Insights within &#39;Spanglish&#39; often lost in translation
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&quot;I lived my life for myself,&quot; eccentric, bibulous matriarch Evelyn (Cloris Leachman) tells family maid Flor (Paz Vega) late in James L. Brooks&#39; new serio-comedy &quot;Spanglish.
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Thereâs a reason that references to Antonin Artaudâs âThe Cenciâ generally come with the words ârarely seenâ attached.
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A little while back Matthew Turland posted about something that some developers moving over to PHP from more strict languages have an issue with - variable typing - and how its evolved in languages over time.   Without a little background in programming languages or computer science in general, it's entirely possible that typing systems are not something that have crossed your mind. I thought I'd take a blog entry to share some of my thoughts on how itÃ¢ÂÂs affecting the creation and evolution of languages.   He walks through history a bit, mentioning C, Java, Python and PHP and how they differ in their default type handling. He especially focuses on the "blurred line" between strong and weak typing and how some if offers special features to the language that uses the method.
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Real Madrid&#39;s loss at Espanyol brought a numbing end to a miserable week whose only positive outcome has been the realisation that some soul-searching and a collective look in the mirror are overdue.
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Scientists believe learning a second language alters a part of the brain.
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Making a search campaign that's been successful in English work in Spanish can be more difficult than simply translating the same words.
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In this post to his blog, Chris Shiflett talks about some issues surrounding character encoding and the cross-site scripting issues it can open up in your application.    In the post [on Good and Bad PHP Code], he provides a few useful PHP interview questions, including some questions from Yahoo. He explains that good PHP code should be Structured, Consistent, Portable and Secure   In the comments, many additional improvements have been suggested, but there's one that has yet to be mentioned. When using htmlspecialchars() without specifying the character encoding, XSS attacks that use UTF-7 are possible.    Included in the post is an example to illustrate the point as well as a solution, a simple one involving the header() function, to help correct the problem and prevent bad things from happening.   Be sure to check out http://shiflett.org/blog/2007/may/character-encoding-and-xss#comments">the comments for more great tips.
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They're not obvious, and they're not always cheap.
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Deconstructing a pretty good joke, and the investment lesson held within.
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Tobias Schlitt shares some of his toughts on one of his latest in a list of books to read - Exporing PHP.    Although I did not read it, yet, I'd like to recommend it to you, since I think to know the authors good enough to believe they write good books.   In short, "Exploring PHP" is a roundup about advanced PHP programming experiences, covering different topics like: Event driven programming in PHP, Generation of 3D graphics, Refactoring and Migration, PHP6.    From the little that he's looked into the book, he can already tell it's a good resource and is recommending it based on that and the authors it comes from.
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&quot;When someone doesn&#39;t have all the knowledge, they&#39;re speaking almost immaturely about what&#39;s happening. I think these guys were misled and now they&#39;re on the same page.
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Some fashionable texts are based on ''shaky thinking.''
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Two new books provide ambitious overviews of complicated topics.
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Paolo hypothesizes a much-needed tool in a post yesterday, and a follow-up today.
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Matthew Turland has posted some of his thoughts about a topic that's being tossed around in the programming world these days - that PHP is "on its way out".   I have to vehemently disagree with this, and not just because PHP is my language of preference.   He gives several reasons to back up the claim including the fact that large players use the language in high-profile sites as well as the recent upturn of popularity the language has seen (as people come back from the over-hyped other languages).   He mentions collaborations between PHP companies/divisions as well as components made to more efficiently run PHP applications on other web server types.
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In my travels, I'm often asked to explain who Latinos are and what their values entail. Sometimes, I have to begin by setting the record straight and correcting false impressions.
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I've been a linguophile for a long time, and I'm always studying a little bit of some language or another. However, it's only recently that I've finally figured out the way that works best for me, with the help of modern technology. Perhaps this might help those of you who have been planning on learning a language some day.