The short-form week of 26 Dec 2011–1 Jan 2012
02 Jan 2012
The week in review, 140 characters at a time.
This document was created automatically from my archive of my Twitter stream. Due to limitations in the Twitter API and occasional glitches in my archiving system, it may not be 100% complete.
In a conversation that started on Monday at 03:59pm
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 01:33pm
Math puzzle with a surprising answer http://t.co/K4lSNjq0—@mschireson
@mschireson Hint: if Max asks you a math puzzle, odds are xor will be involved.—@hunterhacker
@mschireson choose one hat color and count them ... if 7 then you have that color, if 8 then
you have the other color—@xquery
@xquery not necessarily 8 of each, I will clarify on my blog.—@mschireson
@mschireson I kind of figured it wouldn't be that easy ... w/o time for math, my 2nd guess is
best prob is for everyone to guess—@xquery
@xquery @mschireson I don’t think Max would have asked if there wasn’t a perfect solution. Not that I’ve
worked it out yet, or expect to.—@ndw
@mschireson @ndw saving this lil math nugget for tmrw, having a hangover to work quantum prob was
a successful strategy at uni ;)—@xquery
In a conversation that started on Friday at 06:28am
If the future is one where I have to write more JavaScript rather than less, the future
has a critical bug.—@tommorris
In a conversation that started on Monday at 07:44am
The technology-entertainment complex is the new military-industrial complex.—@tommorris
Monday at 02:38pm
Tuesday at 05:46pm
Up next: the Doctor Who Christmas special, spoilers for which I have successfully
avoided.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 03:18pm
Barnes and Noble demonstrate that what’s worse than DRM is DRM done badly. Sigh.—@ndw
@ndw what did they do? How was it bad?—@MarieBilde
@MarieBilde Books I just bought won't play in my Nook app. I think because the CC I used is different.
Anyway it's borked #DRM.—@ndw
@ndw today DRM is mainly a means to lock in customers in some vendors ecosystem. If it
doesn't work as supposed, then it's extra lousy.—@MarieBilde
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 04:46pm
I'm thinking now wouldn't be a great time to have a war with Iran. Maybe it's just
me, but that seems like a really really stupid idea.—@kendall
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 06:21pm
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 06:29pm
Twitter spam on the rise, or just me? Autoresponse spam to lots of recent tweets.—@ndw
@ndw Eat Spam! It's mysterious, tasty, and we don't allow the meat to fall on the floor.
Much.—@shelleypowers
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 07:45pm
In a conversation that started on Friday at 10:42am
On spam: three witty remarks from friends and two new spam replies.—@ndw
@ndw Interesting datum. Thanks—@eliasisrael
In a conversation that started on Friday at 03:13pm
will we kill everything with silly intellectual property claims? “@mlinksva @glynmoody Doctors Discover Copyright Law http://t.co/MbmpsHxF”—@benadida
In a conversation that started on Friday at 05:33pm
Steak on the grill. In December. That's right, you heard me.—@ndw
Friday at 06:16pm
Saturday at 02:01pm
Pondering 7" tablets. The G Tab "7.0 Plus" is supposed to get ICS, so that's a possibility,
I guess.—@ndw
Saturday at 11:03pm
On the assertion that it's midnight somewhere [nearby, just over the Atlantic -ed],
"Happy New Year" to you and yours & goodnight.—@ndw
Sunday at 04:59pm
Congratulations emusic, you’ve made a totally un-navigable pigs breakfast of your
website. Well done. Bravo. But at least it looks pretty.—@ndw