I'm glad to see someone talk about this with some sense.

I've talked this over with people I respect a great deal when it comes to website creation - only to find that they have this same shameful opinion when it comes to valid HTML.

As far as XHTML, the first thing they mention is that XHTML isn't being delivered the way the W3C has outlined, so delivering it at all is itself not XHTML compatible (though the automated validation won't tell you this). This point, really, is pretty interesting. The answer to this, though, comes along with my next point.

Often these naysayers say that browsers don't fully support XHTML. My view on this is: XHTML is SGML compatible. It works as HTML and XHTML alike. To take the initiative of designing as XHTML you're designing for the future. You're making things easier on yourself for the time when XHTML is actually accepted. (Let's hope IE7 accepts correct delivery!).

Then there is, as you've outlined, the "I don't care if it's half-assed." argument. I agree with l0gic here... full-ass or no-ass.

"Non-voters (who wont instead of cant) can die in hell."

Not to start a flame war or any thing (that's NOT what I'm trying to do), wouldn't they have to die BEFORE going to Hell? :P

jesus christ, for being ancanadian livin gin the US, i sure do give a fuck about government,

i totally agree. my dad didnt vote because he didnt like any canadite for president. i guess im fine with that, but he didnt vote for ANYTHING at all. i tore the fuck into him for that. he was jsut apathetic about the whole thing because he didnt like the presidents, but when i asked him how many items were on the ballot the last time he voted, the argument was mine, and though he didnt admint it, i think he will vote next time.

You will vote? Good. Non-voters (who wont instead of cant) can die in hell.

meh.

Full-ass or no-ass. Apathy pisses me off.

You should employ the help of some cable-ties or something ;)

over?

Damn Tim you wanker. Why end the entertainment. Grrrrr.

I like it :)

For those intersted, I calculated the volume for a standard 250GB hard disk. That comes out to approxamately 71850.585 TB (71.8505 PB) or, currently, 1.55672 times the data on the KaZaA network. Now for those truly interested: at the cost of $132 (the current lowest price for a 250GB hdd on pricewatch), that would come out to somewhere around $38,847,600 total.

haha

Its been fun, thats for sure.

Woohoo! Actually, more space for empty 1-liter Dr. Pepper bottles.

spiffers dude! More space to place cups and Dorito bags!

Wet blanket.

those logitech speakers? i think i have the same ones 5.1. awesome.

:)

No.

What about below-the-belt kicks? Can we kick each other?

I hate to be a wet blanket, but the next punch thrown will result in this entire thing being banished to the land of "WHERE blog_enabled = 'n'".

Yes, I know. I just contradicted myself by saying that this wasn't enjoyable and then turning around and saying that neither of us would be here if that was so.

So, despite that, let me start over and get back to my main point: I hate you. Not Britons. YOU.

Since when did this turn into a discussion?

Well, you've got me on that one. It wasn't a discussion. It was a flame war from the beginning. BUT, it was enjoyable before you jumped into it.

It seems to me as if you were trying to force your views on everyone else.

Dustin: Quit eating the flesh of other animals.

I was just returning the favor, dumb fuck.

You havent got under my skin, far from it.

You took my comment out of context. If Americans don't get under your skin just by being Americans, what's the point in stereotyping them? That's what I was getting at. If you didn't have the IQ of a brick, you would have realized this.

I take great enjoyment in watching you craft well worded, really thought out replies.

Despite the stupidity of the situation, I don't think either of would be here if we weren't enjoying it. You enjoy being an idiot, and I enjoy hating you.

You dont like me do you Joshua? :)

Wow, you actually figured out who it was! I'm impressed. Did it take you long enough? But no, I'm not particualarly fond of you.

You dont like me do you Joshua? :)

i think PETA needs to get the soup bone out of his ass

"What pissed me off was the fact that >you had to keep throwing them into what >would have been a serious discussion. >Why don't you contribute to it instead >of using it to relieve your boredom?"

Since when did this turn into a discussion? It seems to me as if you were trying to force your views on everyone else. Dustin sure as hell hasnt replied to your "intuitive" comments.

"What a wonderful conversational piece. >It's my self that can't handle things, >huh? Americans have, one way or >another, the ability to get under your >skin, and for this you stereotype them. >Every one knows that smart people >stereotype!"

You havent got under my skin, far from it. I take great enjoyment in watching you craft well worded, really thought out replies. BTW im only 14 so dont start using too many big words.

Haha what a gay debate. You guys remind me of them spastic kids who lick windows.

FYI Maddox os a stale cunt anyways redoing old shit. This isn't the 90's anymore and some people need new shit.

"log off the various teenage chat rooms you frequent and get a life.....seriously."

Riiiight... So it's a given that I don't have a life simply because I'm having an Internet-based conversation? Wouldn't that mean that you don't have a life, either?

Oh, and about those teenage chat rooms: Do I talk lyk dis 2 u? No, I didn't think so.

"If you cant take one sarcastic comment"

Oh, no. I can "take" the sarcastic comment fine. What pissed me off was the fact that you had to keep throwing them into what would have been a serious discussion. Why don't you contribute to it instead of using it to relieve your boredom?

"a) American"

What a wonderful conversational piece. It's my self that can't handle things, huh? Americans have, one way or another, the ability to get under your skin, and for this you stereotype them. Every one knows that smart people stereotype!

I'll play along, though. You're British, so that makes you a whining, faggot-loving, liberal pacifist.

Limey cock sucker.

"...If you cant take one sarcastic comment, you must either be a) American..."

cough damn Brits