Monthly Archives: March 2006

Hilf’s word. This article is right on. There is plenty of evidence to suggest that Windows is indeed more reliable than Linux. Don’t get me wrong. I love Open Source and Linux (eh…I like OpenBSD better) as much as the … Continue reading →

The Exorcist IMDB Year: 1973 Director: William Friedkin Length: 175 Category: Drama Media: DVD Studio: Warner Home Video Rating from MPAA: R ID in Amazon: 079073804X Rating: 1 out of 5 This movie has been popular for over 20 years? … Continue reading →

http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/dermouse.html This is an interesting way of dealing with backups. It might be interesting to see it ported to OpenBSD, although it would have to be desired by many for it to actually be accepted. I’m not sure how desirable … Continue reading →

A brainteaser posted by John Derbyshire: A rope hangs over a pulley. On one end is a weight. Balanced on the other end is a monkey of equal weight. The rope weighs 4oz. per foot. The age of the monkey … Continue reading →

Lego Difference Engine by Andrew Carol. One of the coolest lego creations I’ve seen. Pic:

I often like to derive an unimpl_error class (or something like it) so that as I’m fleshing out various parts of a piece of software, I can mark something as unimplemented by throwing an exception. I suppose a // TODO … Continue reading →

I am currently working on an iostream sockets library for C++. See bigthicket.us for an overview in Dinkumware-style header documentation (which is now very out of date, but it still gives you the rough idea). I’ve probably spent roughly one … Continue reading →