Bob Edward's quote on the COMP4500 "Forum-Feedback" forum:

I am unwilling to tune these pages for different browsers

Must of Bob's comments related to Internet Explorer and standards compliance.

There's many reasons I can't write this on the COMP4500 forum. So I'll rant here instead (besides, this is valid to ALL web application developers).

Let me tell you about a technology called Hotline. Way back in 1996 a guy invented an application for the Mac called Hotline. It was basically the first file-sharing application, predating Napster by 3 years. It had a strong cult following in mac circles. It's early days were a joy to use. I remember using it in 1999 and it was revolutionary. The simple idea that you could connect to somebody else and download files was amazing. Hotline was kind of like Direct Connect meets BitTorrent. You had to first get a tracker that contained a list of servers you could connect to.

Gift Certificates are the greatest commercial invention ever. From a retailer's point of view.

Let's take your typical scenario:

• Bob doesn't know what to get Alice.
• Bob decides to buy a $30 gift certificate for <insert store here>
• Store issues gift certificate for $30, expiring in 6 months.
• Bob gives gift certificate to Alice one week later.

How long is it until Alice remembers she has this gift certificate? How long until she actually uses it then?

So, I was driving down Northbourne Ave the other afternoon. Windows down, being summer and all, I stopped at some traffic lights.

Lights go green, and I basically choke to death from the fumes expelled by the two four wheel drives on either side of me.

Why doesn't the Government do anything about this?? Why isn't there some regulation/legislation stopping disgusting gas guzzling four wheel drives from spewing toxic fumes into my air?

Hi, I'm Joel and I decided to start posting some of my rants. They'll cover a wide variety of topics including - politics, video games, Macs (just to rile things up!) and anything else that comes to mind. Hope you enjoy -

Having just set up a new mailserver, I can attest to the fact that spam is not always evil. A way you can definitely know your shiney new mailserver works is by what is basically now a constant on the Internet -- spam!

Surely enough, once I'd changed the MX records, bogus mail slowly started trickling in. I don't think I've ever been so happy to see spam in my life.

Now just to figure out how to effectively block it...

In a particular group of four friends, lets call them Mr Purple, Mr Red, Mrs Pink and Mrs Spot suggested and someone, usually Mr Red, although sometimes Mr Blue now too, will exclaim: "and what could possibly go wrong?" I think I mayhavejust dreamed up a way to answer that question. The trick is to think of what could go wrong if they were all normal intelligent human beings, and then put in, say, the Mr Purple factor.

Ok.. so I've been meaning to rant about work and customers for quite a while, but never seemed to get around to it. There were a whole list of new types of customers that I don't like (such as the ones that stuff all their servietts into the glass cups that I then have to fish out so I can wash them out)as well as bogans of the day (general lack of teeth, too much facial hair and stupid requests to do with chopping off every single little microscopic piece of the green bits of the cucumber on a pissy little sandwich...)