URBAN TAKEDOWNS

URBAN TAKEDOWNS. A rapid increase in urbanization and the proliferation of megacities are salient trends of global economic development since WW2. These trends will be exploited in this war. Cities are both the center of gravity of modern urban economies and extremely vulnerable to global guerrilla systems sabotage — the leveraged infrastructure that cities rely… Continue reading URBAN TAKEDOWNS

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PRIMARY LOYALTIES

PRIMARY LOYALTIES. Global guerrillas are in the final stages of the systematic elimination of the all-volunteer Iraqi security system (which started in earnest with the siege of Fallujah). As anticipated (particularly given John Negroponte's appointment), the interim government's response has been to delegate power to loyalist paramilitaries.  For example: Kurdish paramilitaries are now responsible for… Continue reading PRIMARY LOYALTIES

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Xamlon

Xamlon. OK – so here's another scripting dev language called Xamlon that's designed for RIAs (rich internet apps.) This one has it's own unique twist – it uses Microsoft upcoming XAML system -f or generating the UI – but since there's no such thing as Avalon or Longhorn yet – this package outputs into .swf… Continue reading Xamlon

March 30, 2005

March 30, 2005. To make FogBugz work on Unix as well as Windows, we needed a PHP version. Rather than do a one-time port, we built a compiler that automatically generates a PHP version from the ASP source code. Read all about it in today's part III of The Road to FogBugz 4.0. . [Joel… Continue reading March 30, 2005