http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6409340/
John Ashcroft, the man who lost an election to a dead guy, wants to quit. Good.
Ashcroft and the Justice Department have done more to erode the rights of everyday citizens over the last four years than anyone else. Whether they were following instructions from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue or just following Ashcroft's drive to make a name for himselve besides "least likely to succeed in an election against an inanimate object," we may never know.
All I can hope for is that the replacement has more respect for our Constitutional values.
November 4, 2004
Disappointment...
Well, my vote for governor was for naught, but that's okay. However, I am highly disappointed in Utah and the other ten states that voted to narrowly define marriage and eliminate the possibility of legal stature for similar unions between gay couples.
At least in Utah, the "Yes on 3" campaign was a self-righteous facade of half-truths. As a result of this ruling, I expect several Utah companies that offer domestic partners benefits to retract their offer, using Amendment 3 as their legal backing.
Isn't it funny how discriminating against someone because of their color is illegal, discriminating against someone because of their religion is illegal, discriminating against someone because of their gender is illegal, etc., but you can now legally discriminate against someone because of the gender they choose to sleep with?
I'm not gay, but I have friends who are, and stuff like this makes me want to leave the state.
At least in Utah, the "Yes on 3" campaign was a self-righteous facade of half-truths. As a result of this ruling, I expect several Utah companies that offer domestic partners benefits to retract their offer, using Amendment 3 as their legal backing.
Isn't it funny how discriminating against someone because of their color is illegal, discriminating against someone because of their religion is illegal, discriminating against someone because of their gender is illegal, etc., but you can now legally discriminate against someone because of the gender they choose to sleep with?
I'm not gay, but I have friends who are, and stuff like this makes me want to leave the state.
November 3, 2004
"Totoro" Recliner
Of all of the Miyazaki films I've seen, "My Neighbor Totoro" is by far my favorite. If this was a bit larger, and I had the $1,500 for it, I'd definitely pick one up.
http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/pid-1003882921/code-c/section-toys/version-all/did-7153
http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/pid-1003882921/code-c/section-toys/version-all/did-7153
100 posts...
Well, this is my 100th post...a milestone I never thought I'd hit.
Blogging is kind of weird. For some bloggers, blogging is a conversation. It's a way to quickly get feedback on ideas from the blogosphere. It's a way to get your ideas heard. It's a means to make yourself more than the sum of your posts.
For others, like myself, blogging is more of a cooling salve than anything else. It's mental pain killer. By recalling the events of the past and placing them here in a public forum, I remove the pain associated with them. I feel more alive and vibrant as a result.
I've gotten some links, gotten fewer comments, and gotten into a few massive arguments as a result of my blog, but you know what? I wouldn't have it any other way.
Thanks for reading. We'll see what this is blog is like at post #200.
Blogging is kind of weird. For some bloggers, blogging is a conversation. It's a way to quickly get feedback on ideas from the blogosphere. It's a way to get your ideas heard. It's a means to make yourself more than the sum of your posts.
For others, like myself, blogging is more of a cooling salve than anything else. It's mental pain killer. By recalling the events of the past and placing them here in a public forum, I remove the pain associated with them. I feel more alive and vibrant as a result.
I've gotten some links, gotten fewer comments, and gotten into a few massive arguments as a result of my blog, but you know what? I wouldn't have it any other way.
Thanks for reading. We'll see what this is blog is like at post #200.
Code Funerals
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6397274/
Why didn't I think of this? I would have loved to do this to some of the programs I've worked on.
The worst was thanks to a compiler transition. We kept getting really weird errors that we traced to a function that was, shall we say, prematurely optimized.
It had lots of code like this in it...
f++ = g(++f,++f,--f, f++);
Since the order that pre-increments and post-increments are handled is not stated in the C++ specification, each vendor, and on occasion, different products from the same vendor, handle them in different orders. In the first compiler, they were handled from right to left. In the second compiler, they were handled from left to right. We ended up not changing compilers for the project.
Code like that makes me grateful that VB.NET does not have pre/post-increment operators. And if you ever find yourself writing code like this, please do all of us a favor and stop. I'd rather deal with some temporary variables and have code that I can easily trace and understand, thank you very much.
Why didn't I think of this? I would have loved to do this to some of the programs I've worked on.
The worst was thanks to a compiler transition. We kept getting really weird errors that we traced to a function that was, shall we say, prematurely optimized.
It had lots of code like this in it...
f++ = g(++f,++f,--f, f++);
Since the order that pre-increments and post-increments are handled is not stated in the C++ specification, each vendor, and on occasion, different products from the same vendor, handle them in different orders. In the first compiler, they were handled from right to left. In the second compiler, they were handled from left to right. We ended up not changing compilers for the project.
Code like that makes me grateful that VB.NET does not have pre/post-increment operators. And if you ever find yourself writing code like this, please do all of us a favor and stop. I'd rather deal with some temporary variables and have code that I can easily trace and understand, thank you very much.
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