Timex's Journal: Not-so-gentle reminder, addendum

In light of a recent "discussion", I feel the need to remind readers of my JEs of my New Year's resolution for 2010:

I generally try to avoid making any resolutions, but here's a sure-fire one to keep: I hereby resolve to not care in the least what anyone thinks about where I get material I choose to write about, whether it starts out as a visit to Drudge Report, World Net Daily, The Beeb, or even the occasional visit to al Jazeera. I know I'm not going to please everyone here, so if certain people choose to sleep in blissful ignorance because their favorite sources refuse to report on a particular subject, that's not my problem. I refuse to make it my problem, so there. :) I'll write about what I want when I want, and I will give sources when necessary. If someone doesn't like my choice(s) of source material, too d-a-r-n bad.

I'll go so far as to extend this here and now, take a page from one of Rush Limbaugh's books, and add these points:

* What I write in my JE is, so far as I am aware (unless stated otherwise) my opinion based on facts. I write about them here to give you all something to think about.

* If you don't agree with me, fine. We can discuss it in a civil manner, but I will not bend on certain tenets of my belief. Maybe you can change my mind, but you'll have to work at it. :)

* If you cannot refrain from resorting to cussing or name-calling to make your point, then don't waste my time (or yours) here-- just go away. I am not forcing you to come to my JE, and I'm not going to bother you in whatever little world you call your JEs.

In short: if you care to correct my opinion with "facts", then use facts, not your opinions, and certainly not the opinion of someone else.

(Side note: Slashcode is horribly broken in its vain attempt to do whatever the developers are trying to with it to keep up with various social sites. I'm not seeing the bullets when I use <ul> tags, so I'm compensating by adding them manually.)

HTML lesson

[snowgirl]

One surrounds the entire list with the UL tag, and then surrounds each individual item with the LI tag.

Re:

[pudge]

Indeed. In fact, though Slash uses only a subset of HTML [slashdot.org], it does the Right Thing with respect to almost all of what it recognizes (including UL/OL/LI).

One of the only problems you'll find in Slash's HTML is with vertical whitespace, since it tries to guess based on newlines and so on. Sometimes it doesn't do what you think it should do (which is reasonable, since Slash cannot read your mind). In such a case, use the HTML post mode instead of "Plain Old Text," and control your own whitespace.

Re:

[Timex]

There USED to be a set of "defaults" that one could set, but in the shuffling of things (it happens, as I don't change my settings every day), it seems to have disappeared. I'll poke around for it.

I prefer to use "Plain old text" anyway. Having to use <br> at the end of lines (or <P> tags, even) gets a bit tiresome after a while.

Re:

[pudge]

There USED to be a set of "defaults" that one could set

Click "Options" when you get the reply form. To simplify things for the majority of users, you can no longer set per-comment prefs, but you set it globally, and then change it back later if you want to.

Re:

[Timex]

One surrounds the entire list with the UL tag, and then surrounds each individual item with the LI tag.

I did that, but the bullet wasn't showing. ...and yes, I have a current browser.

take a page from one of Rush Limbaugh's books

[tomhudson]

• [X] Good idea - it's not like he'll ever read one of them :-)
• [X] I don't think I want to see Rush's "reading room", never mind handle the books
• [X] You can always to to Texas - they now have their own set of facts :-)
• [X] What dots - I use a text-mode browser, you insensitive ...
• [X] Limbaugh says you can steal a page from his book when you pry it from his cold dead hands - unless you want to trade for some ludes or percocet.

Yep, the dots are there on my screen ... maybe Rush stole them from you