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{ Monthly Archives } September 2007

Going Off the Radar

For reasons that many of you (if the number of people that read my blog can indeed be counted as many) know already, I’ll be moving back to Mashhad in a month. The month is for me to tie some loose ends over here at work and help the project I’m involved in as much [...]

2007 09 30 yzt Uncategorized Comments (1)

The Clovers Work!

“Good day to be alive, sir!” “Good day to be alive,” he says…
I just cannot not worry about what the soothing light at the end of my tunnel will end up to be! *shivers with a premonition*

2007 09 27 yzt life Comments (0)

Torvalds’ Folly

Read this message on the subject of C++ as a programming language from Linus Torvalds. To give you a little context, this is the git mailing list (or rather, newsgroup) which is the revision control system they chose after all the controversy around BitKeeper (which was proprietary and not at all suitable for the Linux [...]

2007 09 24 yzt programming
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Two Strikes in a Row

This morning, two important events were waiting for me when I got online:

Google.com were filtered out by some utterly stupid people (I’m running after those guys to take back the IDIOT award to give it to these guys!) but it was restored in less than 12 hours AFAIK.
Robert Jordan just died! What happens to the [...]

2007 09 17 yzt life
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Hardy According to Hector

Uncoffined…
Unkissed…
Unrejoicing…
Unconfessed…
Unembraced…
It’s a turn of phrase that brings with it a sense of not sharing, being out if it, whether because of diffidence or shyness, but holding back, not being in the swim of it. Can you see that?

2007 09 16 yzt Quotes
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C++: Fun With Comments

There’s much fun to be had with C++ comments, and a lot of seriously usable tricks there as well. Of course, most of programmers already know all I could tell about the subject, but nonetheless, I think I’ll take a shot at bringing all the techniques I think might be useful together, and I might [...]

2007 09 10 yzt C++
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Idiots on Steroids!

After the last presidential election over here, I thought I knew who the most stupid person in the world was, or alternately, the most stupid people.
Three days ago, I was proved wrong! I travel a lot (only between Mashhad and Tehran) and some of these trips are by bus. The bus tickets are sold online [...]

2007 09 05 yzt stupidity Comments (1)

Many Miles

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

This part of a poem by Robert Frost sums up my current situation. I just hope that I don’t fall for the woods or sleep.

2007 09 02 yzt Quotes
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No Redemption?

With the blood of my slain gods on hands, I stand at the crossroads of hell and heaven.
I was the one who killed them, just as I had made them before. They died so I can start afresh.

2007 09 01 yzt life Comments (0)