This sounds like the Coordinated Highways Action Response Team. It has an interactive map with colored arrows indicating the speed of traffic on both sides of the highway for a variety of roads in the DC/Baltimore area.
(But please don't Slashdot it, or I won't know if it's safe to leave for work!)
Psst... I'm presuming you meant your first use of the word "apostrophes" to be correct, but since it is not possessive, it should not have had the asterisk at the end.
This isn't what they're doing. They're using open source software as a framework for the software they produce, which probably is not open source. If I use JBoss and Apache to serve my web application, that does not mean that the web app the I wrote is open source.
You're supporting open source by using it, and possibly submitting bug reports or fixes that you find in the process of using it. As for actual financial contributions, that's probably not happening.
My company, Sycamore Associates, does a good deal of government work, and we use OSS products whenever possible (including Linux, Apache, perl, and JBoss, among others). It seems, though, that it's easier to convince government clients to use these products when they're outsourcing and we agree to support the products - that way, it's transparent to them, and we take care of any problems.
What's harder is when we have subcontractors on site and we try to convince them to use these things internally. They're concerned that the subcontractors will move on and they'll be stuck with something they don't understand or know how to support. I suppose this is a valid concern, but a little education would go a long way to alleviate this.
Right now, I'm working as a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin on a NIMA contract. They still use Sun and SGI servers, but they run Apache, Tomcat, and Samba, as well as many GNU tools.
You think that a union would mean the CEO wouldn't make orders of magnitude more than you? You'd just end up with incompetent programmers making as much as the competent ones.
You're implying that people who read Slashdot are the only people who like good movies, and therefore the absence of the Slashdot market means that there is no market for good movies.
I think this is a pretty poor assumption.
I just middle-clicked on my Slashdot tab, and it closed the tab. I don't know about the pop-up manager, but if it's gone, it was probably removed in the official 1.2.
He's testifying in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee. He's appointed by the president - if he does something the public doesn't like, it reflects on the president.
And the NSA is certainly not the most secretive organization in the world, considering that you know their name and you can find a substantial amount of information about them on their website.
Besides, the NSA cannot spy on people in the US. Their charter is entirely foreign - worry about the FBI, if you must worry about someone tapping into your optic nerve.
Are you nuts? If you're a high earner, the government taxes you a larger and larger percentage of your income. There are many ways to reduce your tax burden, but in general the more you make, the larger percentage you pay.
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This sounds like the Coordinated Highways Action Response Team. It has an interactive map with colored arrows indicating the speed of traffic on both sides of the highway for a variety of roads in the DC/Baltimore area.
(But please don't Slashdot it, or I won't know if it's safe to leave for work!)
Psst... I'm presuming you meant your first use of the word "apostrophes" to be correct, but since it is not possessive, it should not have had the asterisk at the end.
This isn't what they're doing. They're using open source software as a framework for the software they produce, which probably is not open source. If I use JBoss and Apache to serve my web application, that does not mean that the web app the I wrote is open source.
You're supporting open source by using it, and possibly submitting bug reports or fixes that you find in the process of using it. As for actual financial contributions, that's probably not happening.
My company, Sycamore Associates, does a good deal of government work, and we use OSS products whenever possible (including Linux, Apache, perl, and JBoss, among others). It seems, though, that it's easier to convince government clients to use these products when they're outsourcing and we agree to support the products - that way, it's transparent to them, and we take care of any problems.
What's harder is when we have subcontractors on site and we try to convince them to use these things internally. They're concerned that the subcontractors will move on and they'll be stuck with something they don't understand or know how to support. I suppose this is a valid concern, but a little education would go a long way to alleviate this.
Right now, I'm working as a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin on a NIMA contract. They still use Sun and SGI servers, but they run Apache, Tomcat, and Samba, as well as many GNU tools.
Well, you might call a Plus facial tissue a Kleenex, but nobody's going to call an AGP card a PCI card. Unless you're either a n00b or a moron.
Ahh, I was wondering how we managed to kick ass in Afghanistan. It was because the Canadians helped us! +5 Informative!
I doubt you would laugh if you thought of the US military as your enemy, because you'd likely be dead or captive soon.
And why wouldn't it be cost effective? It's considerably cheaper than the $4.3 million for an M1A1 Abrams Battle Tank.
You think that a union would mean the CEO wouldn't make orders of magnitude more than you? You'd just end up with incompetent programmers making as much as the competent ones.
The Sony-owes-Nintendo-10% story was a hoax.
That's what I get for homonym humor.
I hardly see how they performed a recursive search on the code. It looks like the good ol' faithful sequential search.
I've seen both Vice City and GTA3 at Wal-Mart. They do carry (at least some) M-rated games.
To be perfectly honest, anyone who would bring classified information to the gym, home, swimming, hiking, biking, etc. should be in jail.
You're implying that people who read Slashdot are the only people who like good movies, and therefore the absence of the Slashdot market means that there is no market for good movies. I think this is a pretty poor assumption.
You've got six fingers on one hand, or is that the total between the two?
The rabbit is the only one that eats its own feces.
1) Build Slashdot ...
2) Sell Slashdot for millions
3)
4) Score!!!
Why would you want Internet Explorer in your refrigerator? Although Mozilla's Tab(TM) feature may significantly reduce your soft drink selection...
I just middle-clicked on my Slashdot tab, and it closed the tab. I don't know about the pop-up manager, but if it's gone, it was probably removed in the official 1.2.
Since the story didn't mention it, the only difference between 1.2 and 1.2.1 is the fix for the DHTML bug (#182500).
You can tell you're a geek... If you went outside more often, perhaps spider webs wouldn't accumulate across your front door. :)
It's a reference to Conan O'Brien's "In the Year 2000" segments where they photochop people's pictures to make some hideous rendition.
Actually, I don't know if that's part of the ITY2k segment or not... But anyway, it's a reference to Conan O'Brien.
The previous serial number was 1997082200, updated on August 22, 1997.
He's testifying in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee. He's appointed by the president - if he does something the public doesn't like, it reflects on the president.
And the NSA is certainly not the most secretive organization in the world, considering that you know their name and you can find a substantial amount of information about them on their website.
Besides, the NSA cannot spy on people in the US. Their charter is entirely foreign - worry about the FBI, if you must worry about someone tapping into your optic nerve.
Are you nuts? If you're a high earner, the government taxes you a larger and larger percentage of your income. There are many ways to reduce your tax burden, but in general the more you make, the larger percentage you pay.