Wabewalker

location: home

mood: amused

I have found a replacement for the late, lamented Fake Steve Jobs:

Linux Hater’s Blog

Excessive swearing, but charming in its anger; and dead-on, especially describing design problems that could have been fixed years ago had egos not been in the way.

Amazon’s a priori data mining algorithm is always a source of entertainment. Take their latest missive:

Dear Amazon.com Customer,

We've noticed that customers who have purchased or rated "The Andromeda Strain" have also purchased "Philippine Fighting Arts by Julius Melegrito Vol. 1: Single-Stick Tactics and Applications" on DVD. For this reason, you might like to know that "Philippine Fighting Arts by Julius Melegrito Vol. 1: Single-Stick Tactics and Applications" will be released on June 17, 2008. You can pre-order yours by following the link below.

Wanted: a content analyzer and classifier for Amazon.

Disclaimer: May only be fun for math nerds.

Puzzle: At a party, someone comes up to you and offers you odds that some pair in the room share a common birthday (month and day, ignoring the year and leap days). Should you take that bet?