October 31, 2003

October 31, 2003 by yorksranter 0 comments

First man sacked for blogging?

A Microsoft employee has been fired for blogging a picture of Apple Macs being delivered to company HQ in Seattle. This is the post at issue. God knows what’s wrong with them. Despite the dull techie Windows vs Mac wrangles, Microsoft have been selling software to run on the things since I were a lad…

October 31, 2003 by yorksranter 0 comments

Ocean of nonsense? The elasticity of information

BBC story Apparently, researchers at Berkeley have concluded that 800 megabytes of information is produced for each person on the planet every year. That’s doubled since 1999, when they last checked. The conclusion is of course dependent on many other factors – just what is information? Does printing many copies of the same book create…

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American Scientist - Computing Science
Suppose you are creating one of those dreadful telephone menu systems—Press 1 to be inconvenienced, Press 2 to be condescended to, and so forth. If there are many choices, what is the best way to organize them? Should you build a deep hierarchy with lots of little menus that each offer just a few options? […]
Kukuczka, Czesław Jan | Chronicle of the Wall
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Mord verjährt nicht: Stasi-Oberleutnant muss sich für Grenzmord verantworten - n-tv.de
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Einstein refrigerator - Wikipedia
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Torsten Bell on X: "This is a REALLY good tool, that busts the myth that the biggest problem facing deprived areas is that there talented young people leave. Let's take the case of Hartlepool... 🧵" / Twitter
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The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis | Homes | The Guardian
this guy unfortunately seems to have convinced himself it's literally impossible for Barratt to exist