Today an article came across slashdot, reporting that the USA government was plugging open-source software. In the comments on slashdot was a very humorous comment:
If the Government uses open source code that is under the GPL license, and modifies it to include some security or other feature that is considered to be under the umbrella [...]
I accumulate interesting links from time to time. This will be an ongoing theme. Today’s links:
PHP and Rails: variable differences
Common Mistakes in Software Development
How to Stay Awake at Work
Analyzing Malicious SSH Login Attempts
68 Linux Related Free E-Books
“The term “byte” comes from “bite,” as in the smallest amount of data a computer could “bite” at once. The spelling change not only reduced the chance of a “bite” being mistaken for a “bit,” but also was consistent with the penchant of early computer scientists to make up words and change spellings. A byte [...]
“If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs.”
-Richard M. Stallman
One of the most difficult concepts for computer science students to grasp (I was one of them), is pointers and dereferencing. However, it occured to me today that if you just teach it like this, it makes infinitely more sense in an expeditious fashion. (At least it would to a brain that works like mine, [...]
It’s kind of a shotgun approach to a title, but the title fits the blog post content well.
Today I received confirmation that I’ll be doing an internship for a local Spokane company. As an part-time intern, I will be learning ASP.NET, which is really nice. ASP.NET will round out start some of my Microsoft programming [...]
You’ve got to be kidding me.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/26/nasa_laptops_infected/
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/09/world-of-warcra.html
I recently reflected several differences in my knowledge:
My desire to know everything about computers, networks, and security, and what I actually know
In that context, what X is needed to know before learning Y
I want to know all there is to know in these areas, and in thinking about this desire, I realize that there are [...]
Well this will make you feel good if you’ve checked into a Best Western since 2007.
I can has credit cards?
This epic and intelligent comment was found on a forum I look through every once in a while:
“C++ sucks badly as a programming language.”
/facepalm
That is all.