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Red Hat Dissolves eCos Team, Changes Embedded Strategy
Anonymous Coward writes "This article at LinuxDevices.com, which includes an Interview with Red Hat CTO Michael Tiemann, probes Red Hat's dissolution of its eCos project team and the reasoning behind Red Hat's newly adjusted embedded linux strategy. Tiemann says his company is still in the embedded business, but considers embedded to be an aspect of a broader 'platform OS' strategy."
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PS jiste zatje kaffie
First post to mistakenly declare itself "first post" in an ironic manner.
g to the oatse
c to the izzex
Another manifestation of the linux is dying phenomenon.
You'd have to ask a chemist.
Tasty Beef Jerky: What do I want for lunch?
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perl_god: perhaps a little goat salad?
Tasty Beef Jerky: I'd rather have lots of goat
perl_god: goat for it !
perl_god: HAW HAW HAW
Tasty Beef Jerky: -1; Absolutely horrible.
Tasty Beef Jerky: +2; Part of this complete breakfast
perl_god: eyes is good eatin'
Tasty Beef Jerky: They're tough, but they have a burst of flavor inside each one.
perl_god: mmm like little salty cherry tomatoes!
perl_god: Fried Green Monkeys
Tasty Beef Jerky:I think I'm going to be ill.
perl_god: : -)
Tasty Beef Jerky: This is one of the most disgusting discussions I've ever had.
perl_god: that is saying a lot
Tasty Beef Jerky: The idea of an eyeball bursting open inside my mouth makes me want to gag.
perl_god: aw c'mon!
perl_god: and anyway, weren't you going to go eat?
Tasty Beef Jerky: I was, but I think I can hold off for a little while longer.
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- CNN erred in giving more programming time to the family of a Palestinian suicide bomber than to his Israeli victims and tried to rectify the mistake, the network's top news executive said Sunday during a damage-control visit to Israel.
CNN's coverage of recent suicide bombings has provoked anger in Israel and led a local cable company to start carrying CNN's chief U.S. competitor, Fox News Channel. Fox said it expects others to follow suit. Recent comments from CNN founder Ted Turner describing both Israel and the Palestinians as terrorists have fueled Israeli anger.
Interviewed on Israel Television, Eason Jordan, CNN's president of newsgathering, said his company strives for fairness.
``On occasion we make mistakes but that's not because there's any bias,'' he said. ``CNN is not pro-Palestinian or anti-Israeli. We're fair, we're responsible in our reporting, we try to be as accurate as we possibly can be.''
Told that a recent CNN interview with the family of a Palestinian suicide bomber received more prominence than one with a relative of his victims, 1-year-old Sinai Keinan and her grandmother, Jordan said: ``That was a mistake, it should never have happened and I think we subsequently rectified that problem by airing extensively the interview with the Keinan family.''
CNN is airing a series of heavily promoted half-hour specials on Israeli victims of Palestinian terror attacks and Jordan says he has issued a directive ordering staff to ``go to extremes'' to avoid any impression the company sees moral equivalence between terror victims and their attackers.
'We now have a new system in place where we just refuse to air any videotape or statements of suicide bombers or their families unless there's an extraordinarily compelling situation,'' he said. ``Secondly, we want to focus more on the victims of terror. We have done that. I don't think we've done that enough.''
Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat said he was concerned Israeli government pressure could compromise the objectivity of CNN and other international media.
``I hope that journalism will not turn into shaping and packaging how they (the Israelis) think the media should be,'' he said. ``What is really striking is that CNN is airing one week on the Israeli victims and they don't show the courtesy of having at least one hour on Palestinian victims.''
Jordan said there was no link between CNN's fresh programming and the possibility that it could lose local markets to Fox.
Israeli criticism intensified last week when Turner was quoted seeming to equate suicide bombings and Israel's military response.
``I would make the case that both sides are engaged in terrorism,'' he said in an interview with The Guardian, a British newspaper. He later apologized, saying in an interview with Israeli newspaper, Yediot Ahronot, that suicide bombings are inexcusable.
CNN distanced itself from Turner's comments and pointed out that Turner no longer has an editorial role at the company. But the damage was done.
CNN's Jerusalem bureau was deluged with Israeli hate mail, the company posted an armed guard at the bureau entrance and Jordan flew to Israel, where he visited the sites of the last two terrorist bombings and scheduled meetings with Israeli journalists, terror victims, Palestinians and government officials.
Jordan said the company was taking criticism from both sides, with Palestinian officials he met on Saturday accusing CNN of serving Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
``They believe that CNN is the propaganda arm of the Sharon government,'' he said.
Yarrr.
Thought RED HAT created linux!
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What you say!!
there's an interesting article on this at heavens fantasy - dont be put off by the name!
I'm assuming the ear wax has accumulated to the point that you cannot hear thru that ear, or your hearing thru that ear is severely impaired. I've had that happen twice in my life so far and I'm still young. I think it might end up being a chronic problem. But I can tell you how to clear the wax.
Go to a pharmacy and buy an eye dropper. Also, buy olive oil -- at the pharmacy. They probably carry it in small bottles, specially designed for medical use. Some cotton balls (or "absorbent puffs" as market- droids call them) are helpful but not essential.
Before going to bed, do the following:
Tilt your head so the plugged ear is pointing up toward the ceiling. Use the eye dropper put some olive oil into the plugged ear (my doctor always said "a few drops" but I just fill it up). Plug the ear with a cotton ball (or part of one). If you don't have any cotton balls, some toilet paper will work well. Keep your head tilted as you walk to your bed. Lie down in bed, with the plugged ear still pointed straight up. Sleep in that position.
In the morning, remove the cotton ball. You may need to use the eye dropper to spray water into your ear (gently!) to fully clear it.
If this hasn't removed the blocking wax, repeat it the following night. Also, be sure to clean the eye dropper before using it on your ear. All decent eye droppers are packaged with a little brush with bristles arranged in a cylinder to easily scrub the inside of the eye dropper.
The olive oil softens the wax so it will break up more easily.
As always, consult your physician before attempting this. You wouldn't trust your hearing or your health to some Slashdot poster would you? Also, try punching "ear wax" and "ear wax removal" into Google to see what the medical websites have to say.
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor or a physician or anything like that. If you try this and you lose your hearing or something else horrible happens to you, I am not responsible. I am merely suggesting something that worked for me. You might actually have a totally different problem.
That guy is not the real goatse man! You should be ashamed of yourself trying to rip off our cherished interweb institutions!
You, sir, are no bob_abooey!
...what do you guys think about that stoned anime girl in the one banner ad?
Brilliant troll! eCos was never open source.
We get signal.