Jul

31

Welcome to the new home for my Blog

Filed Under Computers & Tech, My Projects on July 31, 2006 | 4 Comments

This is the first post to my new blog since I moved it from www.minds.nuim.ie/~voyager/blog to here. The move has not been a smooth one because I also moved from using the Serendipity blog software to WordPress. ATM all my old posts are here but many have not imported perfectly and all the comments were lost. I’ll be fixing the posts over the next while and I haven’t quite given up on find a way to get the comments across but the changes are it won’t happen.

I still have some work to do here before I get back up to my normal level of posting but from tomorrow on expect to start seeing new posts again.

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Jul

13

Microsoft Update – A HCI Nightmare

Filed Under Computers & Tech on July 13, 2006 | 1 Comment

I have always assumed that miss-leading your users and making them jump through many hoops is a bad things. MS appear to disagree. Read more

Jul

9

Equality is an All or Nothing Thing

Filed Under Polemics & Politics on July 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment

There was a bit of a hubbub at Wimbledon this year with people complaining because the prize money for the Lady’s Championships was less than that for the Men’s. Their argument goes along the basic line that ‘in this day and age’ men and women should be paid the same. At first glance you’d have to agree with these people but on analysis you’ll realise they are being ridiculous. Equality means that men and women should be paid the same for doing the same job. I agree with that 100% and that’s why I agree with the Women’s prize money being less. In the Women’s game it’s best of three sets but the men have to play best of five. In other words, the longest possible ladies game is the same length as the shorted possible men’s game! So, if the women want to be paid the same as the men they should play to five sets too, if not then they have no right to demand equal pay for less work! When it comes to equality it’s all or nothing in my book.

Jul

6

The Problems with the IE Domain Registry

Filed Under Computers & Tech, System Administration on July 6, 2006 | 3 Comments

For those of you who have no idea who or what the IE Domain Registry (IEDR) are, they are the people who decided who does and does not get what .ie Internet domain name. You can find out more on their home page. Below is a quote from their front page in which I have bolded the bits that I find particularly positive.

“The IEDR is an independent not-for-profit organisation that manages the .ie country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) namespace in the public interest of the Irish and global Internet communities.

The IE Domain Registry is not a governing or regulatory body, but provides a public service for the .ie namespace on behalf of the Internet community.”

These people have a very important responsibility, they manage the Irish-branded presence on the internet. They literally determine who is good enough to belong to Ireland on the internet. Were they to genuinely live up to the bolded parts of the above quote I would have nothing but praise for them. However, my many experiences with them over many years have lead me to the conclusion that they are falling far short of these ideals. Read more

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