Via PHP Everywhere, Bruce Eckel has a great list of Java programming guidelines, which also apply very well to languages other than Java.
All software design problems can be simplified by introducing an extra level of conceptual indirection. This fundamental rule of software engineering is the basis of abstraction the primary feature of object-oriented programming.
Via LGF, The National Post: The world according to Donald Rumsfeld
For those who think world affairs can use a bracing shot of candour, Rumsfeld is the star of this war. At one Pentagon briefing on Afghanistan, some showboating reporter noted that human rights groups had objected to the dropping of cluster bombs and demanded to know why the U.S. was using them. "They're being used on frontline al-Qaeda and Taliban troops to try to kill them," replied Rumsfeld. It was a small indicator of a large cultural shift when NBC's Saturday Night Live introduced a weekly parody of his press conferences, mercilessly mocking not the politician but the dopey journalists.
Via InstaPundit: There's more support for war than you might think.
Via LGF, The London Times: See men shredded, then say you don't back war
That would probably also go well with this (also linked from LGF). Download linked here.
Keith links to an article claiming that the US is about to commit a wilful war crime. Keith, please tell me you don't agree with what this weirdo is saying 
I really liked the President's speech last night.
I should read Drezner's post-game analysis as well
Steven Den Beste has a great article analyzing a few reasons why spending time mired in U.N. diplomacy really wasn't a total waste of time.
Now that the charade with the UN is finished, it will be easy to look back on it and condemn the entire enterprise as having been a major blunder. It certainly seems as if we took a lot of damage in the process, and apparently alienated many of the world's governments. We almost lost our most important ally (Tony Blair) and faced the possibility of having a new government in the UK which would not cooperate in the war. We also failed to gain the cooperation of Turkey, to permit a northern front, and now even to permit us to use Turkish airspace or to continue to use Incirlik airbase. Because of that, over a hundred American and British jets are probably going to sit out the main phase of the war (though they performed a vital function in preparations over the last few months).
But there were at least three major benefits of that process, and in the long run they'll be far more important than any costs we paid in the process. First, it made Congress pass an authorization for war which did not include a requirement for UNSC approval. Second, it protected our troops during deployment. Third, it flushed out the weasels.
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
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