F. A. Q.


Q: Why don't you put poetry on your page?
A: I don't like it. Go put it on any of the millions of stupid Joe Webpoet pages out there.

Q: Why don't you put music on your page?
A: Sound files are too big; I'd like to use the space for other things. If you mean midi music that plays when someone views a page, I think it is evil like frames.

Q: Why are you so grumpy?
A: Because the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

Q: Why would I give you something to post if I could just make my own page and post it there?
A: If you put it on your own page you will never know if it is worth posting. In the case of literary submissions, I even offer my opinion --which is always correct.

Q: What do you mean by "Relevant Updates?"
A: If you submit something, you may find it Relevant if I post it, move it to a different page, remove it, or wish to edit it. If you wish, I will notify you in such cases.

Q: Why don't you use frames?
A: They're evil. Slow is evil, fast is good. Frames load slower than no frames, so frames are evil.

Q: Are you a boy or a girl?
A: Neither: I am a website. Why, were you feeling lucky?

Q: Your HTML is whacked. Why don't you do standard HTML?
A: Originally I optimized these pages for readability, thinking I would be maintaining them actively. I realize, now, that I'm basically ignoring them, so on the rare occasions I'm inspired to deal with "my site" I go back and cut out some of the unnecessary characters from whatever page I happen to update. I still have a lot of unnecessary stuff because I still have to maintain them. The last reason is laziness. It's just easier to type a double-quote than to type ", plus the former is one byte while the latter is six (remember when that mattered?). The simple fact of the matter is that browsers, now, are so accustomed to the dreadful HTML floating around the web that mine works just fine.
Addendum: I've begun using a post-processor for my html, to make it even uglier (but shrinking pages by as much as 30%), and that's also responsible for my "whacked" HTML. The post-processed pages have a signature tag at the top from the post-processor.


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