I want to recommend a most interesting article, A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection. Vista is the replacement for Windows XP, soon to be rolling out on new PC’s everywhere. Here is the executive summary:
Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS elements in order to provide content protection for so-called “premium [...]
Posted on December 28th, 2006 by pwyll
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I had never heard it put this way:
The difference between a Smalltalk programmer and a Java programmer isn’t really located inside their brains at all. Look a little lower down. It’s a difference at the scrotum level. One of these programmers has a scrotum, and one of them does not.
Posted on December 20th, 2006 by pwyll
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The Duke Chronicle reports that applications for admission to Duke are down, and I think we all know why. But Duke professor of philosophy Alex Rosenberg has stepped up to help.
Let me set the stage. K C Johnson’s Durham-in-Wonderland blog is the go-to place for information about the Duke Lacrosse fiasco. Professor Johnson has, [...]
Posted on December 20th, 2006 by pwyll
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I ran across a fascinating document at Joe’s Dartblog. It is a letter to the Duke University Administration, from one Houston A. Baker, Jr., the George D. and Susan Fox Beischer Professor of English. I think the letter bears re-examination in the light of recent events. I will quote Professor Baker in Duke University blue. [...]
Posted on December 19th, 2006 by pwyll
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Pretty interesting music video, hat tip to Florida Cracker, who credits Ace of Spades. Ace remarks
Artists stroke themselves silly over their “brave” stances, and yet this is just about the first video challenging violent jihadism, isn’t it? So much for the bravery of most artists.
You want a brave artist, one who really scares the Islamonazis? [...]
Posted on December 18th, 2006 by pwyll
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Senator Bill Nelson spends quality time with Syrian President Bashar “The Assassin” Assad.
Where will the Senator go next in his tireless quest for world peace? The Radar has an exclusive scoop: the future venues for Senator Bill Nelson’s Suck Up to Murderous Dictators tour.
Posted on December 18th, 2006 by pwyll
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