Sunday, July 9, 2006 11:15 a.m. EDT Shlomi,
SCSI'S PERSPECTIVE ON QUESTIONING AUTHORITY: I appreciate your courage at sticking your neck out to ask what may appear to many to be very basic questions. Why? Because such questions often prove to be the ones that should be thought about most deeply before any "authority" should reply to them. After all, this is intended to be a discussion -- not a "do as I do or say" -- group forum, isn't it? With that said, I'm sure the intent is always to inform, but we must all be careful not to discourage another person's inquisitiveness, desire to learn more, and willingness to be pointed in new and interesting directions as a result of asking a question in the first place. A THOUGHT-PROVOKING QUOTATION: One of my favorite quotations might serve us all well here --- referring to your "... that's why I question authority..." statement. Here it is ... "In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual." -- Galileo For me, in this particular instance, Web standards and recommendations represent the "science" that is being called into question, Scsi's Productivity and Knowledge Transfer Web site's design and implementation represent the "humble reasoning of a single individual." PUTTING THINGS TO THE TEST: Galileo Galilei put things to the test, questioned the writings and teachings of Aristotle, and persisted in his search for the truth in spite of all the naysayers back then in the 17th century. Coming now to the 21st century, I offer to all the "experimental results" of Scsi's humble reasoning in applying Web standards and recommendations for one and all to evaluate and draw conclusions as to the its value to others. Visit URL address http://sonoffconsulting.com/ to see a first-pass solution for Ubiquitous Web Access and put its Web pages "to the test" for validation and accessibility, hopefully learning (and questioning, of course). BACK TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION, "WHY VALIDATE?" Finally, as to assisting you toward answering your original question, you might wish to access "Scsi WebKISS(tm) Guide #1: Why Validate Your Web Site's Pages?" at URL address http://sonoffconsulting.com/filters/web_kiss_guides/scsi_pkt_why_val_web_sit e.html for my perspective on this matter. CLOSING COMMENTS: Good luck, keep questioning authority, and do continue to have the courage of your convictions as you climb the ladder of learning. It will serve you well. Raymond Raymond Sonoff, President Sonoff Consulting Services, Inc. 72 Fitch Avenue Darien, CT 06820-5340 Tel.: 203.656.1518 Gen'l e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Corp. e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site URL: http://sonoffconsulting.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Montoya Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 8:57 AM To: Shlomi Asaf Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WSG] html validation: exactly what is it good for? On 7/9/06, Shlomi Asaf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 7/9/06, Christian Montoya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ugh, let's all start posting links to innaccurate articles that only > serve to mislead people and give the finger to web standards and the > W3C... on the WSG list, no less. > > > Christian, im investigating html validation. > i refuse to take for grentet everything been told to me. > i try to look at the positive and negative sided and costs of my webDesign. > > thats why i question autority, thats why i posted the links. > hope no harm been made by this move. > Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you there. I guess that article just pushes the wrong button -.- It was definitely a good question on your part and I respect your desire to know more. -- -- Christian Montoya christianmontoya.com ... portfolio.christianmontoya.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
