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Comment on Google is like the Federation by mj

mj — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:04:12 +0000

The real problem is that they’re building an anticompetitive monopoly and we’re ‘paying’ them to do it.

See the Knol thing - automatically scoring higher in Google results…

Comment on syntax error before ‘AT_NAME’ token by Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:13:38 +0000

Since that last comment isn’t very clear, and I just had to figure it out for myself…

This error can also happen if you miss out a semicolon before a @whatever expression.

For example

…
- (void)draw;
- (void)startRotate // note missing semicolon

@end

Comment on Google Acquisition Engine by Paul Anthony

Paul Anthony — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:53:57 +0000

I can’t help but feel, that whilst App Engine is instantly scalable on G infrastructure, it is somewhat limited in launching a startup, because effectively Google own you, no other bidders are going to be interested thus pushing your worth down somewhat. So create something great with value and you will have infrastructure lock in. Not cool. But for anything else that doesnt have commercial value it does look pretty cool.

Comment on Software is like cooking by mj

mj — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:22:26 +0000

Wanna extend the metaphor to include:

TV dinners
Restaurants
McDonalds
Haute Cuisine
AllYouCanEat buffet
Home Cooking
BBQ

Be good for a part two.

Comment on Google Acquisition Engine by Ted Gilchrist

Ted Gilchrist — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:50:56 +0000

Google, I’m ready for my closeup! (almost)

Comment on iPhone for games by mj

mj — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:04:16 +0000

Java Mobile has been out for over five years, and is supported on every modern handset

This month’s EDGE magazine:
“Supporting N-Gage and iPhone is easier than supporting J2ME and BREW”

Java is always going to have a certain amount of suck

Comment on Twitter P2P by mj

mj — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:00:27 +0000

The problem being that Twitter and these free services get their audience because A-listers join them and convince others to follow.

If you start charging for these services, the A-listers will leave. Mark my words.

The more famous they are, the cheaper they are.

Comment on Command Line History Meme by five

five — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:02:45 +0000

I use it a lot to test ports and servers. e.g.

telnet mail.dslrworks.com 110 telnet mail.blueshell.co.uk 25 telnet mail.blueshell.co.uk 465

Also to play MUDs

Comment on Command Line History Meme by mj

mj — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:58:23 +0000

‘telnet’

Who still uses telnet FFS!

Comment on Green fields and how to sow them by Ran

Ran — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:05:21 +0000

I would go for the open-source option:

1) reliable. many others already QA-ed it for me.

2) cheap. I don’t pay for the software. I have a community of support.

3) when I want extra, I can always look at it, or get a developer to look at it, and I can expect them to have a understanding of it

4) don’t have to fall in either commercial support trap or software engineering trap