User: s6plit4

Why change the policies, just toss them out.

On: 20 Hours a Month Reading Privacy Policies

Why should we ask for the privacy polices to be easier to read? Wouldn't everyone here prefer that there was no need for a policy at all? No online tracking, no sharing of your email address or purchasing habits. Of course there are a few people, my wife included, that would prefer to be tracked all day long so they can spend less time looking for crap they don't need but buy anyway.

08:23:07 up 5426 days, 23:37, 5 users, load aver

On: Linux Turns 17 Today

In other news, Microsoft is trying to figure out what the fascination of high uptime is all about. Sandy Thomas a spokeswomen for Microsoft was quoted saying, "We are striving to reduce the requirement for reboots every few weeks. Our current goal is no more than once every three months. That should help people get to 99.3% uptime." 08:23:07 up 5426 days, 23:37, 5 users, load average: 0.62, 0.55, 0.34

Website is down (oblig)

On: How Do I Talk To 4th Graders About IT?

This might entertain them. http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/

Looks like Cray needs some better QA guys.

On: Unholy Matrimony? Microsoft and Cray

Who is Simon? And why does he deploy webservices under his user account? I got this when trying to configure one of these 'workstations'. . . . [ArgumentException: An item with the same key has already been added.] System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentException(ExceptionResource resource) +48 System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.Insert(TKey key, TValue value, Boolean add) +986373 System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.Add(TKey key, TValue value) +10 VXTECH.Configurator.ObjectModel.QuoteManager.GetItem(Int32 id) in C:\Users\Simon\Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\VXTECH.Configurator.2\VXTECH.Configurator.ObjectModel\Quote.cs:1537 VXTECH.Configurator.ObjectModel.QuoteManager.GetItemsList() in C:\Users\Simon\Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\VXTECH.Configurator.2\VXTECH.Configurator.ObjectModel\Quote.cs:1525 VXTECH.Configurator.ObjectModel.QuoteManager.CleanExpiredQuotes() in C:\Users\Simon\Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\VXTECH.Configurator.2\VXTECH.Configurator.ObjectModel\Quote.cs:1506 VXTECH.Configurator.ObjectModel.QuoteManager.RefreshData() in C:\Users\Simon\Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\VXTECH.Configurator.2\VXTECH.Configurator.ObjectModel\Quote.cs:1495 VXTECH.Configurator.ObjectModel.Quote.CreateItem() in C:\Users\Simon\Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\VXTECH.Configurator.2\VXTECH.Configurator.ObjectModel\Quote.cs:922 VXTECH.Configurator.ObjectModel.Quote.CreateModelStateQuote(ModelState modstate) in C:\Users\Simon\Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\VXTECH.Configurator.2\VXTECH.Configurator.ObjectModel\Quote.cs:1005 VXTECH.Configurator.ObjectModel.QuoteManager.CreateItem(ModelState modstate) in C:\Users\Simon\Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\VXTECH.Configurator.2\VXTECH.Configurator.ObjectModel\Quote.cs:1625 VXTECH.Configurator.ReviewQuote.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Users\Simon\Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\VXTECH.Configurator.2\VXTECH.Configurator\ReviewQuote.aspx.cs:21 System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object o, Object t, EventArgs e) +15 System.Web.Util.CalliEventHandlerDelegateProxy.Callback(Object sender, EventArgs e) +34 System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +99 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +47 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +1061

No National TV News Coverage?

On: The London Stock Exchange Goes Down For Whole Day

I watched NBC and ABC national TV news last night and so absolutely no coverage of this event. There was even a mention of markets around the world with the news of Freddie and Fanny government backing. Anyone else notice this? This was a major event that went unnoticed for a good portion of the US.