ZDNet’s chief editor, David Berlind suggests a new name for Digital Rights Management: Content, Restriction, Annulment, and Protection. C-R-A-P. I love it.
Via Neowin.
Daily Archives: March 26, 2006
Don’t adjust your monitor/browser/etc.
Yes, the entry font size is 0.1em larger. I figured it needed to be a smidgen bigger…and hence, the change.
A sad example of the law of diminishing returns
Jeff Bagwell is headed to the DL, possibly for good. This part of the article is quite depressing:
Bagwell has dealt with the arthritic shoulder since 2001 and says the team never raised the issue until now. He batted no lower than .266 in the four years prior to 2005, when he missed 115 games following shoulder surgery. He has said he likely will need shoulder replacement surgery when his career is over.
I know all about the love of the game…but when it comes to something as drastic as a shoulder replacement, one must wonder when the cost is far higher than the returns. It’ll be sad to see Bagwell retire, as he’s been a model citizen for the game, but it will most definitely be for the best – his health and ability to function in everyday life.
The 60% Rewrite, Revisited
If you’re into technology and the like you probably heard the panic about Windows Vista needing 60% of its code to be rewritten. Squash (aka Phil Sim) has some additional insight into this story with background information about the dude who broke it, as well as some commentary about how Vista’s most recent slippage may be the worst Microsoft screwup ever, a lot of which I agree with. I’m not particularly liking January 2007 myself, as I wanted to build a machine for Vista. January’s always a bad month for me in terms of paychecks. Sigh.
You can imagine Microsoft evangelist Robert Scoble is, erm…unhappy.
And now, for something different.
I decided today I would fool with my phone, a Motorola MPx220 smartphone running Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. What began as a bit of experimentation with wallpaper turned into an XML circus. Continue reading