Top 10 Ways to be Screwed by "C"
#15 on the list is especially troubling to me, since it seems like something that could be trapped, yet gcc compiled without comment, even with the vaunted -Wall switch. I couldn't figure out a way to get gcc to complain, nor did …
read moreCoding Horror: Please Dont Steal My Focus
I've seen this on several occasions under Windows, and it's enough to drive one bat-shit mad. I'll be happily tooling away when out of nowhere, a software update will impose itself on whatever I'm doing. Great, thanks! Worse is the default behavior of …
read moreTrue or False: E-Waste - CNN.com
OK, you recycled paperboard, 100% post consumer waste, soy-milk guzzling (from paper cartons) hippies - here's one more way you can help out the environment and stick it to "the man".
read moreOpen Source Alternative - Find Open Source Alternatives to commercial software
Just in case you were wondering what software is out there that's Free / Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS). Sure, it's kind of like those "If you like (blah), you'll love (blah blah)" which can be hit or miss ("If you …
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