Posts by quad50

Leaked docs: GCHQ spooks secretly haul in more data than NSA

The reason they only slurp international lines is that there is nothing interesting in internal UK communications.

Bjarne Again: Hallelujah for C++

Re: The usual non-USA cost bias.

Its not that. we pay for our healthcare separately, rather than roll the cost into everything we buy and whatever money we make. how it works out is open for discussion.

Facebook turns billion-dollar profit into tax refund

keep in mind the beneficiaries of the stock and options had to pay personal rate taxes on what they received. the tax was paid, just not twice.

Lotus 1-2-3 rebooted: My trip back to the old (named) range

Jazz

I remember an advert for Jazz, with a guy in a suit up on his toes in some sort of dance move. But I was puzzled at the time about what exactly Jazz was. the ad did not tell me anything besides that I needed to buy it. I never really figured out what it was, until it was gone.

Apple pays up for stealing design from Swiss Railways

Einstein's clocks

And Einstein got clues for special relativity when he studied patents the Swiss railroad had for synchronizing their clocks.

Hitchhiker shot while researching 'Kindness of America'

lol turns out he shot himself and it was all a scam