These guys still don’t realize their all-singing all dancing website is broken. <sigh>
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“We have to work on our reputation for security in the marketplace.”
Salon.com Technology | Microsoft says penalty will let hackers run wild
Many Microsoft witnesses, including Chairman Bill Gates, say that Microsoft is unable to make a modular Windows because the different features — like the Internet browser and media player — are dependent on each other.
This is a contrived limitation, as I hope the judge realizes. Analogous comparisons are easy to come up with: one of the big automakers claiming their cars won’t run correctly without their own brand of audio equipment comes to mind.
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The Principle Of Least Astonishment
POLA stands for “The Principle Of Least Astonishment,” which means that when you introduce changes into an established system you should do so in a way that does the least damage to continuity from one system to another.
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do I need this kind of help?
Error: 500 SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR String index out of range: 31
This was the response from an online recruiting service’s job search/registration engine.
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is the world ready for 2-stroke appliances?
The Daiquiri Whacker Gas Powered Portable Blender
Every now and then, a product comes along that makes you proud to be a guy!
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elusive spring
The high today is supposed to hit 56: that’s not very spring-like. The temperature in my kitchen window is 70, but I can’t fit in my kitchen window. Brr.
FUD demolished
Congressman Villanueva’s reply letter to Microsoft
It is necessary to stress that there is no position more anti-competitive than that of the big software producers, which frequently abuse their dominant position, since in innumerable cases they propose as a solution to problems raised by users: “update your software to the new version” (at the user’s expense, naturally); furthermore, it is common to find arbitrary cessation of technical help for products, which, in the provider’s judgment alone, are “old” and so, to receive any kind of technical assistance, the user finds himself forced to migrate to new versions (with non-trivial costs, especially as changes in hardware platform are often involved). And as the whole infrastructure is based on proprietary data formats, the user stays “trapped” in the need to continue using products from the same supplier, or to make the huge effort to change to another environment (probably also proprietary).
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the new militia
From The Globe and Mail
In the post-Sept. 11 world, Mel believes — like many gun enthusiasts — that Americans must reconnect with their roots as a citizen army.
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important etiquette tip
To save embarrassment at parties, learn to tell the difference between the sound of the grenade pin and that of dropped car keys.
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Expert: Windows a “house of cards”
The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: MIT computer scientist takes stand in support of Microsoft
He said the software is […] “like […] a house of cards.”
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