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WCT: July 13-17, 2009

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Random832:

--- Quote from: pwhodges on 17 Jul 2009, 15:07 ---It's an error in the HTML.  There is a comment which is terminated by --!> instead of --> and Firefox and Chrome are handling it as a termination, but IE and Opera are not.  Opera is a bit in two minds about it, in that it (correctly) fails to render it, but when showing the source colours it as if that termination is valid.
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Formally, there are some versions of the HTML standard in which this would constitute a termination (any -- puts the parser in a state where any > will end the tag) but still be an invalid tag. There are other versions of the HTML standard in which this would not constitute a termination (-- and > can only be separated by blank space). There was confusion for quite some time over which a browser should do (and for a while, some browsers did <! anything > as a comment without the -- at all

This behavior varies between browsers, between relatively recent versions of some browsers, and I think in some cases it depends on whether the browser is in what is called "quirks mode" (don't ask).

Akima:

--- Quote from: evilbobthebob on 17 Jul 2009, 03:32 ---Oooh the look on Faye's face. Pure venom.  :lol:

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Definitely! Best "face of death" ever!

pwhodges:

--- Quote from: Random832 on 17 Jul 2009, 23:00 ---Formally, there are some versions of the HTML standard in which this would constitute a termination (any -- puts the parser in a state where any > will end the tag) but still be an invalid tag.
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Not my understanding.  In origin, a comment in HTML is one or more SGML comments (which start and end with two dashes) contained in a null tag (<!>), with possibly white space as well; the ! before Jeph's closing > violates this syntax.  The only way to get it right is to count the dashes in pairs of pairs (ignoring other characters, including single dashes, between alternate pairs, and accepting the > at the right point; many browsers even now do not do this exactly.  The W3C HTML4.01 definition demands that there be no space  between the opening <! and --, but allows space (only) between the closing -- and >; in XML, and hence XHTML, the close of the tag may no longer be divided by a space.  In real life, using <!-- and --> and being careful not to have any -- or > in between should avoid pitfalls.  This all has curious effects, like <!------------> is a valid comment, but <!-------------> is not (not a multiple of four dashes), so be careful when making dash separators in HTML!


Not to forget the comic, in earlier comics, Pintsize could just be pulled apart at the joints without damage ("contained-field magnetics"); but this time there seem to be wires at his joints - not that breaking them has stopped his "brain" (which has always continued to function when separated from his body).

SJCrew:

--- Quote from: TryScience on 14 Jul 2009, 17:15 ---
--- Quote from: akronnick on 14 Jul 2009, 01:11 ---Indeed, why would you think that?

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The shape/size of her legs in the second panel.

I'm quite enjoying the contrast of outrageous fantasy and gritty realism in the Wil and Penelope storyline. I may hope Marten does better than Dora and all males realize Faye is a hot, hot mess but I'm pulling for Pizza Girl and the Pansy Poet.

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I'm still holding out for Marten/Faye in the future. His relationship with Dora is incredibly boring and doesn't show a lot of chemistry which makes me sometimes forget they're going out.

SuperSUGA:

--- Quote from: TryScience on 14 Jul 2009, 17:15 ---I'm quite enjoying the contrast of outrageous fantasy and gritty realism in the Wil and Penelope storyline.
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It must be annoying for Wil to look at every other character who has some sort of fantasy career when he's facing the prospect of actually having to do work!

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