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Re:State of African internetworking [pdf]
on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @09:35AM (#11761361)
Haha, I still remember Winston the pigeon racing to deliver his 4GB of data...
For anyone interested: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8248056.stm
Re:The Game Industry of South Africa
on Friday February 05, 2016 @06:21AM (#11040776)
MyBroadband is a joke. Anyone who takes their news articles seriously probably also reads the Daily Sun religiously.
Re:North Korea announces successful hydrogen bomb test
on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @01:18AM (#10848949)
This was the main idea behind the South African nukes as well. If memory serves, the country had only 6 nuclear warheads, but they were never meant to be anything but a deterrent (and probably a display of power and capability).
Re:John Romero Shares PC “Super Mario Bros. 3” Demo Video
on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @02:33AM (#10736457)
Keen is available on Steam nowadays for not too expensive (I think $5).
Keen Dreams is excluded from the bundle IIRC, but that's abandonware by now and has been opensourced on Github.
Re:Free Pascal Compiler Version 3.0.0
on Thursday November 26, 2015 @02:05AM (#10631693)
In South Africa, Pascal and Delphi are still taught in schools... In fact, the University of South Africa actually has about 2 Delphi semester modules also, along with C++.
Some schools have switched over to Java, and most other universities have jumped onto the Java/.NET bandwagon.
So in a nutshell, I think it's still pretty prevalent in 3rd world countries. It's not a bad starting language to introduce students to programming concepts, although I would prefer Python for a first language.
Re:Call this phone to become a part of William Binney's social graph a...
on Thursday November 12, 2015 @04:44AM (#10552166)
Welcome to the list. :p
Re:New human-like species discovered
on Thursday September 10, 2015 @08:39AM (#10197654)
Are we by any chance both South African and trying to lecture each other about South African culture?
Re:New human-like species discovered
on Thursday September 10, 2015 @07:57AM (#10197509)
Most people speak English to bridge the gaps. At work, in the shops, etc.
Re:Why Do Colleges Give Honorary Degrees?
on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @03:33AM (#10121614)
I don't think Stallman would submit his work for a PhD, mainly because one's PhD work becomes the property of the university. It's against everything he stands for.
Re:Ask HN: Would you pay for a code similarity detection tool?
on Monday July 27, 2015 @09:34AM (#9955057)
In certain industries, where independent double programming is required, this could be used to catch people who steal/copy code.
Re:The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
on Tuesday October 07, 2014 @07:00AM (#8420468)
Nope, original spelling of the topic said "price".
Re:What's a Mathematician to do?
on Thursday September 04, 2014 @07:28AM (#8267597)
Jeff Atwood hates "forum style" interfaces and discussions for Q&A sites. I've always disagreed with this. Forum style discussions not only solve problems, but also branch out into brilliant discussions. I myself have been part of a few math forums before.