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Es'n'vee · Post by **Es'n'vee** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 7:00 am

Were can I get I a decent website?

Twilkitri · Post by **Twilkitri** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 7:38 am

Zornak wrote: What's the difference between HTML and HTM and whats the advantages to both?

Ooh, deja vu... I asked a question like that in Internet Design a few days ago.

Apparently, there is no difference between the two file types (apart from the extension). .htm was only used because of the 8.3 limitation of DOS back when the www started up. Personally, I don't see why they changed it to .html .

Advantages? Well, the index in a FAT for the .htm file will be one byte less than that of the .html file, and that's all I can think of :/

Post by **Pez-Man** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 9:16 am

Hmmm decent website? Like, free hosting? Semi-high speeds? No banners? Free e-mail? Hmm... I have no idea... *cough*

Sorry chromus, looks like we got the questions.

chromus · Post by **chromus** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 12:49 am

Well, every metal melts at a different temperature. Combine this with the fact that steel doesn't refer to just one type of metal, but a whole range of metals that have been alloyed with iron, and there aren't any specific melting points I can give you without more information. However, the general melting point of steel is about 1370 degrees Celcius (2500 degrees Fahrenheit). Source: http://education.jlab.org/qa/meltingpoint_01.html

Muscles in your body sometimes randomly twich because your brain is sending too much information to the muscle. There isn't really a reason for it, it just happens sometimes. This really isn't bad, unless it causes you pain. If it does, this could be far more serious and you should contact a doctor. In normal cases, however, it rarely lasts long, and doesn't cause any problems.

DT is right about the difference between HTM and HTML files. The HTM extension is a throwback from the days of DOS, where file names could only be eight letters long and could only have an extension three letters long. When the progression to long file names came around, they changed the default extension to HTML, because that's an acronym for HyperText Markup Language. It was only called HTM to begin with because of the restriction. It doesn't really impact the file table all that much either, as files are referred to by unique IDs rather than the name.

I think that it's being suggested that TGB is a great place to host your site. From what I've seen, it would serve all the needs of a basic website, and then some.

Jo-chan · Post by **Jo-chan** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 11:01 pm

Ooh, I gotz a question! What exactly is a blister, and what's that fluid inside of one? *has blisters on her feet from wearing high heels to New York* Owie... >_<;;;

chromus · Post by **chromus** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 11:41 pm

There are three different kinds of blisters, each containing different fluids. Generally, blisters form when the outer layer of skin is injured. A sac of fluid forms to protect the new skin being formed from being injured and to provide the new skin with fluid. Depending on how the skin is injured, different types of blisters form. The first, and most common type, is a water blister, which is filled with a watery fluid. The second type is a blood blister, which fills with blood. These occur usually because a blood vessel is repeatedly pinched. A third type of blister is a fever blister, which is usually called a cold sore. Source: http://www.mydr.com.au/default.asp?article=2417

Twilkitri · Post by **Twilkitri** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 8:09 pm

Why do US football players wear armour? Are they insane?

Zornak · Post by **Zornak** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 8:28 pm

Its not armor...its heavy padding
Think of this...a 400lb guy jumping on top of a 100lb guy...any questions?

Twilkitri · Post by **Twilkitri** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 8:51 pm

They only weigh that much because they wear so much armour. And if a guy the quarter of the size of the other guy was in a position to be jumped upon, I think he'd know how to look after himself (ie: obviously he's going to be a footballer, they don't walk around in the street in their armour jumping on people)

Hmm.
Going back to the stuff about Unicode -
How does a program _know_ which style of coding is being used? How do they know to display one Unicode character and not two ASCII characters, or conversely, not merge the two ASCII characters into one Unicode character?

chromus · Post by **chromus** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 9:44 pm

Zorn is right about the heavy padding. It's to protect various parts of the players that would otherwise become heavily injured and prevent them from playing, due to the violent nature of US football. The armor weighs a lot, but close to all of the mass of an active player comes from the player himself, not the padding.

Concerning Unicode, programs have no way of knowing how to differentiate between the two. They have to be told what kind of string they're interpreting before they can output it correctly. The exception to this is languages which store whether or not the string is Unicode as part of the string, like in VB or using the string classes in Java or C++.

Es'n'vee · Post by **Es'n'vee** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 6:22 am

TGB would be a perfect website. I just dont think i'd get one.

Post by **Pez-Man** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 7:32 pm

Was that a question?

Phred · Post by **Phred** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 9:02 pm

more of a comment.
why is my friend's wisdom tooth bruise yellow now? there is no yellow in blood, maybe red and blue, and maybe even purple, but no yellow

chromus · Post by **chromus** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:04 am

No red? There's lots of red in blood, but I think you meant to say "no yellow." Actually, yellow bruises can be caused by a variety of diseases, like gangrine, so I would reccomend that your friend make a trip to a doctor.

Zornak · Post by **Zornak** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 9:22 pm

Is it true the sky is blue because it is reflected off the ocean, or the other way around?

Do headphones have about the same design as a microphone, since a headphone can be used as a microphone?

If a pencil's innards is graphite, why do people call it lead?