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Dec 31, 09 - 09:46 am Comment from: Tiger

And which list did Ballmer make? Best thing to happen to M$FT since 1984?

Dec 31, 09 - 10:04 am Comment from: Connor MacBook

As an Apple ad campaign once said, "The only thing we have a monopoly on is compliments." That seems to be changing, however

Dec 31, 09 - 10:14 am Comment from: Cascadians

It's about time Apple and Steve Jobs get the recognition they deserve.

Happy New Year!

Dec 31, 09 - 10:48 am Comment from: HMCIV

The great thing is there are apps for both Wilson's and Sullenberger's remarks!

It's nice to see some recognition for the incredible work of Jobs et al. There are very few products/services that I would honestly say improved my life, but Apple's offerings consistently do just that.

Dec 31, 09 - 04:57 pm Comment from: derekcurrie

OT:

The "You Lie" Of The Year Award goes to:

The Neo-Con-Jobs.
Die already you scum.
Bring back the real, actual, honest Conservatives.

Dec 31, 09 - 05:02 pm Comment from: derekcurrie

Excellent come back Apple!
You folks deserve every kudo.

The decade still has another year to go.
It's officially over after 2010.
Fuck, what a planet of numerilliterates we've become.
(my new year's resolution: stop saying FUCK every time someone pisses me off. That has been my resolution for 43 of my 45 years, though.....and it still hasn't worked.)

Jeff

You're weren't saying "Fuck" when you got pissed off as a two year old.

Jan 02, 10 - 08:14 am Comment from: derekcurrie

OT: How to count.
("Josh": This will make your head explode. Do not read. Go watch The Count on Sesame Street instead. He'll explain numbers to you).

Jeph sez: "The decade still has another year to go.
It's officially over after 2010."

Well, yes. But that's only because the people who set the year '0' AD managed to botch their math and use year '1' instead. The people to blame have been dead nearly two millennia.

Meanwhile, every coder knows that counting begins with 0, never 1. So it is entirely logical for us to forget the blunder of the past and stick to what makes sense to us now:

2000 was the official start of the current millennium. 2010 is the official start of the new decade. Start with 0 then add up fractions of the year until you get to 1. That's 1 year finished. Then start on year 2, etc.