The Old New Thing

Marriage as a cross-branding opportunity

Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt have decided to besmirch the institution of marriage by deciding that the "until death do us part" thing was neither legally nor morally binding. "Brad said that they spent the rest of the holiday working out how they would release the news of the split. They worked out together the reasons they would give and ...

Why doesn't \ autocomplete to all the computers on the network?

Wes Haggard wishes that \ would autocomplete to all the computers on the network. [Link fixed 10am.] An early beta of Windows 95 actually did something similar to this, showing all the computers on the network when you opened the Network Neighborhood folder. And the feature was quickly killed. Why? Corporations with large ...

Why doesn’t \ autocomplete to all the computers on the network?

Wes Haggard wishes that \ would autocomplete to all the computers on the network. [Link fixed 10am.] An early beta of Windows 95 actually did something similar to this, showing all the computers on the network when you opened the Network Neighborhood folder. And the feature was quickly killed. Why? Corporations with large ...