AOL Instant Messanger Bots
Yesterday, AOL instant messenger added some bots for me to talk to, which livened up my day, let me tell you.
But am I the only one who finds it slightly amusing that they're called aimbots?
Thought so. Never mind.
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Ramblings about cats, games and miscellanea.
Something Good And Something Bad
We all love speed cameras, so I'm sure you'll be as excited as I was when I read this story about how there will soon be license plate recognition at every 400 yards on UK motorways, not to mention sprinkled around town centres and petrol stations. And how your details will then be stored on a database for two years, even if you haven't done anything wrong.
And the much-anticipated Google Base has now opened its doors. Looks interesting, if not slightly scary - Google already currently knows your friends (Orkut), who you talk to (gmail), where you ...
Open Source Ideas
Following on from the question I asked in my previous entry, today I am wondering where we draw the line between learning from others and stealing from others. To illustrate, I will give you some examples.
Imagine that I produce something that does the same job as another open source project, but has totally different code and was developed without any knowledge of the other project at all. Is that wrong? I would assume that here everyone would say no.
But what if I take an idea from that open source project and use it in mine? Is that wrong ...
Using Open Source Code
When it comes to using open source code in my projects, I hesitate. Even though I may find that the code I am about to write might have already been written by someone else and is sitting in front of me, I will often ignore theirs and write mine again from scratch. I am aware that we would never get anywhere without standing on the shoulders of others, but I frequently just can't bring myself to do it.
Part of it is that I enjoy solving problems, but the real issues for me are quality control and future-proofing.
If ...
Back To Blue
Back to the old theme. I also decided it was about time to drop my little welcome message, seeing as it's been there for over 5 years.
Anyway, I just saw an advert for Titanic on DVD, with an alternative ending. Please, will somebody buy this and tell me if they all die?
When I'm a multi-millionaire, I'm going to film a new version of Titanic. Involving a hitman cyborg from the future, sent back through time to destroy the Rose before she can be saved and go on to recite her story for 194 minutes.
Damn ...