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The Hypocrisy of Governments

Posted on 2014-02-11 by jcs

Governments all over the world are sparing no effort to discover and prosecute members of Anonymous. It only makes sense. After all they do patently illegal things like launching DOS attacks against sites they don’t like or have a grievance … Continue reading →

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State of the Irreal Site

Posted on 2014-02-10 by jcs

I think I have finally ironed out all the problems with Irreal. Ironically, the latest snafu held the key to resolving all the other problems. WordPress now automatically updates minor versions and although they notify me with an email, it … Continue reading →

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Final Ruling on the TSA’s Infamous No-Fly Case

Posted on 2014-02-09 by jcs

I’ve written before, here and here, about the U.S. Government’s scandalous behavior in the case of a woman, Rahinah Ibrahim, placed on the no-fly list. The government did everything they could to make the case disappear, including refusing to grant … Continue reading →

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Thinking Outside the Box

Posted on 2014-02-08 by jcs

Here’s a delightful tale that illustrates the power of non-linear thinking. I don’t know if the story is true or not but it hardly matters. The point is being able to see the value in an undertaking that all the … Continue reading →

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Comments Reenabled

Posted on 2014-02-07 by jcs

I’ve updated everything and turned comments back on. As far as I can tell, everything is working correctly. If you have any problems and can’t leave a comment, email me at jcs at the domain of the blog. While the … Continue reading →

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Comment Problems

Posted on 2014-02-07 by jcs

Yesterday, a couple of readers emailed me that they were unable to post comments. When I tried to comment as someone other than me I had the same problem. After a little investigation I discovered that the problem involved the … Continue reading →

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Comments Temporarily Turned Off

Posted on 2014-02-06 by jcs

I’m temporarily turning off comments. I’ll explain further tomorrow and, with any luck, have them turned back on by the end of Friday. Until then, please bear with me.

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A Lisp Overview

Posted on 2014-02-06 by jcs

A few days ago I wrote about Simon Tatham’s overview of C. Today, I want to mention a very nice overview of Lisp. The overview is really a Lisp primer aimed at C/C++/Java programmers (it’s notes from the CSC330 course … Continue reading →

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Less Familiar Lisp Functions

Posted on 2014-02-05 by jcs

A couple of months ago, I wrote about Christopher Neufeld’s series on the less familiar parts of Common Lisp. He’s up to the Fs now so if you’re interested in Lisp, you should check in with his latest posts. One … Continue reading →

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The Fate of Cursive in Florida

Posted on 2014-02-04 by jcs

As long time readers know, I have a continuing interest in the state of cursive handwriting. See here, here, here, here, and here for some of my thoughts on the matter. One of the continuing threads in those posts is … Continue reading →

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