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The kill ring gets my vote.

Regional undo/redo is a close second.


If I took this approach with my clients, they'd award me with a zero inbox count for perpeturity.


Whether that's by design or something you wrongly believe to be true, congratulations, you have allowed your e-mail to enslave you.


I think you're missing a key distinction. My clients, wouldn't begrudge me a vacation. They would however, be quite offended if my autos-responder told them their message has been deleted. Quite frankly, it comes off as rude. You wouldn't forgive 'BigCorp' for replying to you this way, why should a small business be any different?


Assuming you have more than five clients, I just don't buy this. Maybe some would but not 100%.

Also your inbox count wouldn't be zero unless you have a very unique inbox.


Yes, the 'Zero' is a bit hyperbolic. At a bare minimum I'd of course still have Russian-Brides and Nigerian Prince's to keep me company...


Forward the Russian-Bride emails to the Nigerian Princes and you're done.


As a developer, my decade long honeymoon with OSX may be waning. On the other hand there is still nothing that comes close to OSX for my nontechnical friends. And no... they cannot use Ubuntu. (I have scientifically-worthless empirical evidence)


The new plot library is brilliant! Thanks to all involved.


I don't think the problem here is their OS, rather it'll be their network structure. So instead, perhaps that should be:

"Oh please tell me they didn't connect directly to the internet".


That's the sort of thinking that leads to a crunchy shell with a soft, chewy center.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_in_depth_%28computing%2...


This seems about as random and undirected as Stuxnet magically appearing at five Iranian nuclear plants.


The problem is these demands are being retroactively refined by every special interest group along the spectrum.

What do the people on the ground really want? And who are they going to take it from, to get it?

Actual demands I've heard from the group range from the whimsical: 100% free tuition, ending all foreclosures, and ending the fed. To the more sensible: lowering rates on tuition loans, long-term mortgage restructuring (to keep people in their homes), and reapplying Glass-Steigal.

Without cohesive and unified demands, I don't see how this 'movement' will achieve anything more than noise. Surely even 'occupiers' have jobs to attend? (Did I just say, "let them eat cake"?)


i agree. america's financial system has been relatively constant since the 1980s but only recently have received overwhelming criticism due to the financial crisis and economic recession. when times were good, nobody complains. these protestors are just unhappy with their current circumstances. i admire their courage to voice their opinions but they need a clearer vision and focus in order to enact any change.


It's sad, but that's the viewpoint I came away with as well.


Very apt.

There is an easter-egg from this 'Think Different' campaign in OSX. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Different#Mac_OS_X


If you look super carefully at the book emoji on the iPhone, same deal.


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