For all ye Java programmers

I'm probably the last person to read Java Puzzlers book by Josh Bloch and Neal Gafter, but nevertheless I am quite fascinated. You think you know the language? Think again. 95 puzzles will give you something to think about. They give you a two-line simple case and your first answer is wrong. And quite possibly your second answer is wrong too.

Amazing stuff, and written with a sense of humor -- I mean, puzzle 73 is called Your Privates Are Showing, forchrissake.

Very much recommended.

Nelson must be spinning in his grave

Now the British government has declined its option on Daring Class ships #7 and 8. A navy that has already seen its number of surface combatants sink below the level of the French fleet for the first time since the 17th century will view this as a bitter blow, but the budgetary math is remorseless…

via DID