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IE8, the least crappy IE ever
Posted on December 19th, 2007 by Tim.
Categories: Business/The Software Industry, Links, Tim.
I’ve been wanting to write about this since I heard this news months ago, and it looks like the curtain has finally been lifted.
Hacking, malware, and viruses: good
Posted on December 17th, 2007 by Chris.
Categories: Chris, General/Misc..
- Forces companies to build secure products.
- Automatic check on the most dominant platform
Think of computers as much like living organisms. If we assume that hacks/viruses/trojans will always exist, then having constant security threats that are less malicious in nature (i.e. not Russians looking to steal millions of dollars) is useful in the same way that less malicious infections are useful to living beings:
- They keep people and animals immune systems (antivirus measures) up to date.
- The other living analogy (crowding out other viruses) doesn’t really work here.
Additionally, *early warning* viruses serve as a check on platform monoculture, forcing dominant organisms to develop some form of resistance. In the case of actual living things, the solutions (pesticides, antibiotics) have deleterious side effects of their own, possibly because they are not inherent properties of the living things themselves.
Idea No. 1: Museum of Economics
Posted on December 15th, 2007 by Chris.
Categories: General/Misc..
Google results:
http://www.museumofmoney.org/plan.htm
Put your money where your mouth is.
Posted on December 14th, 2007 by Chris.
Categories: Business/The Software Industry, Games, General/Misc., Ideas, Product Design.
The problem with any review site that has the slightest business connection to the products it reviews is obvious. You can’t criticize games and put in ads for them without running into a conflict of interest.
One of the best ways to force people to review games correctly is to make it in their best economic interests to do so.
