Month: May 2012

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Social/Environmental

How to fix the Congress

05/18/2012 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on How to fix the Congress
Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling:“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes,” he told CNBC.   “You just pass a law that […]
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Quotations

Patience

05/17/2012 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Patience
Patience is a particular requirement.  Without it, you can destroy in an hour what it might take you weeks to repair.Charlie W. Shedd
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Computer

Java versus Smalltalk

05/16/2012 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Java versus Smalltalk
I heard this said in the early nineties, and I believe it is still true: “Java: Twice the complexity and half the productivity of Smalltalk.”Of course in those days, the performance of Smalltalk was not […]
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General

Can you help rid the world of MS?

05/14/2012 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Can you help rid the world of MS?
On Friday through Sunday, 8 – 10 June, 2012, I am going to be participating in the Multiple Sclerosis 150 Minnesota bicycle tour from Duluth to the Twin Cities.  The purpose of my participation is […]