http://www.flamewars.org/wiki/ 2010-03-12T04:54:07-07:00 http://www.flamewars.org/wiki/ http://www.flamewars.org/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-01-18T10:12:38-07:00 http://www.flamewars.org/wiki/blog:panel_urges_federal_government_to_meddle_in_the_private_lives_of_canadian_families?rev=1263834758&do=diff CBC: "Activities that boost children's “cardio-respiratory fitness” should be the focus of a federal tax credit, an expert panel urged Thursday as it outlined the types of activities and costs that should qualify." The war is over. The socialists won. text/html 2010-01-18T09:25:45-07:00 Philip Bock http://www.flamewars.org/wiki/blog:the_emperor_s_new_ai?rev=1263831945&do=diff Machine Intelligences are not 'just around the corner', and if they were, they probably wouldn't change anything much, says The Register. I agree. <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/25/bogus_ai/> text/html 2010-01-18T09:25:12-07:00 Philip Bock http://www.flamewars.org/wiki/blog:observations_on_arabs?rev=1263831912&do=diff Stephen Browne spent a year living in Saudi Arabia, and has some things to say about Arabs. <http://rantsand.blogspot.com/2006/09/observations-on-arabs.html> EDITED TO ADD: “Jill Carroll, a freelance reporter for The Christian Science Monitor, was kidnapped by Sunni Muslim insurgents in Baghdad on Jan. 7, 2006. Over the next 82 days, she had closer contact with Sunni insurgents than any American who has lived to tell the tale.” text/html 2010-01-18T09:24:30-07:00 Philip Bock http://www.flamewars.org/wiki/blog:hello_world?rev=1263831870&do=diff int main(int argc, char ** argv) { printf("Hello, world!\n"); } I wonder what language the first Hello World program was written in? text/html 2010-01-18T09:24:10-07:00 Philip Bock http://www.flamewars.org/wiki/blog:france_in_a_state_of_civil_war?rev=1263831850&do=diff “We are in a state of civil war, orchestrated by radical Islamists,” said Michel Thooris, the head of the hard-line trade union “Action Police”. 2,500 police officers have been wounded this year, according to France's Interior Ministry. <http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20061013-083614-1432r> text/html 2010-01-18T08:52:39-07:00 Philip Bock http://www.flamewars.org/wiki/bookmarks:software?rev=1263829959&do=diff Download sites <http://linux.softpedia.com/> The Free Country Spyware Warrior - Trustworthy Anti-Spyware Products Utilities SciTE text editor 7-Zip Archiver PuTTY GnuPG Wireshark VMware Ranish Partition Manager Active UNDELETE Sysinternals Utilities Foundstone Security Tools AnalogX text/html 2010-01-18T08:52:31-07:00 Philip Bock http://www.flamewars.org/wiki/bookmarks:search?rev=1263829951&do=diff Open Directory - Computers: Internet: Searching Searchlores Google search string: directory search by file type -inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" +description +size +(avi|wmv) keyword Search Engines AlltheWeb Clusty Ask.com text/html 2010-01-18T08:52:22-07:00 Philip Bock http://www.flamewars.org/wiki/bookmarks:news?rev=1263829942&do=diff Canada National Newswatch Technology The Register Slashdot MozillaZine Linux Weekly News Kernel Traffic Kernel Trap Unix Review Entertainment Fark Boing Boing text/html 2010-01-18T08:52:14-07:00 Philip Bock http://www.flamewars.org/wiki/bookmarks:misc?rev=1263829934&do=diff Rick Moen - All kinds of interesting links Jargon File - The Story of Mel "The Bastard Operator From Hell"-style excuse server MCSE stands for Computer Stupidities: Hardware Abuse Images Astronomy Picture of the Day Phobos Mimas We own all your code - pay us all your money text/html 2010-01-18T08:51:54-07:00 Philip Bock http://www.flamewars.org/wiki/projects:glstarfield?rev=1263829914&do=diff Last night I was looking at my screensaver list, wondering which one I should choose. And, as I always do when attempting to choose a screensaver, I pondered once again on that beautiful example of Microsoft development philosophy, the Starfield screensaver. Once upon a time, when it was included with Windows 3.1, this was a nice, average screensaver, which looked and ran OK for the hardware and software of it's day. However, times have changed. The screensaver is still included in my copy of Wi… text/html 2010-01-18T08:51:41-07:00 Philip Bock http://www.flamewars.org/wiki/quotes:whatthemean?rev=1263829901&do=diff What they say: What they mean: A major technological breakthrough... Back to the drawing board. Developed after years of research Discovered by pure accident. Project behind original schedule due We're working on something else. to unforseen difficulties Designs are within allowable limits We made it, stretching a point or two. Customer satisfaction is believed So far behind schedule that they'll be assured … text/html 2010-01-18T08:50:47-07:00 Philip Bock http://www.flamewars.org/wiki/quotes:guru?rev=1263829847&do=diff When the Guru administers, the users are hardly aware that he exists. Next best is a sysop who is loved. Next, one who is feared. And worst, one who is despised. If you don't trust the users, you make them untrustworthy. The Guru doesn't talk, he hacks. When his work is done, the users say, “Amazing: we implemented it, all by ourselves!” text/html 2010-01-18T08:50:40-07:00 Philip Bock http://www.flamewars.org/wiki/quotes:achtung?rev=1263829840&do=diff Das machine is nicht fur gefingerpoken und mittengrabben. Ist easy schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und corkenpoppen mit spitzensparken. Ist nicht fur gewerken by das dummkopfen. Das rubbernecken sightseeren keepen hands in das pockets. Relaxen und vatch das blinkenlights!!!