Paul D. Waite

United Kingdom

pauldwaite.co.uk

Age: 32

Self-employed web developer (and aspiring programmer) from Croydon.

I run a website called Browser Support, that shows you which CSS features are supported in each version of the major web browsers.

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Do HTML5 custom data attributes “work” in IE 6?

javascript internet-explorer html5 internet-explorer-6 custom-data-attribute asked Mar 9 '10 at 22:09

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34 votes

How do I find out my python path using python?

python unix pythonpath asked Sep 28 '09 at 22:01

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31 votes

How do you check that a number is NaN in JavaScript?

javascript asked Apr 16 '10 at 10:56

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27 votes

Internet Explorer 6 and 7: floated elements expand to 100% width when they contain a child element floated right. Is there a workaround?

css internet-explorer css-float asked May 12 '09 at 10:19

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23 votes

Why was Kai Opaka written out of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine so early?

star-trek star-trek-ds9 asked Mar 28 '12 at 11:51

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21 votes

How do you turn off auto-capitalisation in HTML form fields in iOS?

html ios html5 asked Mar 2 '11 at 18:31

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21 votes

How can I get a script to run every day on Mac OS X?

osx script cron launchd asked Apr 2 '10 at 20:21

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18 votes

Can I run multiple versions of Google Chrome on the same machine? (Mac or Windows)

testing google-chrome browser-compatibility asked Sep 24 '10 at 10:02

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18 votes

Are there any drawbacks to using anonymous functions in JavaScript? E.g. memory use?

javascript memory asked Jul 14 '11 at 18:47

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18 votes

In Star Wars, is there a pretend-science explanation of how lightsabers work (like midi-chlorians for The Force)?

star-wars asked Oct 27 '11 at 20:28

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What do *args and **kwargs mean?

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What is the difference between <section> and <div>?

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Can I disable a CSS :hover effect via JavaScript?

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How do I unload (reload) a Python module?

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xHTML/CSS: How to make inner div get 100% width minus another div width

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Why aren't there any main Federation battleships in the Star Trek universe?

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What does @media screen and (max-width: 1024px) mean in CSS?

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Simulators/emulators for mobile browser testing?

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Which comments instantly ring alarm bells when a programmer says them?

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Are there any famous one-man-army programmers?

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Days between two dates in Python

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What percentage of bugs should be stamped out before a project can be accepted as a stable release?

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In which comics was Darth Vader from planet Vulcan?

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What movie has a scene near the end where a guy gets covered by newspapers blown by the wind, then disappears?

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How do I uninstall a Python module (“egg”) that I installed with easy_install?

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How do I detect when the iPhone goes into landscape mode via JavaScript? Is there an event for this?

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How can I implement Stack Overflow-like watermarks in forms?

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What would be the best method to code heading/title for <ul> or <ol>, Like we have <caption> in <table>?

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Will jQuery ever leverage HTML5 technologies?

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Is there a version of YUI Compressor that deals correctly with media queries?

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How do I apply a stylesheet just to the iPhone (and not IE), without browser sniffing?

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How can you create a CSS3 gradient in Opera?

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Div not expanding even with content inside

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Why did Douglas Adams pick 42 as the ultimate answer?

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What are the machines in the Matrix doing?

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Is it true that I can't use curly braces in Python?

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Why was Jadzia Dax written out of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine so late?

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Managing CSS Explosion

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Does HTML5 mean doing less with JavaScript?

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How do I stop Windows XP showing the login screen after a few minutes of inactivity?

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