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This is not a good way to write about other people work. And his US-centric comments about ASCII are offensive. EDIT: I forgot the verb "are" in the last phras

by pqs 17y ago

This is not a good way to write about other people work. And his US-centric comments about ASCII are offensive. EDIT: I forgot the verb "are" in the last phrase.

dimitar 17y ago
Offensive? They were too stupid to offend me. Just another troll.
ynniv 17y ago
> This is not a good way to write about other people work. I found it to be a quite humorous rant. > And his US-centric comments about ASCII are offensive. Thats called sarcasm, an oft used technique when ranting. I also have a fondness for old Denis Leary standup, so I may be pre-disposed to hyperbolic ranting. In any case, I find most of his actual points to be insightful. Opera released a non-product product - an SDK for making apps rather than apps that are useful in their own right. They didn't take the time to fix some of the deep flaws with JavaScript (namely the runtime libraries), I haven't heard anyone talking about an advanced debugger, and they invented Yet Another Template Library. There are all sound criticisms, on top of which no one has suggested why having a server in your web browser is even a good idea. Maybe the good parts are kept secret for those in the Opera fan club, but being that I'm not a member, the whole thing seems silly to me.
- bitwize 17y ago
  _I also have a fondness for old Denis Leary standup, so I may be pre-disposed to hyperbolic ranting._ Indeed. That was the IT version of "You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna get myself a 1957 Cadillac El Dorado convertible. HOT PINK! With whaleskin hubcaps, an all leather cow interior, and big brown baby seal eyes for headlights! YEAH! And I'm gonna drive that baby at 115 miles per hour gettin' one mile per gallon..."
joezydeco 17y ago
You've never read theregister.com before, have you? This is an average article from them.
ilitirit 17y ago
I wouldn't read too much into his style. This is par for the course for The Register. eg. Street View solves Dutch mugging Google in good deed shocker http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/19/street_view_mugging/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/19/street_view_mugging/

by pqs 17y ago

This is not a good way to write about other people work. And his US-centric comments about ASCII are offensive. EDIT: I forgot the verb "are" in the last phrase.

dimitar 17y ago

Offensive? They were too stupid to offend me. Just another troll.

ynniv 17y ago

> This is not a good way to write about other people work. I found it to be a quite humorous rant. > And his US-centric comments about ASCII are offensive. Thats called sarcasm, an oft used technique when ranting. I also have a fondness for old Denis Leary standup, so I may be pre-disposed to hyperbolic ranting. In any case, I find most of his actual points to be insightful. Opera released a non-product product - an SDK for making apps rather than apps that are useful in their own right. They didn't take the time to fix some of the deep flaws with JavaScript (namely the runtime libraries), I haven't heard anyone talking about an advanced debugger, and they invented Yet Another Template Library. There are all sound criticisms, on top of which no one has suggested why having a server in your web browser is even a good idea. Maybe the good parts are kept secret for those in the Opera fan club, but being that I'm not a member, the whole thing seems silly to me.

bitwize 17y ago
_I also have a fondness for old Denis Leary standup, so I may be pre-disposed to hyperbolic ranting._ Indeed. That was the IT version of "You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna get myself a 1957 Cadillac El Dorado convertible. HOT PINK! With whaleskin hubcaps, an all leather cow interior, and big brown baby seal eyes for headlights! YEAH! And I'm gonna drive that baby at 115 miles per hour gettin' one mile per gallon..."

joezydeco 17y ago

You've never read theregister.com before, have you? This is an average article from them.

ilitirit 17y ago

I wouldn't read too much into his style. This is par for the course for The Register. eg. Street View solves Dutch mugging Google in good deed shocker http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/19/street_view_mugging/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/19/street_view_mugging/