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Dienstag, 19. August 2003

Anders Hejlsberg: "I'm a strong believer that if you don't have anything right to say, or anything that moves the art forward, then you'd better just be completely silent and neutral, as opposed to trying to lay out a framework." — Des Interviews zweiter Teil (she. 2003-08-16-sharpDev).

BE: The Extreme Programmers say, "Do the simplest thing that could possibly work." — AH: Yeah, well, Einstein said that, "Do the simplest thing possible, but no simpler."

2003-08-19-silenceIsSharp

System V written in weird APL derivative?

Story zum Trauerspiel, mit herzlicher Gratulation an das offensichtlich mit firmenweit führender Cleverness operierende SCO'sche Verschleierungsdepartement.

Speak of some ol' code ... Das Fragment (oder zumindest die Kommentare dazu, was auf gleichartige Provenienz durchaus schliessen lässt) stammt noch aus den Zeiten von [create Unix V6] (also Mitte der 70er), she. FoRK-Posting.

2003-08-19-sysVAPL

Hilariös: The British School of User Interface — Shower Instructions.

2003-08-19-britUI

Mark Madsen: "Federal agencies (FBI, CIA, NSA, TSA, DHS) have all been purchasing personal and consumer data from data syndicators at an alarming rate. [...] [This is] commercial data designed for uses like credit reporting, skip tracing and marketing. These databases have error rates ranging from 1% to 10%. Take three databases with an average rate of 3%, add in errors created because the data was never designed for easy integration with other data sources, and you have a large, expensive, worthless database that can result in wrongful jailing with no access to attorneys, rather than a slight increase in junk mail or a problem getting a loan."

2003-08-19-databaseJailing

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