Well, no one can prove him wrong

Listen to Pat Robertson's deep answer a viewer's question:Oooh Pat Robertson, such a wuvvable wittow man. Who's a cwazy evangewicow pshychopaf? You are! Yes you are! Come'ere, <tickles Pat on the stomach> koochee woochee woo!

Ready? One... Two... Th--

Always wondered how you could make a difference in the world? To promote world peace? At long last, the answer: www.globalorgasm.org !! (the music is charming).

WHERE?
Everywhere in the world, but especially in countries with weapons of mass destruction.
WHEN?
Solstice Day - Friday December 22nd, at the time of your choosing, in the place of your choosing and with as much privacy as your choose
WHY?
To effect positive change in the energy field of the Earth through input of the largest possible surge of human energy, a Synchronized Global Orgasm

Be sure to read the part under "The Science." LOL.

1.0 Laptop / Child

The One Laptop Per Child project has built the first few prototypes of their final model. You can see pictures of the OLPC team playing with their creation at the OLPC Wiki. I envy these guys: they're working on an idea that's poised to change the world. At first I thought they got rid of the hand crank that their original design had (still visible in their gallery) but it turns out they just moved it to the AC adapter, which makes sense. No power outlet needed => awesome. Check out the hardware specs page... the processor uses 1 watt and system load is 3 watts with a capacity of 7 hours.

"I didn't do it"

C++0x

C++0x, the next C++ language standard, is coming...
Oh man, I can't wait to be able to write C++ code like this!

   template<class T> using Vec = vector<T,My_alloc<T>>;
   Vec<double> v = { 2.3, 1.2, 6.7, 4.5  };
   sort(v);
   for(auto p = v.begin(); p!=v.end(); ++p)
       cout << *p << endl;

I especially like the new concepts language feature and how it's better than restricting through inheritance (Java and C# generics). I could never believe anyone would make a language where basic types (int, double) were treated fundamentally differently from classes (everything derived from Object? Pfft). Too bad we'll have to wait three years before the standards are accepted.

Look at all the good stuff potentially coming to C++ in the official C++0x wish list.