FreeBSD funnies such as "How many FreeBSD hackers does it take to change a lightbulb?" and "Where does data written to /dev/null go?":
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/funnies.html
...and then there recently was this new candidate:
Subject: Re: My freebsd dream
From: chris.trismegistus@gmail.com
To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
I have a dream that one day this [OS] will rise up and live out the
true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all [code is] created equal." I have a dream that one day on the
red[mond] hills of [Washington] the [derived works] of former
[research projects] and the [derived works] of former [corporations]
will be able to [link] together [in] a table of [compatibility]. I
have a dream that one day even the [company of Microsoft], a desert
[company], sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will
be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream
that my four [computers] will one day [run] in a nation where they
will not be judged by the color of their [GUI] but by the content of
their [code base]. I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day the state of [IP], whose [lawyer's] lips
are presently dripping with the words of interposition and
nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little
[freebsd boxes] and [linux boxes] will be able to [share code] with
little [windows boxes] and [solaris boxes] and [run] together as
[clients] and [servers]. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one
day every [interface] shall be [defined], every [bug] and [error]
shall be [documented], the [compiler warnings] will be made
[understandable], and the [stack pages] will be made [no-exec], and
the glory of the [Code] shall be revealed, and all [users] shall see
it together. This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return
to the [buildworld]. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the
mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able
to transform the jangling discords of [operating systems] into a
beautiful [cluster] of [beowulf]. With this faith we will be able to
work together, to [code] together, to [debug] together, to [core dump]
together, to stand up for [standards] together, knowing that we will
be [compatible] one day.
19.12.2004, 11:21
Daemons and Pixies and Fairies, Oh My!
Sentient life forms as MIME-attachments: RFC 1437RFC including Dan Quayle as life-matter MIME-attachment (low-res, of course :-) http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1437.txt15.12.2004, 18:33 |
Anno 2004: CZVwww.deployzone.com |
Web Developer Extension for FirefoxQuite indispensable! http://www.chrispederick.com/work/firefox/webdeveloper/12.11.2004, 16:38 |
Refactoring until nothing is leftCode is refactored sufficiently once every feature == a single line of code.02.11.2004, 11:43 |
Brendan, never tired of providing Javascript supportFrom: Brendan EichTo: mozilla-jseng Subject: Re: does mozilla support javascript? Of course Mozilla supports JavaScript. Your report is pretty useless without a testcase, or the URL of a page that doesn't work as you expect. Perhaps the page expects some non-standard Internet Explorer feature exposed to JScript to be supported by other browsers. /be 20.08.2004, 12:00 |
Catching XP in just 20 Minutes
Snippets from the
Register
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Designing the Star User InterfaceByte, 1982 - Xerox-Star by way of http://www.scratchdisk.com/Xerox-Star.jpg/"In the 1980s, the most important factors affecting how prevalent computer usage becomes will be reduced cost, increased functionality, improved availability and servicing, and, perhaps most important of all, progress in user-interface design. The first three alone are necessary, but not sufficient for widespread use. Reduced cost will allow people to buy computers, but improved user interfaces will allow people to use computers. In this article, we have presented some principles and techniques that we hope will lead to better user interfaces. User-interface design is still an art, not a science. Many times during the Star design we were amazed at the depth and subtlety of user-interface issues, even such supposedly straightforward issues as consistency and simplicity. Often there is no one “right” answer. Much of the time there is no scientific evidence to support one alternative over another, just intuition. Almost always there are trade-offs. Perhaps by the end of the decade, user-interface design will be a more rigorous process. We hope that we have contributed to that progress." 14.08.2004, 19:35 |
>>> Rhino, Mono, IKVM. Or: JavaScript the hard way |
| > Re: SCO |
| > Judo |
| > Convergence on abstraction and on browser-based Console evaluation |
| > Today found out that inifinite uptimes are still an oxymoron |
| > New aspects of woven apps |
| > Original Contribution License (OCL) 1.0 |
| > Unified SPF: a grand unified theory of MARID |
| > BSD is designed. Linux is grown. |
| > 5 vor 12 bei 10 vor 10 |
| > Mocha vs Helma? |
| > Schattenwahrheit: Coup d'etat underway against the Cheney Circle? |
| > Abschluss Bilaterale II Schweiz-EU |
| > From Adam Smith to Open Source |
| > Linux - the desktop for the rest of them |
| > Big Bang |
| > Leaky Hop Objects |
| > Return Path Rewriting (RPR) - Mail Forwarding in the Spam Age |
| > Microsoft Discloses Huge Number Of Windows Vulnerabilties |
| > Steuerungsabgabe statt Steuern |
| > Anno 2003: deployZone |
| > The war against terror |
| > The war against terror (continued) |
| > The relativity of Apple's market share |
| > Are humans animals? |
| > Server-side Javascript |
| > Democracy Now! |
| > The Cluetrain Manifesto |
| > Anno 1999: Der Oberhasler |
| > Anno 1998: volksrat.ch |
| > Fan traces "lost" singer Rodriguez |
| > Anno 1998: crossnet |
| > Think different |
| > The right time to buy Apple stock |
| > Geschwindigkeit vs Umdrehungszahl |
| > Anno 1997: Xmedia |
| > "The meaning of life is to improve the quality of all life" |
| > Cute Barristas at Peet's Coffee |
| > Anno 1996: CZV |
| > Alternative 1995 |
| > BZ Internet Cafe |
| > Xjournal |
| > How do I set a DEFAULT HTML-DOCUMENT? |
| > Searching Gopherspace |
| > Crossnet - der kollektive Intellekt der Schweiz |
| > Global Screen Design Services |
| > NEW-LIST digests |
| > ACTIV-L Digest |
| > Eternal September |
| > AOL expanding Internet services |
| > Anno 1993: Macro-micro navigator |
| > Freude herrscht! |
| > Anno 1992: Intouch i-station |
| > You register me in 50 states |
| > Anno 1991: mediacube |
| > Friedrich Dürrenmatt - Die Schweiz als Gefängnis |
| > Anno 1990: RasterOps |
| > Enable the Creative |
| > Photoshop Startup Memories and First Demo |
| > Anno 1989: Lambada by Kaoma |
| > Anno 1988: Perfect by Fairground Attraction |
| > Bürgerbrief |
| > Morgana - Selling Digital-Font based Sign-writing |
| > Macworld Expo 1988 Amsterdam |
| > Acorn Archimedes RISC Technology |
| > Anno 1987: Knowledge Navigator |
| > Anno 1986: Max Headroom in the News |
| > FidoNet |
| > Anno 1985: Amiga 1000 |
| > Hello World on C128 in CP/M Mode |
| > Analog Desktop Publishing in 1984 |
| > Anno 1982: Vic-20 |
| > Gamchi |
| > Postel's Law |
| > The Future Is Unwritten |
| > Earth Mother and Fortieth Floor by Lesley Duncan |
| > La Linea by Osvaldo Cavandoli |
| > California by Joni Mitchell |
| > Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog |
| > Neil Young |
| > Whole Earth Catalog |
| > Anno 1968: Mony Mony and People Got to Be Free |
| > August 28th 1968: William Buckley Vs Gore Vidal |
