Monthly Archives: September 2004

if (oldbit == true) { if (newbit == true) { /* DO NOT DO ANYTHING */ } . . .

Posted on Sunday, 2004 September 19 by Anton

The Daily WTF showcases badly written code. (Cited by Ned Batchelder, who found it from Bob Congdon.)

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the law is an ass

Posted on Sunday, 2004 September 19 by Anton

Looking up the Constitution of the State of California for a discussion on secession, I noticed this doubly odd provision (article 3 section 2): The boundaries of the State are those stated in the Constitution of 1849 as modified pursuant … Continue reading →

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1337 unix skilz

Posted on Sunday, 2004 September 19 by Anton

I’ve just written my first cron job, to sort my Mozilla bookmarks by last access (since Moz won’t do it properly). Seems to work. Woohoo! I learned just enough from the Llama Book to do it crudely, but not enough … Continue reading →

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advancing smartly to the rear

Posted on Friday, 2004 September 17 by Anton

AlterNet: DrugReporter: Dressing Up Failure

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use the technology, Luke!

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 September 15 by Anton

In Angel episode 4:8 “Habeas Corpses”, there’s a long scene where Our Heroes have to fight off a horde of zombies with nothing but their fists. It’s twice as tricky as it might be, because one hand is busy holding … Continue reading →

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yah-oops

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 September 15 by Anton

Ah, hell. Suddenly my Yahoo password doesn’t work, and I can’t recover it — because I never told Yahoo my true birthdate, and of course I’ve long forgotten whatever bogus birthdate I filled in way back when. I much prefer … Continue reading →

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watching the talkies, 1954-6

Posted on Friday, 2004 September 10 by Anton

Mister Roberts (1955) is the dullest movie I’ve sat through in some time. I did not turn it off because the characters have enough potential that one keeps thinking something might happen. I was mildly surprised to find that To … Continue reading →

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