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Paul Graham is so good, Arc is Blub for him.Paul Graham is so good, he does just...
Paul Graham doesn't need Viagra. He is NP-hard.
Paul Graham rocks :)
Why Microsoft must abandon Vista to save itself
Personally, I only hear people bickering on it; "I can't do *anything* useful on it" was one remark I heard even today. Someone else had to dig deep to get to the "Run..." option. Alt+F2 is all I say ;)
Mozilla Foundation Top 20 Excuses for Not Fixing the Firefox Memory and CPU Hogging bugs
Myeah, there's truth there
Xorg RandR 1.2 - Dual monitor setup made easy
Yay, dual monitors on my laptop! 1400x1050 on the tft panel and 1600x1200 on my trusty CRT at the right refresh frequencies. /me loves
Wish-It-Was Two-Factor
Finally a good WTF again; it's about those annoying "secret questions" websites [and even online banks] use for verifying your identity. It's not like someone who has researched you a bit can do a really good guess, but also it's hard to remember the exact answer you gave. The email those guys received is just priceless and adds it all up:
Dear -------.com, Extra security, fine. I don’t mind it. But let’s get serious. I never met my grandfather (he’s been dead over sixty years). My parents never talk about where they were born. I was never married. I didn’t go to college. High school mascot? Come on, I’ve been out of high school for decades! And who has a favorite color? Sure, I can make up answers, but since there’s no way I'll remember my made up answers, then I’m screwed. So I’ll have to write them all down, but that doesn’t seem very secure. So, basically, I’m screwed. Thank you, ---- ----------------
Hoist your applications with petardfs
Test your programs against all kinds of file system failures and weirdnesses, simulated by the FUSE file system petardfs
eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Lite v2.5
Calculate what power supply unit you should have
Cory Doctorow imagines a world in which Google is evil
Interesting fiction. At least, I hope it is :)
[Dutch] Controle Sofinummer
Check whether a Dutch sofi number [social security number] is correct, and learn about its error detection/correction algorythm
Hardened-PHP Project - PHP Security - Suhosin
Debian enabled the Suhosin patch for PHP5. I wonder whether I should feel a bit safer already, having all kinds of 3rd party scripts on my server
J!NX : Computer Sweatshirt - Social Engineering Sweatshirt
Maybe I'll get me such a one :)
Social Engineering Specialist - Because there's no patch for human stupidity
Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring
Unfreezing a hanging Linux machine. The article links to sites where there's quite a bit more to learn
Fantasy Author Robert Jordan Passes Away
Noooooeeeeeess! I really hope someone with talent will finish the 12th book [A Memory of Light] of the Wheel of Time series, so us fans haven't read 10000 pages of quite interesting story for nothing...
How to raise the odds that it's going to be a fantastic day - lifehack.org
Some good hints for starting your day well
Inglehart-Welzel Cultural Map of the World
Interesting graph; imagine where your country would be, then look it up [good to read the text first ;) ]
MODx Content Management System
I heard this is one of the not-so-many Content Management Systems ["CMS's"] that actually improve your productivity, as it molds around your project, instead of you having to mold your product around the oddities of the framework. It's even called a Content Management Framework ["CMF"]:
Techies call MODx a Content Management Framework ("CMF"): equal parts custom web app builder and Content Management System ("CMS"). With a flexible API and a robust event override system, MODx makes building engaging web projects straightforward — or changing core functionality without hacking the core code possible. Custom tweaks won't leave you pulling out your hair when it's time to upgrade.
Definitely a must-look-at for a future project.
The flowchart of should you make a flowchart
Abe Lincoln speaks some truth here ;)
Turning a dmg into an iso
For all interested Mac users: this is about the only way to create an ISO9660 image on MacOS X from a .dmg file
Language Log: Types of truth
But, but, what was the real truth now? Nice piece on semantics :)
The Programming Languages Race
Good comparison of the general popularity of various programming languages
Are you stupid? [note from mom]
Oh man, this is so random! Imagine you get such a note from your mom...
The note on flickr: page 1, page 2 and page 3. Also check the tags on the images. Choose 'All sizes' to get a larger, better readable version of the pages.
The militarization of our police and raids gone wrong
Police in the US seems to get more aggressive:
All across America, local police units are arming and training officers to bust down doors, destroy personal property and mercilessly manhandle all living creatures in their path. Dogs, children and even elderly women have been shot by rampaging SWAT teams, usually in the hunt for trivial amounts of drug contraband.
Urban Dictionary: bacn
Not spam, but [automated] mail that's not personal. You may need it though [telephone bill, notifications, etc]
Goodbye, cruel Word
Hm, a full-screen text editor to eliminate all distractions. I'm going to try that when writing my papers in LaTeX!
Red is Not Funny
Coincidence that all kinds of [non-funny?] movies use a red, bold, screaming font?
The Laptop Herring - or what's wrong with most meetings
Good thoughts. Also check the two articles he links in the first paragraph
Science Fiction Writers of America abuses the DMCA
Cory Doctorow from boingboing writes:
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to fraudulently remove numerous non-infringing works from Scribd, a site that allows the general public to share text files with one another in much the same way that Flickr allows its users to share pictures.
Included in the takedown were: a junior high teacher's bibliography of works that will excite children about reading sf, the back-catalog of a magazine called Ray Gun Revival, books by other authors who have never authorized SFWA to act on their behalf, such as Bruce Sterling, and my own Creative Commons-licensed novel, "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom."
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More importantly, many of the works that were listed in the takedown were written by the people who'd posted them to Scribd -- these people have been maligned and harmed by SFWA, who have accused them of being copyright violators and have caused their material to be taken offline. These people made the mistake of talking about and promoting science fiction -- by compiling a bibliography of good works to turn kids onto science fiction, by writing critical or personal essays that quoted science fiction novels, or by discussing science fiction. SFWA -- whose business is to promote science fiction reading -- has turned readers into collateral damage in a campaign to make Scribd change its upload procedures.
Weird stuff, and a good response from Cory. Check the story for the full text.
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