Archive: February 2006

From Sean Alexander:
This video was supposedly made to promote the upcoming Internet Explorer 7. No confirmation, but worth watching no matter what its for.

IE7_Big.wmv (7.8MB)
IE7_Medium.wmv (2.9MB)
IE7_Small.wmv (1MB)
The State of California is holding more than $4.8 billion in Unclaimed Property. These assets have been turned over to the State for safekeeping by banks, businesses and other organizations as required by law. There is no charge to file a claim for Unclaimed Property. Last year, more than 239,000 accounts were returned, and the average amount received was almost $1,000!

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Roedy Green in his funny article "How To Write Unmaintainable Code" says: In the interests of creating employment opportunities in the Java programming field, I am passing on these tips from the masters on how to write code that is so difficult to maintain, that the people who come after you will take years to make even the simplest changes. Further, if you follow all these rules religiously, you will even guarantee yourself a lifetime of employment, since no one but you has a hope in hell of maintaining the code. Then again, if you followed all these rules religiously, even you wouldn't be able to maintain the code!"

The funniest tips I found are these:

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What is the domaine name used by "The longest list of the longest stuff at the longest domain name at long last" site? You don't know? here it is: thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com. Oh yes it is!

This site has the world's first banner ad:

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