Once upon a time, in a place overrun with monkeys, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each. The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest, and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10 and as supply started to […]
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Unix guru test
I actually used this for hiring at one time.
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Linux supports the notion of a command line or a shell for the same reason that only children read books with only pictures in them. Language, be it English or something else, is the only tool flexible enough to accomplish a sufficiently broad range of tasks. Bill Garrett
Continue readingMars to appear as big as the moon!
Not! http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/will-the-mars-look-as-big-as-the-moon-on-august-27-nope And, my own debunking; img
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Pluto is not a planet. Get over it. While there is some ambiguity in the definition of planet especially in the middle, there is little ambiguity at the extremes of the definition. Pluto is way out there. We were wrong to call it a planet. Now we know better. Let it go people. This is […]
Continue readingFather of Internet honored posthumously
Jonathan Bruce Postel (pronounced /pəˈstÉ›l/; 6 August 1943 – 16 October 1998) made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly in the area of standards. He is principally known for being the Editor of the Request for Comment (RFC) document series, and for serving as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority until his […]
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This can be done. It is beyond me why it has not happened yet. Firstly you should know that these spam filters, these little applets that move suspected spam into a designated Spam folder, are a complete waste of time, money, effort resources etc. etc. They do not work. The fact that they move suspected […]
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As someone who makes his living with a keyboard all day long, I sometimes find myself pondering the ultimate keyboard. First off I’ll let you in on a little known secret: the mouse needs to die. The mouse as a pointing device is counter productive. Yes, it’s counter productive. The mouse is great and intuitive […]
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Conceived: ~ Jan 1961, Ft Worth Texas. This fact is the basis for my so for undisputed claim to be a Native Texan. Born: Nov 1 1961 Sculthorpe England. Yep, in the womb about 10 months. Father was in military stationed at US occupied Royal Air Force Base outside of London. We returned to Ft […]
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