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I don't have anything against emacs. I don't have anything against writing code by chipping at stone with chisels, either.
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And rightly so; the advantage of chisels and stone is that you can use the result to bash in the heads of people who don't believe in programmable editing environments.
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I knew I should have checked the 2nd page of this thread before attempting to view Blayne's site.
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the linux server seemed to have crashed sometime after I left the school.
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Dude, you've got to get away from canned McFiction. There are plenty of genius level writers, Tolkien is not the only one.edit: and Asimov.
quote: 14. Q) What do you like reading? A) Fantasy and Science Fiction.
15. Q) Details? A) Forgotten Realms and DragonLance are persoanl favorite "Worlds" of mine. While it is true that some standalone works I like but it takes a certain level of genius to break from the fantasy stereotypes firmly entrenched by JRR Tolkien's legacy as seen in FR & DL. The Artemies Fowl books I consider works of friggin art in that respect pure genius I say!
16. Q) Science Fiction? A) While I like in general Star Trek and Star Wars I have a much stronger preference for "smart" science fiction.
17. Q) Examples? A) Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Isaac Asimov books, Haloverse novels.
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Yes there are more that I have enjoyed but I can nolonger remember them. Which is why I go to Hatrack alot, only way I can remember things otherwise "poof!" its gone after about 2 weeks.
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Hey Blayne, like I said earlier, you should probably change the link colors, as the standard blue & purple is really difficult to read without highlighting on the background you're using.
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Typically, you would do that within the body tag, with attributes link, alink, and vlink. If you were some sort of html junkie.
That said, I'd use a style sheet.
Edit: If you were looking to change color on a link-by-link basis, throw a font tag directly in front of the link text. But again, style sheets are where it's at.
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quote:Originally posted by Morbo: Dude, you've got to get away from canned McFiction. There are plenty of genius level writers, Tolkien is not the only one.edit: and Asimov.
quote: 14. Q) What do you like reading? A) Fantasy and Science Fiction.
15. Q) Details? A) Forgotten Realms and DragonLance are persoanl favorite "Worlds" of mine. While it is true that some standalone works I like but it takes a certain level of genius to break from the fantasy stereotypes firmly entrenched by JRR Tolkien's legacy as seen in FR & DL. The Artemies Fowl books I consider works of friggin art in that respect pure genius I say!
16. Q) Science Fiction? A) While I like in general Star Trek and Star Wars I have a much stronger preference for "smart" science fiction.
17. Q) Examples? A) Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Isaac Asimov books, Haloverse novels.
I take issue with Star Wars and Star Trek being depicted as "stupid" science fiction. B5 and BSG are great, to be sure, but they aren't magical, and ST and SW don't suck*
*Well okay, SOME of what's in there DOES suck, but some of it is also friggin' awesome, and I don't think the best B5 is better than the best ST or the best SW, I think they closely fall in around each other. Also, the reinvention of BSG has a decade on Star Trek's prime, and 30 years on the old Star Wars, and frankly I think those old timers still hold up amazingly well against the shows that've had the benefit of looking back on their precursors to see what works and what doesn't.
I think Star Trek and Star Wars both get beaten up on a lot, sometimes fairly (we all know TOS is MST3K material, and VOY and Enterprise are soundly inferior) and then unfairly (TNG was a pioneer and DS9 was some utterly fantastic television). Surely it's easy to rip on them because they are older, and because a great many people do, in comparison with today's excellent works of fiction (BSG/FF and such), but I think it's always best to interject and assign credit where credit is due.
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I take issue with people distinguishing between "smart" and "stupid" books or movies in general.
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SW and ST have their moments but the movies for SW don't particularly compare with the scifi i have seen recently, and ST while nice to watch on an episode by episode basis don't have enough direction or structure overall they were enjoyable but not brilliant. BAB5 once you got past the slowness of the first season was brilliant.
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Also I do not distinguish it as "smart" and "stupid" when did I say so? I distinguish it as scifi that tries to be smart and scifi that doesnt usually try to be smart, it doesnt automatically make it stupid just less smart.
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I have to admit that it does depress me to see franchise novels held up as examples of "smart" sci-fi, with no mention whatsoever of Bova, Niven, etc.
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Tom: while I like Bova and Niven, they aren't who would spring to mind for 'smart' sci-fi, personally.
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I shudder at the thought of trying to get a group of Internet geeks to agree on a list of "smart" sci-fi authors.
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its possible i may have read them but it would be so long ago that I would have no memory of it.
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Anyway, to sum up: we are universally agreed that there is better science fiction out there than the science fiction you are reading now. *giggle*
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quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: They sure as hell are you arrogant ass. Have you ever read them?
What's your problem, Blayne? I haven't picked on you in months because I feel like you don't get it and you're not improving. I also feel like you might need some help and so I thought I'd offer you some sage advice as I've previously been in the stage you seem to be stuck in right now.
Do you want me to go back to making fun of your whenever I can? Because, if you call me names or swear at me again, I'll make sure to mercilessly mock you in every venue we share. I will never stop and I will make sure you feel like a worthless human being every day.
That is not a threat. It is a promise.
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