I don't know what's more pathetic about this topic here when I viewed it. The fact that someone was targeted and attacked like this and slammed for trying to get somewhere with HTML, or the fact that a majority of you tried to show some 1337 skills that you seriously lack and show no skill in at all.
Typing skills are nothing to begin with. As long as HTMl structure and spelling are adequete, sentance completion is un-essential to development. Oh, i'm sorry, did you not realize that < HTML > is not < This is an HTML page. > and still works? Hmm..
Reboot into Linux. Oohhh, what's more pathetic, that you shut your Linux..lemme guess, dual windows partition down just to sound like you are leet, or that you partioned Linux with windows at all? Mabye if you had a straight Unix, Debian, or Sun install that you just got out of. Otherwise...Please.
As I continue down the line of posts here, HTMl is still used in a fairly large amount of sites for people who do not need commerce for the site but want their share of the pie which is the Net. As for knowing PHP and/or JSP, you're finished at PHP, and if you go for JSP and PHP, you're just going for bragging rights. JSP takes far more resources, and finding a host that will even consider to run JSP on non windows servers is a joke. As far 'ASP isn't wanted', on the contrary. Although Microsoft sucks, ASP.NET is growing very rapidly and hundreds of commercial services worldwide are beginning to latch onto this. While I fully support a true PHP coder that is also very skilled with MySQL or even ADODB skills, unless PHP picks up, ASP will eventually provide a competition in later stages.
Next; Give em a break. It takes practice to remember everything. While you may know HTML top to bottom, there ARE people who don't. This is not an attack at you, but at least help by giving some resources he can see.
Calum; Thanks
The Master of Reality / Bob; Thanks too.
PHP 4; Show me the stable PHP engine and people using print over the oh-so-familiar now echo, and i'll give you a pat on the back. Stable = Good. Production + Beta = Bad.
Ex Eleven / b0b; Thanks to you too.
flap;
Refalm; =)
Chooco; A calculator script, eh? Wow, i'm so scared you might go PiR^2 on my ass? Make a calculator script that uses MySQL for logical storing of the most used math tools or a user interface to allow switching and customization of the calculator, as well as past mathematical expressions that have been used for easy play-back. Unless you can do this, you're better off going off and making a JSP/Flash Calc
Webmaster; Wow, a web admin who uses WEBMASTER instead of their usual S/N...one of the rare, and few. Good job on maintaining this, and not acting like the usual admins
- Non flame.