July 2009
31 posts
“One reason I don’t drink is that I want to know when I am having a good...”
– Nancy Astor
Tattooed Swedish devil girls sexually molest... →
please note, if you’re a women that rapes a 50 year old man you are a ‘vixen’ and not a ‘rapist’.
it’s also “downright unusual” instead of being “a horrible crime”
“Frankly, I’m suspicious of anyone who has a strong opinion on a complicated...”
– Scott Adams (via hypersexualgirl)
“Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the...”
– Richard Feynman
Privileges of being part of a major minority →
You’re accepted enough that you get to complain that you’re not being treated the same as the majority
You actually have the ability to be what you are and tell people about it.
People have some…
Plant Communication: Sagebrush Engage In... →
“Plants engage in self-recognition and can communicate danger to their “clones” or genetically identical cuttings planted nearby, says professor Richard Karban of the Department of Entomology, University of California,”
“God runs electromagnetics by wave theory on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and...”
– Sir William Bragg
Schneier on Security: Homomorphic Encryption... →
MP rape case email forged, court told →
“Correspondence central to the rape case against Victorian MP Theo Theophanous is forged, a witness has told a Melbourne court.”
Sending important emails? you should probably be using GPG to verify it.
“… when Michael Bay auditioned her for the first Transformers, he actually made...”
– via http://www.scifisquad.com/2009/07/07/megan-foxs-transformers-audition-tape/ (via knightsofidledays)
“A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.”
– Saki
Logic of Lemmings in Compiler Innovation | May... →
“The practical adoption of useful research results is generally a slow process, taking up to a decade or more to achieve. In compilers, however, technology transfer has actually proceeded negatively.”
yeah, it’s an interface problem. Haskell, Ada etc. have great safety, but it their interface sucks arse.
“Australia’s controversial Internet filter, now in testing, would block all...”
– Australian ‘Net filter to block video games, too - Ars Technica
I’m sick of hearing about this stupid plan, I wish it would just go away.
India's ban on gay sex overturned after 150 years →
Surprising! and good to hear.
Judge Acquits Lori Drew in Cyberbullying Case,... →
yay! sanity prevails.
IBM's Blindfolded Calculator - Forbes.com →
hmmm…I’d love to see how this encryption stands up to some cryptoanalysis.
June 2009
44 posts
Thought:
Why are web applications so popular?
Because constructing an interface from a string of characters is far easier to think about than what is required to get started with QT or GTK.