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Tagith | 16 years ago | on: Where can I get unbiased news?

Perhaps, then, this whole discussion is moot, for as Stephen Colbert would have it, "reality has a well-known liberal bias."

Tagith | 16 years ago | on: Google Docs vs manual typewriter

I've never been successful with the home row method, I'll admit; it has always caused severe pain in my wrists. That said, I can type at least 90 wpm without looking at the keys, and that suits me just fine.

Tagith | 16 years ago | on: Practical Uses of CSS3

Great article! It's a damn shame it's going to be another decade before we can actually use any of these properties and expect them to work...

Tagith | 16 years ago | on: The 4 types if MUD players

Wow, this takes me back... I remember reading this ten years ago or so. Still basically holds true for modern MMOs, I think, and they often do a better job of accommodating the different types of players than the old MUDs did as a result.

Tagith | 17 years ago | on: PHP Team Responds to Google's PHP Tips

It should probably be noted, however, that the original article's suggestion to "avoid doing SQL queries within a loop" is still a good one. Granted, this isn't PHP-specific, so perhaps this wasn't the right place for it. Furthermore, on small traffic websites (which, as other commenters mentioned, are probably the target of an article like this) likely wouldn't see a significant speed up, given the low query volume. Nevertheless, minimizing trips to the database is a good idea.

Tagith | 17 years ago | on: We're sorry. The IPv4 address you are trying to reach has been disconnected.

Arguably, there's an element of discrimination here too. Large American and European corporations and governments have plenty of IP addresses. (For a start, have a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assigned_/8_IP_address_... ) Whereas countries like India and China are lacking IP addresses. Until the address shortage starts to affect the aforementioned governments and corporations, I doubt we'll see any significant movement.
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