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Jul
03
Data Skyscrapers
"Why don't companies build skyscrapers for use as data centers instead of really wide 1-3 story buildings that take up a lot of space ? Doesn't it get windier the higher you go ? Couldn't you use that wind to cool/power servers ?"
Read More... — Started by joebert in General Discussion
Jul
01
All that JAZZ -- by IBM
"I'm a little curious why we haven't heard more talk about Jazz. I was reading through some of the Rational projects and couldn't help but think about how some of them could be very beneficial."
Read More... — Started by ATNO/TW in Programming / Scripting / Coding Forum
Jul
01
Want to know where your US Tax Dollar is being spent?
"The US government just launched a "newly revamped" website, that tells you. Honestly I was appalled at how much has been spent year to date in my home state of Pennsylvania on Welfare -- $11,168,181,944..."
Read More... — Started by ATNO/TW in General Discussion
Jun
30
Us to withdraw from Iraq - 5 billion barrels of oil for sale
"Curiously enough, today's announcement of the withdrawal of US Troops from Iraqi cities happens to coincide with an auction that took place in Baghdad where several of Iraq's largest oil fields were auctioned off."
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in General Discussion
Jun
30
Should Password Masking be eliminated ?
"From Jack Nielson's Alertbox: Usability suffers when users type in passwords and the only feedback they get is a row of bullets. Typically, masking passwords doesn't even increase security, but it does cost you business due to login failures."
Read More... — Started by ATNO/TW in Website Security
Jun
30
PHP 5.3 released.
"http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-06-30-1 The PHP development team is proud to announce the immediate release of PHP 5.3.0. This release is a major improvement in the 5.X series, which includes a large number of new features and bug fixes."
Read More... — Started by ATNO/TW in Programming / Scripting / Coding Forum
Jun
30
Pirate Bay Sold, Goes Legal
"According to gaming company Global Gaming Factory X, it is in the the process of acquiring The Pirate Bay for $7.8m (SEK 60 million). The acquisition is scheduled to be completed by August and will see the site launch new business models to compensate content providers and copyright owners..."
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in General Discussion
Jun
29
China Bans Huge Spam Generator
"Chances are if you've ever managed email servers, a forum, or another type of website where users are able to comment or submit content, you've come across gold farmer spam at least a few times. If you're an avid on-line gamer you probably know all to well how gold farmers can ruin the economics of a game and fill in-game chats with spam."
Read More... — Started by joebert in General Discussion
Jun
29
US Air Force tests ICBM missile at 4200 miles
"At 3:01 AM, the US Air Force successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base towards targets in the Pacific Ocean. Three unarmed re-entry vehicles were confirmed to have hit their targets in the Marshall Islands, some 4,200 miles away. The Air Force referred to the launch as nothing more than a reliability/accuracy test, but Defense Secretary Gates has already deployed..."
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in General Discussion
Jun
29
Just what earth needs. A resurrected 120,000 yr old bug.
"OK, so yeah it's cool. Scientists find a 120,000 year old "dormant" microbe which just happens to have resided quietly and peacefully under nearly 2 miles of ice in Greenland, then incubate it for 11 months to successfully bring the thing back to life, and of course it immediately starts replicating itself..."
Read More... — Started by ATNO/TW in General Discussion
Jun
28
US Judge wants to ban linking to copyrighted materials
"A US Court of Appeals judge wants to ban linking to all newspaper articles and any other sites containing copyrighted materials unless the poster has obtained "the copyright holder’s consent"..."
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in General Discussion
Jun
26
Microsoft continues to battle Google with new Hohm
"Hohm, Microsoft's answer to the Google PowerMeter, was launched this week. The tool aims to provide users with accurate information regarding power usage in their home. Hohm will also give you recommendations on how to conserve and cut back costs..."
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in General Discussion
Jun
26
Michael Jackson Dies
"Singer Michael Jackson dies at the age of 50 years old."
Read More... — Started by SB in General Discussion
Jun
25
Microsoft announces pricing for Windows 7
""The full version of Windows 7 Home Premium is priced at $199, with an upgrade from Vista or XP costing $119. The full version of Windows 7 Professional is $299, with upgrades going for $199. Windows 7 Ultimate is priced at $319, with the upgrade version at $219.""
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in General Discussion
Jun
24
SORBS may be closing.
"If you are not familiar with SORBS they are a very popular Spam and Open Relay Blocking System (SORBS). Their hosting provider terminated their contract and as of June 22, they are officially "For Sale". Their website announces their "imminent closure":"
Read More... — Started by ATNO/TW in General Discussion
Jun
24
Let's make the web faster
"Google's offering up a series of tutorials and tech talks in an initiative to help designers and coders pick up on best practices. Whether you're just looking for a few quick tips on improving your own site's speed or you're hoping for a bit deeper discussion on MySQL performance tuning..."
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in Programming / Scripting / Coding Forum
Jun
23
stackoverflow giving Expert Exchange a run for its money
"I use to rely on Expert Exchange to faithfully rear its ugly head amidst the top 5-10 results of most any coding question I asked of Google. However, lately I've noticed a different trend..."
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in Programming / Scripting / Coding Forum
Jun
23
Happy Birthday, AlanTuring, your memory lives on
"June 23rd, 97 years ago, Alan Mathison Turing was born. He passed away in 1954, but his legacy lives on. Many (including myself!) still consider Mr. Turing to be the founding father of computer science. Anyone who's familiar with algorithms, the Turing Test (or the Turing machine, for that matter) surely knows what an impact he had on our field. My respects to Alan Turing and all the other ladies and gentlemen who have paved the way for me to do what I love on a daily basis and given me the opportunity to make a living of it."
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in Programming / Scripting / Coding Forum
Jun
22
FTC to Crack Down on Bloggers
"Anyone been keeping up with this story going around about the FTC getting ready to go after bloggers who lie about products in order to sell them and get a commission, and bloggers who don't disclose they got the unit they're reviewing for free ?"
Read More... — Started by joebert in General Discussion
Jun
22
California Bill AB 178 *Important for Affiliate Marketers*
"California Bill AB 178 was postponed back on April 27th, but it has reappeared as California tries to deal with the budget crisis."
Read More... — Started by undoIT in Paid Advertising
Jun
20
Dimensions for standard vs MC. Monitor resolutions
"This topic seeks to have a new standard on what action should now be our mother SWF / lowest. The most common screen resolutions that are generally used to date, would be increased in order of popularity are: 1. What would be the correct measure to be setting our archive FLA SWF today for our mother? 2. Should this file be established in the largest resolution, 1920 x 1200, and if programmed in a AS escalaminto or html via the index, would always down? 3. Should we take the full screen resolution, or in our calculations we must subtract the place occupied by the taskbar and the top screen populated by browsers, with their tabs, menus and other buttons? Experts have their say...See you soon!"
Read More... — Started by flavexxx in Flash and ActionScript Forum
Jun
18
Photography Competition #51: Planes, Trains and Automobiles
"Howdy! The next topic is : Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Be creative!. This is strictly a photography contest! No photo chopping, but contrast, brightness, levels and other minor touch-ups (healing tool will be allowed for film and print scans). Please avoid any text on the photograph, except at most a copyright statement, remember distractions like text can take away from the composition. Digital and film photography are both allowed. Only one submission per user will be allowed. Competition closes Wednesday July 1, 2009 Voting lasts five days after close of competition."
Read More... — Started by 613flavah in Competitions
Jun
18
IE8 is the best! Wait, what?! Who wrote this??
"IE8 has better security, privacy, ease of use, and much, much more. Wait, what?! M$ posted up a (biased) comparison of Internet Explorer vs. Firefox vs. Chrome. This one should get some nice replies..."
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in General Discussion
Jun
18
Microsoft buried $10K in the web, but you have to use IE8
""But you'll never find it using old Firefox...If you want a serious shot at the ten grand, upgrade your browser to Internet Explorer 8 now. Then follow @tengrand_IE8 on Twitter for daily clues that point you to the buried loot." So, anyone gonna give it a shot now?..."
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in General Discussion
Jun
17
MySpace Laying off 30% of Employees
"These social networks are starting to look like restaurants and night clubs. -- MySpace one point the most popular online hangout, plans to fire nearly 30% of their staff in response to falling ad sales and gains by rival Facebook."
Read More... — Started by joebert in General Discussion
Featured Tutorial: Multi-Column Layout Using CSS Float
For this tutorial, we're targeting a layout that has three columns of content with spaces at the top and bottom for a header and footer. The page will be a fixed width and will also be centered in the browser's display area (the figure to your left).
We'll begin with an XHTML page structure in its most simple form. In the <head> of our document, we'll point to an external CSS file.
Once upon a time, web developers used the HTML element <table> to layout content columns. This practice is now recognized as cumbersome and not very semantic.
These days, instead of using <table>, we use the <div> element as a container for content. Once you get the hang of it, using <div> becomes very liberating and greatly reduces the amount of markup needed to layout a page.
This is an intermediate level tutorial that discusses one method of multi-column page layout. It assumes the reader has a good knowledge and understanding of HTML and CSS.
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