January 2008
55 posts
Ambiguous: Disruption of communicaitons is a sign →
“…a rabbit or a cow seems cuter to someone who has never seen the marvelous worlds of fungi and bacteria that live but a few powers of concentration beyond our naked eye’s ability. ”
Computing Fallacies →
Better Understanding Of Capitalism →
“Many people seem to think that capitalism is only about money. It leads to bizarre and incorrect claims suggesting that behavior that doesn’t maximize dollars isn’t “rational,” as neoclassical economists would suggest. But, that’s generally a misunderstanding of economics — where it isn’t money that’s the driving force but the utility or the...
XMPP (a.k.a. Jabber) is the future for cloud... →
People finally realising that using http in a way it was not designed to be used in is a bad idea.
Father wants answers in son's death following... →
“In the United States, more than 290 people have died since June 2001 after being struck by police Tasers, according to the human rights group Amnesty International. It said in October that only 25 of the 290 were armed, and none had firearms.”
Really truly sorry. →
— david
No worries, I still love you Tumblr.
— macuyiko
I see these kinds of reactionary moves at my work all the time. ”OMG, Some thing went wron, somebody made a mistake, quick lets change providers to someone that may or may not give us the same kind of issues”
If you are with a provider that has a good reputation for being very reliable then moving providers due to a single...
Help me keep the shell people alive. →
I hope someone helps this guy out. I would hate to see the human race forget how to use computers efficiently.
Dutch RFID Transit Card Hacked(cracked) →
Guess who is getting them same system.
“We are setting up the new smartcard ticketing system in Melbourne” -Kamco(MiFare)
MyKi: New Melbourne Transport card FAQ →
“What happens if I don’t scan off? If you do not scan off then myki is unable to calculate the best fare and a default fare is charged. This fare is yet to be determined.”
Sounds like a bad system to me.
Javascript browser detection using DOM... →
Just found this, pretty handy!
// browser detection var isIE = document.all; var isIE7 = isIE && window.XMLHttpRequest && window.ActiveXObject; var isIE6 = isIE && document.implementation; var isgteIE6 = isIE7 isIE6; var isIE5 = isIE && window.print && !isgteIE6; var isIEDOM2 = isIE5 isgteIE6; var isIE4 = isIE && !isIEDOM2 &&...
“But I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would...”
– Mike Huckabee
lol, this guy must be trolling.
The Free Software hardliner, the corporation, and... →
“To be really honest, a plugin system is actually at a very high level a scream for help, a way of saying, “This codebase is too beastly! We need to export a simplified interface for developers to be able to contribute more easily!” Plugin interfaces are admissions of guilt. They are unconscious confessions that it was a mistake to discard the tool chain architecture.”
Why does this annoy me so much? →
Today I was reading about the Creation museum and the comments on the museum by creationist ‘scientists’. The first comment on the page by “T.H., Science Educator/Ecologist” makes the following point: “As a product of the public schools and universities and as a science educator/ecologist in public education, I have found that students are not generally taught to...
memcached →
“memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load.”
D Programming: Scope Guard Statement →
scope(exit) foo() // execute foo() at exit of current scope
scope(sucess) foo() // execute foo() if current scope exits without error
scope(failure) foo() // execute foo() if current scope exits with error
Asus Eee Pc with touch screen mod →
WatchKid is not sorry for his destructive party — livejamie
The kid is a bastard, but I’m so embarassed for that reporter’s attitude.
— ragdoll
And is also being charged for child porn.
Stop Autoplay :: Firefox Add-ons →
The solution to http://xkcd.com/134/
Scientists Create Darkest Material →
A scientist at a Houston university has created the darkest known material — about four times darker than the previous record holder (100 times darker than a black-painted Corvette). — macuyiko
Goths will be pleased.
“My wireless network has an SID of “4accessCall” and then my mobile...”
– kyb
Ford Slaps Brand Enthusiasts, Returns Love With... →
Another epic troll, care of slashdot
Human brain
When people say that ‘people only use 10 percent of their brain’ they are creating confusion. The correct statement is ‘people only use 10 percent of their brains at any one time’
The brain has many specialised parts that do different jobs, most of which can’t/doesn’t need to be done at the same time. We do use 100% of our brain, just not all at once.
“It’s almost impossible to feel passion about Windows as a platform. Probably...”
– Cabell Sasser to MacThemes 2.0 (thanks, Shawn Blanc)
I have the same thoughts about OS X, Gnome, KDE, Firefox etc.
Thought:
The only thing worse than no documentation at all is old,undated, bad documentation. Fucking DBUS!
Adult film industry adopting Blu-ray →
“THE adult film industry, which last year announced its support for high-definition HD-DVD, has hedged its bets by adopting the rival Blu-ray format.”
Ignoratio elenchi - Wikipedia, the free... →
“Ignoratio elenchi (also known as irrelevant conclusion or irrelevant thesis) is the formal fallacy of presenting an argument that may in itself be valid, but doesn’t address the issue in question”
Idaho Man Cuts Off Hand, Microwaves It →
Seen the movie ‘idle hands’?
“Unite and let us put an end to this scourge! We cannot in good conscience let...”
– Ambiguous: END ROADWORK
“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”
– - Henry Ford
Trent Reznor favors an ISP 'tax on music' →
Trent Reznor misses an important point, how many of the 154,449 people who downloaded the album actually like the music?
How many thought it was good enough that they definitely wanted the artist to continue creating music?
I imagine that number was not much more than 28,322.
Video: 24C3 - Programming DNA →
Interesting, amazing, fascinating and scary stuff. What do you do when every human being has the ability to possibly destroy a large number of other human beings?
How dangerous is Ecstasy, and is there a case to... →
“chief constable of North Wales, Richard Brunstrom, has reignited the debate over the legalisation of drugs by saying that Ecstasy, used mainly in clubs and at raves, is “far safer than aspirin”. He also said that the legalisation of all drugs was inevitable and only a decade away.”
Arduino - HomePage →
“Arduino can sense the environment by receiving input from a variety of sensors and can affect its surroundings by controlling lights, motors, and other actuators. The microcontroller on the board is programmed using the Arduino programming language (based on Wiring) and the Arduino development environment (based on Processing). Arduino projects can be stand-alone or they can communicate...
Cursor*10 (nekogames) →
Done. — nelix
Also Done.
Self replicating 3D printer →
clipboard_manager →
www.MelissaHie.com →
An example of how not to create a website.
Concerning the Australian federal government plan... →
In reference to the current federal government plan to censor the internet connections in Australia to remove pornography and violence I have a few things that are important to consider: 1. Any attempt to censor the internet incurs large cost, which is either going to come out of taxes or come out of an increase in my monthly internet access bill. 2. Any attempt to censor the internet acheieves...
ITAPPMONROBOT - The Daily WTF →