May 30, 2006
A consortium of Als
From June the London Times will be published in New York (it's a wrench to insert 'London'). My theory is that the UK and the US will eventually approach a political merger to match the cultural merger. Anyway, the New York Times' palatial new hq is an omen that this confederacy of dunces may seek re-structuring by a consortium of Als - Gore, Franken , Quaeda and the Saudi squillionaire, Waleed. There'd be no need to change its editorial line or news management.
May 06, 2006
March 17, 2006
A moderate judge
Antonin Scalia
Noting that the Senate confirmed his high court nomination by a 98-0 vote, Scalia said, "You could not get a judge with my views confirmed to the Court of Appeals today."
He said code words such as "mainstream" and "moderate" are now used to describe liberal judicial nominees.
"What is a moderate interpretation of (the Constitution)? Halfway between what it says and what you want it to say?".
Noting that the Senate confirmed his high court nomination by a 98-0 vote, Scalia said, "You could not get a judge with my views confirmed to the Court of Appeals today."
He said code words such as "mainstream" and "moderate" are now used to describe liberal judicial nominees.
"What is a moderate interpretation of (the Constitution)? Halfway between what it says and what you want it to say?".
July 06, 2005
May 09, 2005
Software philosophy
C.A.R.Hoare
Premature optimization is the root of all evil.
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.
Ken Thompson
When in doubt, use brute force.
Henry Spencer
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
Premature optimization is the root of all evil.
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.
Ken Thompson
When in doubt, use brute force.
Henry Spencer
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
March 20, 2005
Relationships
Alice Thomas Ellis
There is no reciprocity.
Men love women.
Women love children.
Children love hamsters.
There is no reciprocity.
Men love women.
Women love children.
Children love hamsters.
March 08, 2005
How true
T.S.Eliot
The bad poet is usually unconscious where he ought to be conscious and conscious where he ought to be unconscious. Both errors tend to make him "personal." Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.
The bad poet is usually unconscious where he ought to be conscious and conscious where he ought to be unconscious. Both errors tend to make him "personal." Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.