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Apocalypse 6Apocalypse 6Apocalypse 6 03/13/2003 10:23 AM Larry continues his unfolding of the design of Perl 6 with his latest Apocalypse - this time, how subroutines are defined and called in Perl 6. This is a GrokNews Entry: (what is grok?)Apocalypse 6Grok Headline matches for Apocalypse 6Apocalypse 6 is OutApocalypse 6 is Out 03/13/2003 10:16 AM Dan writes "This one's about subroutines and is rather extensive. Read it over at perl.com." Yay! It's been a long time coming, it should be extensive. :-) Apocalypse away!Apocalypse away! 03/13/2003 04:56 PM Well, Apocalypse 6 is out. I'd link to it, but I'm off-line and don't have the URL handy. It's on... Apocalypse NowApocalypse Now 06/15/2004 04:52 PM Dan Sugalski: If anyone sees a bunch of guys on horses, don't forget to offer 'em some carrots. Apocalypse 12Apocalypse 12 04/16/2004 06:27 PM Larry Wall explains how objects and classes are to work in Perl 6. E-mail apocalypse: nowE-mail apocalypse: now 02/05/2005 09:11 PM ZDNet Feb 4 2005 6:47PM GMT On The Eve Of A Patent Apocalypse?On The Eve Of A Patent Apocalypse? 09/21/2004 02:41 AM theodp writes "The IHT reports on BTG's use of purchased patents to sue Amazon and Barnes & Noble over technology that tracks consumer purchases, raising the question of whether we're one step closer to an all-out patent war in which every patentholder seeks to exercise its rights, bringing the software industry to a standstill and leaving lawyers as the only winners." We wrote about this patent lawsuit last week, but it's good that others are finally realizing that the current patent situation is a disaster waiting to happen for the tech industry. From Genesis to ApocalypseFrom Genesis to Apocalypse 09/08/2004 12:36 PM From Genesis to Apocalypse: one more threat to NASA's pure research funding. washingtonpost.com: Apocalypse Soon?washingtonpost.com: Apocalypse Soon? 05/17/2004 03:10 AM an article debunking the movie and discussing its possible policy impact .. Patrick Michaels writes in The Washington Post .. Debunking The Day After Tomorrow washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A28338-2004May14?language=pri
nter Netscape, Apocalypse, and PhoNetscape, Apocalypse, and Pho 03/19/2003 10:26 PM Others have commented on Charles Cooper's speculations about "What if Netscape had Won?"In my opinion, this was never a zero-sum game, where one person has to lose for the other to win.A zero-sum mentality is a huge waste of resources and diverts energy away from productive innovation toward "attacking the other guy's base". Ever since the software industry fell victim to the politics of polarization, and assumptions like Cooper's go unchallenged, I am afraid that we are all falling incredibly short of our full potential. If, as he implies (and many youngsters seem to think), the best opportunities left in software are to build yet another operating system to replace Microsoft, then it's time to take up gardening. Luckily that mentality is a lie, and the real question is "How fantastic would things be if we could all stop griping about the past and write cool programs?" ~ Some bloggers have been calling today "war's eve". But this morning I got a spam e-mail explaining that the world is about to end, with half of earth's population to burn in a lake of fire. The e-mail directed me to this web site. I spent a lot of time reading through the material; it's pretty cool. It is interesting to note how obsessed are the children of Abraham's three religions with apocalypse. ~ Thanks to Doug Purdy, my wife is now reading "Quantum Psychology". It's not a bad book, but I wonder if I really want her to know the secrets of the global conspiracy. ~ Today I ate at Pho Saigon in Redmond for the first time. It just opened at the northeast intersection of Leary Way and Cleveland across from Redmond Town Center, and seems to have not shown up in CitySearch yet. It wasn't breathtaking, but it was fine and I'm sure I'll go back often. The place is very clean, the menu has all of the standard soup meats, and the price is good ($4.95 for small, $5.95 for large). The bowls of soup were all pretty liberal in the amount of meat, and the meat was good quality (no gristle, no grease). We'll see if they keep up the quality and quantity once business picks up more. The spring rolls were fine, too, and the tea was great. ~ Orlowski must be distracted lately by something, because he's definitely not paying attention to his journalism. First he printed a flawed technical analysis of on-line voting, and today he is playing fast-and-loose with the facts apparently in an attempt to smear Microsoft. Orlowski doesn't care that Microsoft has no editorial control over MSNBC (which any journo with integrity will tell you is a good thing). He's obviously very upset, because he's unleashing the sarcasm with full force, but I'm having a hard time understanding what he thinks should happen. Is he suggesting that MSFT should censor MSNBC news so that it only reflects Microsoft corporate vision? Besides the fact that MSFT can't, and the obvious first ammendment questions raised, it seems that any such actions would set a precedent affirming that MSFT viewed MSNBC as an official PR channel. In other words, everything said on MSNBC might carry the same legal weight as official PR statements do. Some might have thought it nice to shut up the MSNBC anchors who ripped on MSFT during the antitrust trials, but MSFT doesn't have that sort of influence. Or maybe Orlowski is suggesting that MSFT should censor MSNBC news whenever he finds it offensive? But getting rid of shows that people don't like is the job of MSNBC, and a job that MSNBC gets graded on directly based on revenue. Quite simply, if people hate the show, MSNBC loses money. The loss of revenue due to people hating the show would be certainly orders of magnitude greater than the loss of revenue due to Chinese government mistakenly thinking that Michael Savage speaks on behalf of MSFT. Orlowski has more than enough room to criticize MSNBC's editorial decisions without trying to falsely link one host's opinions to MSFT corporate policy, and he certainly should be able to disagree with MSNBC without degenerating into personal attacks on MSFT executives. More than 90% of earth's creatures are invertabrates. Perl 6 Apocalypse 12 releasedPerl 6 Apocalypse 12 released 04/21/2004 07:24 AM ajs writes "The 12th Apocalypse for Perl 6 has been released. This is a skip forward in the ordering, as the last Apocalypse was number 6 and 7 was deferred to "Exegesis 7: Formats" by Damian Conway. Why the skip? Because objects (the subject of A12) are ... Signs that the Apocalypse is NighSigns that the Apocalypse is Nigh 04/09/2004 04:09 PM Chomskying at the bit. Welcome to the Apocalypse! Please enjoy
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