Category Archives: Rant

In the matter of only 2 hours…

I have been looking frantically for ‘internships’ for my next University year. I spend a year in the computing industry working for a real company on a real project, earning real money and hopefully setting me up for my career … Continue reading

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Microsoft and Yahoo? 2 + 2 ≠ 4!

All this Microsoft and Yahoo stuff has got me thinking — how desperate are the CEOs of Microsoft to narrow the gap between them and Google? At the current time Google have a 55% market share, up 20% in 2 … Continue reading

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Andy Callaghan: Pythonian

I have recently found myself deviating away from C and C++ towards a newer, cleaner, smarter and much less annoying programming language - Python. I was knocked back from it’s sheer simplicity in code and the vast selection of built-in libraries … Continue reading

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There go my printer credits…

My XML coursework is finally done. As I couldn’t get any work done at home, I went into Uni from 5 on Saturday… … at 2am, I finally left with the coursework done. I walked back home feeling zombified with … Continue reading

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Coursework Hell, Convex Hull.

I feel overwhelmed that my Convex Hull algorithm coursework is complete. We got just over 4 weeks to complete this work, but along with another 4 pieces of coursework that were due in before this one — most people didn’t start until the last … Continue reading

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Back to the Stoneage

As I have moved back to Reading University for my second year, I have moved into a house nearby the Uni with three of my friends. The house is quite old, dusty and grotty but apart from that it’s really … Continue reading

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Grind my gears: Automatic article generators

Here is an 'article' generated from the keyword 'internet':  The Internet is good, but not because it cannot be regulated. The Internet is a global network connecting millions of computers. That is, traffic on the Internet is much more like a … Continue reading

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Rape: 8yrs; Murder: 15yrs; Copyright Infringement: Life?

The RIAA and the US attorney general are at it again in the USA. They have submitting a bill to congress with a proposal to increase the sentence for Copyright Infringement to life imprisonment in a lovely US jail.  Their … Continue reading

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Lock Paris Hilton away and throw away the key

Finally! We all have a chance to chuck that witch Paris Hilton in jail, and either: 'Lose' the key Throw key in big river Force Paris to 'ingest' key Make her go into a X-men/Magneto style prison – no chance … Continue reading

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Pandora is closed off – USA is destroying music, freedom and the internet.

For those of you that don’t know, Pandora is a free, legal service that allows you to stream full length music tracks over the internet. You then input your favourite bands, groups or singers into Pandora. A complex algorithm will … Continue reading

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