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Comment Re:"We own it" (Score 1) 566

by Cognitive Dissident (#35238886) Attached to: Microsoft Bans Open Source From the Windows Market

Gates also admitted he himself was in the habit of "gaining the benefits of software authors' time, effort, and capital without paying them"...

    Bricklin sent waves of laughter through the auditorium by reading a passage from Lammers' interview with Bill Gates in which the young Microsoft founder explained that his work on different versions of Microsoft's BASIC compiler was shaped by looking at how other programmers had gone about the same task. Gates went on to say that young programmers don't need computer science degrees: "The best way to prepare is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and I fished out listings of their operating systems."
    Bricklin finished reading Gates' words and announced, with an impish smile, "This is where Gates and [Richard] Stallman agree!"
        Source: Programmers at Work by Susan Lammers (1986), ISBN 0914845713

          "...the best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and fished out listings of their operating system."
-- Bill Gates.

Submission + - Vanity Fair profiles Sarah Palin

Submitted by Cognitive Dissident
Cognitive Dissident writes: The October issue of Vanity Fair contains a profile of Sarah Palin by Michael Joseph Gross. Definitely not a puff piece, it has already stirred a storm among pro-Palin bloggers, who are calling it a hatchet job. The Huffington Post reports about his appearance on the MSNBC show "Morning Joe" where he said "The worst stuff isn't even in there," And then he goes on to explain how he didn't intend it to be negative but was forced to report the facts, and the facts are very negative (even the ones he didn't withhold). As the Huffington Post articles put it:

In the profile, Gross paints Palin as an abusive, retaliatory figure with an extreme ability to lie.
"This is a person for whom there is no topic too small to lie about," he said. "She lies about everything."

The MSNBC appearance can be watched from the Huffington Post article.
Power

Submission + - New Solar Energy Breakthrough

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Cognitive Dissident
Cognitive Dissident writes: "According to green blogging site Celsias, a company called Nanosolar has developed a new method for producing solar cells more cheaply and quickly then ever before. "Their PowerSheet cells contrast the current solar technology systems by reducing the cost of production from $3 a watt to a mere 30 cents per watt. This makes, for the first time in history, solar power cheaper than burning coal." Videos of their manufacturing process in action are available on their main page. Their full-scale manufacturing plant goes online next year. Is this the beginning of the solar power revolution?"
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day (koalawallop.com)

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Cognitive Dissident
Cognitive Dissident writes: "The author of the postmodern web-comic Dresden Codak has called for world-wide event/practical joke which he is calling Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day. As the title and initial post makes clear, he wants people to go out in public on the specified day (December 8th) and act convincingly like time travelers trying not to be noticed. The ensuing discussion is great fun to read even if you don't plan to join in. As an additional bonus, the now month-long discussion of the fine balancing act of anticipating popular expectations of a 'time traveler' and getting noticed while preserving verisimilitude provides some interesting thoughts about framing and meta-knowledge that many Slashdotters will appreciate."
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - Bizarre Fixes for Bizzare Problems

Submitted by tezbobobo
tezbobobo writes: I recently have been trying to access a damaged 2.5" harddrive when I came across a suggestion to freeze it and use a cavity. It worked like a charm. More bizarrely I came across this fix for a broken ibook recently and was wondering what else is out there. You know, strange solutions to strange problems.
Education

Submission + - Libraries Opening Up with Open Source

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Dolores Parker
Dolores Parker writes: "The open source movement and libraries have a lot in common, not the least of which is the belief in free and open access to ideas and information. Yet, until recently, libraries have been slow to switch to open source software.

Today several companies worldwide have committed to supporting and developing open source software for libraries. They offer everything from hosting and installation to support and development services. With these new options, libraries don't need an IT staff to deploy software or steer development of new features. Here's an inside look at three libraries that are moving to open systems. Read more at Linux.com"
Google

Submission + - Google lost german toplevel domain google.de

Submitted by Korkman
Korkman writes: It seems Google has just lost one of it's major toplevel domains, google.de, to some german webhoster which was obviously well prepared for the traffic hit. See "http://www.google.de/", and, if already recovered, "http://www.goneo.de/" for the webhoster. Google.com stopped immediately redirecting german visitors to google.de. Anyone here to guess how much economic damage this will deal?
Security

Submission + - Defense Witness in "Spyware in school" cas

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boyko.at.netqos
boyko.at.netqos writes: "Network Performance Daily offered Mr. Herb Horner, the defense expert witness in the case of Julie Amero, the Connecticut substitute teacher convicted and awaiting sentence for what defense argues was a spyware infection, a chance to speak out on the case. (Tomorrow NPD hopes to have commentary from Detective Mark Lounsbury, who testified for the prosecution at Ms. Amero's trial.)
From the article: 'We asked the prosecution to arrange for the defense to have unfettered access to the internet so that we could reenact the events of October 19, 2004. It was not granted. I went to court with two laptops and a box full of reference material prepared to very clearly illustrate what happened to Julie Amero. But, the prosecution objected because they were not given "full disclosure" of my examination. I was allowed to illustrate two screens, that of the www.hair-styles.org [do not click], and www.new-hair-styles.com [do not click] sites. This was one of the most frustrating experiences of my career, knowing full well that the person is innocent and not being allowed to provide logical proof.'"
Space

Submission + - Scientists Predict Big Solar Cycle

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Greg Phillips
Greg Phillips writes: "Solar cycle 24, due to peak in 2010 or 2011 "looks like its going to be one of the most intense cycles since record-keeping began almost 400 years ago," says solar physicist David Hathaway of the Marshall Space Flight Center. He and colleague Robert Wilson presented this conclusion last week at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/21dec_cycl e24.htm?list964623"
GUI

Submission + - Has the Desktop Linux Bubble Burst?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: In 2002, both KDE and GNOME released their last major revisions; KDE released KDE 3.0 on 3rd April, while GNOME followed shortly after with GNOME 2.0 on 27th June. For the Linux desktop, therefore, 2002 was an important year. Since then, we have continiously been fed point releases which added bits of functionaility and speed improvements, but no major revision has yet seen the light of day. What's going on?
Novell

Submission + - Hubert Mantel Returns to Novell

Submitted by
Krondor
Krondor writes: "Hubert Mantel, SuSe Co-Founder, has confirmed in an interview with Data Manager Online that he has returned to employment with Novell. When asked why he left Novell to begin with, Hubert responded that he was 'burned out' and 'following unpleasant experiences with our investors needed some time off'. Slashdot had reported previously Hubert's departure from Novell approximately one year ago shortly following Novell's acquisition of SuSe and subsequent layoffs. Hubert also provides his opinions on the Novell-Microsoft Agreement, which he characterizes as 'a good thing'."
Data Storage

Submission + - Hans Reiser to sell his company

Submitted by DVega
DVega writes: Due to increasing legal costs, murder suspect Hans Reiser, is seeking to sell his company. His lawyer William DuBois said he is running out of money to pay for his defense. And added "This is a unique opportunity for someone to buy the company for pennies on the dollar. We welcome all vultures." This is a good opportunity to own a filesystem and rename after your own.
Novell

Submission + - MS Actually Distributes SUSE

Submitted by LDAPMAN
LDAPMAN writes: Apparently MS is distributing those SuSe subscriptions. Deutche Bank, Credit Suisse, and AIG apparently like the MS-Novell deal.

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT= 104&STORY=/www/story/12-20-2006/0004494691&EDATE=

December 20, 2006 10:00 AM ET Three Large Firms Will Run Their Mixed-Source Environments With a Combination of Microsoft and Novell Software REDMOND, Wash. and WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Deutsche Bank AG, Credit Suisse and AIG Technologies today became some of the first customers to tap the benefits of the recently announced collaboration between Microsoft Corp. MSFT and Novell Inc. NOVL on interoperability between Microsoft(R) Windows(R) and Linux.* Under three separate customer agreements, Microsoft will deliver to each company SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise subscription certificates, allowing these customers to take advantage of the Microsoft and Novell agreement. Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and AIG Technologies, which is a member company of American International Group Inc., highlighted the benefits of interoperability, the patent cooperation agreement and the road map for bidirectional virtualization solutions as the deciding factors in their choice.

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