Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Jerry Pournelle offers his thoughts about how to put your Xanadu home computer to work helping you cope with a Mad Max world.
I disagree about C. To me, when you make a new computer language, you do so not to get people to talk to computers and vice-versa — that’s already possible when you start to create the language. The purpose of the language is to facilitate communication between first guy who touches the computer program, and the second guy who has to take it over after the first guy gets run over by a truck or gets a new job. Debugging? If the language is a success, there should be less of that to do than there was before. Otherwise, why did you go through the trouble.
In that sense, C was a huge step forward. C++ was something of a step backward. It was built to make programmers out of people who didn’t have that much passion for doing it.
As far as how to publish, this is my primary reason for linking his work. Lots of good thoughts from a seasoned, respected professional in this area, some of them original, others not. And he’s right, it’s probably the best time in human history — ever — to come up with something, add to it incrementally, and then when it’s polished and ready to go, find some ways to make a buck off of it.
Losers stare at the door that just slammed shut, with a stream of drool running down their chins, winners go look for the other door that opened. Can’t hurt, might help.
Hat tip: Inst.
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