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Re: Adjix has a breakthrough idea in URL shorteners (Scripting News)

jokeyxero — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:53:00 -0000

Hrm, nice start.

Re: The Danger of Web Apps; How a Bug in Gmail Locked up My Account

possible248 — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:48:55 -0000

Right, but with webmail, a bug in code that wouldn't otherwise affect the server (such as viewing a Word document with a built-in viewer) can affect the server.

So, the same sort of lack of reliability I talked about in the blog post could happen with desktop mail, but there is a greater chance of it happening with webmail.

There are also greater consequences when webmail goes down, compared to desktop mail. With desktop mail, you typically have old messages downloaded to your computer, in case you need them for reference. With pure webmail (assuming it isn't backed up locally), even the existing mail vanishes.

Re: The Danger of Web Apps; How a Bug in Gmail Locked up My Account

jokeyxero — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:42:13 -0000

If it is the server then it is out of your hands, just like with web mail, if the client you might be able to avoid it.

Re: The Danger of Web Apps; How a Bug in Gmail Locked up My Account

possible248 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:38:22 -0000

Ooh. Didn't think about that.

Regarding the same thing happening with desktop mail, but are you talking about a bug affecting the mail server or client?

Re: The Danger of Web Apps; How a Bug in Gmail Locked up My Account

jokeyxero — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:11:57 -0000

I would think this same kind of thing could happen with desktop mail, except instead of being locked out (which is easily reconciled usually) a bug could stop it from functioning at all until a patch is released. I agree we need to be careful on cloud dependence but I'm not convinced this is a good argument for caution.

Re: Email Is Still The “Best” Way To Share

jokeyxero — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:25:42 -0000

Give them time, they will discover FriendFeed, Facebook, and MySpace.

Re: Nick McGlynn

jokeyxero — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:44:00 -0000

I still think the DC and SNES were the best controllers, with PS2 and XBox behind. N64 and Colecovision controllers were complete failures. Sega CD controller was annoying. While the Wii Mote is good in practice, the extra buttons are awkward (1, 2, +, -). All of the XBox controllers, while ergonomic need to drop the black/white buttons. Gamecube controller was odd. PS2 could actually do without two of the shoulder buttons and needs to soften the d-pad texture.

Re: Is This Stupid?: Google Is a Little Scary Today...

jokeyxero — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:59:20 -0000

h-i-larious

Re: It's begun already: the cheap b*stards come racing out of the woodwork

jokeyxero — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:02:32 -0000

I think they mean non-compiled ASP.NET websites, at least that's the only thing that makes sense. I agree with you, that salary is pathetic, they need to come back to reality.

Re: (steve isaacs)

jokeyxero — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:32:10 -0000

There would be no way that I would pay for that. RIP Nibbler

Re: New Words For A New World

ophelia_chong — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:42:22 -0000

Unscability: built in flash with a hint of Ruby on Rails. And a dash of blogspot. :O)

thanks for commenting! :O)

Re: The Price of my Dreams - $60 a Week

jokeyxero — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:36:39 -0000

Quiet elegant. I love it.

Re: New Words For A New World

jokeyxero — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:22:45 -0000

I like, though "Awkwardology" would be the study of awkwardness. Perhaps Awkwardability as a measure of how easily something makes it to avoid those awkward situations. Same for "KneeJerkology", maybe "KnewJerkability", though I laughed at the definition. Give your defn for "Scabilibilty" maybe it should be "Unscabilibilty". ;)

Re: (steve isaacs)

jokeyxero — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:13:57 -0000

lol hilarious!

Re: (steve isaacs) - "The Dark Knight" - Steve's Review

jokeyxero — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:37:13 -0000

Agreed on almost everything, except I was fine with the extra screen time for Gordan and Dent.

The "Batman voice" was seriously off, he made it sound like Batman had lung cancer. I kept waiting for hacking, coughing, and wheezing. I'm really tired of the super close up fight scenes though. I'd rather see what's really going on. The fights in Batman Begins (out of the suit anyway) were much better.

Glad there will be a new car in the next one though. It was time for new tech.

I love this new series due to the reality aspect of them. It just feels more realistic, more like it could happen. There's no comical Mr. Freeze or the like. So long as Robin stays out of them they should be pretty good.

Re: (steve isaacs) - Fall in Love with FriendFeed - Steve's Tips

jokeyxero — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:46:09 -0000

Perfect write-up

Re: Edythe

jokeyxero — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:36:23 -0000

The fact that it was found in a French Convent makes it priceless l

Re: Microsoft Arc Mouse comes straight out of sci-fi flick - Archives PCLaunches.com

jokeyxero — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:44:00 -0000

Seriously, I'd like to know more about it, namely size and number of buttons. Also wonder what the "fits inside the computer" line is about. If it's a 5 button scroll mouse that's full size but still good for travel I might just snag one.

Re: louisgray.com: Seeing The Web's Racist Underbelly Is Saddening and Shocking

jokeyxero — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:20:19 -0000

He's got a point. A black individual is only "African American" if s/he actually emigrated from Africa to America, otherwise the term is "black", this includds the American born children of "African Americans". I'm really annoyed at the US's abuse of the term. The same goes for Asian Americans, Native Americans, and any other super-PC term the media has spat out.

No offense to you Louis, language happens generally quicker than we can think about it.

Re: There Are Different Steps For Growing Blogs

jokeyxero — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:05:28 -0000

Very useful, thank you.

Re: (steve isaacs)

jokeyxero — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:37:56 -0000

Don't know, but it is incredibly hard to do without reversing the circling.

Re: Kevin Rose FriendFeed's Interest in Digg Capability

moneyries — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:54:08 -0000

But to hear it from Kevin Rose himself is rather significant...

Re: Kevin Rose FriendFeed's Interest in Digg Capability

jokeyxero — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:44:12 -0000

We've been asking for that for a while now. See the FriendFeed Feedback room for it. http://friendfeed.com/rooms/friendfeed-feedback

Re: Sony's entry level DSLR "α300" w/ tilting LCD viewer

mona — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:47:28 -0000

oooh i've never seen that site before... tahnks for the link :)

Re: Sony's entry level DSLR "α300" w/ tilting LCD viewer

jokeyxero — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:52:14 -0000

Canon has been putting them into their lenses instead of in their cameras. Not sure what Nikon has been doing. http://www.cameralabs.com