| On that shelling of the UN building |
[Jan. 11th, 2009|08:52 am] |
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054284.html
missed their targets by some 30 meters
officers said they found the death toll published by Hamas grossly exaggerated
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424929302&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
The army fired three mortar shells, two of which hit the target and one missed by about 30 meters, causing the casualties at the school, whose number the IDF believes was inflated by Hamas.
Fog of war, but also fog of media war.
Update. Heh! Look at them. Haaretz: "IDF investigation shows errant mortar hit UN building in Gaza". Jerusalem Post: "IDF denies errant shell hit UNRWA school". |
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| Иногда мне кажется, что |
[Jan. 11th, 2009|01:45 pm] |
...экспертом по какому-то вопросу называют того, кто много об этом говорит.
Update. В основном, конечно, это приходит в голову после того как экспертами объявляют журналистов. Но не только. В кругу друзей тоже бывает: кто-то о чём-то говорит, и все уже привыкли что это "его тема". Да? |
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| A programming interview |
[Jan. 11th, 2009|06:29 pm] |
Question. On the scale of 1 to 10, how well do you know C++?
(Thinking.) Answer. Is this a linear or logarithmic scale?
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| A programming interview, part II |
[Jan. 11th, 2009|07:14 pm] |
See Part I first.
Question. On the scale of 1 to 10, how well do you know C++?
Answer. Seven!
Question. Is this on a linear or logarithmic scale? |
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| Fog of media war |
[Jan. 11th, 2009|09:45 pm] |
Haaretz: "IDF investigation shows errant mortar hit UN building in Gaza".
Jerusalem Post: "IDF denies errant shell hit UNRWA school".
The same report!
http://cema.livejournal.com/428610.html |
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