Dr Wingnut

Category: Computer

  • India’s Bangalore Changes Name To Bengalooru

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    The city is going back to its vernacular original name, which derives from “Bendakalooru,” meaning a town of boiled beans.ReutersI bet there are lots of bolied Java beans there…

  • Useless

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    Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers.Pablo Picasso

  • Software

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    It’s hardware that makes a machine fast.  It’s software that makes a fast machine slow.Craig BruceSoftware Engineering might be science; but that’s not what I do.  I’m a hacker, not an engineer.Jamie ZawinskiSoftware development is technical activity conducted by human beings.Niklaus Wirth

  • RUM August

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    Last night I went to my second Ruby Users of Minnesota meeting at the Loring Park Dunn Brothers.  Seems like a nice bunch.  Here’s what I learned about:There was a discussion about using Simply RESTful in rails applications.  This technique uses all the transaction methods of the HTTP protocol instead of passing every CRUD action…

  • Unintended consequences

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    We had no idea that this [the Internet] would turn into a global and public infrastructure.Vinton Cerf

  • Donating those old PCs

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    You can call it any number of things: “equipment lifecycle”, “asset turnover” or even just “Hey, get rid of the crappy old thing already.”  But the upshot is the same, clearing desk and rack space of old equipment to make room for sparkling new hardware … Fortunately, there are more places to put that old…

  • Sad but true…

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    Guide to understanding a net addict’s daySlow day: didn’t have much to do, so spent three hours on usenet.Busy day: managed to work in three hours of usenet.Bad day: barely squeezed in three hours of usenet.Anonymous