Comments on: Sic http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/ Full of sound and furry Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:20:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pete http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1830 Pete Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:17:37 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1830 That's Adolf Hilltiller. That’s Adolf Hilltiller.

]]> By: Kris http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1829 Kris Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:45:19 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1829 By George! Ou...ch... intelligence has suffered. Google search for "nazi propagandist" returns Joseph Goebbels on the second place - as a subentry of Nazi propaganda wikipedia entry. But then "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1." Godwin's law of Internet discussions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law By George! Ou…ch… intelligence has suffered.

Google search for “nazi propagandist” returns Joseph Goebbels on the second place – as a subentry of Nazi propaganda wikipedia entry.

But then “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.”

Godwin’s law of Internet discussions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

]]> By: Chuck http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1828 Chuck Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:29:46 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1828 The spell checker catches typos but not thinkos. The spell checker catches typos but not thinkos.

]]> By: Mind the Gapp | Joseph Gerbils?? http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1827 Mind the Gapp | Joseph Gerbils?? Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:18:34 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1827 [...] Macalope strikes again… ‹Previous Post This is one ugly looking [...] [...] Macalope strikes again… ‹Previous Post This is one ugly looking [...]

]]> By: Paul http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1826 Paul Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:32:06 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1826 What a total and utter melon. What a total and utter melon.

]]> By: dannyo152 http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1825 dannyo152 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:36:46 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1825 Ah, good old George. Apparently some folks above don't know that he was shown the cyber-door at ZDNet a while back. Trooper that he was, even after losing the gig, he would come back and add comments here and there. I think my favorite series he ran was the one where he wanted to prove Office's superiority over OpenOffice.org by clocking their start up times. Suffice it to say it would have a monumental goon-up if the people who wrote the operating system hadn't grooved it for their office suite. I also suspect that the xml in a zip file structure which OOo had and which Office was to adopt in the next iteration may require more time to parse, especially as xml is so verbose. Maybe Office on Windows is truly the best on the best. But, all good experiments may be duplicated and so I tried Office on my desktop system at the time which was, um, FreeBSD 5.x, no lie. OpenOffice.org was slow at about two minutes. Office 2003, though, at last look still hasn't opened, so I'm afraid I can't publish results. Good times. Sweet memories, because when we're talking about office suites, then the Microsoft advocates stand fully behind the concept that "if you get more, it's worth paying more." Maybe we can all get along. Ah, good old George. Apparently some folks above don’t know that he was shown the cyber-door at ZDNet a while back. Trooper that he was, even after losing the gig, he would come back and add comments here and there.

I think my favorite series he ran was the one where he wanted to prove Office’s superiority over OpenOffice.org by clocking their start up times.

Suffice it to say it would have a monumental goon-up if the people who wrote the operating system hadn’t grooved it for their office suite. I also suspect that the xml in a zip file structure which OOo had and which Office was to adopt in the next iteration may require more time to parse, especially as xml is so verbose. Maybe Office on Windows is truly the best on the best.

But, all good experiments may be duplicated and so I tried Office on my desktop system at the time which was, um, FreeBSD 5.x, no lie. OpenOffice.org was slow at about two minutes. Office 2003, though, at last look still hasn’t opened, so I’m afraid I can’t publish results.

Good times. Sweet memories, because when we’re talking about office suites, then the Microsoft advocates stand fully behind the concept that “if you get more, it’s worth paying more.” Maybe we can all get along.

]]> By: ErikN http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1824 ErikN Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:26:11 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1824 I envisioned that scene from "Downfall" chipmunk style! I envisioned that scene from “Downfall” chipmunk style!

]]> By: In defense of comments… « The Macalope http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1823 In defense of comments… « The Macalope Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:59:45 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1823 [...] June 16, 2010 by The Macalope They are sometimes hysterical. [...] [...] June 16, 2010 by The Macalope They are sometimes hysterical. [...]

]]> By: cayble http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1821 cayble Fri, 02 May 2008 05:14:46 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1821 As usual, this "tinfoil hat" website doesn't do much of anything other then rail against reality. As usual, this “tinfoil hat” website doesn’t do much of anything other then rail against reality.

]]> By: Clone Wars. | http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1822 Clone Wars. | Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:40:11 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/03/19/sic/#comment-1822 [...] Incidentally, the most hysterical example evah of Godwin's Law was executed by a former ZDNet blogger you might have heard of. [...] [...] Incidentally, the most hysterical example evah of Godwin’s Law was executed by a former ZDNet blogger you might have heard of. [...]

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