Comment Re:Python is doomed (Score 1) 438
Wow, you're doing it wrong then. Adding unnecessary casts is a bad thing because it can mask serious typesafety issues.
Feed What’s Online: Don’t Buy My Book, Just Read It (nytimes.com)
Seth Godin published a book under a Creative Commons license that allows anyone to republish and sell it. But he was a little surprised when someone actually did.
Feed Water on Mars: New Evidence (wired.com)
IE7 Released As High-Priority Update 438
jimbojw writes, "Internet Explorer 7 was finally released this morning and is available via automatic update or download from Microsoft." And an anonymous reader notes stats on IE7 and FF2 downloads, adding: "Looks like FF2 is already outnumbering FF 1.5, while IE7 is having a hard time to find followers. Will today's release as a high-priority, force-fed update fix this issue?" The sans.org stats site will be updated throughout the day, so perhaps we'll get an indication.
