Getting rich for its own sake will look as stupid as bodybuilding does at that point when the neck gets thicker than the head, and the thighs and biceps look like four plastic kit-bags full of tofu. And on the men it looks even worse.
Read “A prediction that’s a safe bet”, by Mr. Clive James.
Recently I saw this superbly good quote from Mr. Raymond Blanc in a BBC News article called “Food needs ‘fundamental rethink’”:
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What do you think of this?
Recent advances in cooperative technology and classical communication are based entirely on the assumption that the Internet and active networks are not in conflict with object-oriented languages. In fact, few information theorists would disagree with the visualization of DHTs that made refining and possibly simulating 8 bit architectures a reality, which embodies the compelling principles of electrical engineering. In this work we better understand how digital-to-analog converters can be applied to the development of e-commerce.
This yet-unpublished book called “Algorithms for Programmers” by Jörg Arndt is a real treasure trove of bit-twiddling magical routines, sprinkled with some data structures, a bunch of transforms and all other kinds of interesting things. Perfect for relaxing with during the Christmas time :)
My friend from the almighty APMID posse recently started on a path of trying to get $100 k (yes, one hundred thousand US dollars) with Flash games. He’ll be blogging along about his progress, so be sure to follow his journey. He’s currently into part 2 of his series, and so far has sold one game.
It’s a Christmas-themed Flash game called Reindeer Rattle, where you control Santa Claus’ flying reindeer squadron to capture Christmas gift packets. Each gift gets more points and over time your reindeer posse grows longer and longer. It’s quite addictive – have a look!
I could imagine if a parent were to stick their kids in front of this game they could enjoy some good Yuletide and Christmas glögg in peace & harmony.
Since computer programs are quite abstract and what they “look” like really depends a lot on how you want to interpret them, the question may seem meaningless.
Even if there’s no One True Way, we can still have interesting interpretations. Artist Alex Dragulescu shows one way to visualize those nasty software in his Malwarez project.
Also, check out this BBC’s “In Pictures”-page for more pictures and some background on the viruses themselves.
Update: Don’t miss Mr. Dragulescu’s Spam Architecture!
Well, ’nuff said. I read Wikipedia a lot and here are some interesting pages:
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Not really! But some people think they do.
Anyway, if you work in IT and haven’t already read this classic book “The Mythical Man-Month”, please do so now. It’s a treasure chest of insight.
If you can’t find the book, check out this slideset.
The Vice Chairman of the insurance giant American Insurance Group, Mr. Jacob Frenkel, entertains us with this quote about their crisis:
“The left side of the balance sheet has nothing right and the right side of the balance sheet has nothing left. But they are equal to each other. So accounting-wise we are fine.”
AIG already got $85 billion from the Fed, and the total sum might even go up to $120 billion. With that amount of money, I might consider becoming a stand-up comedian as well!
BBC provides us with nice graphical illustrations of the mindbogglingly huge impact of the ongoing finance crisis.
Contrast e.g. the rescue plans of United Kingdom with the annual spending in health and education. With numbers that large, they will need snowploughs to move all that money. Yes, of course nowadays it’s all digital, but I like the mental image.
