by Tom | Mar 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
Joel explaining how difficult it is to set and keep standards in play: Postel´s robustness principle is spot on: "Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others." How does this apply to dish washers, which I find have the...
by Tom | Mar 19, 2008 | Business
Interesting discussion of banks booking income that hasn’t yet flowed in the door (and is unlikely ever to). The assumption of low-cost financing and rising house prices looks to be a very dangerous one. I’m sure Enron used to do something similar in terms...
by Tom | Mar 19, 2008 | Reading
Joel explaining how difficult it is to set and keep standards in play: Postel’s robustness principle is spot on: “Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.” How does this apply to dish washers, which I find have the...
by Tom | Mar 18, 2008 | Science
One of my favourite learnings in O-level physics was why the sky is blue if the sun is white. The same explanation holds for a reflection nebula in Orion. Only the picture shows it how it was 1600 years ago.
by Tom | Mar 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
Just an extraordinary story, especially the piece where the toilet seat had to go with her to hospital. I only read the story because it was in Wichita, and Caroline has been there.
