Monthly Archives: August 2005

Gross Emissions Problem

Posted on August 23, 2005 by Michael Schurter

If you think the title of this post sounds disgusting, so do I. My car’s in the shop to get new tires* and to check out why the “Check Engine” light is on. The mechanic’s explanation was that my car … Continue reading →

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Professor Schurter

Posted on August 18, 2005 by Michael Schurter

It’s official: I’m an adjunct professor at Greenville College in Greenville, IL. I’ll be teaching CIS210: Programming and Data Structures. I chose a textbook that uses C#, but I was pretty disappointed with the state of CS2-level textbooks. Now if … Continue reading →

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Our antivirus is better than your antivirus…

Posted on August 18, 2005 by Michael Schurter

…77% of the time at least. Synthesys’s mail server runs Postfix + ClamAV via clamsmtp, and I haven’t received an e-mail virus since setting it up. Evidently this isn’t just a fluke or good luck because Electric Mail found that … Continue reading →

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I’m spreading PHP6 FUD

Posted on August 16, 2005 by Michael Schurter

Evidently, I’m helping spread FUD about PHP6 because I linked to Rasmus’s post about PHP6. I have to admit, I’m a bit confused by Tobias Schlitt’s assertion that “I [Tobias] concider it harmful to bring those discussions to the wide … Continue reading →

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My 5 Rules of PHP

Posted on August 15, 2005 by Michael Schurter

1. Never use register_globals. 2. Never use magic_quotes_*. 3. Never use eval(). 4. Never use extract() – aka Quit being so lazy. 5. Never put $_REQUEST variables into SQL queries unescaped.

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Waiting patiently for PHP 6