April 2008
10 posts
“I don’t use bookmarks”
– Jimmy Hastings
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“You should create a company that creates software based on the assumption that...”
– James Sirard
Cooking Adventure 2
Sunday before last, I resolved to teach my sister how to bake my snickerdoodle cookies in case I get run over by a bus, etc. Pictures of it can be found at Flickr
Silas's First Rule of Argumentation
I was riding the bus home from L.C.C. the other day when I happened to overhear an interesting conversation. It started out as two guys talking about this “total idiot of a teacher” that they had for what I’m assuming is some kind of PoliSci current events class. Their conversation went the typical outspoken wannabe-neocon route until they started talking about reverse racism —...
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Another accomplishment!
Last night I actually made a dinner from scratch (i.e. no pre-packaged stuff at all) on the spur of a moment! And it tasted good! I made spaghetti (using the amazing extra-long spaghetti I get from Trader Joe’s), and for the sauce I mixed together tomato sauce, canned mushrooms, garlic, oregano and basil. I also provided cheese toast made with freshly grated parmesan cheese, olive oil, and...
FOSS Users == Pirates?
Just finished reading the latest post on Coding Horror, and Atwood strikes again! His post is about the clash between FOSS and the traditional software business model. Being Atwood, he naturally takes the side of comercial software, even going as far as to publish the following line:It’s tempting to ascribe this to the “cult of no-pay”, programmers and users who simply...
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Awww...
Just read this blog post by Scott Aaronson, which discusses the fact that the college board is pulling the AP Computer Science AB test. According to Scott, the reasons basically boiled down to not enough people taking the test. I understand this from a businessmen’s point of view, as having a test causes the College Board to spend money maintaining and administering it. However, I’ve...
Tsk, Tsk
So, this may be an April Fool’s Joke, but Jeff Atwood’s newest entry leaves much to be desired. To quote: I find it highly disturbing that a software engineer of Jamie’s caliber would give up on upgrading software. Jamie lives and breathes Linux. It is his platform of choice. If he throws in the towel on Linux upgrades, then what possible hope do us mere mortals have? However,...
New Rule
Rule #332: If you must walk slower than a fat computer science student, you must restrict yourself to single-file only!