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Murphy's Law tells us that:
- Your spreadsheet will come up with a redesigned interface just as you're about to miss an important deadline.
- Your operating system will refuse to boot after an automatic update just when your backups are most stale.
- Your blog will be upgraded just when you're handling a spike in traffic.
Commented May 23, 2011 on The Infinite Version at Coding Horror
The Infinite Version
One of the things I like most about Google's Chrome web browser is how often it is updated. But now that Chrome has rocketed through eleven versions in two and a half years, the thrill of seeing that version number increment has largely worn off. It seems they've picked off all the low hanging ...
Happened to me, too. Except that the clip in question was a parody containing a few short segments from various movies -- a clear case of fair use. But there wasn't much I could do since they didn't identify the content I was supposedly infringing upon (as required be the DMCA Safe Harbor provisions), and I didn't want to lawyer up...
Commented Sep 17, 2010 on YouTube vs. Fair Use at Coding Horror
YouTube vs. Fair Use
In YouTube: The Big Copyright Lie, I described my love-hate relationship with YouTube, at least as it existed in way back in the dark ages of 2007. Now think back through all the videos you've watched on YouTube. How many of them contained any original content? It's perhaps the ultimate case...
Note that starting with 3.6 org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk appears to pull in half of the IDE plugins...
Commented Jul 3, 2010 on Equinox p2 in your own RCP Application at subshell
Equinox p2 in your own RCP Application
With Eclipse 3.6 (Helios) the Equinox p2 API for update support of RCP applications becomes stable. Time to use it in your own application, but how? The best documentation of how to use Equinox p2 is the article Adding Self-Update to an RCP Application in the eclipse wiki. Following that article...
"Multi-destination routing" is essential if you ever need to override the route determined by the unit; adding a single "via" point works sometimes, but often just results in a small round-trip spur off the original route...
Commented Nov 26, 2009 on Garmin nuvi comparsion chart at GPS comparisons
Garmin nuvi comparsion chart
Last updated December 17, 2009 Scroll down for chart! It seems that Garmin is trying to create a nuvi for everyone, but with so many models in the marketplace, they’ve also created quite a bit of confusion. To help you navigate your way to the ideal nuvi, I’ve created the chart below. Befo...
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