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Comment Re:IRC? (Score 1) 437

by Anonamused Cow-herd on Monday June 01, 2009 @04:39PM (#28173211) Attached to: Ten Applications That Changed Computing

Far more people were willing to leave themselves logged in to ICQ while doing something else than did the same with IRC.

That has less to do with the application and more to do with connection methods. For the period in question, leaving IRC on would tie up your phone line. Now, most people have always-on connections, so leaving something running in the background isn't a problem at all. In fact, I've run IRC 24/7 for years, and most IRCers I know of do the same. It even has a term: "idling" a chan.

Apple Reconsiders, Approves NIN iPhone App 146

Posted by timothy on Friday May 08, 2009 @08:12AM from the like-a-warm-blankie-for-trent dept.

gyrogeerloose writes "According to MacRumors, NIN's iPhone application has been approved. Trent Reznor has reported via his Twitter account that the now-approved app was resubmitted without modification, which suggests that Apple reconsidered their initial rejection. This should really come as no surprise to anyone who follows Apple news since it follows the company's typical pattern of handing potentially controversial iPhone apps, especially when it concerns high-profile rejections."

Comment Re:Difficult to Define a "Good" Teacher (Score 1) 1322

by Anonamused Cow-herd on Monday May 04, 2009 @02:33PM (#27818959) Attached to: Why Is It So Difficult To Fire Bad Teachers?

"To go with a nice car analogy. If a mechanic is working on a PoS[. . .]"

Wow. That's not a sentence, bucko! You're the CHAIR of a language arts department? Even if that PERIOD were a comma, it would still be improper grammar. This sort of thing hurts my soul.

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