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Owned by Unordained - Created on 07/08/2003 - Last edited later the same day 04/20/11 :: Article :: Experience Extravaganza! :: Information Technology (mostly Software) "Best Practices"01/29/09 :: Image :: Mixed row type display :: Showing rows that share only a few fields in one sortable list12/15/08 :: Quote :: Bertrand RussellEverything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.  09/10/08 :: Article :: SQL or SEQUEL :: On the correct pronunciation of the acronymn for Structured Query Language08/12/08 :: Message :: Firefox fails to establish SSL connection with strange error04/21/08 :: Reference :: (link) :: Antonym engine02/01/08 :: Article :: Operating system user interface toolkits :: Ugh.10/21/07 :: Quote :: A. SpammerI think this email passes the Turing test on accident:
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Your momma is so da [...] 08/15/07 :: Article :: Portable MP3-DVD player :: All I want is a Walkman type device that plays MP3s on a data DVD, without the added bulk necessary to play DVD-video. 06/13/07 :: Article :: The Internet Is Not Magic :: The internet works in non-mysterious ways.05/18/06 :: Reference :: (link) :: Oh No Robot03/03/06 :: Article :: Downloading Is Stealing :: Lies, obfuscation, and a deliberate disrespect for parallelism in analogy11/01/05 :: Folder :: Concepts07/24/05 :: Quote :: Gaius Helen MohiamOnce, men turned thinking over to machines in the hopes that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them. 06/28/05 :: Folder :: Programming06/28/05 :: Folder :: Geeky06/27/05 :: Article :: Copyright Cooperative :: Private-sector distributed media library with exclusive concurrent control of licensed copyrighted materials06/16/05 :: Article :: School, Job, Career, &c :: 05/09/05 :: Article :: Definitions (executive summary) :: Datatypes, types, domains, classes, constraints, values, variables, functions, ranges, representations, interfaces, protocols04/13/05 :: Article :: Maximum nesting depth of windows/controls :: EWin32Error #8702/26/05 :: Article :: On teaching evolution in public schools :: 02/11/05 :: Quote :: Bjarne StroustrupCuriously enough, the volume of interest and public debate is often inversely proportional to the importance of a feature. The reason is that it is much easier to have a firm opinion on a minor feature than on a major one; minor features fit directly into the current state of affairs, whereas major ones - by definition - do not.
[Editor's note: while this was in the context of C++ language featur [...] 01/30/05 :: Article :: Packaged books :: A book should be thick only if need-be 10/20/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Disease and war09/08/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Outsourcing to America06/23/04 :: Article :: Programming languages :: New languages seem to pop up all the time -- why?06/16/04 :: Folder :: Databases05/01/04 :: Article :: Relational databases :: What they are, and what they are not ...03/13/04 :: Article :: SOAP is stupid :: Universal communication isn't here yet.03/04/04 :: Article :: Fixing a problem with TForm's resizing algorithm :: Ever noticed forms moving when resized? Annoyed?03/02/04 :: Image :: First Law of Thermodynamics :: 02/22/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Election Selection02/16/04 :: Article :: Memogate :: Ready the black helicopters11/23/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Praying Doesn't Help |
