Turning leftist arguments around.

The left often claims that because the human systems are too complex today, it makes central planning NECESSARY.

Turn it on its head...

We can claim that because the human systems are too complex today, it makes central planning IMPOSSIBLE.

First final exams

The electrical engineering exam was pretty nasty compared to all the homework, midterm and past paper questions. The teaching group apparently believed that the past exams were too easy and decided to challenge us to see who knew their stuff best.
I knew my stuff, but I didn't always understand what I needed to do at that moment.

The CS exam was pretty easy, possibly too easy. I was expecting some programming challenges in there, but there was none, just a lot of program tracing. The teaching group were probably too happy when they made the exam.

I hope most people are like that.

Update:
My hypothesis came true. The mean of the CS exam was high and the standard deviation was huge. Grades really are going to be pointless.

wish there was a chat client that allowed...

having multiple conversations at once with the same person?

WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks is like memory leaks. The effort is on to expose government secrets concerning highly controversial issues so that the decision making processes the secrets are part of cannot be used, without compromising the processes. The goal is by impeding those processes, the conspiracies and its processes will run inefficiently and openly, such that everyone can understand and deal with them.

The impact of the leaks appears to be minor, despite the publicity. There remains the need for more leakers for the effort to succeed, and much more press emphasis.

The government response would be to reduce leaks, coverage of the leak's contents and attempting to contain the leaks and the damage they do. They may also decide to move ahead faster with their plans.

At the end of the day, it is up to society as a whole to react appropriately to the leaks, because no amount of secret information and press can change anything on its own.