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Day: 20 December 2004

  • Conversation Of The Day With A Client

    Fictional, of course. None of our clients are actually this stupid, and I wouldn't be silly enough to publish a real event like this on my blog, ever.

    A client phones up and asks to speak to me.

    Client: "I'm using the 'Data Export' tool in... [part of application I wrote, new version recently deployed to him] โ€ฆ

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    • posted 20 December, 2004
  • GMail Invites

    I've got nine GMail invites. Does anybody want one? Check the comments to this post to see how many have gone, and leave a comment to this post if you want one.

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    • posted 20 December, 2004
  • Statto Plays With Blacklight

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    • posted 20 December, 2004
  • Man And The Machines

    There's a fascinating article on LegalAffairs.org (the self-styled "magazine at the intersection of law and life" on artificial intelligence and legal/ethical/socialogical considerations relating to it. Despite disagreeing with a few of it's points, it's well-written and excellently-presented. Go read it.

    In case the site stops publishing the article, I've made a copy, below. Click on the โ€ฆ

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    • posted 20 December, 2004

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