Ah, zeh goggles, they do nothing.

Piracy can also be a source of innovation, if someone takes a product and then modifies it in a popular way. In music unofficial remixes can boost sales of the original work. And in a recent book, “The Pirate’s Dilemma”, Matt Mason gives the example of Nigo, a Japanese designer who took Air Force 1 trainers made by Nike, removed the famous “swoosh” logo, applied his own designs and then sold the resulting shoes in limited editions at 0 a pair under his own label, A Bathing Ape. Instead of suing Nigo, Nike realised that he had spotted a gap in the market. It took a stake in his firm and also launched its own premium “remixes” of its trainers. Mr Mason argues that “the best way to profit from pirates is to copy them.”

Piracy, the silver lining. The Pirate’s Dilemma is a damn good book and I suggest all read it. Nail, head, connect.

via: xkcd

Systems are much more like a life form: they are entropic, they degrade over time. In the case of databases, they pick up errors, and then data error compounds data error. For instance the DVLA in Swansea admitted in 2006 that a third of entries contained at least one error, and that the proportion was getting worse.

No Pearls in this Oyster

She’s a cutie.

Software is like sex: it’s better when it’s free.

Linus Torvalds

Yes, that is horse shit from a police horse in the middle of the street.

Maybe I’m missing something but I wonder why haven’t we heard a large outcry from Rogers business customers since the introduction of the new BlackBerry Plans. BIS cusomers have gotten a MUCH better deal for their BlackBerry data than they use to (although not as good as iPhone customers–screw you very much Rogers), however, BES (Business) users are still forced to pick one of the old data plans which provide 25mb for $60.


Is it that most big business customers get some non-standard rate that’s already pretty good? Do they just buy their data in bulk and pool it together across users (probably save a lot of money this way)? I’m not sure but if not they should be demanding Rogers justify why Businesses are being discriminated against (more so than consumer BB users who get screwed relative to iPhone users).