Comments for kraftymiles http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com Technology, Films, Nonsense Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:09:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on APPLE by Kerry Buckley http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/apple/#comment-27 Kerry Buckley Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:09:39 +0000 http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-27 Not making it look nice: making it work well (from a user interface point of view). Not making it look nice: making it work well (from a user interface point of view).

]]> Comment on A Picture Paints a Thousand Words by Paulo Rodrigues http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/a-picture-paints-a-thousand-words/#comment-22 Paulo Rodrigues Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:48:52 +0000 http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-22 My memory is pretty awful, but taking a photograph refreshes my memories and brings it all back. I could recognise more people in the street that I have photographed at pride london or the lord mayors show than many people I have spoken with. My memory is pretty awful, but taking a photograph refreshes my memories and brings it all back. I could recognise more people in the street that I have photographed at pride london or the lord mayors show than many people I have spoken with.

]]> Comment on Bono and Wikipedia by anirudhbhati http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/bono-and-wikipedia/#comment-20 anirudhbhati Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:17:55 +0000 http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-20 Cheat on their homework? I hope you are not deliberately trying to sound naive. For hundreds of thousands of students with internet access in India, Wikipedia spells hope and confidence. Not every institution here can provide subscriptions to premium online repositories like JSTOR and Oxford. Cheat on their homework? I hope you are not deliberately trying to sound naive. For hundreds of thousands of students with internet access in India, Wikipedia spells hope and confidence. Not every institution here can provide subscriptions to premium online repositories like JSTOR and Oxford.

]]> Comment on Amazon Cake Mix by Paulo Rodrigues http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/amazon-nonsense/#comment-19 Paulo Rodrigues Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:59:29 +0000 http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/amazon-nonsense/#comment-19 This review tickled me: This emits less radiation than those radium glow in the dark watches you used to be able to buy. Still could but not worth the hassle plus the minute radiation would now scare customers. HOWEVER, good that they know the U.S. shipping regulations! NEVER reship it if you buy one! My small company DID sell a static ionizer that used a small radiation element like this. The company did not tell us of all the government rules shipping radioactive material. This was a year after 9/11. We demoed it to a customer then shipped it back via UPS. The next day we had a SWAT team descend on our building wanting to arrest me and shut us down FOREVER. UPS said we could never use them EVER again. After hours of talking, the guys in black shirts FINALLY accepted it was an honest mistake. I got UPS to take us back and I quit our franchise for the static ionizer. I learned later a federal SWAT team had been on call 24/7 for a YEAR just waiting for the buzzer to go off at UPS indicating a package was radioactive. Ours was the first one! Lucky us! Parking lot full of black SUV's and everything. A helicopter too for all I know. And the stupid customer who asked for the demo didn't buy one! So buy it but NEVER ship it EVER! This review tickled me:

This emits less radiation than those radium glow in the dark watches you used to be able to buy. Still could but not worth the hassle plus the minute radiation would now scare customers. HOWEVER, good that they know the U.S. shipping regulations! NEVER reship it if you buy one! My small company DID sell a static ionizer that used a small radiation element like this. The company did not tell us of all the government rules shipping radioactive material. This was a year after 9/11. We demoed it to a customer then shipped it back via UPS. The next day we had a SWAT team descend on our building wanting to arrest me and shut us down FOREVER. UPS said we could never use them EVER again. After hours of talking, the guys in black shirts FINALLY accepted it was an honest mistake. I got UPS to take us back and I quit our franchise for the static ionizer. I learned later a federal SWAT team had been on call 24/7 for a YEAR just waiting for the buzzer to go off at UPS indicating a package was radioactive. Ours was the first one! Lucky us! Parking lot full of black SUV’s and everything. A helicopter too for all I know. And the stupid customer who asked for the demo didn’t buy one! So buy it but NEVER ship it EVER!

]]> Comment on Amazon Cake Mix by John Kelly http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/amazon-nonsense/#comment-18 John Kelly Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:24:48 +0000 http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/amazon-nonsense/#comment-18 Amazon do sell toilet rolls. Tis true. What is worrying though is when you do a search for them and it comes back with Andrex Toilet Rolls 2-Ply 306 Sheets Pink Ref M02077 [Pack 9] Andrex Toilet Rolls 2-Ply 306 Sheets Pink Ref M02077 [Pack 9] by Andrex Buy new: £8.72 4 Used & new from £6.98 In stock Electronics: See all 110 items Used??? Good grief. And why are they classified under Electronics. Amazon do sell toilet rolls. Tis true. What is worrying though is when you do a search for them and it comes back with

Andrex Toilet Rolls 2-Ply 306 Sheets Pink Ref M02077 [Pack 9]

Andrex Toilet Rolls 2-Ply 306 Sheets Pink Ref M02077 [Pack 9] by Andrex
Buy new: £8.72 4 Used & new from £6.98
In stock
Electronics: See all 110 items

Used??? Good grief. And why are they classified under Electronics.

]]> Comment on More Wiki Nonsense by whatonearth http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/more-wiki-nonsense/#comment-17 whatonearth Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:27:26 +0000 http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/?p=26#comment-17 Merkey is a nutcase. These pages tell the story about him: http://scofacts.org/merkey.html http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/01/25/jeff_vs_merkey.php http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=484084&cid=22723126 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Jeffrey_Vernon_Merkey&oldid=148079940 http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=109 http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=484084&cid=22723592 http://www.linux.com/feature/50960 Jimmy Wales is just his latest victim. Merkey is a nutcase. These pages tell the story about him:

http://scofacts.org/merkey.html
http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/01/25/jeff_vs_merkey.php
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=484084&cid=22723126
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Jeffrey_Vernon_Merkey&oldid=148079940
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=109
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=484084&cid=22723592
http://www.linux.com/feature/50960

Jimmy Wales is just his latest victim.

]]> Comment on The Death of Google and the Monetisation of Wikipedia by The Death of Google and the Monetisation of Wikipedia http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/the-death-of-google-and-the-monetisation-of-wikipedia/#comment-16 The Death of Google and the Monetisation of Wikipedia Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:35:42 +0000 http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/?p=25#comment-16 [...] TechshowWire (beta) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe Death of Google and the Monetisation of Wikipedia Posted on March 12, 2008 by kraftymiles The Death of Google and the Monetisation of Wikipedia Well ,it’s been a funny old week. There’s the Zuckerborg interview at SXSWi to talk about, which I wont and then the Jimmy Wales expenses coverage, which ICBA to mention. More interesting to me are the two statements in the strap-line for this post. The Death of Google. I wish, I mean I really wish I could remember who said this, but I can’t so [...] [...] TechshowWire (beta) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe Death of Google and the Monetisation of Wikipedia Posted on March 12, 2008 by kraftymiles The Death of Google and the Monetisation of Wikipedia Well ,it’s been a funny old week. There’s the Zuckerborg interview at SXSWi to talk about, which I wont and then the Jimmy Wales expenses coverage, which ICBA to mention. More interesting to me are the two statements in the strap-line for this post. The Death of Google. I wish, I mean I really wish I could remember who said this, but I can’t so [...]

]]> Comment on Some Rights Reserved by kraftymiles http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/some-rights-reserved/#comment-14 kraftymiles Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:43:00 +0000 http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-14 I've had a couple, but tbh, don't care. That one and another on here somewhere are content farms that just link out to dozens of other blogs. I’ve had a couple, but tbh, don’t care. That one and another on here somewhere are content farms that just link out to dozens of other blogs.

]]> Comment on Some Rights Reserved by Shereen http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/some-rights-reserved/#comment-13 Shereen Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:39:21 +0000 http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-13 Have you just got your first spam blog reply? Have you just got your first spam blog reply?

]]> Comment on It. Just. Worked. by Notebooks » Blog Archive » It. Just. Worked. http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/2008/03/07/it-just-worked/#comment-12 Notebooks » Blog Archive » It. Just. Worked. Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:32:42 +0000 http://kraftymiles.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-12 [...] omer just wrote an article aboutHere’s a preview of it: [...] [...] omer just wrote an article aboutHere’s a preview of it: [...]

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