Category Archives: technology

stupid computers

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 May 29 by Anton

Save me from software that tries to outsmart me!

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QotD

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 May 28 by Anton

Eric Raymond: Why Python? Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they’re much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is intimately related to our ability to process and understand complexity. A … Continue reading →

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to keep and bear lightning

Posted on Monday, 2002 May 27 by Anton

David Kopel: Does God Believe in Gun Control?

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penguin problems

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 May 22 by Anton

Yesterday my Linux box crashed and I spent all evening trying to bring it back to life, with – as they say at NASA – partial success. Argh. Later: In desperation, I tried ^C when the boot process says “/1 … Continue reading →

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every measure leads to a countermeasure

Posted on Friday, 2002 May 17 by Anton

Fun with Fingerprint Readers in Bruce Schneier’s Crypto-Gram (link from Monty Solomon) 2015: Newer link.

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RKBA in an unusual place

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 May 14 by Anton

How about that loon Ashcroft, eh, going against a grand old tradition of squeezing the Constitution for every drop of authority it could be construed to grant to Washington. The nerve! You’ll probably hear it repeated, if you haven’t already, … Continue reading →

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madvertising

Posted on Sunday, 2002 May 12 by Anton

Still More Banner Ads We’d Like To See (thanks to Paul Hsieh)

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