Yes, the B-52’s. No, not pr0n. Sheesh!
Sad news. Blackdown Java Linux is no more. The project has been retired. For those who never knew Blackdown in its prime, it was the only way to get proper Java support in Linux for years. For years Sun was under the impression that Linux == Red Hat. So for all of us non-RH users, […]
Oh, this is the best laugh I’ve had all day. Slashdot brings word of an article at ZDNet Australia titled:
Microsoft slams iPhone as irrelevant
And I quote:
However, it’s a closed device that you cannot install applications on… — Chris Sorenson, Microsoft
I agree completely Chris. Closed devices and proprietary software are both bad. Please, tell us what […]
Now, I’m not going to go straight to the personal attacks I have to level against Mr. Enderle. I’m going to save those for later. And I’m not going to bother debunking his 5 points; there are more than enough people commenting very effectively on that subject on his blog.
No, instead, I’m going to look at who is taking which view in this debate. The article has proven to be very insightful not because of any of the content that the author put in, but rather because of the large number of comments that have been posted about it. And the thing that really struck me as interesting in the whole discussion was the constant battle betweek geeks and business.
Christian Perrier has been documenting the translation status of Debian packages on his blog for a while now, but he’s recently received a bit of lighthearted criticism from other Planet Debian members. Now while I personally rather enjoyed his daily percentages as I could just glance at them and be on my way, it seems […]
Ok, this is just sad. Jim Samples, general manager and executive VP of Cartoon Network resigned today because of the fiasco surrounding the now-infamous Boston bomb-scare caused by their guerilla advertising campaign. After 13 years, he’s gone because we are afraid. Of what? Everything! Lets go and bomb somebody before they get us first! Run […]
Some more stuff has been put up at Groklaw in the Comes v. Microsoft case. Specifically, an expert report regarding (alleged) undocumented API’s in Windows, and the transcript of that expert’s deposition. I’d definitely suggest checking out one or both if you have the time and the geeky mindset to enjoy them.
I had originally intended […]
Looks like our little baby Bush is getting all “growned-up”! Questioned recently by a reporter regarding his plans to push forward his Iraq troop deployments despite lack of congressional support, Bush responded “I’m the decision-maker.” Note that I’m relatively certain that the hypenation in that statement was provided by the reporter, not by The Decider. […]
Saddam Hussein has been tried, found guilty, and executed for crimes against humanity. While I believe that, the validity of the trial notwithstanding, he is certainly guilty, I must say that the use of the death penalty is a step in the wrong direction. The Iraqi people have handed down their harshest sentence as a […]
So this is pretty interesting stuff and I can’t believe I’ve never heard of it before. A group of programmers are out to reimplement some proprietary software as free software. The only catch is, their target is not Freecell, Minesweeper, or even the Character Map… no… their target is Windows XP! A fully binary-compatible (apps […]
So I was just checking out the Meeblog (from the folks who bring us Meebo) and I saw the coolest thing! A near-real-time (15 minute delay) map of meebo traffic showing how many people are using Meebo from which parts of the world. It’s really very informative. I was amazed at just how connected different […]