Being in such a mood…
Being in such a mood, I decided to ignore a lot of things and not to blog about them. The remainders of the previous days nevertheless include…
- From Slashdot: Microsoft Patents XML Word Processing Documents. Or rather the idea of storing in XML whatever data is needed by a word processing document. I am waiting for USPTO to grant Microsoft a patent on the idea of storing in a database whatever data needs to be stored in a database. And then the USPTO should grant to themselves a patent on a method and apparatus to transform the concept of patent in a major hindrance to innovation.
- From TIME’s Can China Save the World?
There are certainly signs that some aspects of China’s recovery are ephemeral. Part of the reason China’s stock market has soared is that Chinese companies have received so much cheap financing that they have dumped proceeds into the equity market for lack of better alternatives. [...] Up to 30% of new bank lending this year has wound its way into equities. Why isn’t the money going into new businesses? The evidence suggests that in key parts of the economy growth remains anemic, particularly the important export-manufacturing sector, which continues to suffer from the reduction in global demand. According to a report from Fitch Ratings in the U.S., Chinese lending continues to accelerate even though corporate profits overall are shrinking — suggesting that China may be incubating its own financial crisis that could be triggered when the adrenal rush of the stimulus wears off.
And (a Chinese Keynesianism?):
According to a recent study by the World Bank, Beijing’s government spending will generate more than 80% of the country’s overall economic growth this year.
- For some reason, the NYT praises Microsoft: Microsoft’s SharePoint Thrives in the Recession. No kidding? Are the mediocre software portals the future?
- Listening these days: Francisco Tárrega – Integral de Guitarra, and Wes Montgomery – Goin’ Out Of My Head.
- Oh, wait, I still want to mention l’idiot du jour: it’s this guy, for inventing the wrong reasons to ditch Ubuntu: «GIMP just isn’t as easy to use as Paint.NET», «gEdit is nasty to look at, with a gimmicky font, oversized text and horrific colors», then… «Then, the biggest one for me: Cross-browser testing. I severely dislike IE (as a browser and as a development harness), but that doesn’t negate my need to test websites in it. Or Chrome, Safari, or Opera. Sadly, Ubuntu only natively supports Firefox. The rest are all workarounds.» Wow. Ubuntu doesn’t natively support MSIE and Safari. Who could have thought of that?
Aug 10, 2009 at 17:07
That last one, the guy with the Ubuntu problems, is funny. I suspect he also doesn't like forks because they poke him in the eye.