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3:0 to Physicists I think

Short answer no - programming would be just a little bit more difficult. Calculating an index can often be simplified if zero is not just a valid value but the first element in an …

I'm not totally convinced but it could work very well in a large format mobile context.

Listening to the radio - that's what cars are for. Mind (in this context) I have the misfortune to live in the UK where music radio stations seem to think that their output should …

Cool idea (great demo of the Roslyn tech) but you need to be able to write "Space Invaders" for that true taste of nostalgia. I wonder now if I should have a go at re-creating VB3 …

OK I agree, XSD was just a way for pedants to be a pain. But, any form of structured communication that works for humans (and this is a mark-up language that is supposed to work in…

The whole point of having two sets of comparitors (=== and == in this instance) is that you can use the correct one for any given circumstance. Proscribing the use of one in favour…

An attempt to improve the quality of technical search results by using the power of the "crowd". Looks like this is an "add on" to Google so there is no loss of "raw" search data -…

Stack Overflow is an amazingly useful programming resource - but - like most things has problems. From my viewpoint, the main problem is the drive for "karma". You may visit an int…

Most of this post is wrong to one degree or another. Ignore it.

If your boss was fired for justifiable reasons then perhaps staying is an option. If it feels that his/her departure was for financial reasons or just plain whimsy then it is time …

Which at least gives balance to how I feel about Kings (Kings like Saudi Kings in particular) and those who would criminalise anyone who does not believe in their daft religions. K…

Don't you just love statements like "and canned and frozen fruit appeared to increase risk of death by 17% per portion" - I could be dead by nightfall. I do look forward to a prope…

Surely "style" is more than "use === not ==". That's a tip - and perhaps not worth a lot as a tip if there is not a full explanation to back it up. "Why not?" and "What's wrong wit…

Ok - but do you think that (continuing the example) the JavaScript entries do add up to something more than just what Lint says to do? Cos I can see it. I do think there are benefi…

But you could reduce the JavaScript style guide entries to just "Use JSLint and do what it says". Perhaps the others are more helpful or perhaps (more likely) other languages do no…

An interesting arena for a start-up with 60% funding ready and waiting.

If there were a robust peer reviewed research report that detailed cancer cures in the manner this post suggests to be true it would be world headline news. Claiming that is is som…

It was all downhill after ASCII took over from EBCDIC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC from our beloved IBM

There seems to be a danger of a recursive loop as well.