“Enlisted members of the armed forces swear their oath to those appointed over them; an officer swears an oath not to a person but to the Constitution. The distinction is important.

“Susan Polgar, former women’s world chess champion, will serve as director of a new institute and coach of the Knight Raiders chess team of Texas Tech University. Texas Tech has established itself as an emerging chess presence in just a few short years. The Knight Raiders club, established in 2003, now claims more than 100 members. In 2006, the university was named Chess College of the Year by the United States Chess Federation for its scholarship program and emphasis on female recruitment.

“Ruby has a bug in how the array works and how threads are garbage collected. At the time I was testing this, me and Bradley Taylor narrowed the problem down and produced these two scripts. Several high profile idiots on ruby-lang tried to claim the test was invalid but couldn’t offer a reason why the first script leaked and the second didn’t. After much arguing, calling me an idiot, debating the merits of OS memory allocation, and other stupidities, we find out that Eric Mahurin fixed the whole problem a year ago and it was missed.

“If Javascript is the language you write client code and server code in, it could be huge.

“Studios are the pirates.. I’m not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven’t been sympathetic to mine. ..if someone wants to rip them off that’s fine with me. If you’re going to pirate, though, make sure the quality’s good. Have some respect for what you’re pirating!

“Cupertino has 2 major streets: De Anza Blvd., which runs North-South, and Stevens Creek Blvd., which runs East-West. The intersection of these two streets is in the center of Cupertino, and most of the businesses and shopping centers in the city are located in the area.

“Australia knew how to beat England at Adelaide last winter after conceding a first innings of more than 550 because they had the template. India, propelled by Dravid, had done exactly the same to Australia in 2003-04.

“I was coming to realise just how strongly the players believed in their ability to beat anyone in Indian conditions.. the downside was how much of that self-belief ebbed away the moment our plane left Indian airspace. There was almost an expectation that things would go wrong.