She gives you an autograph and you walk away with a smile on you face.

If you want this to be your happy ending, then don't go to Nov. 1st.

If you don't want this to be a happy ending, then do go to Nov. 1st.

If the above message confuses you, go to Sept. 22nd.

I really like this passage because it compares programmers with ancient Greek philosophers.

I found something sortof relevant: SoLaSI.org has a page called Writing for Programmers, that tries to explain essay writing in C++ terms. It's interesting, albeit a bit incomplete:

http://www.solasi.org/moin.cgi/WritingForProgrammers

Thanks so much, Joe!

dammit, now there is no context at all for that post.

Sorry. It's called "comment spam" and it's the bane of the blogosphere. I have a 'bot scrubbing this blog clean as we speak.

maybe we should have a class discussion on how cybertexts on the net are inevitably exploited by people trying to make a quick buck.

maybe we should have a class discussion on how cybertexts on the net are inevitably exploited by people trying to make a quick buck.

Cool idea, Mike.

Also, I really wish we'd talked about the Ramsay/Rockwell reading, as it was really interesting.

No fear, I want to talk about it too and we will on Monday. Between going over the exam and getting into the MOO there just wasn't time on Wed.

In the discussion of whether code is a form of text, I thought it was interesting to consider the computer as an audience/ reader. It's neat that technology has come so far that a nonhuman can be considered an audience.

I like how rockwell compares a machine to the mind, which I believe is true because the mind functions in many different ways.

MGK- Just curious as to how you can have a "bot" clean up the spam on this site? How does it distinguish between spam and , er, non-spam material?

Adam,

It's really just a blacklist that blocks known spam URLs and keywords. You can't post a comment using the over-the-counter name of a certain little blue pill, for example.