Comments on: WebDD: Microsoft’s Reality Distortion Field is Fully Functional http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/2007/02/06/webdd-microsofts-reality-distortion-field-is-fully-functional/ Actively seeking a pithy tagline... Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: nickfitz http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/2007/02/06/webdd-microsofts-reality-distortion-field-is-fully-functional/#comment-20554 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:36:02 +0000 http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/2007/02/06/webdd-microsofts-reality-distortion-field-is-fully-functional/#comment-20554 Dan: Good job I didn't let Dave near mine then - I don't think I could be held accountable for my actions against anybody who broke my Mac. Still, I'm pretty sure any jury of Mac users would return a verdict of justifiable homicide :-) Dan: Good job I didn’t let Dave near mine then - I don’t think I could be held accountable for my actions against anybody who broke my Mac. Still, I’m pretty sure any jury of Mac users would return a verdict of justifiable homicide :-)

]]> by: Dan http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/2007/02/06/webdd-microsofts-reality-distortion-field-is-fully-functional/#comment-20550 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:12:54 +0000 http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/2007/02/06/webdd-microsofts-reality-distortion-field-is-fully-functional/#comment-20550 Having taken the photo, it seemed appropriate at the time. Jon Harris' Mac and any other one he touched seemed to break during the morning. Perhaps Dave should have titled it 'The mac that worked' :) Having taken the photo, it seemed appropriate at the time. Jon Harris’ Mac and any other one he touched seemed to break during the morning. Perhaps Dave should have titled it ‘The mac that worked’ :)

]]> by: nickfitz http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/2007/02/06/webdd-microsofts-reality-distortion-field-is-fully-functional/#comment-20468 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:26:22 +0000 http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/2007/02/06/webdd-microsofts-reality-distortion-field-is-fully-functional/#comment-20468 Cheers, Dave. I found it most amusing to be described as a designer - like most coders, my design skills are minimal, despite having a lifelong interest in typography and a Graphic Design O Level (grade C) :-) The MS RDF reference is a bit of an in-joke between myself and some friends, after the peculiar character changes we saw in a friend who went to work there some years ago - I believe he's now achieved the status of MSOT (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_thetan" rel="nofollow">Operating Thetan</a>)... Cheers, Dave. I found it most amusing to be described as a designer - like most coders, my design skills are minimal, despite having a lifelong interest in typography and a Graphic Design O Level (grade C) :-)

The MS RDF reference is a bit of an in-joke between myself and some friends, after the peculiar character changes we saw in a friend who went to work there some years ago - I believe he’s now achieved the status of MSOT (Operating Thetan)…

]]> by: Dave Sussman http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/2007/02/06/webdd-microsofts-reality-distortion-field-is-fully-functional/#comment-20465 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:11:47 +0000 http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/2007/02/06/webdd-microsofts-reality-distortion-field-is-fully-functional/#comment-20465 Actually it's my RDF, not Microsoft's - that's my flickr stream, although Dan took the photo (I stole his camera for part of the day), so I take full responsibility for the incorrect label. 'Twas in jest though and says way more about me than it does you 8) I actually like Macs, and secretly covet them. Don't tell anyone. It would be a particularly nice Bateman though, wouldn't it? Dave Actually it’s my RDF, not Microsoft’s - that’s my flickr stream, although Dan took the photo (I stole his camera for part of the day), so I take full responsibility for the incorrect label. ‘Twas in jest though and says way more about me than it does you 8) I actually like Macs, and secretly covet them. Don’t tell anyone.

It would be a particularly nice Bateman though, wouldn’t it?

Dave

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