Comment Re:What is wrong with wire? (Score 1) 519
Besides, batteries are strong contaminants. Please, use the least batteries you can, and dispose those properly.
Knol, the Wikipedia Maybe-Fork? 102
Bennett Haselton contributes the following essay on the consequences of license choice as it applies to sites based on user contributions; read on below for more of his big idea for making Knol a more useful resource.
"Google Knol should allow its writers to publish under a
Creative Commons Share Alike license.
The preceding sentence may not mean much to you, but if you've ever wanted to cite a Wikipedia
article as a source, or simply read a Wikipedia article with some assurance that someone
wasn't pulling your leg with some
creative editing, or if you've wanted to contribute
to Wikipedia but couldn't afford the time unless you received some modest compensation for it,
then the addition of this one simple feature to Knol might make all the difference." (More below.)
Today Is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! 287
lucabrasi999 writes "Ahoy! Drink up the Grog, me hearties! Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Grab yer wenches and stop being a bilge-rat." Cap'n Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket have even provided a short YouTube video to help those who might be a bit more pirate-speak challenged. Even Google is getting in on the action, those swarthy dogs.
Comment Re:What this really points out... (Score 1) 456
No, you can't only do a sync, in most production environments you need to stop services before syncing your disks, and this will take much longer.
What's the point of syncing if the apps will continue dirting buffers beyond the sync time?
