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* The English language.
 
* The English language.
 
* Living in a country with some form of statutory gun-control.
 
* Living in a country with some form of statutory gun-control.
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* Scripting langauges - they provide memory management, and the code is generally interpreted not compiled so things can be developed quickly.
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* Scripting languages - they provide memory management / garbage collection, weak type-casting, and the code is generally interpreted not compiled so things can be developed quickly.
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* Wikipedia, wikis, and other tools that allow web content to be created quickly and collaboratively.
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* Snorkelling around coral cay tropical islands.
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* Chocolate.
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* Boogie boarding.
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* Most of the movies on the [http://us.imdb.com/chart/top IMDB top 250].
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* Dishwashing machines. Easily the most underrated domestic appliance.
  
 
== Dislikes ==
 
== Dislikes ==
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* Spelling - see langauges above.
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* Religious or ideological zealots.
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* Optimists or anyone with more likes than dislikes.
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* Strangers who disturb me on the train or at home, and try to sell me something or indoctrinate me into their religion.
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* Programming languages that are syntaxed like Modula-2 and Pascal.
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* Web sites that open unsolicited popup windows, or have flashing / moving advertising.
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* Religious zealots.
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* Sites that use [[JavaScript links are evil|JavaScript links instead of normal web links]].
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* Strangers who disturb me on the train or at home, & try to sell me something or indoctrinate me into their religion.
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* Water-saving shower-heads - standing under a trickle of water struggling to wash suds away is not my idea of fun.
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* Web sites that open unsolicited popup windows - GeoCities anyone?
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* Online shopping sites that are structured so as to make it [[Online stores should publish their shipping rates up front|hard to find international shipping prices]], or even worse, won’t give you pricing on international shipping until ''after'' credit card details have been entered.
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* Sites that use Javascript instead of normal web links.
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* Computer vendors shafting their customers.
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* Water-saving shower-heads - standing under a trickle of water struggling to wash suds away is not my idea of fun. Luckily it only affects me once a week.
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* Snooty people who take more time to point out spelling and grammar mistakes than it would take to just fix them (you know who you are).
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* Online shopping sites that are structured so as to make it hard to find international shipping prices, or even worse, won’t give you pricing on international shipping until ''after'' credit card details have been entered.
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* Computer vendors shafting their customers. The primary offender for me in this category is [http://www.gravis.com Gravis]. I got burnt by this company & their promises of drivers which never materialised. Consequently, I will never buy another one of their products, and I also learnt the first rule of purchasing computer hardware the hard way - if you're not a masochist, always only buy hardware which has already become mainstream, and for which you can independently verify that working drivers already exist for all operating systems that you're ever likely to use.
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Latest revision as of 02:42, 3 January 2007

Some of My Likes and Dislikes:

Likes[edit]

  • The English language.
  • Living in a country with some form of statutory gun-control.
  • Scripting languages - they provide memory management / garbage collection, weak type-casting, and the code is generally interpreted not compiled so things can be developed quickly.
  • Wikipedia, wikis, and other tools that allow web content to be created quickly and collaboratively.
  • Snorkelling around coral cay tropical islands.
  • Chocolate.
  • Boogie boarding.
  • Most of the movies on the IMDB top 250.
  • Dishwashing machines. Easily the most underrated domestic appliance.

Dislikes[edit]

  • Religious or ideological zealots.
  • Strangers who disturb me on the train or at home, and try to sell me something or indoctrinate me into their religion.
  • Web sites that open unsolicited popup windows, or have flashing / moving advertising.
  • Sites that use JavaScript links instead of normal web links.
  • Water-saving shower-heads - standing under a trickle of water struggling to wash suds away is not my idea of fun.
  • Online shopping sites that are structured so as to make it hard to find international shipping prices, or even worse, won’t give you pricing on international shipping until after credit card details have been entered.
  • Computer vendors shafting their customers.
  • Snooty people who take more time to point out spelling and grammar mistakes than it would take to just fix them (you know who you are).
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