Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - Posts

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

a day in a life 2009.07.15

via @fractalnavel: in the last 24 hours:
  • 2009.07.15 14:20: @craigg75
    test
    delete
  • 2009.07.15 14:24: @klaatu
    @fractalnavel
    [white castle supply depleted]
    UR evil influence caused me to buy a box of frozen White Castles at Sams. Thats 16 of'em in the freezer now, tempting me.
    [insert evil laugh, eye shifting & hand wringing]
  • 2009.07.15 14:31: looking at windows azure & associated services - so far, a lot of marketing spin, not a clear path to just do something
  • 2009.07.15 14:33: www.microsoft.com/azure supposedly open for free ctp use (for only three months); but "live services" seem to be the only thing working
  • 2009.07.15 14:34: ".net services": keep getting blank page; "windows azure": have to wait in line; "sql azure": not taking new requests.
  • 2009.07.15 14:34: conclusion: windows azure ctp launch - FAIL
  • 2009.07.15 14:36: of course, this was just announced yesterday; it's not like they're a major software company or anything, they need time to come up to speed
  • 2009.07.15 14:37: juts window after pretty window, jumping all over ms's internet properties. have no idea where i'll land from link to link
  • 2009.07.15 14:38: separate signups all over - what's this "ms connect" bs ? have to go through that first ? strange...
  • 2009.07.15 14:39: while amazon & google are well known for operating seasoned scalable infrastructures, microsoft has no such background - and it shows
  • 2009.07.15 14:41: huh - that "sql azure" link - isn't. fake link! fake link! we just want to make ourselves look good.
  • 2009.07.15 14:42: they could sure learn a thing or two from google
  • 2009.07.15 14:49: @craigg75
    @fractalnavel sounds like a serious abuse of powerpoint-ware..pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
    the frustrating thing is, i know there's stuff there that they want me to use, and that i want to use - but i can't get there !
  • 2009.07.15 14:56: @craigg75
    @fractalnavel remember grasshopper.. MS betas aren't the same as google betas
    ya got that right. it's not even beta; they say so. hell, it's still mostly vapor - will have to put this back in its box.
  • 2009.07.15 15:11: @craigg75
    if you are seriously looking at excel using IE on an internet site, then you deserve the virus and your pc taken from you
    eh, the office web controls do have a purpose (reporting services) - but they really should be confined to intranet use only
  • 2009.07.15 15:12: windows azure: the disconnect is this, i think: quit selling, we're convinced already - just give us the goods !
  • 2009.07.15 15:40: windows azure: "the goods", as usual, are at msdn http://msdn.microsoft.com/azure/ what's this about iis7 being a pre-req for dev? oh, f* me
  • 2009.07.15 15:44: in other news - win free larosas pizza for a year: for ayear/" class="aLTLink" target="_blank">http://www.larosas.com/pizzafor ayear/
  • 2009.07.15 15:45: @klaatu
    Holdren Forced To Respond To Controversy Over Totalitarian Population Control Proposal http://ur1.ca/7cgh
    <whine>but what will the carnivorous battlebots eat ?</whine>
  • 2009.07.15 15:51: microsoft: on the other hand, WIN for http://microsoft.com/web ; really nice way of getting dev tools and apps - blog, cms, wiki, more
  • 2009.07.15 17:12: @jdhunt
    Delicious winnings! RT @fractalnavel: in other news - win free larosas pizza for a year: for ayear/" class="aLTLink" target="_blank">http://www.larosas.com/pizzafor ayear/
    <facepalm> increasing my competition. doh.
  • 2009.07.15 17:17: i'm going to enter the carnivorous battlebots in the free larosas pizza contest
  • 2009.07.15 17:25: RT @klaatu FREE: NASA will send your name to Mars! http://www.fatwallet.com/u/67q
  • 2009.07.15 17:27: name to mars: why not just stick all 7B names on there ? a la "horton hears a who" - "we're here! we're here! we're here!"
  • 2009.07.15 17:27: you just know the first alien communication will be a nigerian-style scam
  • 2009.07.15 17:43: name to mars: looks like an unprotected form. should set the bots on it... maybe i'll register "carnivorous battlebot"s 1 - 10,000,000,000
  • 2009.07.15 17:45: millenia from now, some "visitor" will discover the chip, figure we're incorrigibly hostile, & pre-emptively wipe us out.
  • 2009.07.15 17:51: i wanna kick these people in the nads: "What's the best mechanism to find rockstar ... developers working on contract for an hourly rate? "
  • 2009.07.15 18:05: stupid browser hitting the site: has deleted all referer & user agent info. paranoid moron. funny: in ssl, all the info is there ;-)
  • 2009.07.15 19:59: @klaatu
    @fractalnavel
    i wanna kick these people in the nads: "What's the best mechanism to find rockstar ... developers working on contract for an hourly rate? "
    Any1 who uses rockstar for a developer job isn't worth their salt. Itsa keyword for cheap bastard looking for a mule 2 abuse.
    exactly. unfortunately, far too many devs fall for that skirtsmokeblowing cvrap. sometimes being too easy of a victim is unethical
  • 2009.07.15 20:01: @klaatu
    @fractalnavel
    you just know the first alien communication will be a nigerian-style scam
    Yes but the aliens will be playing the Nigerian role in the scam. We will give you tech for some resources 1st.
    yup. short story for that would end with us having learned from our alien masters, going into space as interstellar conmen ourselves
  • 2009.07.15 20:06: someone blacklist this idiot before he hurts himself: http://bit.ly/10R4Cu
  • 2009.07.15 20:44: RT @dhamdhere Geektastic! RT @TechFlash: Gates, Microsoft put legendary Feynman physics lectures online http://tinyurl.com/mfbttv
  • 2009.07.15 20:50: @dhamdhere
    @fractalnavel
    looking at windows azure & associated services - so far, a lot of marketing spin, not a clear path to just do something
    DM me your Live ID. I'll get you a Windows Azure token.
    thx for the offer, but i'll wait my turn. i have some local tech limitations that prevent me from taking full advantge now anyway
  • 2009.07.15 20:56: and for post 2000, just this: "naked rubbing mouse brains". 'nuff said.
  • 2009.07.15 23:44: dept. of didja know: sometimes an ie process will have its priority bumped up to "above normal". big "wtf?!" moment. for video performance.
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