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Re: How I Learned Integrity: A “Don’t Tase Me, Bro” Lesson

cak — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:25:16 -0000

No doubt the chap in Florida was a trouble maker. Maybe the security were justified to remove him from the room in the manner they did.

But you seem to skirt over the issue of him being tazered. I see a bigger problem her, the prevalence of issues that previously were solved by other methods, now being solved by tazering - this is a problem. Tazering should only ever be used as a last resort, not at the will of security guards.

Re: Stop Telling Me There’s No Reason to Drink Bottled Water

cak — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:11:45 -0000

Ok, you make a point. But you don't offer a solution. Are you at all worried about the huge waste of resources, that comes with using bottled water. That is take 5 liters of water to produce each litre of bottled water, or is this the price you pay for being a water snob?

Re: How Does One Explain SQL Injection to a Non-Techie?

cak — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:02:37 -0000

You usually don't need to go into enough detail, especially with analogies, it just becomes more confusing.

Somebody hacks into the website by inserting secret commands into a text box.

Re: If This Gets Out, McCain is Done. Period.

cak — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:24:10 -0000

So when was this town hall done. Do you think useful information like that should be included on your webpage? This looks like it comes from McCains early period, before he sold out to the republicans.

A better issue I think should be looked at, would be showing McCains early ideals, when he was a "maverick", to the ones he supports now, to toe the line of the republican party.

Re: eBay: No Matter How Hard You Try, You’re Still No Amazon

cak — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:24:51 -0000

Ebay is more hassle, but as long as you use paypal, you will be covered. If someone doesn't send you something, you can claim the money back. And unless they can prove that they sent it, you will be ok.

So Ebay more hassle, but the rewards can be greater. If you have more time, then you will be ok.

Re: Why we bill by the hour

cak — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:57:00 -0000

You are completely wrong about this. Basically you are saying that you can't estimate how long a project will take, so you are not taking responsibility about this. This is a very important part of the process, judging how long a project will take and the amount of resources you need to throw at it, and you are saying that you CAN NOT do this. How any of your customers take you on is testimony to the ignorance or stupidity of your customers.

So you say you can still work with a company who has a budget for your project, but in reality you would use up there money, have half the project done, and therefore nothing to show for the money they have spent. They would either have to write of the money they have spend, or get money to finish the project. Rather than have a guarantee of deliverables. Once again, this is ridiculous.

I can't believe you are proud of the fact, and seem to brag about the fact that you can't estimate a projects time. If you can't estimate how long a project is going to take, how can you estimate how many resources to throw at it, or even if it can be done?

Re: 2,000 Apps Later, BrightHouse Labs Still Sucks

cak — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:57:59 -0000

This is hilarious, Birghthouse are a disgrace. The fact that they couldn't write this simple app themselves is great, but I wonder how many other developers they have gotten too.

They should be banned, pure and simple. Apple don't need a good reason to do it, most people know that this sort of stuff just makes Apple brand looks bad.

Thanks for your investigation. So we have the 1st, and the 3rd is gone, who is the 2nd?? Maybe we could have a top 10 of bad guys?

Re: 2008/11/25/google-street-view-pegman/

cak — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:35:47 -0000

How the hell is this like clippy? Does pegman come and ask you where you want to go? No, this is nothing like clippy, except for in the video. You are more like clippy than this little icon on a google page. Well reasoned, my friend, well reasoned. Boyshaka!

Re: Hey iPhone Users, Android Isn’t Dead Yet!

cak — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:05:17 -0000

Windows Mobile can not compete against these new OS (BB, Google, Apple), it was great when all it had to compete against was Palm. It offered a lot more than Palm did, and Palm really dropped the ball. WinMo hasn't changed at all in the last few years, a big update is coming out soon, but Microsoft still don't get it, which is why you see so many companies providing their own interface on top of WinMo. iPhone is the current big leader because it make everything easy, from making calls to sending messages to using complex apps.

Most people still seem to not understand this simple fact.

And BTW, Windows Mobile still don't have an app store out yet, but will soon. Some people here don't seem to understand the difference between an app store and installing applications yourself.

Re: Nokia N85 vs Nokia N96 Screen Comparisons

cak — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:45:14 -0000

Can't believe what shocking resolution these both have, at 320x240...even the iphone has more than this (480x320). I thought the Nokias had really high resolution, shame!

Re: Browser : share market 2009

cak — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:10:17 -0000

Your graph says nothing of the sort.