In his post “The iPhone iFiasco“, Mitch Wagner wrote about his seven-hour ordeal buying an iPhone 3G and concluded: Well, some kind of apology would be nice, along with a bit of cash to compensate customers who had problems with activation, similar to the gift certificates Apple gave out last year when they cut iPhone… Read More »
Apparently, 12,000 laptops are lost each week in major airports in the US, more than 65% of which are never reclaimed, according to a study sponsored by Dell and conducted by the Ponemon Institute. (You can download the PDF here.) The problem is not just a matter of hardware loss, but “53% of people admit… Read More »
Ok, a Blu-ray Disc “guaranteed to preserve data safely for over 200 years” is a claim that may not exactly be impossible to prove, but would you (or your descendants) even bother? Delkin Devices, manufacturer of the Archival Gold BD Recordable media, says that its patented “phase-change” recording materials allow the discs to withstand the… Read More »
I know a hundred ways to die I’ve often thought I’d try one: Lie down beneath a motor truck Some day when standing by one. Or throw myself from off a bridge – Except such things must be So hard upon the scavengers And men that clean the sea. I know some poison I could… Read More »
百姓供养我锦衣玉食。我君临万民，就当尽心竭力，为百姓办事。你食君之禄，当忠君之事。我食民之禄，就当忠民之事。康熙，鹿鼎记，第五十回 反观新加坡的执政官员，本末颠倒，终日养尊处优，却压抑舆论，视群众如粪土，焉有造福人民之心？ Technorati Tags: 康熙 鹿鼎记 食民之禄 新加坡 本末颠倒
Here’s a question for slash-and-burn artists that, er, begs the question: “To make the workforce redundant, doesn’t one person need to stay?”