Archive: May 11, 2005

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

1. Slashdot | Roger Penrose and the Road to Reality. Sounds like an interesting book. Gotta check it out next time I'm in the bookstore.

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2. I linked to Betsy Newmark's explanation of how Al Gore fails US history, and now I'll link to Power Line's excellent post explaining how Condi Rice fails hers. I hesitate to label her with an F though... her error wasn't nearly as bad as Gore's.

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3. I was just reading through this page on JavaScript Optimization (via Keith) and came across Duff's device for the first time (Jargon file). I'm surprised I hadn't come across it before. But, doesn't it do the wrong thing if you want to loop zero times? Update: yep, and there's a note to that effect that I missed.

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