kevin_rubyhouse

SEA claims that defacing Microsoft's blog/Twitter is just a distraction. A possible goal could be to leak a huge volume of internal email? They already captured and released one exchange.

So Microsoft didn't want Winamp and Shoutcast bad enough?

Nitpicking, but I wouldn't consider the people they are saving to be anonymous, but strangers. Maybe in the defender's eyes they are just fellow Americans.

When did we have free tuition for everybody?

No, that is not what OP implied at all. "For example, I owe a credit card company $20k"

Coincidentally, I just had a talk with one of our principle developers about Fourier transforms. He's an audio expert and was trying to explain re-sampling and aliasing to me. I understand the high level steps, but the math is all a blur to me. Recently I've been trying to become much stronger in math, as I eventually want to study aerodynamics and astrophysics. So I've been studying calculus (textbook) and dynamics (edx) lately.

I live in Redmond/Bellevue and this is very interesting. Do you know anywhere that I can read more about this?

I have the same feeling as you... I don't understand where other people's hostility is coming from. This sounds like it would be a minor change. Will Buik, who posted the decline note, said that it would affect many products and features. Besides making those changes, they also have to be rigorously tested. And then the change may not even be consistent all across the board because of third-party tools that depend on the 260 character limit assumption... In the end, Microsoft has limited resources just like every other company. They have to allocate it in a way that creates the most value for customers, I'm assuming. Bug fixing and addressing customer complaints is creating value, but it has to be weighed against other priorities, depending on the severity.

I agree. I've been working in Windows Embedded for a couple years now, and I work with some people in management not afraid to speak their minds to others on the team. Sometimes the way they react or phrase things helps me think from their vantage points.

Interns do seem to be treated differently though. Not many criticisms are voiced around them.

Agreed. It'd almost be a good problem to have, since it means that the OP's game/app is making him good money. Doesn't make sense to stress about it.

I think he was paraphrasing.