Although validation doesn't really mean much, apart from how closely developers followed standards.
Have you ever validated Google, or YouTube? They're full of errors!
Hy, just tested my site on http://try.powermapper.com/Demo/SortSite and saw a lot off issue/errors.. 90%. dont know if this page ( powerpaper) shows well but then i check another site from my countrie ( most popular) it show 30.. 50..or even ~20 proc.