I don't know if Dell was ever serious about supporting Linux or Ubuntu. I think they did it to use it as a bargaining chip in negotiating prices with Microsoft.
The damage was done. The timing of the hack and selective release of the CRU emails was to sabotage Copenhagen. And it helped to derail it. Those who are vested in doing nothing about climate change don't give a rat's ass that the scientists were cleared of misconduct or that there was nothing wrong with their data or science. There is a huge disconnect between the science of climate change and the public. This isn't a war about facts. It's a propaganda war.
I wouldn't exactly call PyCon's Wi-Fi a success, but it was better than in years past. The venue changes every two years, so all the bugs have to get worked out in each new location then it's better the second year. I mostly used my iPhone on 3G and stayed off of Wi-Fi. The Hyatt must have had a micro-cell in the bldg because I had a strong signal 2 floors below street level.
If you tried to use wi-fi during the keynote session in the morning, it was slow as molasses. During the regular conference sessions it was more reasonable.
During Guido's opening talk he took questions via the twitter feed. That could have been painfully slow but it wasn't. It's not that twitter takes up much bandwidth, but the website serving up the feed and everyone hitting it could have been.
It's scientifically proven that there is a direct inverse correspondence between the number of pirates and global warming. As the number of pirates decreased global warming increased. Now that piracy in Somalia has gone up the ice in that one tiny spot in Antarctica. It'll surely compensate for the rapid flow of glaciers in the West Antarctic icesheet as they flow unimpeded into the sea now that more of the iceshelfs are gone. All hail the Flying Spaghetti Monster in his infinite wisdom for making that happen. He was none to happy about Obama killing those pirates.
Here in Tulsa, none of the pecan trees in our backyard produced any pecans this year, though we had a bumper crop last year. They were big enough to be edible. I collected about 20 pounds but could have collected a lot more. The park near our house used to be a pecan orchard and it too has no pecans this year. I don't know why. I suspected it was because of the terrible ice storm we had last year damaging the trees, but someone told me that sometimes after a bumper crop they don't produce.
I am currently employed and may end up unemployed soon, though ironically enough not because of a potential layoff. I'm moving and may not find a job in my new city. Thankfully, my wife has a great job that is unlikely to be affected by the recession. I've been giving this a lot of thought about what I'd do if should I not find a job. I would probably volunteer for a charitable organization that could use IT support. They wouldn't be able to pay, but they'd get the benefit of my skills and I would use open source software to help reduce their costs. It would show that I'm keeping up my job skills during an economic downturn.
I know some people could not afford to go without work. They need that income.
If companies are looking to cut costs, they'll use open source software. Did the open source software go away when the dot-com bubble burst? No. It's stronger than ever.
I read somewhere we are going to evolve into Morlocks and Eloi. We can see their progenitors in the proto-morlock Republicans and the proto-eloi Democrats.
However the bottom line is that you shouldn't trust any voting system. What you should have is an auditing system where you can do recounts. The less moving parts or the fewer lines of code you have the easier it will be to audit a system.
It's just a matter of figuring out the right keywords to search for. Most of the time I'll find a discussion thread that leads me to my answer to solve whatever programming problem I'm working on.
There are no asteroids big enough to destroy the Earth. There may be asteroids big enough on a future collision course that may cause a mass extinction. There are asteroids big enough on a collision course that will wipe out human civilization if not the human species within the next few hundred thousand years.
Of course, I think humanity has made tremendous inroads into setting it self up to destroy itself and could very well do so without a Toba like eruption or a major asteroid strike this century.
I used to be on Sprint. If you put two 1's in front of the full 10 digit phone number it'll go straight to voicemail. It only works from Sprint to Sprint. For example if their number is 917-555-1234 just dial 11-917-555-1234. I used to work in an call center that was outsourced to Sprint cellular. So if a customer asked us to call them back we'd get a lab phone and call them that way, so we wouldn't have to talk to them. I later found a backdoor phone number. It dials into the voicemail system and then you an leave a message on their voicemail. I don't remember what that number was, but most carriers actually outsource voicemail to the same company. That's why when you access your voicemail the controls and the automated voice all sound the same. I don't remember the company's name but it shouldn't be too hard to find.
So apparently this company has the backdoor number.
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I don't know if Dell was ever serious about supporting Linux or Ubuntu. I think they did it to use it as a bargaining chip in negotiating prices with Microsoft.
it will place and receive calls without giving you the "blue screen of death"?
"I'm sorry your call to 9-1-1 cannot be placed at this time because your phone is rebooting. Please try your call later."
Every time I see Ballmer mentioned in a story that he's hardcore about something, this is the first thing that pops into my head.
The damage was done. The timing of the hack and selective release of the CRU emails was to sabotage Copenhagen. And it helped to derail it. Those who are vested in doing nothing about climate change don't give a rat's ass that the scientists were cleared of misconduct or that there was nothing wrong with their data or science. There is a huge disconnect between the science of climate change and the public. This isn't a war about facts. It's a propaganda war.
is anything but. It's a tightly controlled platform and if Apple doesn't like the cut of your jeans, you're out.
and no one will want to follow you.
Problem solved.
I wouldn't exactly call PyCon's Wi-Fi a success, but it was better than in years past. The venue changes every two years, so all the bugs have to get worked out in each new location then it's better the second year. I mostly used my iPhone on 3G and stayed off of Wi-Fi. The Hyatt must have had a micro-cell in the bldg because I had a strong signal 2 floors below street level.
If you tried to use wi-fi during the keynote session in the morning, it was slow as molasses. During the regular conference sessions it was more reasonable.
During Guido's opening talk he took questions via the twitter feed. That could have been painfully slow but it wasn't. It's not that twitter takes up much bandwidth, but the website serving up the feed and everyone hitting it could have been.
I've seen other demos of using wiimotes for other purposes. Such as taping it to a google headseat for a semi-VR experience.
It's scientifically proven that there is a direct inverse correspondence between the number of pirates and global warming. As the number of pirates decreased global warming increased. Now that piracy in Somalia has gone up the ice in that one tiny spot in Antarctica. It'll surely compensate for the rapid flow of glaciers in the West Antarctic icesheet as they flow unimpeded into the sea now that more of the iceshelfs are gone. All hail the Flying Spaghetti Monster in his infinite wisdom for making that happen. He was none to happy about Obama killing those pirates.
You mean we can't create any Humanzees or ManBearPigs? I'm crushed.
Can I get a phased plasma prescription handgun in the 40 watt range?
I think Philip Greenspun's Career Guide for Engineers and Computer Scientists is probably the most inspiring and useful web page you'll ever view.
Here in Tulsa, none of the pecan trees in our backyard produced any pecans this year, though we had a bumper crop last year. They were big enough to be edible. I collected about 20 pounds but could have collected a lot more. The park near our house used to be a pecan orchard and it too has no pecans this year. I don't know why. I suspected it was because of the terrible ice storm we had last year damaging the trees, but someone told me that sometimes after a bumper crop they don't produce.
The Universe had to turn out someway. The misinterpretation of the Anthropic Principle is just a glorified version of intelligent design. For example:
Intelligent Poster: Notice how our nose and ears are the perfect design for wearing glasses.
Another Poster (with large knife): Here let me cut of your nose and/or ears. Let's see how well those glasses fit now.
I am currently employed and may end up unemployed soon, though ironically enough not because of a potential layoff. I'm moving and may not find a job in my new city. Thankfully, my wife has a great job that is unlikely to be affected by the recession. I've been giving this a lot of thought about what I'd do if should I not find a job. I would probably volunteer for a charitable organization that could use IT support. They wouldn't be able to pay, but they'd get the benefit of my skills and I would use open source software to help reduce their costs. It would show that I'm keeping up my job skills during an economic downturn.
I know some people could not afford to go without work. They need that income.
If companies are looking to cut costs, they'll use open source software. Did the open source software go away when the dot-com bubble burst? No. It's stronger than ever.
that proves most published research findings are true.
I read somewhere we are going to evolve into Morlocks and Eloi. We can see their progenitors in the proto-morlock Republicans and the proto-eloi Democrats.
At Pycon 2007 in Dallas I saw a lightning talk demonstrating how electronic voting could be secure in just 293 lines of code.
However the bottom line is that you shouldn't trust any voting system. What you should have is an auditing system where you can do recounts. The less moving parts or the fewer lines of code you have the easier it will be to audit a system.
The first thing I want to filter is the filtering lobby.
It's just a matter of figuring out the right keywords to search for. Most of the time I'll find a discussion thread that leads me to my answer to solve whatever programming problem I'm working on.
My current language of choice is Python.
Wake me when it actually goes online.
There are no asteroids big enough to destroy the Earth. There may be asteroids big enough on a future collision course that may cause a mass extinction. There are asteroids big enough on a collision course that will wipe out human civilization if not the human species within the next few hundred thousand years.
Of course, I think humanity has made tremendous inroads into setting it self up to destroy itself and could very well do so without a Toba like eruption or a major asteroid strike this century.
I used to be on Sprint. If you put two 1's in front of the full 10 digit phone number it'll go straight to voicemail. It only works from Sprint to Sprint. For example if their number is 917-555-1234 just dial 11-917-555-1234. I used to work in an call center that was outsourced to Sprint cellular. So if a customer asked us to call them back we'd get a lab phone and call them that way, so we wouldn't have to talk to them. I later found a backdoor phone number. It dials into the voicemail system and then you an leave a message on their voicemail. I don't remember what that number was, but most carriers actually outsource voicemail to the same company. That's why when you access your voicemail the controls and the automated voice all sound the same. I don't remember the company's name but it shouldn't be too hard to find.
So apparently this company has the backdoor number.