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That is truly a horrible article. Meant to be nothing but mean about Microsoft. I am fairly critical of Microsoft myself, but usually for stuff that they actua
by hmottestad 13y ago
That is truly a horrible article. Meant to be nothing but mean about Microsoft.
I am fairly critical of Microsoft myself, but usually for stuff that they actually do wrong. Keeping a webpage about an old game unchanged online, what is wrong with that? It's not like they came out with 3 updates to the game without modernising their webpages.
My list of negative things about the article:
1. There is no author named
2. Picture of Bill Gates is irrelevant
3. Title is misleading
4. Second paragraph is too open to interpretation
- Should be "1 of 9^9^9 pages on microsoft.com remain untouched"
5. Third paragraph uses "such as" to imply there are more titles
6. Calling the hn thread fiery and inaccessible, what exactly is inaccessible about a thread on hn?
7. Second to last paragraph only tried to poke fun at microsoft. Essentially like complaining that a tesla car only runs on electricity.
8. Last paragraph, why not just add another 500 words explaining all the other browsers that the webpage might not work on without doing any testing.
- beedogs 13y agoIt's the New York Post; expecting anything other than a hit piece from that rag just seems wrong.
- pjc50 13y agoIs this the famous "impartial" American media I hear so much about?
- diydsp 13y agoI don't think anyone, anywhere makes a claim that the American media is impartial. However, there are widespread, strong claims that in American media, everyone is _free_ to share their opinion, leaving it up to the American people to take in the numerous opinions and decide for themselves. What you see here, a bunch of people freely pointing out that one of these media is utter garbage, is absolutely how the system is supposed to work. We accept a bit of chaff, rather than let vested interests dictate to us. It's a shame that enough people believe in shit like the NYPost to keep them in business, but it's nothing compared to the hell we'd be in if we accepted the news sources of non-free government sources unflinchingly.
- Apocryphon 13y agoIt's a tabloid; what nation in the developed world doesn't have tabloids?
- acheron 13y ago"New York Post: At Least We're Not the New York Daily News"
- avn2109 13y agoAfter reading the MS article, I clicked through to an explanation of yesterday's NYC Mayoral election results. Oddly enough, it's a pretty sober look at Bill de Blasio's candidacy and victory. It's pleasantly surprising to find some real journalism tucked in there.
- potatolicious 13y agoThey must be making up for de Blasio gems like this one: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/04/ny-post-bill-de-blasio-communist_n_4211797.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/04/ny-post-bill-de-bla...
- restlessmedia 13y agoI totally agree. With the rate at which trends change online it's always good to see classic pages to remind us of how far we've come.
- Digit-Al 13y agoI interpreted the 'inaccessible' comment to mean that it was difficult to follow for someone 'non-technical'. (We forget sometimes that stuff that is completely obvious to us flies miles over some peoples heads.)
- dodyg 13y agoIT Journalists "The Pyramids are so old - let's upgrade them with shiny metals and glasses".