Jailbreaking is legal in the U.S.
Basically, all those who were saying that you can’t jailbreak a legally owned device can go fuck themselves.
An astrologer of a London tabloid was once fired by means of a letter from his editor which began, “As you will no doubt have foreseen. —From Christopher Hitchens’s book “God Is Not Great”.
Street Fighters: The Last 72 Hours of Bear Stearns, the Toughest Firm on Wall Street
Street Fighters is not about the reasons why Bear Stearns failed and how did its management came to this mess. Kate Kelly did not write a book for those readers who want cold analysis of the problem. By getting right to the company’s collapse and using her style of slight exaggeration (as one of reviewers on Amazon pointed out, excitement in this book is provided by constant overstatement) author wants us to feel the pressure of those last hours and, in my opinion, she succeeds in doing that.
Although I enjoyed reading this book, I would recommend it only for those looking for a fast and intense read.
Living With a Computer
“The process works this way. When I sit down to write a letter or start the first draft of an article, I simply type on the keyboard and the words appear on the screen.”
This article is from July 1982 issue of The Atlantic Magazine.
God is in Emacs
So I was going to my friend’s place to pick up some stuff and then suddenly I got this urge to do some programming. It was weird and awesome, at the moment I really wanted to write some code, not matter what — just code.
Luckily I live almost next door so I ran back to my apartment and worked for a little bit. Feels good now, although that feeling is still with me.
In the end, we are our choices.
I don’t remember opening this page but, anyway, the tab was there and I read the speech, and I must say that it is the most relevant text for me right now. Especially the quote.
When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout. —Old saying
Вот, видите, даже у французов крах по-своему прекрасен. То есть казалось, что в игре с Мексикой они упали уже на самое дно, и тут снизу постучали.
See, even french failure is wonderful in its own way. I mean, after their game with Mexico, it seemed that they fell to the very bottom, but then somebody knocked from below.
—Yaroslav Kotyshov, Lenta.ru
