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This Montage of People Falling Out of the Sky Is Not for the Faint of Heart

raj — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:06:22 EST

Really nice video! Very well done!

raj

Was the Windows 8 UI Designed on a Mac?

ZeeZedZee — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:05:50 EST

They must have pulled my image.

Here's what I had attached originally: [oi39.tinypic.com]

ZeeZedZee

Was the Windows 8 UI Designed on a Mac?

OgilvyTheAstronomer — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:05:06 EST

They don't sell hardware

Mr. XBox over there would like a word with you...

OgilvyTheAstronomer

Was the Windows 8 UI Designed on a Mac?

OgilvyTheAstronomer — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:03:48 EST

*shrug* You use the best tools for the job. As far as I know, Apple's iCloud runs (at least partially) on Microsoft software, and nobody at Apple has a stick up the arse about it. Also J Allard, the XBox boss, was a famous Apple fan too.

This goes on all the time, it's a good thing, and to think otherwise is ridiculous fanboyism of the lowest kind.

OgilvyTheAstronomer

Was the Windows 8 UI Designed on a Mac?

slaw — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:03:37 EST

And iCloud runs on Windows Azure and Amazon Web Services. What's the big deal?

slaw

Mitt Romney Gets Screwed Santorum-Style on Google

The Revolution of the Carnations — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:03:36 EST

Requiring a private citizen to use private money to buy a private product or face jail time? You mean like car insurance? Working headlights? How about taxes, which force you to use private money to buy into interstates and mail delivery and public education? Are all of those evil too? Please.

The Revolution of the Carnations

The 2 Million SHU Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper Is the World's Hottest

Vexorg — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:03:06 EST

I think I can speak for all of us when I say:

...You first.

Vexorg

Was the Windows 8 UI Designed on a Mac?

slaw — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:01:57 EST

The reason you don't recognize the building is because it's not Microsoft. This shot is from his own office, after he left MS.

slaw

Was the Windows 8 UI Designed on a Mac?

thanatos — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:01:30 EST

another fun fact from the other side of the table: every apple product is most likely designed in a windows environment. almost all respectable industrial design and product engineering software is only available on windows, and when there's a mac version, it's usually very inferior to the windows counterpart. it's the cycle of (design) life, people.

thanatos

Was the Windows 8 UI Designed on a Mac?

Sea.Alex — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:59:14 EST

This photo was taken after Bill Flora left Microsoft and started his own company TECTONIC ... The author (John Brownlee) of the post at Cult of Mac has been notified about this fact but refuses to change the headline, he has long history of factually inaccurate postings.

Sea.Alex

The 2 Million SHU Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper Is the World's Hottest

Vexorg — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:58:58 EST

Chile peppers are a big thing down there, although it's the Hatch varieties of Anaheim chiles (which can get to be really hot for Anaheims, bit are still pretty mild on the Scoville scale) that are the best known. As a former resident of NM, the chile is one of the few things I miss there.

Vexorg

Watch the Saddest Robbery Attempt Ever Caught on a Security Camera

LlamaLord — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:56:34 EST

And then he tried to make a new meme. He logged onto Gizmodo, but one of the regulars is a Reddit mod.
"I can totally get this on the front page"
They up voted the mod extensively for two hours, and handed the attempted meme maker over to the internet police.

LlamaLord

Watch the Saddest Robbery Attempt Ever Caught on a Security Camera

theimmc — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:56:11 EST

I doubt someone stupid enough to attempt armed robbery, then freak out and run, is exactly the most predictable person in the world. He wasn't in danger of being caught when he was in the bar. The situation is different when he's being chased.

theimmc

An Absurdly Long, $150,000 List of Stolen Nikon Gear

Acemonster — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:54:31 EST

If only that weren't true. Fact: Any powered GPS chip, including those with trace (standby) power, can and will provide a signal ---- to the right authorities. I know for a fact (and take it for what it's worth) that a chip that fits the aforementioned specs can be traced and tracked.

Acemonster

Photoshop CS6 Can Magically Move Around Any Object In Your Photos

XerxesQados — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:53:47 EST

A pre-alpha version is already in the API. You need to create a GUI interface in Visual Basic to access it.

XerxesQados

The New York Times Digital Subscription Is Your Sophisticated Bathroom-Reading-Material Deal of the Day

NorthernRoamer — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:53:20 EST

Many years ago I lived on a farm with an outhouse. Sometimes all we had for toilet paper were magazine pages. Did you ever try to wipe your butt with a magazine page? Don't!

NorthernRoamer

Iran Just Got Way Closer to Making Nukes

Marmasond — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:52:45 EST

Nor is it an article on Islam.. hypocrisy much?

Marmasond

Was the Windows 8 UI Designed on a Mac?

fugeesnfunions — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:50:50 EST

I didn't realize Apple wasn't a software company as well. I wonder who made Mac OS X, iOS, iLife, iWork, iTunes, Safari, Final Cut Pro, etc...

fugeesnfunions

You Can Print Your Own OLED Display Now

raj — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:49:14 EST

"You can now print your own OLED display", I say to my wife. She responds, "but every time you want to change the display, you have to print it out again." :)

raj

Was the Windows 8 UI Designed on a Mac?

duplissi — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:48:06 EST

the thing is people are assuming that because you work on a computer that you are actually informed about computers... sadly people are trained on one os or software and refuse to budge because they dont like change... the sole reason they were trained the way they were? the stigma that OS X is better for designers...

just like people think macs are more secure and efficient! when in fact windows is better at both!

btw, i am a linux user and not mac or windows.

duplissi

The 2 Million SHU Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper Is the World's Hottest

Monsterdave — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:45:10 EST

I hate when that happens. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it was funny.

Monsterdave

The 2 Million SHU Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper Is the World's Hottest

XerxesQados — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:44:03 EST

Sheesh, that thing even looks like somebody committed arson on a tumor.

XerxesQados

The 2 Million SHU Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper Is the World's Hottest

Mekroth — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:42:32 EST

That's the beauty of my home state.

Mekroth

Was the Windows 8 UI Designed on a Mac?

mutercim — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:41:43 EST

Every single time a graphics designers working at Microsoft has a video that shows his desktop (most of which have some kind of Apple device on it) a similar article appears: "Look, the MS guy is using Apple." You should have gotten used to it by now.

As long as Windows can be installed on a computer Microsoft could not care less what brand that hardware is. They don't sell hardware, they sell an operating system. Why is this so hard to understand?

mutercim

The 2 Million SHU Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper Is the World's Hottest

Soulpatch — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:41:24 EST

Aaaaand the image I attached disappears...

Soulpatch