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Massimo Morelli's Weblog
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martedì 31 dicembre 2002
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mercoledì 25 dicembre 2002
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mercoledì 18 dicembre 2002
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Gossip, rumors, anticipation:
Microsoft 'X#' On Tap?. A company official dropped hints at last week's XML 2002 conference in Baltimore that Microsoft is considering the potential for a language that would be optimized to handle data.
The article doesn't have any more details. I normally wouldn't post this sort of link, but we did discuss XML-oriented languages before, so I thought I'd mention this after all. [Lambda the Ultimate]
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mercoledì 11 dicembre 2002
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Great article from Joel: Lord Palmerston on programming
Lord Palmerston: "The Schleswig-Holstein question is so complicated, only three men in Europe have ever understood it. One was Prince Albert, who is dead. The second was a German professor who became mad. I am the third and I have forgotten all about it." The software worlds are so huge and complicated and multifaceted that when I see otherwise intelligent people writing blog entries saying something vacuous like "Microsoft is bad at operating systems," frankly, they just look dumb.
10:05:59 PM
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martedì 10 dicembre 2002
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Merry Christmas.
Seasons Greetings. James Duncan Davidson:. As forwarded onto me from an unknown source...
Please accept with no obligation, either express or implied, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of a holiday on or near the date of the winter solstice, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious and/or secular persuasions of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, inclusive of the choice not to engage in the practice of any religious or secular traditions.
May you have a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted Western calendar year 2003, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose diverse contributions to society have helped make America great. (This statement made without implication that America is of relatively greater value than any other nation, country, kingdom, realm, emirate, sultanate, principality, or geopolitical state of any kind, whether or not officially recognized by any other nation, country, kingdom, realm, emirate, sultanate, principality, or geopolitical state, or that the United States of America is the only "America" in the western hemisphere, and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, gender, physical ability, religious faith, or choice of computer platform of the wishee.)
By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others. This greeting is void where prohibited by law, subject to all Federal, state, and local taxes, and further is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher. [Sam Ruby]
9:20:15 AM
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venerdì 6 dicembre 2002
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Groove in Perl, thanks to web services!!
Script locally, publish globally. InfoWorld Test Center Director Steve Gillmor and I have always thought that Groove is the tool we ought to be using to coordinate our team's ongoing mind-meld, aka the InfoWorld editorial process. It hasn't worked out that way, though. I used to blame that on Steve, who has little use for communication that doesn't show up as text (in the body, *not* an attachment!) of e-mail messages delivered to his BlackBerry. As for me, I was perfectly willing to haul my ThinkPad everywhere ... until Apple's OS X-powered TiBook lured me from the straight-and-narrow, that is. Can a BlackBerry junkie and a TiBook renegade get any collaborative mileage out of Groove? Assuming that Windows PCs continue to figure prominently in our technology mix -- as they most assuredly do -- the answer appears to be "yes," thanks to Groove Web Services. [Full story at InfoWorld.com.] [Jon's Radio (full-length descriptions)]
UPDATE: Jon elaborate the concept further on Oreilly Net.
10:23:01 PM
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giovedì 5 dicembre 2002
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The creative use of technology. Rael Dornfest has some thought on the future:
Welcome to Amazon WAP Service
You appear to be in a Barnes & Noble
establishment.
Order now and take an additional 10%
off your purchase or opt for free
overnight shipping.
11:15:30 PM
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