Comment Make it stop. (Score 1) 483

by transposia on Monday September 10, 2012 @02:29PM (#41291731) Attached to: GoDaddy Goes Down, Anonymous Claims Responsibility

Didn't realize we were still using GoDaddy DNS... but I wish this would end already!

Comment Ugh (Score 1) 3

by transposia on Monday September 10, 2012 @01:43PM (#41291083) Attached to: GoDaddy appears to be offline

Not happy about this.

The Secret Origins of Microsoft Office's Clippy 263

Posted by kdawson on Friday January 02, 2009 @09:02AM from the melinda-has-a-lot-to-answer-for dept.

Harry writes "Most folks think that Microsoft Office's Clippy, Microsoft Bob, and Windows XP's Search Assistant dog were perverse jokes — but a dozen years' worth of patent filings shows that Microsoft took the concept of animated software 'helpers' really, really seriously, even long after everyone else realized it was a bad idea. And the drawings those patents contain are weirdly fascinating." The article, a slide show really, spreads over 15 pages.

Comment Updated (Score 1) 1

by transposia on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @02:31PM (#20916079) Attached to: Slashdot Anniversary: Sunrise, FL, US

the address prepare to be Slashdotted!

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