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Look what they've done to Brains ...
He's been drenched (try the game too)
Posted: May 14 2008, 12:05 AM by Stephen McGibbon | with no comments
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Paul Graham's "how to disagree"
I've seen several references today to Paul Graham's " How to Disagree " which proposes a "disagreement hierarchy":- Paul says If we're all going to be disagreeing more, we should be careful to do it well. What does it mean to disagree well? and closes...
Posted: Apr 01 2008, 02:10 AM by Stephen McGibbon | with no comments
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If ...
IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't...
Posted: Mar 31 2008, 04:19 PM by Stephen McGibbon | with no comments
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Computerworld: Standards NZ claims Geneva success
The Rashomon effect notwithstanding, the post Geneva consensus continues to grow ... Standards New Zealand says its delegation to an international meeting in Geneva to discuss issues around Microsoft's Office Open XML format has had some success. The...
Posted: Mar 06 2008, 06:22 AM by Stephen McGibbon | with no comments
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The "Rashomon effect"
Alex Brown points to a post by his wife , Sarah Annes Brown , that gives a spouse's perspective on the whole OpenXML circus. Sarah ends her post with a comment that "... the blogosphere’s latest version(s) of [OOXML] events – makes Rashoman seem very...
Isn't it high time someone got negative about negativity?
Digging for the truth?
I saw a quote from one of my colleagues, Microsoft Australia's National Technology Officer, highlighted on Groklaw's "News Picks" with the following annotation from the diva herself:- [PJ: MS FUD-o-meter off the scale here. ODF can be structured to do...
Broadband redundancy
I took Sky up on their offer of a free 2Mb broadband service for a one-off activation fee of £40. I was impressed by Sky’s customer service – they answer the phone in less time than it takes to get through BT’s automated menu and...
Posted: Jan 31 2007, 09:58 AM by Stephen McGibbon | with no comments
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Windy ...
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ars technica: DVD players finally outnumber VCRs
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061222-8484.html "The news about the popularity of DVD players serves as another reminder about technology and consumer electronics. No matter how cool early adopters think a device might be, we're far outnumbered...
Posted: Dec 23 2006, 05:28 PM by Stephen McGibbon | with no comments
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