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    IBM to buy Sun?

    Comment hereIBM managed to make money from Java, and Sun never really did So, there's an irony here. IBM picked Java up, wrote better tools, more popular (although horrible to code against) J2EE server. It does make sense for everyone, the engine

    Comments (0) . Wednesday, 18 March 2009

    What I put into the New Scientist survey

    I would like to see some proper reporting of the carbon phobia debate.I would like to see some reporting of the Japanese contention that "climate change" is on a par with astrology. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/25/jstor_climate_repo

    Comments (0) . Monday, 16 March 2009

    I hate "Jobsworth's"

    I go for a walk every day. This involves crossing a two bar fence that is made of very thick wood. I have done this for the best part of two years.As I was walking long I got some busybody having a go at me, and asking me if I would pay to have the f

    Comments (0) . Friday, 13 March 2009

    DHH - "Fuck the real world"

    Comment here. Well, yes, but. You also need an idea that's worth bothering with. Paul Graham points out (at some length) that you need to go for something painful that other people think is too hard or difficult and then find a novel and easy way

    Comments (0) . Wednesday, 11 March 2009

    That Old Thing - poem

    So, that old anger, chomped down from years agoSome kind of decayed corpseYou carry roundStinking albatrossHow they hurt you then (when you were small, when you were standing in that queue so long ago, when the world stopped being your playground, wh

    Comments (0) . Tuesday, 10 March 2009