January 2012
8 posts
“> I’m also dissatisfied with the name of the distro.
> Linux is the...”
– Ciaran McCreesh, gentoo-dev list.
“Some have questioned the song’s implied necessity to row one’s boat...”
– Wikipedia on Row Row Row Your Boat.
“There are two major modes to the game, a textual spell-casting game, and a more...”
– Microsoft keeps it old-school with a pricey text adventure game, Visual Studio 2010, Ars Technica.
“At the [cyclocross event manager] training there were a number of questions like...”
– Cyclocross racers need to, as they say, grow a pair.
“Why do you want to use pkg-config more? In my ideal world it doesn’t...”
– FACEPALM.
December 2011
4 posts
“… and two, this is an arts course. One does not work, one faffs.”
– Vicky on her CoG course.
November 2011
8 posts
“The price is right, but MeeGo = No Go! This OS will probably die out within a...”
– Some guy on engadget
“WinKexec is named after Linux’s kexec feature, where the kernel boots a...”
– WinKexec
“Unfortunately, Nokia was heavily invested in the Symbian alliance by the time...”
– Erm, what?
October 2011
7 posts
“Certainly, thinking about some of the things that Mr Littlejohn writes in my...”
– Paul Dacre
1985 Argos catalogue, scanned →
NHS will not fund some operations, patients told →
“It’s become kind of a cliché for me to claim that the reason I’m...”
– Someone give mjg59 a proper paying column, please.
“The hypocrisy is obvious, and it’s not just the Daily Mail, which rather...”
– Rihanna and our mock concern for women’s dignity
September 2011
16 posts
“I dreamed of ACPI last night. I hope you realise that this shit is actually...”
– mjg59
“So I was wondering: exactly how much dirt would I have to dig out of the ground...”
– From The Straight Dope. Totally worth reading.
“And in 1958? The agenda included a debate on a “disturbing increase in...”
– The Economist on the history of civil disorder.
Civil disorder and looting hits Britain: We have... →
Excellent article from The Economist about civil disorder, tracing the same fears and front page scares back to the 16th century.
Human-Readable Encryption Key
<_type>vim.vm.customization.Specification</_type>
<encryptionKey>
<_length>877</_length>
<_type>byte[]</_type>
<e id="0">48</e>
<e id="1">-126</e>
<e id="10">2</e>
<e id="100">19</e>
<e id="101">6</e>
...
W.T.F.
(via jku from The Daily WTF)
[Caja] Fwd: "Future of Javascript" doc from our... →
Overview of google dash.
“to be honest, most girls are attractive at 18”
– Badminton High School PR
WatchRob Warner trying out the Champery DH course. The language isn’t entirely SFW… :)
“Occasionally, you meet people who don’t get excited when they hear the...”
– Laurie Penny: The best future would be the one imagined by Doctor Who -
Commentators, Opinion - The Independent
1 tag
August 2011
6 posts
“There is hope for this country. But we must stop looking upwards for it. The...”
– An Open Letter to David Cameron’s Parents
“American politics….. like a nightmare on legs. Frankenpolitix for the...”
“Goodman claims that phone hacking was “widely discussed” at editorial meetings...”
– Ouch. Phone hacking: News of the World reporter’s letter reveals cover-up | Media | guardian.co.uk
w00t
$ gjs
gjs> const Ap = imports.gi.Ap;
gjs> let ap = new Ap.Monitor();
gjs> const Mainloop = imports.mainloop;
gjs> Mainloop.run('ap');
** (gjs:17729): DEBUG: found Ross Burton’s iPhone
** (gjs:17729): DEBUG: resolved Ross Burton’s iPhone
** (gjs:17729): DEBUG: Signal: 80% (2)
** (gjs:17729): DEBUG: resolved Ross Burton’s iPhone
** (gjs:17729): DEBUG: Signal: 60% (2)
** (gjs:17729):...
July 2011
9 posts
“Logitech today revealed that its Google-TV based “Revue” set-top box...”