Month: April 2008

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Computer

Error prevention

04/21/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Error prevention
For all systems, we must, as computer professionals, protect users from their own errors, intercept all detectable errors, and give informative warnings when we believe the user might have made an error.  The “she made […]
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Quotations

Movies

04/19/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Movies
The trouble with movies as a business is that it’s an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it’s a business.Charlton Heston
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Humor

A Little Austrian Town Named…?

04/19/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on A Little Austrian Town Named…?
The newspaper article is even funnier than the sign! Are the residents called Fuckers?What are the mothers called?What would you be learning at the Fucking High School?Does the Fucking Hospital help you with anything else?If […]
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Quotations

Learning

04/18/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Learning
Learning is not attained by chance.  It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.Abigail Adams
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Waste Time

Waste time

04/18/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Waste time
Weird Al’s: “White & Nerdy”Mechanical Belgian tigerQuiz: can you name the elements?These neat virtual toys… were made with a tool called PhunRemake of “We Are the World”Spooky robot dog Spooky food sculpturesRon E. Lyght’s, “I […]