Okay, I admit I’m not a hardware guy, and I got a B in the only EE class I took in college. Maybe I should have known this tidbit already, and maybe Wikipedia is lying to me (perish the thought!),…
Category: sci/tech
Oh, so NOW you want Linux?
Blogged today on CNET: “According to Novell ads, Linux is a cute girl who needs a haircut.” Novell, which sells machines pre-installed with SUSE Linux, has created their own ads parodying Apple’s brilliant “Mac vs. PC” TV spots. The Novell…
Hot Under the Collar
Since jra doesn’t allow comments on his blog, I’m using this post to respond to his “Another theory of climate change” post. Blogwar! Actually, this is not so much a rebuttal as an encouragement to read the original Intergovernmental Panel…
United States Patent Application: 0060259306
It’s titled “Business method protecting jokes” and was granted on November 16, 2006. Bonus meta points for repeatedly using “homoproprietary” to describe itself. Do you really need further proof that the U.S. patent system is broken?
4×4-Letter Reviews
It’s been a while since I reviewed things, so here are four quick capsules for things that, coincidentally, all have four-letter names: SPIN, the Hugo Award-winning novel by Robert Charles Wilson: I stayed up until three or four in the…
Trebek, you liar!
Will installing Flash cause any harm to my computer?There are no known issues associated with installing Flash. — Jeopardy! Online Test FAQs Oh, you meant aside from the annoying animated ads that you’ll now see on every other goddamn web…
A conversation between headlines
Slashdot ponders:“Why Software Sucks, And Can Something Be Done About It?” Digg asserts:“Once Again JavaScript is the Problem” Uncanny, innit?