on the street.
Beyond that, there's also the fact that I'm typing this in MSIE at work, and I'm nowhere near a position to tell the overlords at this company to switch to something more standards-compliant and free when they can pay lots of money to support MS products instead.
..Dvorak displays lack of understanding of issue he's ranting about.
Ok, this is actually a bit funny, but not in a humorous editorial column way. More of a sad "son hits dad in the groin with a baseball bat on 'Funniest Home Videos'" sort of way.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's a plank.
.... It doesn't even have a face drawn on it.
It's a plank, that's bent in half.
The article doesn't say a thing about what sort of truck they'll be using to deliver these PS3s, what roads it'll be taking, or which truckstops along the way serve the driver's favorite foods. How useless.
That's one hell of a grievance note. Well-written, well thought out, and it makes its points well. That time I stuck a note to the convenience store owner's door raising certain questions regarding his personal pedigree as a result of his mother's alleged affection for certain types of sea otter before setting my uniform shirt on fire in the parking lot and never going back, sort of pales in comparison.
That's right up there with broadband ISPs throttling the quality of service for users who dare to run a filesharing client or (gasp) a traditional server, even so simple as an FTP folder. You have unlimited speeds on paper, but in practice you end up forced back into the predetermined "average" use in order to keep the ISP's costs of providing the service to the general public down. Sort of like the old chestnut about how the phone network would crap itself if everyone on the system tried to make a call at the exact same time, it's not designed to handle 100% use.
I remember a certain Video Computer System that confused matters a bit 29 years ago.
At any rate, everything from game consoles to phones to TVs to watches are no less than specialized computers these days. The word "computer" is just too redundant to use on every computer-based device anymore. Otherwise store shelves would be clogged with video game console computers, bread-toasting computers, car alarm keychain computers, coffee-making computers, marital aid computers, and so on.
I guess you just weren't a bad enough dude to rescue the president.
Wikipedia's article on ASBOs provides interesting reading on the subject. The article is a bit of a mess, but there is decent info in it, and the links list at the end is well worth perusing. These things are used against everything from vandals and thieves to hat-wearers.
No, FFXII is already in the works as a standard console RPG. A direct sequel to FFXI might follow either of the naming models of the sequels to FFX (a la FFX-2) or FFVII (a la FFVII: Dirge of Cerberus,) or something else entirely.
...every time I meet a woman from the Internet in person, she looks less like Sandra Bullock and more like Jim J. Bullock.
If the robot were not bipedal, it wouldn't have a shiny metal ass to tell you to bite.
I have to agree here. As with most of my apps I'm entirely self-taught in Photoshop, and didn't have much of a problem at all in finding my way around it when I started. I just can't say the same for the standard GIMP, the interface was quite a barrier. Of course I can only speak for myself, such things are entirely subjective, and your mileage may vary.
I tried and failed a few times to get into GIMP, but the interface just wasn't doing it for me. I recently discovered Gimpshop, an elegant hack of GIMP which emulates the Photoshop interface. It's fantastic, I find it much more intuitive than plain GIMP, and I've even managed to use it to get a Photoshop-trained graphic design guru to explore FOSS with it.
The actual blame rests on Charles Babbage, and that "computer" idea of his. But to be fair, he might never have done that if it hadn't been for those damned ancient Greeks with their abacus...
This can only mean twice as much material filling up the tubes.
This reminds me of those word problems in grade-school math, where they'd put some unrelated sentence in there to throw you off. Something like, "Roy has five apples. Roy gives three apples to Dean. Dean likes movies about gladiators. How many apples does Roy have left?"