The a Tag

The a tag is one of the most used tags in all of XHTML and HTML for that matter. The a means anchor and it links between XHTML pages or other files like PDFS or downloads like executables. When people click on them it sends them to the linked file. The browser knows to interpret files like .html .xhtml .xml .htm .php. aspx .asp and on until the cows come home. However, when the browser encounters a file that it doesn't know what to do with it gives you a popup box like this:

But what do you write to get the a tag to go where you want? The href attribute tells it where to go. Example:

<a href="http://cnn.com">Click Me</a>

The href part is the attribute and http://cnn.com is the value of the attribute.

The official name is a hyperlink but it is more commonly known as a link. I personally find this particular tag quite useful.

NOOOOO!!!

I just found out there will never be a real gPhone.
All this hype for naught.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2212431,00.asp

WTF?

I came upon a story on stumbleupon today (Stumbleupon FTW!!) that talked about how a kid got suspended for 5 days because he drew a picture of a hand laser with smiley faces on it. The following story can be found at The Deadly Computer Blog

What could have happened

You see that drawing above. Notice how it vaguely resembles a badly drawn gun with happy faces on it and stick figure people playing on it, and a row of apartments in the middle? Well in case you didn’t see that, and all you did see was this:

Let me assure you, it is a badly drawn gun with happy faces on it and stick figure people playing on it, and a row of apartments in the middle. I hope the bold hammered it into your head, cause as long as you can understand that little line of factual information, you are instantly smarter then the principal at Payne Junior High School in Arizona.

You see, a student there was drawing aimlessly and for whatever reason, drew a “fake laser”. A teacher passing by however thought it posed a threat, took the picture away from the student, sent him to the principal who in turn suspended him for 5 days.

School officials claim it “absolutely” posed a threat. Well, school officials, the day a “fake laser” drawn on a fucking piece of paper can “absolutely” pose a threat will be the same day that I take over the world.

All I would have to do is hijack commandeer a newspaper company for a day, and instead of printing actual news for a change, just printed a picture of a gun on every page. That way, I would have an army of literally billions, and it would be so easy to take over the world, because everyone would be scared of the guns on the paper.

Then, I would come out, and say, pledge allegiance to me and I will provide you with the means to combat this new unstoppable army. And I would provide free matches to all who join my real army. Then, I will be unstoppable. My army of legions will bow before me lest I forget to give them matches for the day to stop my Newspaper company from, printing pictures of guns.

Yes indeed, The pen is mightier then the sword my good friend, and I have won.

Really though, these school officials need to be, I don’t know, shot for:

1. thinking that a drawing of a gun posed an “absolute” threat
2. believing that a drawing of a gun posed an “absolute” threat
3. punishing a kid for his drawing abilities

When that happens, there will be 2 less dumb people in places of power in the world, only a few billion more to go…

I just have to say... seriously WTF?!?!
Our government is so f'ing screwed up.

Crysis Demo

I recently got my hands on the Crysis demo, and I am giddy about the upcoming release in under a week. The graphics look amazing even in XP, although I have an 8800, and the combat system is realistic. The fighting style is more guerrilla warfare, not tearing through scores of enemy forces like some other games are. It requires tactics, I had to cloak myself, grab an opponent and throw him at his comrade, and then shoot the other man with a sleeping dart and punch him to death because I was out of ammo.

The power suit you wear, which gets damaged in the first scene and I assume will slowly regain its abilities, a subtle throwback to Metroid Prime, consists of 5 modes:

• A speed enhancing mode which increases your walking speed and allows you to sprint for a short time at superhuman speeds.
• A strength mode which allows you to pick up large objects and people, jump higher, and increases your punching damage.
• The default Maximum Armor mode, obviously
• A cloaking mode, it degenerates faster when you move faster, and only works if used with the tactics and the utmost caution from my experience.

Just another game to put on my Christmas wish list.