Comments on: Microsoft, now copying tag lines http://gigaom.com/2005/09/11/microsoft-now-copying-tag-lines/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Rob http://gigaom.com/2005/09/11/microsoft-now-copying-tag-lines/#comment-24344 Rob Fri, 20 Jan 2006 07:39:55 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/11/microsoft-now-copying-tag-lines/#comment-24344 <p>Foofy, use Link Truncator plugin instead:</p> <p>http://minglewithingle.com/archives/2005/06/24/link-truncator-v05/</p> Foofy, use Link Truncator plugin instead:

http://minglewithingle.com/archives/2005/06/24/link-truncator-v05/

]]> By: Foofy http://gigaom.com/2005/09/11/microsoft-now-copying-tag-lines/#comment-24343 Foofy Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:02:35 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/11/microsoft-now-copying-tag-lines/#comment-24343 <p>Sorry for that, Gabe. The links were breaking the page in IE and Firefox because they don't use / as a break like they are supposed to. I thought WordPress allowed HTML in comments, but apparently it doesn't, which is why it was using the shortened version. :(</p> Sorry for that, Gabe. The links were breaking the page in IE and Firefox because they don’t use / as a break like they are supposed to. I thought WordPress allowed HTML in comments, but apparently it doesn’t, which is why it was using the shortened version. :(

]]> By: Pete http://gigaom.com/2005/09/11/microsoft-now-copying-tag-lines/#comment-24342 Pete Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:28:47 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/11/microsoft-now-copying-tag-lines/#comment-24342 <p>Possibly a contraction of: "Learning to program has no more to do with designing interactive software than learning to touch-type has to do with writing poetry." - Ted Nelson, The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design, 1990</p> Possibly a contraction of: “Learning to program has no more to do with designing interactive software than learning to touch-type has to do with writing poetry.” – Ted Nelson, The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design, 1990

]]> By: Adam Messinger http://gigaom.com/2005/09/11/microsoft-now-copying-tag-lines/#comment-24341 Adam Messinger Mon, 12 Sep 2005 07:14:40 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/11/microsoft-now-copying-tag-lines/#comment-24341 <p>Gabe: Try www.snipurl.com to shorten long URLs. I use it a lot for blog posts, and for e-mail to keep links from getting broken by line-wrapping.</p> Gabe: Try http://www.snipurl.com to shorten long URLs. I use it a lot for blog posts, and for e-mail to keep links from getting broken by line-wrapping.

]]> By: Gabe http://gigaom.com/2005/09/11/microsoft-now-copying-tag-lines/#comment-24340 Gabe Sun, 11 Sep 2005 23:32:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/11/microsoft-now-copying-tag-lines/#comment-24340 <p>Just wanted to note that <em>someone</em> edited my comment to shorten the links, but in the process destroyed them. Sorry that they made the screen very wide, but, well, they also conveyed some useful info.</p> Just wanted to note that someone edited my comment to shorten the links, but in the process destroyed them. Sorry that they made the screen very wide, but, well, they also conveyed some useful info.

]]> By: Gabe http://gigaom.com/2005/09/11/microsoft-now-copying-tag-lines/#comment-24339 Gabe Sun, 11 Sep 2005 22:12:55 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/11/microsoft-now-copying-tag-lines/#comment-24339 <p>Nathan: exactly.</p> <p>Om: sorry:</p> <p>"code IS poetry; poetry IS code! " -- comp.os.linux.misc post, 1996 http://tinyurl.com/93k33</p> <p>"Linus is a code poet, Bill Gates is a bean counter" -- comp.os.linux.development post, 1994 http://tinyurl.com/83ps6</p> Nathan: exactly.

Om: sorry:

“code IS poetry; poetry IS code! ” — comp.os.linux.misc post, 1996 http://tinyurl.com/93k33

“Linus is a code poet, Bill Gates is a bean counter” — comp.os.linux.development post, 1994 http://tinyurl.com/83ps6

]]> By: Nathan http://gigaom.com/2005/09/11/microsoft-now-copying-tag-lines/#comment-24338 Nathan Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:04:43 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/11/microsoft-now-copying-tag-lines/#comment-24338 <p>'code is poetry' is a turn of phrase that goes back years and years. I'm guessing 82 or so??? I'm not sure where it originated but it certainly wasn't Wordpress unless they've been around for 20 years.</p> ‘code is poetry’ is a turn of phrase that goes back years and years. I’m guessing 82 or so??? I’m not sure where it originated but it certainly wasn’t WordPress unless they’ve been around for 20 years.

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