Adelante

Proctored an exam today. The professor and I added a very easy math question to the test (as extra credit) to see how many people would (a) see "math" and skip it, (b) try and fail, (c) succeed. There may or may not be some wagers hinging on the result.

Also, Rajeev Suri is apparently going to be the next CEO of Nokia [link]. Satya Nadella, then this? Excellent. It appears my plans for world domination are proceeding satisfactorily, ethnically speaking, at least. I disagree with the common "Indians only excel abroad" mentality - we excel in India as well, it's just less visible under the filth of Indian politics.

That, of course, might be improving now, given the imminent demise of the rectal canker sore that is the Indian National Congress. Good God, just talking about them makes me fly into a rage. The mere mention of their name brought these three videos into my head - I include them here for your viewing pleasure.

Today's things:

• Situation worsens in Ukraine - soldiers kill five pro-Russia rebels [link]
• Time travel using older images in Google Street View [link]
• ARIN is now out of IPv4 addresses [link]; the latin american and african registries still have lots left, though.
• The start menu will probably be back in August [link]
• Google, Apple, etc. agree to settle conspiracy case [link]