[ale] [OT] [OBNOXIOUS-HTML] Odd WTF question

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Mon Aug 15 08:48:58 EDT 2011


I'm still searching for the "blink" button on gmail.....  :-)

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Rich Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org>wrote:

> Somehow this brings to mind the term, "knows enough to be dangerous!"
>
> There's a reason why I don't do web on my cell phone, don't do social
> networking websites, don't do IM, YM or texting.  If it's possible to be
> old school when it comes to technology I guess I'm part of it.  If it's
> new and useful, that's one thing.  If it's just new to be new, that's
> another.
>
> Heck, I'm still happy with the 3.2 spec for HTML!
>
> All hail Galaxar.....RinL
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 08:34 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > Is this better?
> >
> > Or maybe go old school terminal
> >          centered yellow on white is an excellent choice!yes
> >
> >                     And right justified is kewl!!
> >           Baby sick green is always a good choice in italics
> >
> >             My phone doesn't let me be obnoxious like this
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Michael B. Trausch <mike at trausch.us>
> > wrote:
> >         On 08/14/2011 11:55 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> >         > of course it's html. It's gmail
> >
> >
> >         Now, wait a second.
> >
> >         You have to set the background color and have the wrong colors
> >         when you change them so that it looks absolutely horrid!
> >
> >           And don't forget the hard-to-read, centered, low-contrast
> >                                     text!
> >
> >                                      And some right justify, too.  :-)
> >
> >                   If only I could find the <blink> tag… :'(
> >
> >
> >         --
> >         A man who reasons deliberately, manages it better after studying
> Logic
> >         than he could before, if he is sincere about it and has common
> sense.
> >                                                -- Carveth Read, "Logic"
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> > James P. Kinney III
> >
> > As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
> > consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as
> > they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the
> > outcome.
> > - 2011 Noam Chomsky
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-- 
James P. Kinney III

As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they
please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
- *2011 Noam Chomsky

http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/
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