What could be more ironic than a DRM system named RMS? I’m sure the coincidence is unintentional, but it makes for hilarious reading; “Using RMS, a business could… prevent the copying and pasting of specific bits of information.”
[Scoble] “One of my friends asked me on IM: “why?” He thought that IM was a bad investment. I disagree. I think it will actually get more important.” Jabber has awesome potential.
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[Fred Grott] “JBoss does not sell JBoss server software! Will some real thinking SUN employees please wake the freaking ass up!”
You have to admit, […]
Summary: Wars are the result of collective laziness and irresponsibility. To stop war, stop being irresponsible.
Responsibility
Life is aboutmaking choices. The choices we make every daycan build up to have tremendous long-termimpact on others. Suppose that before embarking on his research, Alexander Fleming had decided that a career in research was too difficult. Or suppose that […]
John Robb is reporting skyrocketing levels of energy after discovering and correcting a thyroxine deficiency. Now if only we could figure out how to safely do these sorts of treatments in people without deficiencies. T4 Hormone, Provigil, etc. Just a little closer…
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Today I saw my first anti-war protests. There were about 10 people along the […]
[Scott Watermasysk] Why is anyting in the .NET Framework marked as sealed?
Good question. I agree that, in general, marking classes as sealed is rude. But sometimes it makes sense.
One reason is support cost. If you mark a class sealed, you don’t have to test for inheritance scenarios. But more important is security. There are cases […]