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  1. biscuitrat
    As far as India, life really isn't that simple. It's the same as it is anywhere else, but you get used to going outside a lot more and just walking around and absorbing life. You can still chill out at places with high speed internet and lots of TV channels, but you shouldn't end up doing that there. There's so much more.I really don't think vegetarianism has any bearing on intellect (although I'd like to think that I'm smarter than people based exclusively on my diet). Maybe it has to do with eating a lot of brain food like spinach, etc? Also, Saint Michael, early Indians were likely not pure vegetarians. That caught hold among some groups of people, but the further north you go, the less it holds because the hot temperatures don't really allow for much cultivation, etc. For example, I'm from South India, and my family's been vegetarian for at least a few generations.But back to the topic: while diet probably does affect thinking some how, I don't think it alters perception and analytical skills as much. It might just be the clime and the atmosphere. If a child is raised around people who are always asking questions, they'll think it's the proper thing to do. If a child is raised in a household where math is the lingua franca (although this doesn't hold true for me - I'm the only one in my family who has no aptitude for math), math becomes something of importance. So if a vegetarian diet exists in a household, that means the family lives off of the land a bit differently. I feel it's more healthy personally, but not in such a way that it affects how you think.
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    First, it's "wrapper", not "wraper". That could be interpreted incorrectly! Second, use <div id=""> </div> for elements that will not be repeating throughout one page. You can use class, but class is usually reserved for inline elements. Third, (this is inconsequential as well), you can abbreviate colors in the following ways: #cccccc (6 of the same) can become #ccc. #ff00ff can become #f0f. Now, on with the analysis. For starters, why is your DOCTYPE in the middle of your page? The doctype should be the first thing on your page. Also, link elements belong in the <head> tag, not in the body of the page. You also have more than one DOCTYPE...and what's this I see? HTML 4.01 transitional?? That's like taking a garbage bag with a few holes in it and punching more into it, just because you can. Validate your HTML (validator.w3.org) before you continue. And go with HTML 4.01 Strict, if you're going to go with anything. You utilize almost no margins and padding in your CSS. Why is that? I know you can specify everything with width and height, but it's unusual (to me) to completely avoid using margins and padding. Now, margin: auto; basically tells the browser to completely center the box. It seems like the box is being centered inside the div...I don't see much of a problem. But I do recommend this: clean up your structure! There's probably a better way to use rounded corners than to create a separate div for each one. It doesn't look like your structure is going to be very fluid, so it shouldn't matter. Percentages are pretty easy. I made up a conversion chart for all my fonts and their related percentage value. For layouts, though, it's just simple math. To have something be 100% implies that it will be a normal full size - OR - take up the entirety of the browser window. I experiment with my percentages. I will set varying widths and heights until I find some combination that I like. Percentages are highly recommended because of scalability throughout browsers. It won't solve any design issues you have stated in this post, but it may prevent future errors. And designing a site that works in all browsers instead of one, and having hacks for the others (whatever they might be), is a laudable act. Good work
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    Again, what makes this inherently Web 2.0?! People really overuse that term.I suppose it's pretty cool, but I'm a bit apprehensive that it's all in Flash (or most of it anyway), because that impairs usabilty, unless it's done right. Also, some images on the site are buggy. But it looks cool, at any rate.
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    Chicken and the egg all over again. God is a paradox, and against the Law of Conservation of Matter (Matter cannot be created or destroyed) AND The Law Of Conservation of Energy (Energy cannot be created or destroyed), which defeats the two physical purposes of a god - creation and power. The idea of having a creator implies an infinite loop of creators, because to be able to create, you have to be created first. The only break from the loop is using "magic" as an explanation. It's like the whole nullity solution. There isn't an answer, so you make something up...it's not exactly conducive to reality. Religion's really crazy complicated to explain, so people don't try.
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    Okay...I dislike the green firmly. I like the effect in the middle, but the head is very lost. And the way you inverted the colors makes the man's face feel asymmetrical. Aside from the eyes, you can't see any defining features that well (nose, mouth, etc). It feels like someone's just peering out of a little hole, that happens to be entirely covered in algae, and just staring. Not very interesting, but nice anyway
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    First of all, let's stop trying to create a utopia because we really can't. Second, religion is a good cultural base for anyone. I personally don't base any of my beliefs on my religion because it doesn't govern me. It shouldn't govern anyone. We were given freedom of thought for a reason. So we invented religion to give us some sort of grounding. But the history, story, mythos, and rituals of religion are fascinating to everyone, and that's what makes it valuable to us. So many people wonder if they'll have morals if they don't have a religion, and yes, of course you do. God didn't tell you to wake up this morning and do whatever you had to do. God didn't give you manners. God doesn't influence the way you write or draw or anything. We have to separate ourselves from that concept first. Third, religion may be empowering, but it should not control our lives. I'm against Intelligent Design and Creationism because there's really not much of a background to it. Science is observation. The previous two are little more than retelling of myths and integration of a cultural force into a technological field. It's cool to think about, but in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't make sense because it wasn't meant to. Neanderthals never had any mechanism to envision grand religions the way we do. Animism, belief in the spirits and forces of nature, was abundant because it made sense to them. The rain god is angry, so it rains. The sun god is happy, so it is a pretty sunny day. It's quite quaint to think about. But now, you have our worldwhere we're (not me specifically) preoccupied with sin, saving, and sacrifice and it's like...why? How is any of that plausible? It's true that many wars are religiously fueled, but that's because religion was allowed to overshadow a person's true character. If you think of a Christian, you think of one thing. If you think of a Zoroastrian, it's something different. We don't give the person a chance to be themselves if we insist on putting religion first. Imagine World War I - there was nothing religious impacting the struggle. However, World War II was one man's vision of complete eradication because of a brief incident in his past. The war we're fighting now definitely has religious overtones. We did it before - it was called the Crusades then. When will we learn to just back down and think things through? We definitely have the capacity. We just aren't using it. Therefore, a world without religion would be culturally devastating, but it wouldn't benefit anyone. Without religion, people would just find other ways to discriminate against others. We're very fickle, when you get right down to it.
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    GOD I was looking for this kind of thing for so long! I even thought about making one on my way home from school. Very cool! But, just because it does something cool doesn't make it Web 2.0. Most Web 2.0 sites are always evolving, but not necessarily in Beta. It's just a stereotype, the same way glossy buttons and gradients seem to symbolize evolving design on the Internet, but it's really just a phase.
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    Oh definitely. The little jokes and hugs and smiles and laughs keep me going. Twenty years from now, that's all I can see myself remembering. The achievements are overshadowed by the emotion of that time, and it's better that way. Who wants to dwell on a diploma when you can think of all the fun you had getting it? All the late night study groups with friends and fun? Even now, my life is so wrapped up in the little things that I tend to forget about the big picture...it's a bit of an impairment, but I'm enjoying it until it catches up with me
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    I loved Gone With The Wind but I don't think I would call it a classic; classic to me includes Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, Jules Verne, and Oscar Wilde, all of whom I love. In terms of the film industry, Gone With The Wind would indeed be a classic, but in terms of literature, even the ones I mentioned are more recent than works of older authors. Oh wait, we can't forget Twain, Cooper, and Dumas! Over all, though, I think my favorite is either 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea or The Hunchback Of Notre Dame and Les Miserables. I seem to like my French authors!
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    Ah, but none of those replaces a real domain name (.com, .net, .org, etc.) in my eyes. I've used .co.nr before, but never for my personal site because I can't stand it. Not only is it nothing more than a shorter URL with a frame (which is annoying), but they make you place these annoying image banners on your page. It's terribly conspicuous, but it's the only service I've found that does the job adequately. I've never tried .tk and I don't plan to at all.You know, I've seen some real free domains over the years, and none of them ever seem to work out for me in terms of the steps necessary to get them. The best free domains probably come from places where you can buy a hosting plan at the same time that you're registering it.One tip: I don't know what's Yahoo's problem, but their delightful $1.99/yr domain scheme (I booked 2 years@ $11.99 - the second year and onward is the regular price of $9.99) ended up charging me about $65...something I have yet to resolve, and something I definitely want to get rid of.I don't like the domain name industry! I really don't
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    I like the organization of A and the colors of C. B can probably go because the red bar at the top is very awkward. Can I ask a few things though? What is your site about? I see things about music and quizzes and things but it feels very strange that a musical showcase would look like nothing more than a "internet quizzing YAYAYAYA" site. You can probably jazz it up - take Odeo for example. They seem to define this category with the simplicity, the clear purpose, and the capabilities. Also, I can't tell anything of what I want to from the pictures. I look at the code a lot more than the design, so if both are equally good, then you've got a great design on your hands. Just make sure that you repeat (to yourself) what your site's purpose is. Because the "All about you" section is weirding me out... Good work!
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    You were doing this, right?: <a href="http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ is anchor text</a><a id(or name)="link"></a> This is the text at the beginning of a paragraph Please post your code so we can check it!
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    I'm fairly certain he committed suicide, although escape to Argentina with other criminals such as Joseph Mengele would not have been out of the range of options. I read up on the Nuremberg Trials and it seemed that most of the Nazi officials got their fair share of karma to kick them in the butt eventually. Although, I disagree on the captured plane - that seems a little improbable. A ROFLCOPTER is a much more likely vehicle of choice. Let's just hope it ejected its contents over the Atlantic and the Nazis were eaten by migratory marine velociraptors. Sounds good? Okay! Another edit: Hitler isn't harmless; he was a very powerful man and if you haven't heard, there are such things as Neo-Nazis popping up all over the place. He maintains a great deal of influence, even in death, and it's not a very good sign of the times that he does. Had Hitler been tried at the Nuremberg Trials, the punishment could only be death - likely hanging - and that doesn't seem like enough. There's really no possible punishment for men like Hitler. A very distant comparison is Saddam Hussain - he's not the same and he's definitely not as terrible as Hitler, but they run along the same lines. If we hang him, all we get is a martyr. However, as displayed with Hitler, when he took his own life, everyone around him freaked out. "How could you back out on us like that?! We're doomed!" is probably the thought that ran through their heads. If Hitler had been killed instead, people would have remarked on how brave he was to take on death and accept his punishment and all these things that he would never be worthy of morally. Society's really a bit more primitive than we think.
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    The last time we had a draft, thousands of people migrated to Canada to avoid it. The last time we had a draft, 58,000 people died over all in Vietnam. Anyone with sense would realize that the more manpower we put into Iraq, fighting this idiotic war, the more lives will be lost. We're not doing any good there anymore. We're tripping into mines, getting shot down by snipers, causing more violence than we had intention of preventing. Besides that, drafts are logistical nightmares. If you're not going to get any more soldiers than are already serving (and this isn't even a real war the way World War II was; we're not fighting assembled armies. We're fighting men hiding behind walls, men who know we're coming), don't try. For god's sake, someone get the army out of Iraq before this goes on another year.
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    I think Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene would be a good read for you. My philosophy on the subject is that of the original unicellular and multicellular organisms, the unicellular were unable to evolve further than a certain phase, while multicellular organisms became the first creatures. When we branch off into animal and plant life, maybe it goes something like this: plants are restricted to water sources and places of sunlight while animals can move around freely. Therefore, plants don't have a necessity for mobility; in fact, the only mobile tendency plants show is growth/spread. Without that, we would have no plant life, and inevitably no animal life. Plants may have all the energy, but what we get is pretty much the waste. This doesn't necessarily mean plants are kings of the earth; they may be everywhere, but they're fragile. They can absorb this awesome energy, but they can't utilize it beyond a certain point. Killer plants are the stuff of dreams and maybe, someday, a reality of the future. Don't stop asking questions; this was fun
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    Hmm, you might want to research this before you make a monetary commitment to it. A Google search on the topic provided an enormous number of results. I would assume InDesign is the best way to go about it, since Adobe's crazy good. As far as the vectors...heavens no! Use pictures, draw things; don't limit yourself to vectors only! You can probably think of one instance per magazine to use them, however, as a cover page, a logo, something. Again, please research magazine design and get a dedicated team and topics before you undertake this! Best of luck
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    Silly Hadi, getting angry over being called a WOW player. The South Park episode with WOW in it was pretty much hilarious (MOM, BATHROOM! "I think we're dealing with people who...have no life!"), and probably would have been better if it made a bit more sense to people who play WOW and pointed out factual errors (for one, EPIC SETS LOOK EPIC ). Making fun of the game when you've barely played it is pretty bad; but I can agree with making fun of people who get addicted to the games...problem is, it's so easy. I've been WOW-free for about three months now, and wow...I've read library books, wrote more of my novel, drew more drawings, and I like sunshine again. I miss it though. It's a good game in its own right, but ridiculously easy to get addicted to. Hadi, take a break from your computer, and Mada, don't be mean to Hadi. All better!
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    It's kinda funny, I've used that Mambo template so much while working on one site that I can't forget it now. I like the colors, but johnsmith is right - it's a bit bland. For one, the background is a dark gray, not a dark teal which is the scheme of the rest of the site. Pull some orange into the template, just like the color of your links on the side menu. And don't use just text as a logo; add a shape in there, headphones, a music note, something to brighten it up a little bit. The link colors are black, which is very hard to read on the dark blue. Make them white (preferably), and clean up the content a bit. If you don't need a section in Mambo, you can always take it out. Good luck
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    It's pretty much data-transfer, yes, a measure of how much data has been transmitted back and forth from your website. If more people visit, your bandwidth is going to go higher; if no one visits, your bandwidth will be at 0. Because you have the basic package, you only have 500 MB - 1/10th of the next plan up. If you keep running out, maybe you should upgrade plans. It only takes a few credits!
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    It's definitely a possibility, and after Bush, people will be ready for a change - especially anti-war protesters. For the most part, the outcry for a woman president has died down a little bit because of the prevalence of women in politics. It's not so much a hope now as a possibility - and it's a good one. My only fear is that a woman politician will be looked down upon by other nations as being fragile, etc, but I mean, Margaret Thatcher pulled more than her weight for a long time. If Hillary could pull that off, she has my vote!
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    I love the colors. But please use padding in your little content area, or make the background wider. In addition, the color on your logo - that bright blue - doesn't match with the light blue used throughout the rest of the template. In addition, your logo feels a little bland. Spice it up a little. Play around with fonts and font styles, colors and sizes. Add some texture or gradients or something to the background. It feels stark in this very airy and open design. Okay, now for your code. It looks intact for the most part. I'm assuming you're using Wordpress because your template looks like a mix between Kubrick and Hemingway, even though it feels original. Run it through a validator and fix the little things. I don't see errors, just a few little warnings. Now for GRAMMARZ! Muahaha!: One's = one is. You should use "ones", plain and simple. Site's = site is. Use "sites". That's all! LET THE JUNIORS RECLAIM THE WORLD.
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    Oooh, very nice! No one ever seems to mention mass-hotlinking downloads, but thank you for this! In some distant future, when I offer templates or assorted goodies again, I'll check back to this...not that I don't have loads more bandwidth than I need currently, but why not
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    Set up a redirect page until then that says "Domain is being purchased; when blah blah, please point your browser to "link". Thanks!" or something. It's not quite the same as an Under Construction page, but accomplishes the same thing. You can probably set your index page to do that until your domain is purchased, and hang in there
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    I WANT TO BE OPRAH <3; anything I say will influence politics for 50 years afterwards, and my styles will be etched in eternity. Plus, I GET PEOPLE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT FOR ME, although everyone on the Intarwebz nominates me for said position.
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    Oooooh, it's really pretty! But I saw this too late; I'm about to redesign my site :lol:Thank you so much though! I'll open a new post about the next site.
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