I have to agree with you. Most responses here seem to gloss over the actual content being discussed as "omg naked people!"
While I would defend the obscenity of this pornography on first amendment grounds, I would not want to defend it too aggressively while more worthy candidates might exist.
A friend of mine once gave an example of why he found CRPGs frustrating. In a pencil-and-paper, human-moderated game he could cast an 'enlarge' spell (forgot to mention, fantasy-type RPG) on a brick in a wall, to (hopefully) bring down the wall. That is just a level of detail a computer game could not reach. We might reach it one day, but it would be quite a game to take all such actions into account.
The infant mortality statistics are skewed for various reasons. They have to do with what we report as a "live birth" vs. what other nations report.
For example, in Canada, a premature baby that is delivered, and then dies, that weighs less than a half a kilogram is not counted against the live birth count.
There is also the matter of timing. In Hong Kong and Japan, a baby that dies in the first 24 hours of life is not counted against the live births. They consider it a miscarriage. In France, Belgium, and many other European countries, babies born before 26 weeks of gestation, and then die, are not counted as deaths.
In Switzerland, a baby that perishes that is also less than 30 cm in length is not counted.
Needless to say (for the illustration of my point), the U.S. does count these as live births, and the deaths in such cases count toward the relatively higher infant mortality rate. In the types of cases above, the chances of infant survival are sketchy at best. Thus, the disparity in infant mortality rates.
Well, although I am not one of the people who thinks people who use tables for layout should all go to hell, I do prefer to NOT use them. I can say that I've written a few web apps myself (and still do) and use tables only for data representation.
For layouts, CSS is nice, and you can avoid tables for the most part. What I'm curious about - and it's not a rhetorical question, I would love to hear techniques - what do you use for complex forms? Myself, I still compartmentalize everything in tables. Using CSS to lay out forms is fine for simple "label, input, linebreak" type of forms. However, if I have to lay out something like an address form, I like street 1 & 2 on their own lines, and city, state, and ZIP on one line. Now, I can see using CSS for that, but as the form grows (and grows more complex), I use a table to keep certain elements lined up.
Chalmers: "Well, Seymour, it seems we've put together a baseball team, and I was wondering, who's on first, eh?" Skinner: "Yes. Not the pronoun, but rather a player with the unlikely name of 'Who' is on first." Chalmers: "Well that's just great, Seymour! We've been out here six seconds and you've already managed to blow the routine!"
I wonder if they'll see off the domain name? Heck, why not sell it all off to someone interested in keeping it going? Unfortunately, I'll bet the market for virtual real estate is as bleak as it is for "real" real estate.
Now you're talking! Think about all the Marilyn Monroe porn...
Seriously, this technology is not far away from your desktop. Imagine scanning the actors images and voices for a TV series, say Star Trek (TOS). With enough images, software could build a 3-D library. The sound samples could be used by a sophisticated voice synthesizer to sound like the original actors. You could make your own Star Trek episodes, starring the original cast in their prime. Of course, Paramount would want their take.
Thank you. I'm getting sick and tired of hearing people drop the 'T' word without any idea of what it actually means. It's this kind of stupidity that makes me think the Framers were correct to define Treason within the Constitution so it couldn't be used for political purposes.....
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I have to agree with you. Most responses here seem to gloss over the actual content being discussed as "omg naked people!"
While I would defend the obscenity of this pornography on first amendment grounds, I would not want to defend it too aggressively while more worthy candidates might exist.
A friend of mine once gave an example of why he found CRPGs frustrating. In a pencil-and-paper, human-moderated game he could cast an 'enlarge' spell (forgot to mention, fantasy-type RPG) on a brick in a wall, to (hopefully) bring down the wall. That is just a level of detail a computer game could not reach. We might reach it one day, but it would be quite a game to take all such actions into account.
Just like Congress, if they add D.C. representation!
Perhaps he's not comprehending the vastness of our government!
The infant mortality statistics are skewed for various reasons. They have to do with what we report as a "live birth" vs. what other nations report.
For example, in Canada, a premature baby that is delivered, and then dies, that weighs less than a half a kilogram is not counted against the live birth count.
There is also the matter of timing. In Hong Kong and Japan, a baby that dies in the first 24 hours of life is not counted against the live births. They consider it a miscarriage. In France, Belgium, and many other European countries, babies born before 26 weeks of gestation, and then die, are not counted as deaths.
In Switzerland, a baby that perishes that is also less than 30 cm in length is not counted.
Needless to say (for the illustration of my point), the U.S. does count these as live births, and the deaths in such cases count toward the relatively higher infant mortality rate. In the types of cases above, the chances of infant survival are sketchy at best. Thus, the disparity in infant mortality rates.
That's right, you want to go to the states where they like their 4-wheeler off-road vehicles!
At least I can express myself coherently.
I would take George Bush over The One any day...
It practically writes itself!
And an "Under Construction" graphic with a little guy shoveling.
For layouts, CSS is nice, and you can avoid tables for the most part. What I'm curious about - and it's not a rhetorical question, I would love to hear techniques - what do you use for complex forms? Myself, I still compartmentalize everything in tables. Using CSS to lay out forms is fine for simple "label, input, linebreak" type of forms. However, if I have to lay out something like an address form, I like street 1 & 2 on their own lines, and city, state, and ZIP on one line. Now, I can see using CSS for that, but as the form grows (and grows more complex), I use a table to keep certain elements lined up.
What are some CSS-only techniques?
Modded as Funny (100%), but you've just laid out the environmentalist rationale for controlling everything everyone does, everywhere.
live free || die();
Can't get much more secure than that! Next step: unplug the network cable.
Give the guy an "Informative!" (I'm fresh out.)
But I'm disappointed that you posted as an AC. Don't want your karma burned by all the Palin-haters?
Rap his knuckles with your slide rule.
Chalmers: "Well, Seymour, it seems we've put together a baseball team, and I was wondering, who's on first, eh?"
Skinner: "Yes. Not the pronoun, but rather a player with the unlikely name of 'Who' is on first."
Chalmers: "Well that's just great, Seymour! We've been out here six seconds and you've already managed to blow the routine!"
Have you updated the Adobe Updater? Perhaps what we need is an updater to update the Adobe Updater.
Well, don't worry, they're working on that!
Funny, but true. I did forget my login information (email/username and password) to this site, which is just the one image.
For those who don't know, this is a parody of Chick religious tracts (God, what a waste of a domain name!) that has often been the target of the Chick lawyers.
Note to the Chick legal team: I'll be glad to take it down if you give me my password! :)
I wonder if they'll see off the domain name? Heck, why not sell it all off to someone interested in keeping it going? Unfortunately, I'll bet the market for virtual real estate is as bleak as it is for "real" real estate.
Now you're talking! Think about all the Marilyn Monroe porn...
Seriously, this technology is not far away from your desktop. Imagine scanning the actors images and voices for a TV series, say Star Trek (TOS). With enough images, software could build a 3-D library. The sound samples could be used by a sophisticated voice synthesizer to sound like the original actors. You could make your own Star Trek episodes, starring the original cast in their prime. Of course, Paramount would want their take.
That sounds like traitor talk to me!
Application slow? Pedal faster!
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