Y. B. NormalZiv Caspi can't keep his mouth shut.Antibiotic Days- June 14, 2003 Tim Bray: ... there was a time when being a Web Guy was like being Gandalf the wizard and James Herriot the country vet all rolled into one.http://radio.weblogs.com/0106548/2003/06/14.html#a113 Full Content RSS Fragments- June 14, 2003 In the RSS world, opinions differ on the important issue of whether or not to provide full content RSS feeds (that is, whether at least one of itemdescription, itemdc:content, or itemxhtml:body has the full "information" content of the item). Ignoring for the moment conceptual aspects (for example, is the RSS feed a notification channel to draw people to the web site or a "first-class" content distribution means), there are significant "down-to-earth" aspects to this issue: both..http://radio.weblogs.com/0106548/2003/06/14.html#a112 Lisp Syntax Matters- June 6, 2003 This is bound to come up every now and then. Graham Glass writes: LISP was an incredible work of art. so simple and so reflexive. but an absolutely crap syntax that doomed it. In response, he got some of the expected "stupid, the syntax is what makes Lisp so powerful" comments (which I'll not link to), and some interesting ones (see his comments page). This debate comes every often, with Lisp gurus telling everybody else not to worry about the syntax and that they'll get used to it, and...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106548/2003/06/06.html#a111 IE and the OS- June 2, 2003 Joe Gregorio writes: Microsoft, trying to squeeze more revenue from operating system sales, looks to leverage it's monopoly in the browser market to force people to upgrade to the latest version of Windows. Why do you say that As you (I think correctly) point out, the current monopoly Microsoft enjoys in the browser arena essentially provides no leverage. IMHO, a decision to only add value to IE on future operating systems is simply making a good business move: there's no point in...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106548/2003/06/02.html#a110 |