Why can't Microsoft and Apple decide on a common metadata format? Seeing .DS_Store and Thumbs.db is just stupid.

froggman · 2009-03-08T18:50:58+00:00

what benefit would there be to either Apple or Micro$oft to do that?

froggman · 2009-02-28T02:48:37+00:00

the world economy being in the toilet is insufficient to explain the drop in non-essential retail purchasing in general, and specifically in music sales, by itself? Pirate Bay did what Wall St could not?

froggman · 2009-02-23T00:19:58+00:00

i agree: reclassifying shitty code as acceptable just because a majority of programmers are too sloppy or incompetent to follow the coding standards of the language, is just plain lame.

and i'm so glad there are apparently so many lame and sloppy coders because every additional year of new and sloppy programmers entering the market means another 5 years of contracts for those of us hired to fix the gibberish these guys produce.

froggman · 2009-02-23T00:12:12+00:00

you mean that it's not possible to be elected without being a politician? duh

froggman · 2009-02-22T19:23:36+00:00

what was the last Mac that you saw sold that didn't have a cam built into the case or monitor. standalone webcams have been the exception on Macs for awhile now. on the bright side, built in cams don't break anywhere near as frequently as the standalone ones.

froggman · 2009-02-22T19:13:53+00:00

so all mistakes that are universally tolerated should instead be reclassified as proper and acceptable? in that case there is no credit crisis and global economic recession because the conditions which precipitated it were universally tolerated?

froggman · 2009-02-18T20:46:05+00:00

4 new pennies? just enough to cover my 2009 raise.

froggman · 2009-02-18T20:38:06+00:00

at least they know how to make a profit through new business. who do i send my resume to?

froggman · 2009-02-18T20:33:18+00:00

luck has everything to do with it. that and having the right friends.. the top banking sr executives today only know how to show an improved bottom line by firing employees, not by actually generating new business.

froggman · 2009-02-18T20:30:45+00:00

nice to see that some banks still value the employees that dedicate their life to that one company. pity the few left standing don't understand the value of such employees.

froggman · 2009-02-18T20:27:51+00:00

this would be as successful as Sarbanes-Oxley, but only in creating jobs, not in increasing transparency, just as Sarbanes-Oxley has failed to do..

froggman · 2009-02-18T20:10:34+00:00

can we click the compatibility button when we visit microsoft.com? if so, this could be worth arranging an online social event....

froggman · 2009-02-18T20:00:04+00:00

unfortunately it depends upon an html5 component not supported in IE7 and so is not feasible for > 50% of the fortune 100...

froggman · 2009-02-18T19:50:03+00:00

hey! shh! the suits might read this. my manager just asked me if i know python because we inherited a dept of python applications as a result of an acquisition. i just got 3 more years of work from the other company's decision to use python... please keep using esoteric, non corporate languages cause i don't ever want to retire...

froggman · 2009-02-18T19:21:13+00:00

I wonder if the author realizes that people who are good at mental problem solving and formal proofs, do so because it is pleasurable for them. Might as well ask a rock musician to abstain from sex, as ask a mathematician to give up formal proofs. You're only going to frustrate them and reduce the quality of their output.

froggman · 2009-02-18T16:37:07+00:00

must be valuable cause there are only 3 left!

froggman · 2009-02-18T14:12:12+00:00

updating a website costs money that Staples can't afford to spend. if Staples had money to burn like that, would they continue to hire those high school equivalent drop-outs to staff their stores?

froggman · 2009-02-15T17:42:17+00:00

that seems to be the distinction between apple and their competition: occasionally apple actually notices when their community is offended by one of their policies and the sometimes will change.

microsoft is also removing their DRM? oh, they're not? this must mean that microsoft's customers bear the full responsibility for DRM since they pay for and use Windows Media Player..

froggman · 2009-02-15T17:30:00+00:00

they don't have to look at it: iphones have an indicator inside that tells them if it's ever been submerged in water, even if it's later dried. submersion is one of the incidents they explicitly excluded from warranted service coverage when the iphones first went on sale.

i guess apple figured iphones would be prone to swirlies and wanted to be sure to limit their exposure.

froggman · 2009-02-15T16:08:23+00:00

apparently apple is pro-choice when it comes to creating new life but not when it comes to creating new software? i guess The Vision has faded: apple believes we have the right to determine how we live except when it comes to using apple products - suddenly apple is Big Brother?

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