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Explaining The Windows/UNIX Cultural Divide
giampy writes "Joel Spolsky writes a review-like article on the last book of Eric S. Raymond (The Art of Unix Programming). His views on the cultural differences among Windows and Unix programmers are well explained. Overall, an interesting read." Also on the topic of Windows, badriram writes "Microsoft is reorganizing the windows team, it seems the are separating the OS core development. Seems like things heading in the right direction in creating a more secure OS, and making it more business oriented. Read the article here." -
A Look At The PSX2 More on The Recall
cicatrix1 writes "According to this story at Daily Radar, the online stories about the Playstation 2 Memory Recall are false. Sony admitted to not being able to manufacture enough cards, but said that they all, in fact, work properly. " So, that means our recent story was true, as updated. As well, the folks at Core Magazine have got a look inside the machine. -
MCI Severed fiberoptic lines yesterday
Falrick writes "Yesterday, MCI reportedly faced several severed fiberoptic lines running along on the East Coast of the US. Evidentaly the fibers were located somewhere in the Bronx, and, as posted in the ZDNet Article, were able to reroute packet trafic around the area by splicing in fresh lines. Some ISP's were reporting over 88% packet loss. "