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Thanks for the tips. I actually have to write a resume soon for college apps, so the stuff you wrote here will actually come in handy for me.

Very good idea/concept indeed. It does come in handy because even after (in the example given above) the paramedics come take you, they still need to contact somebody to inform them of what has happened to you.

I'm currently happy with SmartFTP as well. If you're really worried about speed of uploads, try to do the major file uploads nightly instead of during the day. That way, no matter how much time it takes you'll be asleep anyway so you won't really notice.On another note, Dreamweaver has FTP ability (though not as robust as dedicated FTP clients) and I have noticed that it usually uploads a bit faster than most other clients (for me at least). Although you'd have to dish out major cash (or go through shady methods) to obtain a copy of it.

I completely agree with you on thost points. What I said is not that you needed a more 'complex' design, merely one that is slightly more attractive. After taking a third look at your site, I think I've found that it is actually the grey content boxes that give the site design a kind of 'meh, uninterested' feeling. When I look at the homepage, it sort of feels like a very basic black/grey/white with two blue bars just stuck in there. When I look at the about page however, it looks much more clean and crisp. It still looks basic, but it seems as though that is part of its functionality, whereas the other page(s) look basic because of lack of creativity (or creative simplicity) if you get what I'm saying. Still, that doesn't change the fact that you have a lot of invaluable information on that site. I'm actually interested in learning some old Celtic languages, so maybe once I get down with college applications I'll take a (thorough) look at the guides you have available for download and actually try to learn from them.

I've honestly never bought a webdomain, so make sure to get (more than one) second opinions before listening to my suggestion. I've heard numerous stories about it being hell to work with godaddy.com if you ever choose to change a domain name, or transfer a domain to a different host/domain company. So just look around and see what exactly it is people complain about when it comes to godaddy. If you find that you won't have to worry about most of those things (that they really won't apply to you) then you might want to go ahead. Otherwise, it may be wiser to avoid godaddy.

Indeed this is great. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with all of us. I know that I for one got a lot out of that article and will start trying to apply what I have learned from it.

That is actually pretty cool. It would be really useful for large images as you said (even with bandwidth connections) since it kind of acts as a placeholder and avoids that sort of 'empty' feeling you get when an image is loading and you just see a blank spot on a page.

I use Opera 9.23. It's fast, friendly, reliable, and fully CSS and XHTML compliant in terms of how it renders objects. I also have FireFox (not sure of version, but pre 2.0) as a backup, and (when it comes to times that I have no other choice) IE7, one of the most miserable browsers ever made.

Everyone has funny phone disaster stories, unfortunately not all of them turn out so well. One time, I was on a trip with my physics class to Six Flags (an amusement park). We went on a ride by the name of Nitro, and just a bit after going 80 miles per hour down 215 foot hill, I noticed something slipping out of my pocket. It turned out to be my cell phone. Before I could make an attempt to grab it, it shot out, flew between the space in the middle of my seat and the one adjacent, then just barely missed impaling my friend in the face, before falling onto either the water below or the solid concrete just before it.

Very nice. I'm not too much into CSS, but I can appreciate a demonstration and explanation that is as clear and easy-to-understand as yours. Even though I'm not strong with CSS, I was able to follow most of what you said, or at the very least the concept, if not the actual coding.

I agree with ivenms, you need some more aesthetic appeal. As for being a resource center however, I think you have a lot of good list of great content listed. Keep adding more, and though (unfortunately) I don't think many people are interested in 'dead' languages, the people who are interested and who do find your site will be very happy with it and thankful to you.

I'm at 1024 x 768. I think it's enough for me for now, seeing as how I never feel the need for more space on the screen (except at certain times when using photoshop, which I don't do too often). I'm waiting till maybe next summer and then I'll buy a laptop and I plan to get one with a much larger screen and much higher resolution as well.

Thank you all very much for your warm reception. I have just recently attained a sufficient number of credits to apply for web hosting package #2, my application has been screened, and I am awaiting (hopefully) approval within the near future. I'm pretty excited at the prospect of a host that gives so much freedom and flexibility to its members. That is why I chose Xisto.Oh, and just to answer Mich's question, I am Egyptian but I currently live in New Jersey, probably moving out of state within the coming year (college!). However, I do go to Egypt almost every summer and most of my family is actually located there.

WoW is a hell of a lot of fun, but you need to have free time to play the game in order to really enjoy it. Paying $30 and only playing the game like 12 days (meaning sessions, not number of hours) in 2 months is really a waste.Guild Wars is fun, but also requires time. However, unlike WoW, it is free to play after the initial purchase, so you can still enjoy it even if you don't play so frequently.In conclusion, Kingdom of Loathing owns.

My personal faves:PC - Lots of great games that really push technical and graphical processing abilities of the system. Plus you don't have to buy a new one every 3 years if you keep yourself up to date with occassional upgrades.SNES - If you were to make a list of the greatest games ever made, odds are a good percentage would be from the SNES console/era.N64 - I grew up on it as a kid and still play every once in a while (sometimes more often thatn I play with my PS2).Playstation 1 and 2 - Great catalogue of games (especially RPGs). A good portion of my teen years were spent on the PS2 playing both games made for it and originally PS1 games.

Oh, so many great ones come to mind that I can't pick just one.Chrono Trigger - In my opinion, the best SNES game, period. I played it very, very late (much time after it came out) but I loved it. It was so rich and compelling, the graphics were beautiful, the music immersive, and the storyline was (at the time and even still today) original and refreshing. I spent hours and hours on that game and don't regret a single minute of it..hack// (Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, Quarantine) - First RPG I remember playing and enjoying on the PS2. Not only is it a great game, but it is linked to areas outside of video games because of its amazing universe (anime, manga, books, etc.).Final Fantasy (VII and X) - I only say VII and X because I didn't grow up with the early FF's. I've played some of them and though they were enjoyable, I had the most fun playing VII (also years after it came out) and X. The music in VII was epic (Uematsu rocks!) and the story was epic. The characters were also very unique. I think FFVII is one of the games that I've played in my life that has touched me the most. Final Fantasy X was amazing as well, but simply not as great as VII.Neverwinter Nights - I am a big D&D fan, but I never really get to play since almost nobody in my town (city, rather) has any interest in it. NWN was great because it was (and still is to this day) one of the best D&D computer video-game adaptaions ever made. I still play every once in a while, and if I upgrade my comp some time in the near future, I may give NWN2 a try as well.TES IV: Oblivion - Talk about immersive. The scope of this game is so epic that I can often get so lost in its many sub-plots and quests that I have (to this day) never actually finished the main story-line. Add in one of the most active, lively, and brilliant modding communities on the face of earth, and this game is a clear winner. It was this game alone that restored my previously lost faith in the possibility of enjoyable (and even superb) Western RPGs.

I can honestly say that probabl 80% of the homework I have recieved in high-school has been absolutely pointless. There are some assignments that are necessary (e.g.: Out of school writing assignments for an English class, since in-class timed writing is probably the absolute worst way to measure writing ability), however a math teacher should not assign 50 problems a night for certain topics. There are many topics in mathematics which students can understand easily after a one period lecture and solving a few problems in class. If a student really needs more practice on a specific topic, he/she should go home and do problems his/herself or go see the teacher after class. For people who have a mastery of a concept, homework assigned to 'reinforce' said concept is rather trivial and more of a waste of time than anything else. I think that high schools should be somewhat reconfigured to be a little more like college. That is, the only out of school work assigned should be the occassional graded work, such as a paper or project. Otherwise, it should be up to a student how much 'home work' he/she needs to do, and it should be their responsibility to see that they fulfill that necessary amount.

I'm not really a dog enthusiast (and I don't own any dogs myself), but if I were able to purchase a dog, I would probably pick one of the following breeds: Siberian Husky, German Shepherd, Akita. Then again, the Scottish Terrier is pretty cool in its own little way as well.

The poll question does not have the best wording ("Where are you located or from?") since people can be from a certain place but located elsewhere. For example, I myself am from Egypt, but located in the USA.

That may be true, but what about the older question (of which I believe yours is a derivative): What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?

I love this: When going to the page to sign up for either of their two paid e-mail service packages, they have a '14-Day Satisfaction Guarantee'.

Very nice indeed. I'm currently in the process of making a new signature for myself, and I think that this might be a nice after-effect to add in. Thank you for the great, simple to read, easy to follow tutorial.

You could always use Java (for any OS), seeing as how it is platform-independent. The way it works is that when you download the Java Runtime Environment, and run Java code, the code (bytecodes) is interpreted line by line as it runs it. Therefore, Java programs can be run on any system, so you (or your friend) might want to take a look at it if you don't already know it.

Note: I am no scientist, so please forgive me if I say something wrong here. To the best of my knowledge, the below information is correct. Actually, your earth analogy was pretty good. You basically answered the question for yourself. The general scientific consensus is that space (like Earth) is finite but unbounded. Alternatively, going into more controversial territory here, it is said by some [sorry, don't have source on me right now] that as you approach the outer reaches of space the gravitational force at those locations increases tremendously. Now supposedly, once you are close enough to the limit of space, space will actually proceed to fold in on itself, sending you back travelling in the direction you were originally coming from. No matter which of the two explanations you choose to believe, in the end there is no way for us to actually reach a physical limit to space. We will either keep looping around a gigantic sphere-like plane, or keep being steered back in the direction we came from.

There is actually an easier way. All you have to do is remember the hotkey (Ctrl + Z). It can be used more than once too, so if you reopen a recently closed tab (lets call it tab x) and press it again, it will also reopen the tab that you closed before tab x.