All Failures are Human in Origin, Part 2
Posted by FirmWarez on 25 Aug 2012 in Blog | 0 comments
Ok, so the splitters have provided some feedback on my “All Failures are Human in Origin” blog. (Side note: I had a biology prof who said there were “lumpers” and “splitters” — those who want fewer categories, and those who want more.) Their issue is that there are difficulties which can cause failure in a design that...
Read MoreMeta FirmWarez
Posted by FirmWarez on 24 Aug 2012 in Blog | 4 comments
Popping the stack a bit. Every now and then I get a question or comment from readers about me, my blog, and the goings on at Obfuscated Labs. I thought I’d take a break from my irregular commentary and answer some meta-FirmWarez questions. 1) Pwnies? Come on man! Fuck you. Yes, pwnies. 2) I still don’t get all the “pony” pronouns?...
Read MoreToys
Posted by FirmWarez on 24 Aug 2012 in Blog | 0 comments
“My toys were all tools–they still are!” -Henry Ford My friend HazMat said it best: “If girls were meant to be engineers, god would have given them opposable thumbs.” From “Saturday Morning Breakfast...
Read MorePatentFail
Posted by FirmWarez on 23 Aug 2012 in Blog | 0 comments
Excellent article over at the EFF stating “let the market decide” on the Apple v. Samsung patent issue. #patentfail. Personally I think patents are nothing but “artificial barriers to entry” and don’t belong in a free market. Well, mostly…more on that later. In general I think they cause more harm than good, and are nothing...
Read MoreMohawks and STEM
Posted by FirmWarez on 22 Aug 2012 in Blog | 0 comments
“Special Mohawk guy?” I thought all guys with Mohawks were special? So a blog writer for the white house managed to connect Mohawks and STEM education via Bobak Ferdowsi (Mohawk sporting flight director of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity mission). Follow him on twitter, @BobakFerdowsi. First off, Mohawks are cool. Yep. Even when they...
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