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Posted by dorayme on 06/22/06 02:33
In article
<1150943000.896710.279290@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,
"Edelman" <Edelman.Jason@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
> > Except floating content both left and right has a tenancy to create the
> > "dumbbell" effect where you have a lump of stuff on the left and a lump
> > of stuff on the right and nothing or very little in the middle.
> > Especially pronounced on large viewports. This is usually not a very
> > attractive design. Better to float only one and let the other fill in.
>
> the only time this creates a "dumbbell" effect is when you do it wrong.
Which is like saying that the stealth bomber will crash if the
computers go down and the pilots don't take over and do things
right [1] ...
OK, it's not quite like that... but I think JL's point was good.
[1] It is not an aerodynamic plane and needs very high
maintenence control systems to keep it from what it naturally
wants to do, that is, crash horribly. Aristotle had this idea
that there were final causes, that there were purposes and ends
built into the world and its objects. He was no Darwin, trust me.
The US stealth bomber wants to crash no less than a stone wants
to be reunited with its natural place when dropped. Edelman, you
were wanting to know about this sort of thing, no?
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dorayme
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