Dan Sugalski on Parrot

use Perl: The Parrot Answers, "Dan Sugalski, the Parrot Pumpking, has answered your questions about Parrot. Without further ado, read on for everything you wanted to know about Parrot and asked."

Permalink | Comments? | Tags: Programming | id 1958

17:45 (utc-4)

 

I'm surfing with Netscape 4 right now (horrible, horrible experience), because the computers at Rutgers are so awful that I can't get IE to run without crashing.

I feel guilty. I feel like I'm setting the Internet back by adding Netscape 4 hits to people's logs, making them think that this browser still matters.

Permalink | Comments? | id 1957

17:40 (utc-4)

 

Active FTP vs. Passive FTP, a Definitive Explanation

Permalink | Comments? | id 1956

02:19 (utc-4)

 

Joel Spolsky on .Net

"It seems like .NET gives us a "choice" of languages precisely where we couldn't care less about it -- in the syntax." - link.

Awesome. Two comments: 1. Some languages will give you more features - Eiffel.Net will give you DBC (Design by Contract).

ok, rest of comments later... gotta get back to work, and it's late.

Permalink | Comments? | id 1955

02:08 (utc-4)

 

Has anyone else been getting Instant Messenger spam? Whenever I sign on I get messages for porn. These people have no conscience, what if kids get these?

Permalink | Comments? | id 1954

00:39 (utc-4)

 

Why do girls call their female friends "girlfriends", but guys don't call their guy friends "boyfriends"? Never understood that.

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00:13 (utc-4)

 

Just heard that Spider-man broke the box office record (via Scripting News) for first weekend earnings - previously set by Harry Potter at 90 million - with 114 million! Spider-man rules. Totally deserved it. I want to see it again. Here's an interview with Kirsten Dunst I'm reading

Oh, and they had better put the scenes they had to cut out because of the WTC on the DVD.

Permalink | Comments? | Tags: Harry Potter | id 1952

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