User: pazuzuzu

Re:Python's Success..

On: What Makes a Programming Language Successful?

Python's success is based on how much python coders bash PHP. The more they attack PHP the better the language gets. Who knew language development could be so easy? Guido is a genius. I'll have to start bashing PHP more often.

First browser was long before

On: HyperCard, What Could Have Been

the On-Line System did hyperlinked text over a network.

Does this guy have a different definition of "web browser?" Granted, HyperCard would have worked over modern networks, but it also would have worked on a proprietary technology running on a single OS, making it more like the first AOL than the first web browser.

Re:Singing in Tune trick

On: Researchers Create an Automatic Backup Band for Singers

I suspect that this Microsoft program, like all Microsoft pop culture products, will go nowhere and die a slow, embarrassing death should it ever get released. Actually, Microsoft Research does some interesting work - consider this great paper: Pastry (PDF) The thing about Microsoft research is that they're almost completely separate from Microsoft. I don't even know if they've ever provided a solid product for Microsoft. So quite possibly this is not intended to become a real product, it is, as you indicated, a toy.