February 2009
62 posts
Erlang and concurrency →
If you read programing blogs you’ll know a few things: * LISP is the greatest language of all time * Ruby is the future of everything * Java is slow and verbose(but apparently Scala isn’t) * .NET and…
“I draw a clear distinction between the goals and the cultures of Science and the...”
– Tony Hoare - Microsoft Research
“At first I hoped that such a technically unsound project would collapse but I...”
– C.A.R Hoare
I’d update this to include “there is nothing a mere scientist can say that will stand against thousands of blog posts by people who don’t know any better”
Web censorship plan heads towards a dead end →
“The Government’s plan to introduce mandatory internet censorship has effectively been scuttled, following an independent senator’s decision to join the Greens and Opposition in blocking any legislation required to get the scheme started.”
Thank you Nick Xenophon, may free porn flow to your house like a river to the sea.
Smith Street: Melbourne's hottest strip →
“but to experience a true inner-city renaissance that’s still hush-hush turn the corner into Collingwood’s Smith Street.”
Ah, Smith Street, once famous for it’s world class heroin trade and drunk beggers. Now famous for it’s restaurants, cafes, bars and still famous for it’s drunk beggers.
There still is no cure for the common cold.
(via dawnowar)
Yeah, it’s like cancer. It’s difficult to destroy something that is very similar to your own cells without killing you in the process. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiviral_drug
Sather home page →
“Today, I was having sex with my girlfriend for the first time, and she asked me...”
– FML
PolitiFact | The Obameter: Tracking Barack Obama's... →
(via stallman.org)
“Rubi-Nava’s lawyers had sought to have him declared mentally retarded,...”
– Man drags girlfriend behind car - World - BrisbaneTimes - brisbanetimes.com.au
What kind of fucked up law is that? If it’s ‘not their fault’ because they’re mentally retarded, then why would you be punishing them at all?
Sea Shepard Anti-whaling ship raided →
AUSTRALIAN Federal Police have raided anti-whaling flagship the Steve Irwin, seizing records and videos that could help Japan to prosecute the activist Sea Shepherd group.
vxinferno →
vxinferno, a new Inferno builtin module around Vx32 which allows inferno to run native code in a sandbox, while providing it access to the Inferno namespace.
Our Goal: No Guilt Upon Accusation Law — Creative... →
WTF? Sounds like the perfect plan for a DOS of new zealand.
“Do I need to be a Level 92 Grand motherfucking Wizard before I can get bullets...”
– Travors
Yes, In my experience. I don’t understand why people insist on continuing to use such software.
“Inheritance violates encapsulation, undercutting the most basic of OOP...”
– assertTrue(this): Inheritance as Antipattern
This has been my experience too. OOP is really hard when you use Inheritance.
Ambiguous: DA is feed pedophiles to their psychic... →
“Well, somebody knows what is better for me than I do, so I guess I should trust law enforcement with health.”
“…don’t get too worked up, stay calm, stay cool and maintain that correct...”
– House, M.D. | Episode 2-04 Transcript | TB Or Not TB
“The “Cost of Inline Functions” LWN.net story is also illustrative....”
– Optimizing Code for Speed
“however, the federal and state governments baulked at the $20 million cost.”
– Bushfire warning system ‘has problems’
hmmm…The Howard government had no worries about spending $50 million on licences for personal computer network filtering software for everyone in the country, but thought $20 million for a national alert system was too much?
Countdown (actually up) to the UNIX Epoch time... →
YAY!!! I got up especially early for this today. Everyone else is being a lazy bum.
Modern Technology 'destroying our brains' →
I’d like to go over this point because it comes up every now and again. It seems to be mentioned a lot more in relation to computers and mobile devices because they are the latest tech and therefore…