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I think it's because IE6 is the default browser for Windows XP Installs. I think even with the later Windows XP Service Packs, they still baselined to IE6. That and there was a big…

It's worth noting Scott McCloud also did the Google Chrome comic - http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/

I think this comic sums it up nicely - http://www.ethannonsequitur.com/facebook-you-customer-produc...

I agree with this. At first glance the problems he presents are simple, then you realise all the design decisions they've made and the pros and cons of each approach they were awar…

This has happened to British Agents before in WWII. I remember seeing a documentary about training British agents to infiltrate France. While in France one agent got caught out by …

Newspapers and the press in general normally have an obituary team who write and update obituaries for noteworthy people who are still alive. That way if anything happens, they can…

Well, when working on a code base, the first thing I think is who wrote this and when. When they wrote this how experienced was the developer? What's there coding style or was it w…

Or Even this.MyControl.TabPages.Clear();

Sorry, I should have been clearer. I was getting flashbacks to when I saw a similar problem (except in a for each loop), that's what set the alarm bells ringing in my head. When I …

As soon as I saw that snippet I could see what's wrong. In C# / .Net you can't remove an element from an enumerator while you're enumerating through it. You can remove the last ele…

Google did this when they first launched Chrome too - http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/index.html

Most of the talk of Google buying Motorola Mobile has been about the patents and more control over the hardware. I think it's also important to consider the tax breaks Google could…

You could always check this incident map of the areas and visit the high street shops - http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/aug...

Something like an automated resume / CV generator would be a great feature for a site like Linked In, or perhaps Monster.com.

They exist outside of the Japan too. It's called Lolita Fashion - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_fashion They have lots of different sub styles - Gothic Lolitas, Sweet Lolitas…

The parent article is doing it's round on the internet at the moment. It's linkbait. Scott Hanselman has a better rational breakdown of the article - http://www.hanselman.com/blog/…