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by nik61 16y ago
From the UK as at 21:25 GMT the EFF site seems to have completely disappeared...
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by nik61 16y ago
Google had better do something soon about this, but they're damned if they do (cite the AOL experience noted in the piece) and doubly damned if they don't. Wouldn't like to be in their position...
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by nik61 16y ago
W3schools seems to cover these pieces, and a number of others, without the self regard and the "teaser" advertising. So does the Google Code University for that matter.
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by nik61 16y ago
This is a totally opaque interface that hardly works at all as far as I can see. Completely uninformative, dumb, not functional in any real way. What is going on? Why do all these other think it is great? It is not.
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by nik61 16y ago
"The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason" - T S Eliot
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by nik61 16y ago
If you could get it to read MS Project files you'd be on a fantastic winner. I quite like how it is, but MS Project is the de facto standard, and if you could render that a collaborative and shareable resource it would be great.
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by nik61 16y ago
You are completely correct. This is the worst kind of American materialistic sentimentality and myth-making. None of them ring true, and sound like synopses for some old, bad, country songs. You should never give charity (or act charitably
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by nik61 16y ago
They don't look very trustworthy to me.
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by nik61 16y ago
But just another interesting web service that demands my card details before it will tell me how much anything costs! Fundamental mistake? I think so...
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by nik61 17y ago
This reference has nothing to do with Kelly at all. Read it.
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by nik61 17y ago
Some of the Javascript material is very old, and refers to Netscape as a going concern. Sometimes old is interesting but perhaps there could be some markers to warn people.
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by nik61 17y ago
Those of you keen to experience a "distraction free writing environment" without the distraction of cost (or ridiculous Zen hype) should try the time-honoured DarkRoom, at http://they.misled.us/dark-room/
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by nik61 17y ago
Surprised that none of Pinker's 5 nominations got through to the top 100. Perhaps he writes too clearly?