In 2001 I was answering phones for a company that used OS2/Warp on the desktop, while I tried to find a technical job as the dot-coms crashed.

Warp was six years old at the time, and pretty terrible compared to then-modern alternatives. It was a dinosaur.

Legacy applications and the enterprise directory services infrastructure made the switching costs so high that it would be another year or so before they were able to switch to Windows XP.

Luckily the OS is becoming irrelevant. Ignoring the cloud computing marketing noise: cheap open-protocol traffic tunneling, multi-platform presentation layer client/server authentication and application projection, virtualization, and SaaS offerings are killing the OS market stranglehold. With this lower barrier to entry, expect fun innovations on the desktop. What will change with multi-touch projection walls or tables, universal wireless network access, e-paper, and irrelevant local storage and battery life concerns?

Actually, I’m just looking forward to not using Windows XP. It is a dinosaur.

@wardspan where are the cool kids?

RT @0xcharlie: Yeah! @dionthegod won the pwnie for best research. Congrats!

@jackwillk welcome, I am at the far side of the pool wishing I had my suit.

New school: The Verizon 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report: http://securityblog.verizonbusiness.com/2010/07/28/2010-dbir-released/

@charmsec I'll need you to set up the Skype telepresence rig you promised me. I look forward to catching up w/ those of you in LV this week!

Because @_defcon_ attendees are changing their profile pictures to network easier, I've found a video to augment mine: http://goo.gl/ATYN

@kathybarnett it's tough to cycle without going clipless. The real advantage though: Goofy shoes + Bunny-hops.

I'm clicking a cow. http://goo.gl/Wiad

"Hi, I hold ignorant and often illogical, divisive positions."

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"refudiate—oops, refute/repudiate. *undo*"

LANGUAGE GAFFES! BURN HER!

One of our cats has a clear plastic cone-collar on 'til something clears up. Her reaction suggest like she's experiencing the 4th dimension.

I͈̮͕̼͓̗͚̎͗̊̈́ͤ̋t͍͉͎͇̫̥͍̿͒̔̊̏'s͖̻̩̙̮̘͇ Z̮̱̼̟̘̙̰ͪͭa̮̗̱͙̞̻͛̂ͅl͕̋́̽d̲̰̱ͯͅo͚ͮ͑ͨ͋̋̓ ̗̳͚̯ͫ̉͐̂ͫͨḁ͚̩̗̂̂̊ͨ̊g͚͚̘̜̦̲ͦ̊ͭ̇̚ͅa̝ͥ͂ͭ̍̿ȉ͈͆ͬ̃̌n̼͙͉͚̜̾͆ͯ̾̂.

Logged User-Agent strings differing from legit ones by typos or truncation are: a) Purloined letters b) Lazy c) Stupid d) What are logs?

@will_torres uh, hey Will?

Wanna see my bracket for the World Cup?

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@bbaskin An expanded URL only claims to not be a 302. The web is a Skinner box: I just frantically click on everything underlined. Yay!

I accidentally bought a large-print _Evil_Eye_The_Origins_And_Practices_of_Superstition. And you know what that means. http://goo.gl/WmAk

@jackwillk getting back into home brewing is as easy as having an address to ask @MoreBeer_B3 to send ingredients to. Go for it!

I enjoyed @cshirky's Cognitive Surplus this week.

Where Carr seems to continue rediscovering Plato on media, Shirky finds opportunity.

"Memes!", H4cKe® said, kicking up his feet to pause from writing "show-us-your-tits" jokes on his black-background website. #pebkac

@jackwillk at least you acknowledge that your fear is irrational! http://goo.gl/2kZ0