Flow of Logic Thoughts and Ramblings

Everyone that thinks that online privacy exists, raise your hand.

Regardless of whether or not you raised your hand, you are partially right and partially wrong....

As some of you may or may not know, popular torrent site The Pirate Bay went on trial in February. After a week-long trial in which it seemed like the prosecution had made complete fools of themselves, the trial ended.

The official verdict has come out: TPB has lost the trial, and all “members” of the non-existent “team” have each been sentenced to one year in jail and and a fine of $905,000 in damages. The four defendants are, of course, appealing....

I have a problem with JavaScript libraries. My problem is this: I feel that, in a way, they begin to replace actual JavaScript for new web developers. Let’s say I teach a person to use jQuery. I teach him to use the various functions, and how to use plugins. Then, I see him working on a project one day and see this code:

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
	$("#hide").hide();
	$("#show").show();
}
</script>

That’s right, he’s importing 20kb of pure JavaScript awesomeness for… two lines of code that could have just as easily been done using raw JavaScript:...

Sometimes, when I browse the internet, I get the feeling that some people still think it’s the late ’90s or early ’00s. I often come across new websites still using ugly markup and table-based layouts instead of CSS-based layouts.

Then there are those times that I find a site that, for some reason, finds it necessary to prevent me from right-clicking. When I come across one of those, I simply disable JavaScript for the remainder of the time I spend on the site. Of course, if the site also finds it also necessary to pop up a little box that ...

I’m just throwing these on as they come to me, meaning I’m not separating them into amusements or annoyances. Figure it out yourself :P

• I can buy a pair of jeans, take a rock and some bleach to it, and make it worth $100 more.
• When I (or someone else) ask “Do you mind if I…” and the you (or someone else) answers “Sure”. So does that mean you do mind?
• When people ask if they can use the restroom. I like to tell them that I am not qualified to answer this question, but that my physician should be.
• Some people like to have what they call “a personal bubble.” Call me immature if you will, but when they do this, I like to make a poking motion and say “Pop!”
• When a movie uses a great song… and then the unknowing young of today associate the song only with the movie.
• When people on the internet who are 16 (or claim to be 16) write with the spelling and grammar of a 2nd grader, despite being in high school.

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