Comment Re:This made me laugh! (Score 1) 659
An interesting analogy, non-natives with superior tech ousting the locals to pave a new democracy and plunder local resources. Yes, it's EXACTLY like they're playing cowboys and indians.
Submission + - The Great Browser JavaScript Showdown 2
Thwomp writes: Over at Coding Horror Jeff Atwood has an interesting write up on the performance of JavaScript in the big four browsers. He has used WebKit's newly announced SunSpider to produce the results. He's also benchmarked the lasted Firefox Beta here. Overall the results seem surprising.
Submission + - Rare Soviet Retro-Future Space Art (darkroastedblend.com)
abramsv writes: "A collection of the most inspiring & hard-to-find retro-futuristic graphics from rather unlikely sources: Soviet & Eastern Bloc "popular tech & science" magazines, German, Italian, British fantastic illustrations and promotional literature — all from the Golden Age of Retro-Future (from 1930s to 1970s). Link"
