Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!news.informatik.hu-berlin.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Paul E. Bennett" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Computer Disasters on Parade Followup-To: comp.lang.forth Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:01:32 +0000 Organization: Hidecs Consultancy Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: individual.net +zENZqBY82g3d6b9y9h7pAKBUT90cyZ6+hhM+gWqZjMzwVaLUZ0icvZiQix68roYjK Cancel-Lock: sha1:v/O3kkbBDVtX3xfFOOz77Ketpzc= Mail-Copies-To: Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk User-Agent: KNode/0.99.01 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:19061 Jason Damisch wrote: > Dear Forthers, > > This is off topic, but I thought that I'd post a message about this. I > did not find a ready made blog or website detailing numerous computer > disasters and mistakes. Why not? Also, could there not be a message > board out there dedicated to people complaining and griping about > computers. You didn't look too thoroughly through the list of newsgroups then. > For example, here is my latest gripe. LinkedIn ( now called StinkedIn ) > allows anybody to claim a skill in anything, and consequentially, for > anybody to endorse anybody for any skill whatsoever. So, if I claim that > I can build microscopic fusion reactors in my basement out of buckyballs, > then somebody else can endorse me for that. Yet another Social Media goof > up. > > While it may be in my perception of Forth culture acceptable to critique > the computer industry, and to see it's flaws, I don't think that flooding > this message board with complaints would contribute to the focus of the > group much. That being said, I wonder if there is any interest in a > Computer Disasters Blog of some sort? ...and you would be right in that presumption. There is, however, an excellent newsgroup for such information (which I read). If you are seriously into computer disasters, then you will, I am sure, find it. -- ******************************************************************** Paul E. Bennett............... Forth based HIDECS Consultancy Mob: +44 (0)7811-639972 Tel: +44 (0)1235-510979 Going Forth Safely ..... EBA. www.electric-boat-association.org.uk.. ********************************************************************