This photo made me laugh out loud in a public library, thanks for sharing. (Found from BoingBoing http://www.boingboing.net)

I wonder if anyone knows the gal who's holding the sign... Anyone???

I had the same reaction! But I wasn't in a public library.

It's a great statement, but one I'm sure less than 10% of the surrounding population will get.

"Hmmm.. Less than. Slash. Bush. Greater than. What does it all mean!?"

</SALUTE> Sorry, that was driving me nuts

Actually, what I put (<SALUTE/>) is the correct HTML representation of a FULL Salute. ;)

It's equivalent to <SALUTE></SALUTE>
But then again, the only people who care are anal geeks like you and me. :)

And for you non geeks out there, this image is funny because </TagName> is the format for an HTML end tag. Thus, </BUSH> means end Bush or in other words, no more Bush. I showed this to my lovely wife who basically replied, "umm...ok. I think I'll continue to have a life while you do your nerd thing."

<technically>
<SALUTE/> is just fine as a standalone tag.

regardless, that sign is
<friggin hilarious="true" />

</technically>

anal, that was a closed tag, so there was no need to close it again. in fact, doing so is (ironically) invalid.

blog.funtax.org &raquo;

Urban Design &raquo;

<SPAN id="2000">
<BLINK />
<RUB class="eyes" />
<BLINK />
</SPAN>

This must be the coolest protest sign I have ever seen. Political nerds rule. :)...

I think this has turned into a great example of how little HTML most people know.

<br> stands on it's on, but <br/> is the new way to write a tag.

So <salute/> would be the new way to write <salute>

<rant>

So why anyone would think that <salute/> was supposed to be </salute> (end salute?) shows how far we are from a widely accepted HTML standard and the president must bring this issue to the forefront of world policy!

</rant>

In all fairness, I think "anal" thought I was intending to mimic the </BUSH> tag with my salute.

However, I implore both candidates to take a stance on XHTML! But then again, do we want the government mucking up tech standards?

"In the news today, the Pentagon announced it purchased a $20 million <BLINK> tag."

Right after Bush finishes his crusade against steroid use...

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't believe that is valid XHTML Transitional 1.0 Markup :) I found it funny......

After I took this picture, I contemplated making a sign even geekier for the next protest and if that were possible. I came up with:

bush.impeach();

or

bush.destroy();

In the end it doesn't matter because it would never compete with the giant foam penis that was running around or the group of topless women with stickers over their nipples, which, by the way, I would describe as:

nipples.setCoveredWith( "stickers" ) == AWESOME

What did the stickers say?

They were circles with Bush's face on it and some text around it. Despite my intense curiosity, I didn't think I could get away with a closer look without getting mauled.

Geekiest protest sign (via the great BoingBoing)...

http://haacked.com/archive/2004/08/30/987.aspx

</kerry> -- an empty tag for an empty candidate. He probably would create his political stances in xml as &lt;/flop&gt;&lt;flop&gt;&lt;/flip&gt;&lt;/flip&gt;

;-)

Don

BRAD: So their message was lost among the horny male segment?

DON: That should be <KERRY />. ;)

Don, didn't you get Rove's memo? The flip-flop thing was last week. This week you're supposed to defend racial profiling, Japanese internment, and swift boat veterans for truth, justice, and the American way.

PHOTO: When Nerds Protest The RNC....

Okay, you guys are nerds. But the fact that you keep calling something HTML when it isn't, but it is perfectly valid XML is driving me nuts. So I guess I'm even nerdier. Do I win a prize or something.

If we were going to have XML models for US Presidential Candidates, would the fact that Kerry is Bush-Lite make him more appropriate for mobile devices?

Jon, are you trying to say:

<Corporations size="big">
<Pocket>
<Candidate name="Bush" />
<Candidate name="Kerry" />
</Pocket>
</Corporations>

???

Personally I think a math expression exposes the truth better.

Kerry < 2*Evil

;)

[via boing-boing]...

Jon Hanna's mobile device joke is probably going to be the climax here... Give him a prize for the joke, not for being a nerd (because it could be SGML as well right?)...

When Nerds Protest The RNC....

In XML, <foo/> is the equivalent of writing <foo></foo>

In HTML, which strictly should follow SGML rules, <foo/> is the equivalent of writing <foo>&gt;. No browser actually parses HTML this way, but it's the rule regardless. You get tripped up if you start parsing HTML using something based on a real SGML parser, though, since people tend to stick those XHTML-like constructs around even when the whole rest of the document is vanilla HTML4.

So I guess the lesson is not to say HTML when you mean XML. :)

"This is the geekiest protest sign ever -- photo taken by a friend in New York" says <a href="http://haacked.com/archive/2004/08/30/987.aspx" target="_blank">Phil Haack</a> who posted this picture on his blog.

<table align="center"><tr><td><img class="floatpicright" src="http://miss-information.net/blog/archives/images/geeks_against_bush_31_08_04.jpg" alt="RNC: Geeks against Bush" /></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><font size="-2">Brad Kagawa via <a href="http://koba.europe.webmatrixhosting.net/" target="_blank">Kyle</a>, via <a href="http://haacked.com/archive/2004/08/30/987.aspx" target="_blank">You've been hacked</a>, via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2004/08/30/rncnyc_daily_geek_pr.html" target="_blank">Boing-Boing</a></font></td></tr></table>

This sign is pretty funny. I am sure this will be the last we see of these geeky signs. &lt/SARCASM&gt (via Boing Boing)...

Actually, they've been selling that as a t-shirt for a while now: http://www.tshirthell.com/shirts/tshirt.php?sku=a335

=)

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I just keep going back to making xHTML which regardless of closing and opening tab problems, it's correct if we assume it was opened in 2000, it's not valid for being in all caps. It should be </bush> which I am glad that the t-shirts that Clara pointed out do. :) Yah geeks!!

Those of us on the right who are spending a lot of time criticizing the protesters for some of their weird outfits might want to get a look at some of the convention attendees before we say too much more...

Hey -- that's actually me with my sign in the photo, but I have to give credit where it's due -- my friend tzikeh saw the slogan online while browsing (she thinks it was probably at http://www.tshirthell.com/shirts/tshirt.php?sku=a335 , the same link Clara posted up above). She mentioned it to me when I was trying to figure out what to put on my sign, and I immediately went for it.

Glad you all got a kick out of it regardless of its compliance to the latest HTML standard. ;) The march was a blast.

Hi Shalott! Thanks for posting (if indeed you are who you say you are). ;) You're now famous among a decent sized coterie of geeks. Ummm... congratulations I guess?

One major benefit, if you ever have computer problems, instant tech-support. Just ask my wife.

</Moonbat Liberals>

Thanks, Haacked. Actually, I build the computers in our house, so no need for the tech support. ::g:: But it's still cool to see the sign online.

From haccked.com: (thanks, Josh)...

Shalott, with a sign like that, I should have guessed. Then again, I was just assuming you were a software geek. ;)

Mark: What's a Moonbat? </Snirkelfargen Conservatives>

The Tin Man &raquo;

mStudios &raquo; Geeky

Actually, it's perfectly reasonable to put it in all caps. Capitalization is a non-issue here. While I, personally, think coding looks neater when it's all in lower case, there is no reason why one cannot do it LIKE THIS.

And, yes, I believe the idea was that it opened in 2000 with <BUSH> and will close this year with </BUSH> if all goes well.

Though, really, they should be using stylesheets. Stylesheets are so much nicer.

Fizzle, Actually if you read my post here http://haacked.com/archive/2004/08/31/1031.aspx you'll see that capitalization is an issue if you wish to be XHTML compliant.

If you're only concerned with XML or HTML individually, then yes, it's a non-issue. But according to the W3C spec, lowercase is required for XHTML. It makes sense. In XML, the <li> <LI> <Li> elements are all different elements.

Interesting. I have to admit that I was not aware of that. I'll go read that post.

KevRon &raquo; Bush can&#8217;t handle the Geeks!

Okay, all you people who keep going on about the <br/> tag, and the <salute/> tag, please get a clue. XML is defined by the Infoset, and the infoset deals with elements, not tags.

If you're going to talk about something you don't know anything about, please try to learn the lingo and use it correctly. Otherwise, you sound like patsers yapping away over a chess game about how the horsey could eat the castle if he only jumped over the priest.

Umm Ok, thanks Ali G. Although I WAS talking about elements (refer to comment 1049) when discussing XHTML. In HTML, they were called tags (as HTML wasn't XML until XHTML).

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6 teaspoons granulated sugar (or 8 -12 teaspoons packed brown sugar).

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No, HTML was an application of SGML, and they are also elements in SGML, as you can see in the "Element Reference" (not 'Tag Reference") at http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-pubtext.html

via cory...

I think that evil comment:

: Kerry < 2*Evil

Would be better expressed as:

Kerry = Min(Evil1,Evil2)

:)

That is invalid markup...


- Sven


Michael_Moore = Abs(Useless)

<a href="http://swemusings.blogspot.com/">swemusings.blogspot.com</a>

Det hr r nog en av de nrdigaste protestskyltarna jag ngonsin sett. Men jag ska, om n lite motvilligt, erknna att jag garvade t den. Frgan r bara om Bush skrattar lika mycket....

When Nerds Protest the RNC *snort*...

Mabye she was proclaiming that she is uh, well groomed.

I love it! [from haacked.com] [more at Boing Boing]...

All of this anti-Bush geekiness pales in comparison to the sig file a friend of mine has been using for some time now...:

W = (-president)^1/2

Now THAT'S nerdy protest. XML/HTML is so nouveau nerd.

Zhimbo: Decoupage is artistic sleight of hand. What appears to be a painted design is actually paper, glued in place. What looks like lacquer is just a few coats of clear varnish. And what begins as an unremarkable piece of furniture becomes a bold, modern design statement, when adorned with leaves and vines. You might embellish an armoire with oversize tropical foliage or cover a plain dresser with Victorian botanical prints. Suddenly, that forgettable piece becomes the focus of the room.

What about these suggestions?:

Replace GB v2.1 with JK v1.0
enriched features, more stable and userfriendly

Or:
Get GB patch now!

Or:
GBPatch released 07.30.04

Or somehow like:
fixed mental holes,
compatible with rest of the world,

(Just some Cent from middle of Old Europe, Germany, where many observers wonder about approx 1/2 of US voters wishing to give a 2. chance to such an untalented and ignorant person. Does that huge sized nation really posesses no alternative?)
Found this site at at http://www.intern.de/news/5966.html
also nice:
http://www.pleasurecaptains.com/Bush_In_Vietnam.html
and astonishing:
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/

Booyah Kashak. Allow me to refer you to Section 3.2.1 of the HTML 4.0 spec. It discusses the differences between an element and a tag. As you pointed out, XML is the infoset, therefore it is possible for elements within a document to exist without a tag.

However, a tag is the textual representation within an HTML document of an HTML element. Therefore, there's nothing wrong with discussing the html TAG on the protest sign. If it was purely an XML tag, the sign might as well be blank as there's no canonical representation of an XML element node (i.e. it could be stored as binary, text, DOM, etc... ).

<style type=text/css>
#bush {
}
</style>
<div id=bush>Bush ain't got no style, sugar.</div>

Z??pisn??k Seldy a Roeho &raquo;

piko : dori takata's point beyond center &raquo; &#8220;Fuhgeddaboutit&#8221;

Although Im not at the Republican National Convention, I know my fellow Republicans join me in thanking all those diligent protesters out there for showing up in New York. What would otherwise have been a relatively lackluster affair with only...

How about in PHP?

<? if ($Kerry == "Elected") {$life == "good"} ?>

Don't you Americans understand that you are stupid, puritein, selfish idiots who think that the world cares about the fact that Bush or Kerry becomes president? As soon as you realise that the world is larger then just the US you will kno that the rest of this world laughs at you, with your stupid president. Whether it's it is John or George, it still sucks....

I suspect you mean
<? if ($Kerry == "Elected") {$life = "good"} ?>

Unless you are going for a more sublte statement of "if Kerry is elected nothing will change (life will be good if it previously was, not if it wasn't)

I think this election is already over. Democrats backing Republicans in numbers too large to ignore. I even heard Dennis Miller say he would rather have a president who wanted to kill the terrorists before they kill more of us!

Viva Senor Bush

Kerry = null

Touche, Marcus. :-)

Dantien.com

No matter what there's a close tag next december. A new open tag can be created if the DTD allows it.

I truly hope you guys continue this thread and forget to vote

First day of my second to last year of high school and what day do they choose to start it on? A Thursday, yes Mssr. D. Adams, you were quite right the world does end on Thursdays. I should have...

The &lt;/bush&gt; "End Bush" protest sign in the form of an HTML tag was amusing. The debate over whether or not the tag is W3C compliant is disturbing and sad....

Yes, I agree with the Ultimate European, No one else in the world really cares about the Americans, they all think you are very isolated in your own little country and dont know anything else about the world. Trust me, ask any person from any other country they will say the same. But personally, Go bush.

Geeze you guys are way toooo nerdy. Dumb! Dumb! Doh! I like most Americans are tried of the childishness displayed by the Dems. Doh! It wasn't the Swift Boat ads that sank Kerry, it was the childish comments. For example the "Get rid of Mad Cowboy Disease" ad by the DNC. Why should we take a candidate serious when his supporters treat the election like it was for junior high class president. And i'm really tried of the vote for me I have metal in my butt line. Give us real issues, truthful comments and stop all the whinning.

Definitely creative.

javier arturo rodr&#237;guez &raquo;

*ahem* You mean seriousLY, I'm sure.

I have a legitimate question for scrappengal, however. I don't like Kerry, either, but I haven't heard one convincing argument for Bush. Keep in mind that I dislike his views from the outset because my mom is gay, but I would like to hear what about him you think is so excellent that he should be our president. Seriously, the people to whom I have spoken have been utter morons with no valid opinions on his issues. Now, I know that there must be informed Republicans out there with reasons other than that "He's a God-fearing, family-oriented man" because I can't bear to think that an entire 50% of the country could possibly be that stupid. As an American citizen, how do you justify your vote for Bush? Please be specific and back up your points.

This one is REALLY COOL! Funny...

I'm not a HTML coder but I can't help notice that a lot of you WRITE like you know what you're talking about, yet you all contradict each other as to what is 'correct'. Coding imitates art imitating life. Go ./configure..

You missed my point completely!!!! I am totally feed up with the ongoing childishness displayed by the campaign (period). An editorial in my local paper clearly stated the issue. Kerry can't win just on Bush-bashing. Given recent polls I would say this approach to the campaign is loosing votes. Most voters want adult discussions of the issues and when you see childish DNC ads you really do move on to another site. I was criticizing the tatics being used by Kerry's supporters not the persons individually. Name-calling proves nothing but close-mindness. Sorry you took offense. I also have relatives who are gay, but regard other issues more important. The other side of your question involves 50% of the population who support Bush. Surely you did not mean to imply-like Moore-that Americans are stupid. Most Americans would disagree with that comment.

you can say that again... oh, nevermind

When Geeks Protest

we love bush you should be a middleastern to know who he is so let us to repeat bush again <bush>

This is not a mundane detail, Michael. &raquo; Less than. Forward Slash. Bush. Greater than.

Sorry, this is the geekiest thing ever, but it has to be said.

"Actually, what I put (<SALUTE/>) is the correct HTML representation of a FULL Salute. ;)

It's equivalent to <SALUTE></SALUTE>"

"<SALUTE/> is just fine as a standalone tag."

As far as I'm aware, the tag needs to be written as <SALUTE /> with a space before the / for it to be correct.

On a normal person's note, that's a great sign.

Of the many political banners and signs I&rsquo;ve seen since the 2000 campaign, this has <em>got</em> to be the best!

really great photo lol

A batch of MLP, mostly about the Bush/Kerry campaign.

> But according to the W3C spec, lowercase is required for XHTML.

It's not like this. XHTML is case-sensitive. So, if in W3C specification you have <li>, you have to write it like this to mean list-item-tag. If W3C put <Li> in their specification, we'd have to write <Li> to be correct, etc.
But - for some reason - they define all the tags in lowercase.


> As far as I'm aware, the tag needs to be written as <SALUTE /> with a space before the / for it to be correct.

This space is only to help existing browsers to read the tags with an unexpected /.

.bush {display:none !important;}

sorry ... one more (can't help it hehe)

mysql_close($GLOBALS["bush"]) or die();

...particular code snippet programmed in on my machine. But it's one I deeply believe in. And come November 2nd, I hope it's one we'll all have rendered obsolete......

Of course, this all presumes that Bush can, in fact, read.

North Georgia Dogma &raquo; When Nerds Protest

Fybix.net: ...it could be worse...

<>&lt;&gt;

OK, how about,

<bush class"" style""></bush>

I prefer:

<bush id="dictator" style="visibility: hidden; display: none; !important" />

bush:after { content: "hurray!"; }

mStudios &raquo; photocalendar test #2

The fun part about this is that since < and > are so under-used in language, that every tag-involved scripting or programming language currently in widespread use uses it... So I think just about everyone on this whole comment list, by now, has stated an actual and probable code tidbit.

<Patching to... Bush 2.0>
-- Removing stick from butt... Completed.
-- Applying Betty Ford treatment... Completed.
-- Enhancing speech recognition... Completed.
-- Replacing blood with liquid cocaine... Completed.
-- Attempting Reboot... ... ... ... ... System crashed.
<Patch failed; Program release v1.0 broken>
<Initiating Vote for Kermit The Frog>

Oh, and I hate people that whine about whining whiners. To achieve a level of self-loathing necessary for the kind of whining your really need to do in politics takes a great achievement in ambition toward whining. People can't honestly expect that whining comes naturally? No, its a learned skilled. You have to pick it up from whiney parents, whiney friends, and the whiniest damn country I've ever lived in... And to the earlier comment about michael moore?... America -is- stupid. But we like it that way. The Rockefellers didn't start standardised schooling through massive donations so that kids could be smart, the robber-barons did it so kids would be pliable. It gives the elitist software-industrial complex a leg up and an easier lifestyle ;)

Hell, if it weren't for whiners, we'd have to whine for ourselves... Can't have that, now can we? Sheesh. I mean really... Then where would cynical sarcasm get us?

All the good one's have been taken....but I was just fooling around in debian :D (sorry I don't have the exact syntax and messages :P)

apt-get install bush
Checking Dependency Tree...
1 dependency is required: vote-recount
2 package(s) will be removed: saddam weapons-mass-destruction
1 package(s) will be upgraded: iraq

Error
weapons-mass-destruction was not found. Check sources.
iraq was unable to be upgraded; previous version did not require upgrade

I didn't find it very funny - just another lame excuse to bash Bush when they don't even know the treasonist things that Kerry has done and will do if elected.

Nerds are ususally intelligent - not this time

you to send me sixy poto

better reopen that BUSH tag, four more years baby

what about the real issue at hand- turning the states in the right (meaning "left" if you have to label it) direction?!? the picture's fab and all, but mates we gotta take some action instead of quibbing about microscopic details... Not One Damn Dime Day and shit of that naturer

Shouldn't the caption for this picture actually be " When socialist ass-kissers protest the RNC"?

Good!

The picture is great.

I want to learn more about HTML & XML you guys are talking about. I honestly didn't think I would 'get' your jargon, but I understood a little and now I want to learn. If you guys have time I would appreciate a yea or nay.

Thanks :)
Luna

Bush sucks!

I love this pic.

Bush sucks!

I love that photo!

great picture! lol

lol

hahaha - nice picture!

<please>more! :-)</please!>

Good work, excellent work!:) Best of luck, thumbs up!

No, wait, this is a Christian Fundamentalist message telling people not to have sex with women. Looks like the righties scored a stealth hit in the midst of Leftland. (Or maybe "Lefthand" considering the nerd factor.)

I don't get it...?