Dr Who doesn't belong in the list. Every episode feels like they're injecting new rules of physics - very difficult/impossible to suspend disbelief. And feels like it's for kids.

In contrast, I was at the Titanic exhibition and found this amazing book about how they put ships together back then. It was riveting.

I guess they've never heard of testing / acceptance criteria?

cortana development

web design - piece of paper, then move on to Photoshop or GIMP web development - Visual Studio, Eclipse, or PHP Storm

I applaud this. (I do not know why some people are saying it's too PC. What exactly is the axe you're grinding?)

Amishteak. A terrible mishteak.

That guy should never have had a leadership position. Sounds a bit like our last Prime Minister (Gordon Brown)

top tip: use sequoia view [^] to find out where the bloat is. Takes a while, but it's worth it.

I didn't understand a word you just said

I have had this happen recently. I agree with Bill - let them know the implications, but if they want to trawl Google images and supply them to me, all I can do is make sure it's their responsibility. The potential customer to whom I pointed this out went away anyway, and a good thing too. If he doesn't want to pay 7 quid for images from clipart.com he's hardly going to spend a fortune with my company..

I had to read it twice... nicely done

The main reason I can see for doing this is to prevent old employees from hacking into the system. (Yes, when an employee leaves you delete their account, but they may have access to resources using passwords that may not be directly connected to their own Windows identity - for example someone else's password!) In the case of a bank PIN, it's different, as you never go away (you can't leave the company)

Brady, I would have to say that one man's meat is another man's poison.. I found it funny

Yet again proving how knowledge of Star Trek can be invaluable in real life

PF too easy

The new way is hit and miss, and sometimes just shows the current folder, for some reason. Lots of times an "up" button would be easier.

level 4 on duolingo french (I'm a beginner, as French O level was approx 25 years ago) (haven't tried rosetta stone)

reminded me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX61PUZ3xkI[^] (Monty Python short)

I think you're missing the point. Icons should come with text and/or tooltips. Once the user has found out what they are, and used them a few times, then the icon is automatically a visual shortcut for them. Doesn't matter if a fire-breathing dinosaur means "save", it's only the association in the user's mind that matters. Of course continuity across apps is hugely important, for the same reason, so in fact a 3.5 inch floppy disk for "save" is of course easier (at the moment)....