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indeyets/appserver-in-php · GitHub.

Lukas Smith responded on Twitter to a posting of mine I made on this blog about the possibility of having a precompiled bootstrap in PHP that would allow large sections of bootstrapping code to be bypassed, including autoloading, class definitions and certain objects.

His tweet linked to the link above which solves the problem, but in a different way.  It requires a middle layer that needs to be running to process these requests.  I believe that I have thought about doing something similar using ESI locally  which did not work out so well since Varnish processed ESI requests synchronously.

I have not played with this library and I would prefer a solution that is closer to the engine and doesn’t add another layer.  That said, this looks like an interesting project that seems worth taking a look at.

I would like to announce the immediate availability of Tobasco for Toddlers.  It is the diaper powder for stubborn children.  The way it works is that your child wears their diaper just as they normally would.  But prior to them putting it on you put a small amount of our special patented powder that is completely neutral until it comes into contact with any liquid-y substance.  Once the powder is activated it generates the same sensation as shooting a whole bottle of Tobasco sauce.  Your child is guaranteed ** to never potty in their diaper after the first instance.  It is the ultimate weapon on your fight against a stubborn potty trainee.

Here is a picture of the powder and it’s applicator.  (Glow not a photo enhancement).

**Guarantee is void if you are actually dumb enough to try this.

It would seem that it is PHP that will be the dominant programming language in the latter half of the 21st century.

[root@li114-69 controllers]# HEAD www.weylandindustries.com
200 OK
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Connection: Close
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:03:48 GMT
Pragma: no-cache
Server: Unknown
Content-Type: text/html
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Client-Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:03:48 GMT
Client-Peer: 107.21.200.195:443
Client-Response-Num: 1
Client-SSL-Cert-Issuer: /C=US/O=Entrust, Inc./OU=www.entrust.net/rpa is incorporated by reference/OU=(c) 2009 Entrust, Inc./CN=Entrust Certification Authority - L1C
Client-SSL-Cert-Subject: /C=US/ST=California/L=Los Angeles/O=Fox Entertainment Group/CN=www.weylandindustries.com
Client-SSL-Cipher: AES256-SHA
Client-SSL-Warning: Peer certificate not verified
Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=2da4qt357qvk74n6f63mnjsbe7; path=/

I’m thinking about posting a poll in a couple of days about software communities and I’m looking for some input on some of the responses.  I have my set of possible responses, but I’d like some input before posting the poll.  So, if you have some ideas, please post them in the comments.

The question is

Why are you part of a software community?  or How do you participate in a software community?

Notice that I didn’t necessarily limit this to “open source”.  Clearly that’s a big part of it.  But there are a good number of robust communities that are not based around open source.  Adobe, Microsoft, IBM all have massive communities.  I know that for those of us in the open source realm that’s a little hard to understand (one of the reasons why I’m doing this), but it’s true.  Some of the ideas I’ve had so far…

1. I like to provide input on the direction of the software I use
2. I have some free time and I like to code
3. The software helps me earn a living
4. I am socially awkward and this is the best I can do
5. I like hanging out with nerds
6. I want to try new things that I don’t normally get to do

What about you?  Are there other responses I should put in there?

Watch 12 Cute Dogs Bark The Star Wars Imperial March In VW’s Super Bowl Ad Teaser.

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Uh huh.  ”Strictly prohibited and may be unlawful”?  ”May” be unlawful?  I should send out emails to millions of random people and say “by reading this email you may be required to send me $1,000″.

What other “remedies” could I put in my email to millions of people?

Today is NOT binary day.  It is not 11/11/11 11:11:11.  It is 11/11/2011 11:11:11.  The number two is not a binary number.  The last time we had a binary day “like this” the Crusades were happening.  There are 2,917,608 days before the next legitimate Binary Day and by then we’ll all be addicted to the spice Melange anyway.

There’s an “Occupy Whitehorse“. No, Americans, I did not mis-spell that. And, yes, that says “sole” as in “one”. I, for one, am part of the Occupy Schroeder Household movement. Our (my) demands are the immediate disolution of HOA rules and dues (save for the pool and a couple of flowers), a federal 50% tax on those who complain about their lot in life (current complainer exempted, of course), numerous unspecified regulations on environment regulations and the use of nuclear bombs in oil drilling, particularly if it’s in a national park.