"Technology" loves them? Actually, Steve Jobs loves them. He insisted, against the wishes of the developers of the first Mac OS, that rounded rectangles be included as basic objects.
Ironically, they didn't want to put them in because of the computational expense of drawing them, but Jobs insisted. He had a good instinct for these things…
I knew a guy who worked for a video company in London.
His first day, he had to take some videos across town on the Tube. He put them on the floor. When he got to the other end they'd been pretty much wiped.
Apparently he'd have been fine if he'd done it in the middle of the carriage, not the end. They let him keep the job.
Ironically, they didn't want to put them in because of the computational expense of drawing them, but Jobs insisted. He had a good instinct for these things…
His first day, he had to take some videos across town on the Tube. He put them on the floor. When he got to the other end they'd been pretty much wiped.
Apparently he'd have been fine if he'd done it in the middle of the carriage, not the end. They let him keep the job.