Started learning Ruby today. Very cool language. I did quite a bit of Python a few years ago, which I liked, and a smattering of Perl, which I didn't like. My first impression of Ruby is that it has what I like about Python (easy, clear syntax, objects), without a few of Python's annoyances. Ruby uses "def" and "end" instead of indentation for ( Read more... )

Now that the war in Iraq is over, it is time for this administration to mend ties with our allies. Instead Bush is now set to punish those that had valid disagreements with the US prior to hostilities. Punish France. Punish Chile. I find this attitude unbelievable. The lesson youth in this country must be taking away from this is that they should ( Read more... )

The literal translation is "The silence after the shot", but the doesn't make such a good title in English, does it? Volker Schl

These guys really are control freaks: Paranoia, stupidity and greed ganging up on the public. "Get with the game or you're gonna lose!" That's my message to these corporate wonks who are resisting the sea change we're in at the moment. Of course, history shows us that very many established, successful businesses fail when a paradigm shift occurs. ( Read more... )

Voodoo Science by Robert Park is a must read. Park is a physics professor and formerly the chairman of the U. of Maryland's Physics department. The book conveys many stories of bad science and bad reporting of science, from mistakes to irresponsibility to outright fraud. Topics include Cold Fusion, Homeopathy, EMF (no, high-tension wires don't ( Read more... )

From Wine and War by Don and Petie Kladstrup, pg 10 (quote of a quote ( Read more... )