User: fabu10u$

Stupid me

On: Wind River Completes Embedded Linux Metamorphosis

For a little while there, I kept wondering, "Why do they keep mentioning this WinDriver site and what do they care about VxWorks or Linux?"

Duh...

Re:Nasa wont switch to Linux

On: Wind River Completes Embedded Linux Metamorphosis

a single failure costs you hundreds of millions and maybe several lives

Case in point, last I heard they're not even on VxWorks on the shuttle. I think they're still on IBM 360's, at least for the major systems.

Re:Sad

On: Should Dual Cores Require Dual Licenses?

Show me a fast enough FPGA and we've got a deal. However, they need to be 10x the speed they are now (and keep up with processor speed increases on top of that) to be viable.

Penalty?

On: Cloning License for Dolly's Doc

So what is the penalty for being an unlicensed clone?

Re:Lots of vulnerabilities?

On: 13 New Windows Security Vunerabilities

"So you zealous fucker, which platform is more secure?"

I don't get what sex addiction has to do with platform security.

I just did that

On: Programming Until Retirement?

And I don't regret it one bit. I do database and web development for our School of Public Health and in addition to the low stress, I also feel like I'm contributing to something much more meaningful than making some jackass investors rich. Hope to start doing master's work in CS soon - I could take a few hours a semester here for free, but I'll probably take the tuition reimbursement for another institution instead.

Let the potty humor begin

On: AMD Plants Turion Line of Mobile Chips

Tur* ... 'nuff said.

Re:Damn

On: Yahoo! Maps to Support Realtime Traffic

Why on earth would there be a Taco Bell in Mexico City?

There are Taco Bells in Mexico City. The natives reportedly find it fascinating to see what Americans think they eat.

Re:It's sad

On: Tim Bray's Top Twenty Software People in the World

I just "changed" my login to thumb my nose at them. Lost my mod points and everything just to make a point.