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That does seem a bit safer than this approach (the fun starts about 60 seconds in): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tzga6qAaBA

Valgrind. If you are writing c/c++ but not using valgrind all the time, you are wasting time.

Another theory for the periodicity of the extinctions has to do with crossing the galactic plane: http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/perturbing-the-o...

Could this be used to improve the list of suggested words for Android text entry boxes? It seems like something that is aware of grammar could help filter that list, but I don't know if it would work on partial sentences.

Links or paper titles?

Is this idea novel to the people protecting security? If so, that is kind of scary. If not, why issue this warning? Is this some kind of bureaucratic CYA in action?

Someone should accidently send some confidential info to the judge's email account.

What if they are trying to appeal to people who need less than 3 years to decide if their business is going to be successful? If it is successful, the money won't matter. If it isn't, the money won't matter.

"Radiation" means a lot of different things. Decay of nuclear materials != cell phone emissions.

I'm guessing the absorption they are talking about happens below the pigment level.

The theory I've heard is that a blue iris makes it easier to see pupil dilation, which is an indication of attraction. People are more likely to hook up when they can tell the other person is attracted to them, so...

If you want a mantra to remind yourself of this, I like "fast is slow and slow is fast".

It is in fact illegal to use a gun to interrupt cell phone conversations.

I love seeing these AR apps, but being able to integrate with some kind of lightweight head mounted display will make them vastly more interesting. Anybody know what the state of the art on those things are yet?

Whenever I read an article like this, I add a google news alert for the company and forget about it.

To be clear, he hasn't sold his stake yet, so this is still a paper "profit".

Did you try the windows low-fragmentation heap? I've seen it used very successfully.

This article in particular crystallized a thought I've had about this site, and sites like this in general. I would love to see a wiki-editable block attached to each submission that tries to describe, in as few words as possible, what information the article contributes.

Think of it as compression, where a basic knowledge of computing is assumed. More interesting articles would have a lower compression ratio, which might be a fun thing to filter on. This article might go down to, "C is generally unsafe, and you probably aren't skilled enough to make it safe, so don't use it". Or maybe, "I needed to write something for my company blog, so I found a recent security hole and added some vaguely related platitudes".

You say that like it is his job to speak the truth and accurately describe the world.

You may like some other opinions on that article as well: http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/07/matt_ta...

Neat, but I wish they had per-capita numbers. I'm guessing Wisconsin would look even more interesting then.

I'm not even sure you would need a skilled lawyer. Judges tend to be fairly smart. The law isn't a computer program, mindlessly followed by automatons on the bench. Intent matters, and I wouldn't be surprised if a judge considered this exactly the same as issuing a press release.

I completely agree.

And of course, the caveat about reading other people's evaluations is hinted at up near the top: "or my favourite CouchDB".

I'm pretty ignorant about functional languages, but how does a language like Haskell handle allocation failures? I'm curious how well it would work in the embedded space.

Maybe Wolfram Alpha is fighting dirty :)

That's called reductio ad absurdum.

Perhaps C offers a sweet spot of being able to accomplish something with minimal effort, but still gaining a deep understanding of what the computer is actually doing.

From the blog: "I don’t want to hand-wave and take credit for reaping the benefits of the web’s architecture on multi-core systems; none of these concepts are new – not even to Microsoft. Erlang is a language that has been around for years and has run many large incredibly scalable telco networks efficiently."

Use a standing desk. Odds are your body evolved to spend more time standing than sitting in a chair.