The bundles of uranium should be at least 50 centimeters...
Tack vare random nätperson Anna P. för hjälp med latinet :-)
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Designing two nuclear reactors in latin while running a 10k
The bundles of uranium should be at least 50 centimeters...
Tack vare random nätperson Anna P. för hjälp med latinet :-)
Monday, April 27, 2009
Libera Encyclopaedia
Check it out! Latin Wikipedia: http://la.wikipedia.org
Isn't it crazy that Pliny the Elder could time travel to the present and read about the atomic bomb in his mother tongue?
Isn't it crazy that Pliny the Elder could time travel to the present and read about the atomic bomb in his mother tongue?
Friday, February 20, 2009
The most tortured physical analogy of all time
It is with great pleasure that I present to you, ladies and gentlemen, this, the most tortured physical analogy of all time.
It will come as no surprise that this analogy is from electrical engineering, a field filled nearly to bursting with absurd fictions.
Even if you aren't familier with basic electrical circuits, have a look at this circuit diagram of a camera's flash:
Now, compare and contrast with this baffling and bafflingly unrelated diagram of a cabin's water supply:
Which part of the circuit is the ball valve? What about the other valve? Where the hell is lake superior in the circuit diagram?
Has anybody ever encountered something worse?
Ironically enough, while writing this post, I finally got the analogy. It's really not too bad!
It will come as no surprise that this analogy is from electrical engineering, a field filled nearly to bursting with absurd fictions.
Even if you aren't familier with basic electrical circuits, have a look at this circuit diagram of a camera's flash:
Now, compare and contrast with this baffling and bafflingly unrelated diagram of a cabin's water supply:
Which part of the circuit is the ball valve? What about the other valve? Where the hell is lake superior in the circuit diagram?
Has anybody ever encountered something worse?
Ironically enough, while writing this post, I finally got the analogy. It's really not too bad!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
1st Annual Fictitious Logo Contest: The English Language
It is with great pleasure that I announce the first annual Fictitious Logo Contest!
The rules are simple: create and submit a logo for the English language. It should be suitable for publications and advertisements promoting the language, both printed and electronic.
The winner, determined by online poll, will receive a small box of Solstickan matches, Sweden's preferred match since 1936.
The deadline for submissions is March 15th, 11:59pm.
Good luck!
The rules are simple: create and submit a logo for the English language. It should be suitable for publications and advertisements promoting the language, both printed and electronic.
The winner, determined by online poll, will receive a small box of Solstickan matches, Sweden's preferred match since 1936.
The deadline for submissions is March 15th, 11:59pm.
Good luck!
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Fabulous abuse of the C Preprocessor
From an open source kernel extension I was making some changes to:
// warning: egregious abuse of preprocessor follows!
#define private public
#define protected public
#include <IOKit/hidsystem/IOHIDSystem.h>
#undef private
#undef protected
I really just have no words...
// warning: egregious abuse of preprocessor follows!
#define private public
#define protected public
#include <IOKit/hidsystem/IOHIDSystem.h>
#undef private
#undef protected
I really just have no words...
Friday, February 6, 2009
Famous trees
One of the most surprisingly interesting pages on wikipedia is this list of famous trees.
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