TIL In 2009 One of Google's programmers was adding websites to the malware registry when he accidentally entered "/" instead of a full URL causing the search engine to block off every website in its index including Google's own pages for 55 minutes.

TheRageface · 2012-05-22T00:05:50.940594+00:00

I remember when this happened - I was searching and suddenly every site came up as untrusted.

I wrote about it here -> http://www.itwire.com/your-it-news/home-it/22957-google-crashes-says-all-internet-is-bad <- which includes screenshots from the event.

You already know what happened but here is my followup piece anyhow -> http://www.itwire.com/your-it-news/home-it/22959-revealed-why-google-went-down-as-quick-as-a-slash

shawndumas · 2012-05-21T12:14:20.363578+00:00

That's very interesting! I saw Codea on the App Store (after playing their demo box-moving app) and wondered what it would be like. Have you been using it? Is it any good?

shawndumas · 2012-05-21T12:04:01.222908+00:00

That's terrific; I hope he has lots of fun.

mgdmw · 1 day

We do!! Unfortunately she and her brothers insist on dropping crumbs daily.

mgdmw · 1 day

Thank you. I am truly humbled to have come back to such a wonderful response.

mgdmw · 1 day

I'm truly humbled to have come back to so many comments and upvotes. I'm so glad I caught this scene on my phone camera. Children can be so sweet and innocent (particularly when sleeping!!) and it is delightful to see the affection between her and our cat.

mgdmw · 1 day

:) Two year old girls are special :)

mgdmw · 1 day

That's such a nice thought. You're right; I'm glad I took a picture of this.

mgdmw · 1 day

That's brilliant ! Thanks so much!

mgdmw · 1 day

I hear ya! I can't lie on that couch without my legs sticking over the armrest. And without children then coming and lying down too and eventually pushing me out.

mgdmw · 1 day

Congrats on your imminent arrival :) I am sure she will be very precious and special :)

darkreef2 · 1 day

Oh he is, it's just that black guys are white with an extra veneer on top.

jmdbcool · 4 days

No, it is tied to the Battle.Net account online. You can use any installation fine, but it is your login credentials which determine if you have access to the game.

RiseDarthVader · 4 days

The "I am rich" app was $999.99.

magdb · 9 days

255.

phileconomicus · 13 days

... Measured by the Autism Spectrum Disorder Fluctuation Gauge (ASDFG) ...

OdysseusX · 16 days

I played a demo of this game on the Xbox and it looks like a lot of fun; I enjoy tower defence style games with twists like this one.

I am not very artistic so I have tried to do more than just a scraggly MS Paint drawing by adding a little joke ...

http://i.imgur.com/rNXQc.png

Hope it counts ... :)

firefoxgn · 16 days

http://steamcommunity.com/id/davidmwilliams

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Thank you :)

Fosnez · 16 days

I certainly wouldn't work for them. It's only a crappy support job. And I can't see them paying $100K for what they've asked for - eg "three year's experience" ...

Far too many companies use the word "engineer" erroneously.

I recently saw a job advertised by Data #3 looking for a "senior engineer" but when I read the spec it was essentially someone doing desktop support and "maybe" time to time a bit of server work. I wrote and told them how ridiculously inflated their job title was for such a clearly low-end role. They simply told me maybe I was overqualified for the position without taking on board what I had said.

Fosnez · 16 days

While I'm sure they would like certifications there is no way this is a $100K job despite the use of the (overused) word "engineer" in the title.

it says "support" in the title
it is only for 2nd level support
it says three years' experience required

It's not that impressive a position.

gabbyssquishy · 17 days

Have you ever been in a room with an American?

pyrelic · 18 days

Coming home from a long tiring business trip and seeing my family.

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ladyjuliafish · 19 days

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