http://www.open-minds.info/blog Insane according to G.K. Chesterton Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:14:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm rapidly getting edumacated in the ways of C/C++ development on the OS X platform. I've been having a LOT of issues related to the relationship between binaries and dynamic libraries which might be complied for either the PowerPC or Intel architectures. This is because the dynamic libraries that Nikon ... http://www.open-minds.info/blog/2008/10/24/nikon-software-development-issues/ I'd like to try my hand at HDR photography ... but the Nikon D40 leaves something to be desired due to it's lack of exposure bracking. This make things difficult because you need to adjust the shutter speed by hand, which means I have to jostle the camera between exposures. Not ... http://www.open-minds.info/blog/2008/10/20/nikon-hacking/ But I'm betting that putting 'GC.collect()' inside a heavily used method is a bad idea. http://www.open-minds.info/blog/2008/10/13/i-dont-know-c/ I am supposed to get some additional hardware for my home office. The question was asked if my house was secure. People who know me should get a giggle at that. Of course I answered 'yes, but of course.' I'm sure they were thinking about people with ski masks raiding ... http://www.open-minds.info/blog/2008/10/07/the-difference-between-big-towns-and-small-towns/ Or is it the end of western financial supremacy? Do you double down or get out while the getting is good? How you decide this could either make you rich or poor. http://www.open-minds.info/blog/2008/10/07/is-it-getting-time-to-buy-stocks-again/ It's a bit long, but you will be rewarded at the 8th minute mark. http://www.open-minds.info/blog/2008/10/05/british-humor-i-actually-get/ http://www.open-minds.info/blog/2008/10/04/quite-possibly-the-best-daily-show-clip/ All senators aren't corrupt or lacking in wisdom, it's just the vast majority. Bernie Sanders and Jim Bunning are a few good men in a den of thieves. http://www.open-minds.info/blog/2008/10/02/a-few-good-men/ From following the financial crisis and the response by law makers, I have come to the conclusion that our entire society is sub-prime from bottom to top. We have sub prime voters who act sub prime in their jobs and who vote in sub prime politiicans who make sub prime ... http://www.open-minds.info/blog/2008/10/01/sub-prime-society/ Folks, the sad reality is that we have a subprime financial system which is insolvent. I think that there are some realistic options. You either have government remove the bad assets from the banks balance sheet, or you have the banks default on their obligations, or you print a lot ... http://www.open-minds.info/blog/2008/09/21/thoughts-on-the-financial-bailout-of-bad-men-in-suits-drinking-starbucks-and-talking-on-blackberrys/