Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
18dec2005
AI Memo 2002-008: Keeping Secrets in Hardware: the Microsoft XBox Case Study by Andrew “bunnie” Huang.
17 Mistakes Microsoft Made in the Xbox Security System by Michael Steil. To be presented at the 22c3, good read. Legacy will break your neck.
Oh man, fuck Christmas. There you go.
The departure of the hyper-enthusiasts by Bruce Eckel. “Where did the hyper-enthusiasts go? To Ruby, apparently.” I liked the article until, “Ruby is to Perl what C++ was to C.”
The Atom Syndication Format, published as RFC 4287. Remember that number, guys.
I want you to set me on your tabletop
I want you to look at me and never stop
I will let you change my station
I give instant gratification
— Dan Bern, I Want To Be Your TV
All Systems Go: The Newly Emerging Infrastructure to Support Free Books by bcrowell.
Gesellschaft für Informatik: An deutschen Schulen fehlen Informatiklehrer, bingo.
Can we still say that nobody owns the Internet?, Andy Oram wonders, and tells sad things.
“Computer” glasses, Timothy M. O’Brien needs them.
Kursprognose-Umfrage, Ist es möglich, von blossem Auge zwischen tatsächlichen Aktienkursverläufen und computergenerierten Kursverläufen zu unterscheiden?
Betas of the Year 2005, as decided by various guys (including me :-)) at The Museum of Modern Betas.
The Least Surprised #9: Dispatching Those Methods of Love and Death. Great, _why!
I wish I had a dollar for everyone that died within that year,
Got ‘em hot by the collar, plenty an old maid shed a tear,
Now within my heart, it sure put on a squeeze.
Oh, that Legionnaire’s disease.
— Bob Dylan, Legionnaire’s Disease
Power PHP Testing by Chris Shiflett. Sleep with the devil!
The Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC) Commentary, subtitled “The Beast Explained”.