„We can't make money selling the desktop that's why we focused on a zero licensing cost business model"
Mark Shuttleworth puts it spot-on.
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An American moving to Hamburg
October 9th, 2008 in QuoteVault.org |
Via bygonebureau.com
„When I arrived in Hamburg, I felt somewhat disappointed in its lack of “Old European” history. I wanted to immerse myself in gothic architecture and struggling artists but found prostitutes instead."
An American moving to Hamburg.
Great reflections on Hamburg and emigration from a expatriates perspective.
New Sascha Cohen Movie
September 30th, 2008 in QuoteVault.org |
Via en.wikipedia.org
„Patrons were lured to an event billed as cage fighting, held at a Convention Center, by print and Craigslist advertisements, promoting "hot girls", $1 beer and $5 admission. 1500 people attended the event, and were greeted by signs that informed them that they were being filmed. No cell phones, video, or cameras were allowed inside. Instead of hot girls and cage fighting, the acts taking place became homosexual in nature, and people threw chairs and beer at the performers."
New Sascha Cohen Movie.
The new Sascha Cohen aka Borat, Ali G Movie already made me smile. I have great expectations. I hope he won't someday get shot during his endeavours of exposing the ugly sides of society
Most users are idiots
September 24th, 2008 in QuoteVault.org |
Via arstechnica.com
„The results suggest that a familiarity with Windows dialogs have bred a degree of contempt and that users simply don't care what the boxes say anymore."
Most users are idiots.
This displays a problem I have long experienced myself. However being rather aquainted with PC's it didn't affect me too much. But someone without the obvious technical knowledige will likely just confirm every possible dialog, which explains the current state of virii, phishing and malware from a users point of view – without any major need of critizing the vendors.
Ubiquity, a new Firefox extension from Mozilla Labs
August 27th, 2008 in QuoteVault.org |
Via arstechnica.com
„The command interface is conceptually similar to desktop launcher tools like Enso, Quicksilver, and GNOME-Do. Unlike those tools, it places a strong emphasis on web content manipulation and web services. In many ways, it's like an interactive mash-up system. Ubiquity can respond to user instructions in several different ways. It can directly alter the contents of a web page, it can manipulate the browser interface, it can load a page in a new tab, and it can display output in a notification pop-up."
Ubiquity, a new Firefox extension from Mozilla Labs.
First the new Javascript Engine, which surpasses Squirrelfish by large amounts, now this. As much as I love Safari, if Firefox continues to add exciting features at such a strong pace, I seriously have to consider switching back to the beloved fox.
From a Get-a-Mac Add
August 21st, 2008 in QuoteVault.org |
Via www.tuaw.com
„fear of switching is the foundation of customer loyalty for PCs."
From a Get-a-Mac Add. Tough one.
Insightfull comment from Wil Shipley which just about fits me i
August 19th, 2008 in QuoteVault.org |
Via twitter.com
„There are really two reasons I'm single: (1) incredibly picky, (2) when I like a girl I tell her she's my goddess instead of ignoring her."
Insightfull comment from Wil Shipley which just about fits me in every single way. Sigh.
Dan Gilbert (Stumbling on Happiness) on the task of social psyc
August 16th, 2008 in QuoteVault.org |
Via psychcentral.com
„The fact is that climate change, if it were caused by gay sex, or caused by the practice of eating puppies, millions of Americans would right now be massing on the street insisting that the administration do something about it."
Dan Gilbert (Stumbling on Happiness) on the task of social psychology to explain why people don't get as actively outraged over acid rain as other issues.
I'd wager that the main problem here is that there's no easy target to blaim. We ourselves are to blaim in terms of climate change. We can't protest against our own actions. People need easy targets to protest against.
oh so true
August 15th, 2008 in QuoteVault.org |
Via www.defmacro.org
„Programmers are procrastinators. Get in, get some coffee, check the mailbox, read the RSS feeds, read the news, check out latest articles on techie websites, browse through political discussions on the designated sections of the programming forums. Rinse and repeat to make sure nothing is missed. Go to lunch. Come back, stare at the IDE for a few minutes. Check the mailbox. Get some coffee. Before you know it, the day is over”
oh so true. actually a rather apt description of how I’ve worked for years – and still managed to output a lot of valuable software. I wonder what would happen if I were 100% effective.
Star Wars – The Clone Wars
August 14th, 2008 in QuoteVault.org |
„Legend has it that, on his deathbed, Orson Welles exhorted his loved ones to make sure that Ted Turner — who, at the time, was determined to colorize every black-and-white movie in his library — kept his “goddamn crayons” off of “Citizen Kane.”
But who will stop George Lucas from destroying the legacy of George Lucas?”
Star Wars – The Clone Wars. Regarding George Lucas destroying the history of Star Wars, ever more with every sequel.