Category: Quick Posts
Senate passes Internet sales tax in final vote, 69-27
The US Senate passed an online sales tax in a vote this afternoon after a heated final round of debate. A small group of anti-tax Republicans, as well as Democratic Senators from states without sales tax like Montana and Oregon, argued vociferously against the bill—but to no avail. The final vote was 69-27, not much […]
App Cubby Blog – The Sparrow Problem
There is a real problem going to occur with regards to the App Store and desktop/mobile software in general if pure software businesses aren’t able to sustain themselves in the long term.
DataGenetics – The Two Egg Problem
Like brain-teasers and computer science algorthims, read on indeed.
The Word of Notch – On Patents
Notch (the guy who started Minecraft) has a really good piece on why patents are a bad idea.
Absolutely No Machete Juggling – The Star Wars Saga: Suggested Viewing Order
Really enjoying this idea, going to try it out I think this weekend, as I’m due for a Star Wars marathon.
Mailinator(tm) Blog – How Mailinator compresses email by 90%
A fun journey through algorithms to find a solution to getting some awesome compression stats.
ArsTechnica – High Orbits and Slowlorises: understanding the Anonymous attack tools
Fascinating look into both some of the tools Anonymous uses to launch it’s attacks and how it/they attempt to stay anonymous.
Frankie Roberto – Responsive Text
In agreement, nifty idea, but defiantly unsure of the practical application.
Incubaid Research – Rediscovering the RSync Algorithm
The right way to synch two remote file systems.
Tinycon – Favicon Alerts
Pretty sure I could count the number of times I actually looked at a favicon alert on one hand, that being said nice work.