"Joel on Software" on the Windows API

"How Microsoft Lost the API War"

It's not clear to me that the future is as clear-cut in this regard as Joel makes it out to be. But it's an interesting article.

Discordian-Themed Memes R Us

(Oh, why the hell not.)

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal...along with these instructions.

Usually I don't care for LJ memes a lot, but when I idly checked the nearest book, this is the sentence I got:

"It was one of the few times I agreed with him."

What else could I do? :)

For bonus points, here are the other two "closest" books' results:

"In fact, a break-up occurs only very rarely."

"The constant c is determined by a boundary condition on y(0)."

Which says something about the random crap on my desk, I think.

(Snagged from darcydodo.)