links for 2009-01-16

• Is Haskell a Ponzi Scheme? : programming
  An amazing motherlode of Haskell bullshit from that potent source of bogons, Reddit.programming. Choice quotes include

  “There are a few sizable projects, but hardly as much as one might expect of a language as popular and mature as Haskell.''

  “The small Haskell programs I've written (one linking to an internal IRC bot and spitting out random data for all computers) excelled at so many things.''

  “Even though I'm at the beginning stages of learning Haskell (I still don't know what the hell a monad is)[…]''

  (tags: programming haskell idiocy humour proggit haskell-is-for-ricers)
• William Langewiesche on the Amazon air crash: About Us: vanityfair.com
  Wonderful article.
  (tags: flight accident disaster amazonas vanity.fair article)
• Thureon: Armarac – Total Infrastructure Protection
  So friggin' awesome. Would be ideal for the new office, but no chance of it being delivered in time.
  (tags: server hardware mounting armarac box wall-mounted office)