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Friday, November 09, 2001 |
Techies vs. Telcos (via Doc; BTW does Radio Userland have a glossary like Frontier? I need a glossary bad) - Summary: telcos are dragging their feet introducing true broadband because they have a vested interest in slowing it down (i.e. the high price they charge for "real" broadband like T1s). There's no broadband competition here in Vancouver either; just the duopoly of Telus and Shaw.
12:17:41 PM 
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Dispelling Java programming language myths.
- Myth 1: Garbage collection solves all memory-related problems
- Myth 2: Parameters are passed by reference
- Myth 3: Atomic operations are thread safe
- Myth 4: Synchronized code is the same as a critical section
- Myth 5: Waiting threads are awakened in priority order
[Lambda the Ultimate]
12:08:29 PM
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Kent M. Pitman Answers On Lisp. This is a response to a series of questions that was given on Slashdot - the response is quite lengthy by /. standards. A good read for those interested in programming languages in general and Lisp in particular. [Lambda the Ultimate]
11:52:16 AM
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Yet another IIS virus: NIMDA Lives - Son of Nimda?
9:33:41 AM
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JRobb: K-Logs for continuous education - Summarry: Have teachers maintain interactive weblogs about their particular domain and have people people pay to access them. Yes, I would pay to get access to the K-Logs of good teachers!
9:29:17 AM
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Students Expose Bank ATM Hole. The software that protects bank transactions has a flaw that could allow an employee to steal sensitive information, two computer science students say. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News] - No public system is really secure!
9:26:47 AM
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© Copyright 2002 Roland Tanglao.
rtanglao@telus.net
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