Month: December 2006

XML vs CSV : The Choice is Obvious

XML vs CSV : The Choice is Obvious

I’ve been in enough meetings where a vendor or technical architect has insisted that their product can interoperate with any other system because their data transfer uses XML, and this excellent piece on The Daily WTF shows exactly what a pointless claim that often is. The Daily WTF – [CodeSOD] XML vs CSV : The …

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Bite kills Malaysia ‘Snake King’

Bite kills Malaysia ‘Snake King’

A snake charmer who made a name for himself as Malaysia’s Snake King has died after being bitten by a king cobra. The world of snake charming’s loss may be language’s gain as I understand that Malaysia now has its own version of the phrase ‘an accident waiting to happen’. BBC NEWS | World | …

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