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The guy who owns it (It's a small self-funded business) should have seen the writing on the wall and taken the $10M he was offered years ago. I suspect when twitter tightened their grip twitpic's revenue, profit and users dissipated. In it's heyday it was allegedly making ~$700K a year.

He claims they were making $1.5 million a year, actually. I could see why it might be tough to sell out if that's true.

Sorry, I pasted the wrong link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_orbital_launch_systems . The source for the Atlas V cost is a PDF with various data estimated by the FAA. For the PSLV there are multiple sources: http://www.space.com/1777-israel-chooses-indian-pslv-launch-spy-satellite.html , http://techie-buzz.com/science/isro-pslv-launch.html etc.

No, mixed web sites were never recommended and many browsers will give a "mixed content" warning. The overhead isn't that high, Google commented after its switch to https only for gmail:

all of our users use HTTPS to secure their email between their browsers and Google, all the time. In order to do this we had to deploy no additional machines and no special hardware. On our production frontend machines, SSL/TLS accounts for less than 1% of the CPU load, less than 10KB of memory per connection and less than 2% of network overhead. Many people believe that SSL takes a lot of CPU time and we hope the above numbers (public for the first time) will help to dispel that.

I did some benchmarks and switching to all SSL was a huge load on CPUs, to the point where we had to consider encryption accelerator hardware ... ... in 1996.

Isn't the point of mixed web sites to lessen server load from https? I was always under the impression a mixed environment only using https when necessary was a better idea. Obvoiusly not mixing SSL and non on any single page like the article mentions, but wouldn't just be as effective to advocate for better SSL implementations?

No, mixed web sites were never recommended and many browsers will give a "mixed content" warning. The overhead isn't that high, Google commented after its switch to https only for gmail:

all of our users use HTTPS to secure their email between their browsers and Google, all the time. In order to do this we had to deploy no additional machines and no special hardware. On our production frontend machines, SSL/TLS accounts for less than 1% of the CPU load, less than 10KB of memory per connection and less than 2% of network overhead. Many people believe that SSL takes a lot of CPU time and we hope the above numbers (public for the first time) will help to dispel that.

I have yet to see anyone install a decent OS on an Android.

I'm not sure what you mean.
This!
http://techie-buzz.com/mobile-news/meego-unofficial-rom.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_for_Android
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_OS

So firefoxOS; Ubuntu and Meego, and obviously other variations of itself.

but that is not really what my post meant!

http://techie-buzz.com/how-to/what-are-web-seeds-bittorrent.html

you just made my day, wonderful article

http://techie-buzz.com/how-to/what-are-web-seeds-bittorrent.html

I'm guessing it's just webseeds beyond just running the tracker.

I agree that this is a positive step.

I have nearly a religious hatred towards MS, and it has nothing to do with "Microsoft's desire for profit." I work for a company that sells software for profit, so obviously that would would be hypocritical if I felt that way.

What I've always hated about Microsoft was their willingness to buck standards just to prevent their users from using other products along with MS products.

This started with early versions of Windows that required you to also buy DOS. A competitor to DOS came out (Dr. DOS), and Microsoft responded by putting a check into the Windows bootstrap that would cause it to exit out with an error if Dr. DOS was detected. Any time a company goes out of their way to make their own product not operate with 3rd party software, it generates serious rage from customers like me.

As I look back over the last few years, the last move by MS that really angered me was the whole OOXML vs Open Document war, where Microsoft refused to use the new standard, and instead made their own new standard with built in obfuscation.

There's still a lot terrible decisions that MS makes for their customers (hiding file extensions by default in Windows, modifying extensions on files downloaded with IE without informing the user, automatically removing line breaks on messages read in Outlook without telling the user), but I've seen far less pure evil come from the giant, compared to ages past.

1- Because if you're worried you can clear your cache anytime? And you're even more worried, it is possible to disable caching. Also, see the part where I mention incognito mode or private browsing that makes, for example, firefox not use any temporary internet files, cookies or whatnot. Either way, I'm quite sure google analytics doesn't even use the ETags to track you. Lastly, if there is a caching server anywhere inbetween you and the webserver (common pretty much everywhere), the ETag method does not work. You're grasping at straws.

2- The anonymous part exists because they have no fking idea who you are. They just know that someone, somewhere goes to these websites. Now I'm quite sure you're trolling me. Please do tell how it would be possible to see where you've gone without attributing you a var name. And if you're that worried about analytics, google themselves released a blocking addon ( http://techie-buzz.com/tech-news/google-releases-analytics-blocking-add-on-for-browsers.html ). Stop crying already.

3- I'll stop mentioning MS after you stop mentioning IE. You said "google was bypassing IE's feature" which was false. IE was allowing invalid responses.

4- Anonymous - Adjective: Not identified by name; of unknown name- It's fking anonymous. They can't contact you in any way shape or form. They can know that someone somewhere, goes to A B or C. That is anonymous. If they are using a computer, they fking need a variable name at the very least. Stop nitpicking and/or acting like an idiot.

5- The web has google in it. If you want to search for something, you'll even use it as a verb. If you dislike google, don't use the internet. It'd be a better place without you in it, at least.

6- Ohhh. That's so much better, you did not pay to have more than 100MB of e-mail, you payed to have a machine serving your files and an internet connection powerful enough to send them. Thank god you said that, and here I was thinking that the simple commodity of the normal man being able to access their e-mails for free from anywhere without any kind of hassle whatsoever was good. If it wasn't for you my life would have no meaning.

Never, ever, EVER bet against Rush. Ever.

Steven Hawking, I'm looking at you.

It annoys me that Google Contacts adds people I've emailed to my contact list.

Same here. It must have pissed enough people off, however, because they added an option to their mail settings to disable this behavior.

I heard Microsoft is buying Canonical for $6 billion!

Lets not forget that Gnome-Shell was scheduled for 10.10 (The perfect 10) but Mark decided to delay it. http://techie-buzz.com/foss/ubuntu-10-10-will-not-have-gnome-shell.html Although i agree just because he correctly delayed it the first time, does not mean he correctly has decided to include it this time. KDE 4.0 all over again. Although with gnome it looks boring and we are not prepared to put up with a dysfunctional DE for 2 years.

Should be: http://techie-buzz.com/tech-news/mysql-com-database-compromised-sql-injection.html

(There is an extra l in the summary's link.)

Google doesn't agree with your #5; http://techie-buzz.com/tech-news/google-switch-ssl-cost.html

http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/041-0328.20110311.Lkhy6/iPhone2,1_4.3_8F190_Restore.ipsw 3GS
http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/041-0330.20110311.Cswe3/iPhone3,1_4.3_8F190_Restore.ipsw 4
http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/061-8366.20110311.Fr45t/iPod3,1_4.3_8F190_Restore.ipsw ipod touch 3
http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/061-9588.20110311.GtP7y/iPod4,1_4.3_8F190_Restore.ipsw ipod touch 4
http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/041-0329.20110311.Cvfre/iPad1,1_4.3_8F190_Restore.ipsw ipad
http://appldnld.apple.com/AppleTV/061-9584.20110308.Cxdew/AppleTV2,1_4.3_8F191m_Restore.ipsw apple tv 2
kudos:
http://techie-buzz.com/mobile-news/ios-4-3-ipsw-direct-download-links.html

Hm.
http://techie-buzz.com/browsers/disable-javascript-images-cookies-in-google-chrome.html

http://news.cnet.com/2100-1014_3-5255715.html

Microsoft did pay the EU fines.

And MS Office sales were halted. The judge upheld the injunction, not stopped it.

http://techie-buzz.com/microsoft/injunction-on-sale-of-microsoft-office-2007-word-2007-in-the-us-post-jan-11-2010-upheld.html

Then Microsoft swiftly resolved their patent case to resume sales because they are terrified of losing one of their two biggest cash cows. They can not afford to have an injunction against sales.

Please stop lying and spreading FUD.

Steve said...

Yep, freedom from programs that steal your private data. Freedom from programs that trash your battery. Freedom from porn. Yep, freedom. The times they are a changin’, and some traditional PC folks feel like their world is slipping away. It is.

If Steve thinks the desktop metaphor is too difficult for most users, he'll take it away from everyone. If he thinks only signed applications should be allowed to run on your computer, he'll make it so. Of course, Microsoft could do the same thing, but Apple is certainly more likely to make those decisions. I can only hope they will keep the "mouse option" for pro creative users, but with Apple randomly removing FireWire, ExpressCard slots, and still failing to provide professional level graphics cards, most people see the writing on the wall: average joe consumers along with iPods and iPads are the future. Steve is a smart guy, but I wouldn't put it past his ego to declare the end of computers as we know them.

OS X developers think the same thing.

Last week, we also hosted a live chat featuring several developers whose apps were picked for our Ars Design Awards for Mac OS X. We asked them what they thought about the future of Mac OS X and Apple's development platform during the chat, and then followed up on their thoughts about languages and APIs. While current Mac developers aren't nearly as concerned as our own John Siracusa about the Objective-C language in particular, they do see new and improved APIs coming down the pike. Developers are seeing iOS influencing Mac OS X instead of the other way around.

The developers on our panel unanimously agreed that Mac OS X will eventually be subsumed by iOS, but that the Mac has plenty of life left. "Mac is the awesome old grandma, whose kids (iPhone & iPad) have left home," Atebits' Loren Brichter said. "Not dead; not really dying. But it's our job to keep her comfortable until she's gone."

Why do people support companies that treat you like a criminal? We all know Apple is a fascist company (down to selling Mussolini speeches in app store) and know to expect this shit from them, but I thought Android was about openness? In comparison, this is how you root Nokia N900: http://techie-buzz.com/mobile-news/rooting-n900.html

http://techie-buzz.com/apple/steve-jobs-the-times-they-are-a-changin.html

Yep, freedom from programs that steal your private data. Freedom from programs that trash your battery. Freedom from porn. Yep, freedom. The times they are a changin’, and some traditional PC folks feel like their world is slipping away. It is...

And later in the same e-mail thread:

Microsoft had (has) every right to enforce whatever rules for their platform they want. If people don’t like it, they can write for another platform, which some did. Or they can buy another platform, which some did.

As for us, we’re just doing what we can to try and make (and preserve) the user experience we envision. You can disagree with us, but our motives are pure.

Hmm. Purity. "Freedom" from using your devices however you want. Sounds like a philosophy with only one possible outcome. And the sad thing is, people will line up around the block to lose the right to administer their own computer. And pay a 30% on top of that for the logo that adorns their shiny new chains.

For overclocked droid linpack:
http://techie-buzz.com/mobile-news/motorola-droid-processor-overclocked-to-1-1ghz.html

For incredible linpack:
  http://www.greenecomputing.com/2010/04/27/htc-incredible-linpack-runs/

At 1Ghz droid 8.498 Mflops/s on linpack vs incredible 7.058 Mflops/s on linpack.

This shifts even further in the droids favor if you load 2.2 on it which is not yet available for the incredible.

What the future will bring in respect to say overclocking the incredible is still up in the air.

But think about it: you want NoScript from Google, considering that Chrome's only real claim-to-fame is to run JavaScript faster than everyone else.

Why would that prevent me from deciding whose scripts I want to run? I run Chromium, and I would very much like to have NoScript. With that said, it seems like all that is needed on top of functionality recently added to chrome is a bit of GUI.

Chrome (on Windows) came out of beta back in 2008.

Gmail (again by Google) took over 5 years to leave Beta, so I could see it.

mentions that the browser "my country" is actually a fork of FF

Yet Another GNU Linux distro.

With a skin that resembles windows, and rebranded apps.

Here's an article with a bit more of information

http://techie-buzz.com/linux-news/red-star-os-linux-distro-north-korea.html

The "My Country" browser is just firefox.

Interesting is, they are in violation of the GPL. But then again, It's North Korea ...

It's supposed to be the successor to the "crunchpad", which was
Linux based.

http://techie-buzz.com/gadgets-news/joojoo-linux-based-tablet-pc.html

I don't know how hackable it'll be, it reminds me of HP's mini mii
which is supposed to be locked down version of Ubuntu.

When it comes to technology I like to take the long view:
"yesterday's technology tomorrow"

Not as exciting, but less expensive for sure.

>Thanks google, and thanks mozilla, for helping to drive competition and make the web browser better.

Ironically, the reason why this is happening is because IE8 has it today and the Firefox team is feeling left behind. If anyone should be thanked its Google and then MS for keeping FF honest. Funny how things turn out.

There is, for box.net at least.

linux:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-20 2761.html

windows:
http://techie-buzz.com/technology-buzz/mount-box.n et-account-in-windows-explorer.html

mac:
http://www.tuaw.com/2006/06/06/mount-a-box-net-acc ount-on-a-mac/