October 10th, 2011 at 8:05PM
A day of nonstop awe and inspiration. Whenever any great song or album gets lost in the ether, someone is deprived of the joy of hearing it, and the great effort of those who created and recorded the work is damaged. Thankfully, the fanatics are there to make sure the jam session never stops. —

Henry Rollins, The Column! Henry Speaks On His Consciousness-Expanding Trip to the Library of Congress With Ian MacKaye

This isn’t going to be what I do, but it’s still one of the many reasons what I’m getting into is important.
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October 9th, 2011 at 4:39PM

XML help please!

i don’t know what’s going on. i don’t understand XML. someone please help me! here is what it looks like:

<?xml version=”1.0?>

<qualifieddc xmlns:xsi=”http://www.w3.org/2001/SMLSchema-instance”

xmlns:dc=”http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/”

xmlns:dcterms=”http://purl.org/dc/terms/”>

<dc:title>In a Twist, Google Reviews Zagat, and Decides to Bite</dc:title>

<dcterms:creator>Michael J. De La Merced</dcterms:creator>

<dcterms:creator>Ron Lieber</dcterms:creator>

<dcterms:creator>Claire Cain Miller</dcterms:creator>

<dc:subject>Mergers and Acquistions</dc:subject>

<dc:publisher>New York Times</dc:publisher>

<dc:identifier xsi:type=”dcterms:URI”>http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/google-to-buy-zagat/?scp=3&sq=google&st=cse#h[]</dc:identifier>

<dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type=”dcterms:URI”>http://dealbook.nytimes.com/</dcterms:isPartOf>

<dcterms:creation>9/8/2011, 12:05 p.m.</dcterms:creation>

</qualifieddc>

here is the error:

XML version “1.0?><qualifieddc xmlns:xsi=” is not supported, only XML 1.0 is supported.”>

What do these things mean? How do I fix it?

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September 13th, 2011 at 5:26PM
ISBN Structure

missrumphiusproject:

I always wondered why the hyphens in ISBN’s vary in location from number to number. I’ve suspected that there was an underlying structure, which might even hint toward content, or “ABOUTNESS,” (gag), of the material. However, I never bothered to look it up before finding the need to distract myself in this class. Now I know. Do you care? You should, because this is obviously incredibly fascinating and awesome. Also, does this mean that ISBN is a content bearing field? Not according to my professor. I guess publisher codes don’t count as aboutness. I counter that it depends on how well you know your publishers.

Finally, if anyone says the phrase “ISBN number” again I’m going for the jugular. Hint: ATM machine.

to read later… so I can blow the socks off some professor with my awesome prior knowledge. Thanks for sharing, Kat! udabest
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