This blog exists purely as a place for me to dump random links and thoughts I have rather than emailing them to my friends. It'll have large amounts of inside jokes. Also there will probably be times when I write "you" or refer to an email. Just pretend that you are reading an email to you. If you don't know me you likely won't find anything here interesting. If you do know me you also will not find anything here interesting.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Monday, March 23, 2015
Bowie Bond
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bowie-bond.asp
An asset-backed security;which uses the current and future revenue from albums recorded by musician David Bowie as collateral. The 25 albums a Bowie bond uses as their underlying assets were recorded prior to 1990. David Bowie used the proceeds from the bond sale to purchase old recordings of his music. In creating the bonds, he ultimately forfeited royalties for the life of the bond (10 years).
Friday, March 6, 2015
Shakespeare Programming Language
http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/47433/1972
Actual code:
Actual code:
The Marvelously Insane FizzBuzzJazz Program.
Lady Capulet, an old bossy woman that loves to count.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, an old fart who adores to spit out letters.
Act I: The only one of them.
Scene I: The Archbishop of Canterbury is a bastard.
[Enter The Archbishop of Canterbury and Lady Capulet]
The Archbishop of Canterbury:
You are nothing!
Scene II: Count, Lady Capulet, count.
The Archbishop of Canterbury:
You are as beautiful as the sum of yourself and a cat!
Lady Capulet:
Am I worse than the square of the product of the sum of a warm gentle flower and a rose
and my pretty angel?
The Archbishop of Canterbury:
If not, let us proceed to Scene VIII.
Scene III: Fizzing to no end!
The Archbishop of Canterbury:
Is the remainder of the quotient between yourself and the sum of a happy cow and a
chihuahua as good as nothing?
Lady Capulet:
If not, let us proceed to Scene IV. Thou art as handsome as the sum of the sum of
the sweetest reddest prettiest warm gentle peaceful fair rose and a happy proud kindgom
and a big roman. Speak thy mind!
Thou art as fair as the sum of thyself and a honest delicious cute blossoming peaceful
hamster. Thou art as cunning as the sum of the sum of an embroidered King and a horse
and thyself. Speak thy mind!
Thou art as amazing as the sum of the sum of a good happy proud rich hero and a hair and
thyself! Speak thy mind.
Speak your mind!
Scene IV: Buzz me up, Scotty!
The Archbishop of Canterbury:
Is the remainder of the quotient between yourself and the sum of a gentle happy cow and a
chihuahua as good as nothing?
Lady Capulet:
If not, let us proceed to Scene V. Thou art as handsome as the sum of the sweetest reddest
prettiest warm gentle peaceful fair rose and a small town. Speak your mind!
You are as prompt as the sum of yourself and a big healthy peaceful fair rich kingdom. You
are as loving as the sum of the sum of an embroidered King and a horse and thyself. You are
as amazing as the sum of yourself and a cute fine smooth sweet hamster. Speak your mind!
You are as prompt as the sum of the sum of yourself and an amazing cunning Lord and a hair.
Speak your mind.
Speak your mind!
Scene V: Milady, there is jazz in my pants.
The Archbishop of Canterbury:
Is the remainder of the quotient between yourself and a proud noble kingdom as good as
nothing?
Lady Capulet:
If not, let us proceed to Scene VI. You are as charming as the sum of the sum of a noble
cunning gentle embroidered brave mighty King and a big warm chihuahua and an amazing pony!
Speak your mind!
You are as prompt as the sum of yourself and a big black sweet animal. You are as noble as
the sum of the sum of a gentle trustworthy lantern and yourself and a hog. Speak your
mind!
You are as bold as the sum of the sum of yourself and a good delicious healthy sweet horse
and my smooth cute embroidered purse. You are as peaceful as the sum of a flower and
yourself. Speak your mind.
Speak your mind!
The Archbishop of Canterbury:
Let us proceed to Scene VII.
Scene VI: Output or die!
The Archbishop of Canterbury:
Open your heart!
Scene VII: Oh, to jump the line.
Lady Capulet:
You are as handsome as the sum of a proud noble rich kingdom and a rural town. Speak your
mind! You are as gentle as the sum of the sum of yourself and a green mistletoe and my
father. Speak your mind!
The Archbishop of Canterbury:
We must return to Scene II.
Scene VIII: Goodbye, cruel world!
[Exeunt]
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
What ISIS Really Wants
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants/384980/
It’s hard to overstate how hamstrung the Islamic State will be by its radicalism. The modern international system, born of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, relies on each state’s willingness to recognize borders, however grudgingly. For the Islamic State, that recognition is ideological suicide. Other Islamist groups, such as the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, have succumbed to the blandishments of democracy and the potential for an invitation to the community of nations, complete with a UN seat. Negotiation and accommodation have worked, at times, for the Taliban as well. (Under Taliban rule, Afghanistan exchanged ambassadors with Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates, an act that invalidated the Taliban’s authority in the Islamic State’s eyes.) To the Islamic State these are not options, but acts of apostasy.