Dexhian

Thursday, October 30, 2008

s/skype/Skype/

I just discovered that my skype client (2.7.0.330 on Mac OS X) accepts Sed replacement commands ! And surprisingly enough, it doesn't work on Windows or Linux Skype clients (at least versions used by developers of my team). But on windows, the Ctrl-Z works, and allow you to re-edit your last post (and doesn't work on Mac...).

So, to sum up:

- Mac users are considered by Skype as Computer Geeks or Software Developers, and have to use the s/.../.../ syntax in order to edit their last post

- Windows users are considered by Skype as... windows users ;) and have to use the well known Ctrl-Z command to edit their last post using their mouse

- Linux users are considered by Skype as perfect people that don't need to edit their posts ;)

Don't vote

Today, my day started with this:



While watching the two first minutes, I was so excited by this idea: what kind of people would possibly understand from these two minutes that these actors are telling them to not vote?

Would it be possible that one can understand "don't vote", while others understand "vote"?

Would it be possible that this video (the 2 first minutes) encourage people who actually understand the sarcasm to vote while it discourage others?


Don't vote



Well, the rest the video is more explicit and more conventional... and of course is emphasized by the first 2 minutes.

A brilliant video made by brilliant people, definitely.