Out of the corner of my eye

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless […]

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You know how you can sometimes accidentally “hide” methods in C++ if you don’t overload them in the same way and it can cause lots of pain?
PHP has something even worse…
class Dog
{
protected $voice = ‘Woof’;
function Bark() { echo $voice; }
}
class Chihuahua extends Dog
{
protected […]

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This is one of those tricky XML things that can trip up the unwary. Looks like a lot of people have had trouble with this as there’s plenty of hits on Google with people asking questions but I couldn’t find an answer.
You’ll be seeing something like:
Warning: DOMDocument::load() [function.load]: Extra content at the end of the […]

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A dark musical with occasional comic elements to keep the mood from sinking too far, this gloomy story describes the revenge of Sweeney Todd the barber, a blood soaked tale of anguish, rage and damnation. Starring Johnny Depp as Sweeney and Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, his tragic partner in crime, this film is […]

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