Cox Crow

The Job Description

In this BBC interview, Bill Clinton mentions his job description. That would be the Oath of Office, folks.

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

I'm glad this brouhaha has caused some people to read that document. But these debates on legalism and morality, or the lack thereof, miss something that I thought would be so obvious:

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

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categories: Law

Entendre

Slate puns, describing Clinton's My Life as "957 turgid pages."

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categories: Language

My Sentiments Exactly

At least somebody noticed that Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man, though apparently no one told the Cannes Film Festival.

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GMail Bugs

1. Validate gmail.com addresses as they are added to the contacts list.
2. Don't decrement invitations until the e-mail has been confirmed sent. I received a 502 error message from the server after submitting the form. Then when the form was successfully submitted later, I had one less invitation than I expected.
3. Don't send an invitation to the same address, from the same inviter, more than once
4. If an invitee has a gmail account already, notice, and inform the inviter

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categories: Messaging

Opaque User Interfaces

The Little Sister likes to play with my phone. She carries it around, saying "Cheese!" and talking on it. In her pushing of the buttons, she sent the phone into "Manner" mode and then into "Silence All" mode, which I wasn't able to exit without reading the manual.

The phone should be usable without the manual.

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