Could the Windows Registry actually be a good solution?
March 17th, 2007
Just like all the Linux machines I’ve seen, the user interface of Apple OS X on the Mac Pro feels subjectively sluggish and unresponsive compared to just about any Windows machine I have access to, even my old Athlon XP 2800+ — despite the fact that I have 3GB of memory and 2 Xeon processors with 4 cores running at 2.6GHz. Now, I’m no expert in this sphere but my suspicion is that this may be an inherent problem in the connection between the kernel and the graphical windowing system on all *nix systems. Could it be that the Windows Registry is actually a better solution?
If art is mistaken for rubbish it probably is
March 16th, 2007
A judge in England has just awarded £350,000 in damages for the loss of a work of art that was mistaken for garbage and disposed of. Sounds to me like another example of a court missing a great opportunity to set a precedent. Things like this have happened before and my take on it is that the cleaning staff and building workers responsible for the “mistakes” were simply looking at the artists’ “work” with eyes unclouded by pseudo-intellectual hogwash.
If the judge had any sense he would rule that if art can be mistaken for rubbish then it probably is. The fact that the piece was disposed of as a matter of course with all the rest of the day’s detritus should be taken as proof that it was neither art nor valuable.
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