Eulogy to a Car -- a funny little read
Yet Another Paul Graham Essay:
Hiring is Obsolete
Return Of Yet Another Paul Graham Essay:
Undergraduation
Johnny Can So Program, an interesting essay on the state of education in the USA, why some people find it beneficial to be alarmist about it, and how this is being exploited to relax requirements on immigrant workers.
Morse Code is faster than texting. I for one think it is incredibly stupid to purchase a telephone and use it for mainly text communication on a 10-character entry pad. Please. Far more efficient to just call the person.
Haven't read but really should:
Open Source Licensing
The
Time Traveler Convention
Comments
Tue, 26.08.2008 15:46
On a Decwriter IV, the print h ead usually obscures the last couple of characters before th e text. There is a speci [...]
Tue, 26.08.2008 11:29
I should have warned you. It only works on wheat.
Tue, 26.08.2008 07:31
John, the comment I left on th e previous post belongs up her e. Sorry.
Tue, 26.08.2008 07:28
John, I tried your 'TERM=escpt erm telnet localhost > /dev/lp 0' trick and I still have wee ds in my corn field.
Mon, 25.08.2008 11:23
One of the mailing lists I'm o n was looking for one too[0]. Lord only knows what evil they want it for ;-) When I [...]
Mon, 25.08.2008 08:46
On a teletype the typebar move s out of the way immediately a fter each character is printer . You can see what you a [...]
Sun, 24.08.2008 23:12
Ah, the AB1 is probably the be st single best piece of machin ery I've ever owned. It has b een reliably waking me u [...]
Sun, 24.08.2008 20:48
In classic ribbon type printer s the print head would jump up , print, return down, such tha t if typing slowly you c [...]