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Today Is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! 287

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 19, 2008 @09:47AM from the arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr dept.

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.

Submission + - AA dumps Open Office in favour of MS Office

Submitted by (Score.5, Interestin on Tuesday July 17, 2007 @02:11AM

(Score.5, Interestin writes: The NZ Automobile Association has just announced that it's dropping Open Office and switching back to MS Office. According to their CIO, "Microsoft Office is not any cheaper, but it was almost impossible to work out what open-source was actually costing because of issues such as incompatibility and training". In addition "you have no idea where open-source products are going, whereas vendors like Microsoft provide a roadmap for the future".

Submission + - Sunrocket (VOIP) Shuts Down, Users Lose Service

Submitted by elysian1 on Monday July 16, 2007 @10:55PM

elysian1 writes: Sunrocket, a VOIP provider, has suddenly closed up shop leaving its employees and customers without phone service. From one of Sunrocket's former employees posted on sunrocketforum.com, "...we were walked out of the call center today. we had NO warning and even when discussing the rumors we had seen on the web this morning we were told everything was fine and our jobs were safe..." Also, the NY Times has apparently picked up on this story here. It's a shame too, because I, like many of its other customers, have just recently signed up and paid for two years of service.

Submission + - RIAA Must Pay Attorney Fees of $68,685.23

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16, 2007 @09:48PM

An anonymous reader writes: The RIAA has lost its first case against a file-sharer accused of copyright infringement. The court has granted the defendant a total of $68,685.23. Has the RIAA given up? Not quite, according to a statement provided to Slyck.com.

Submission + - Dynamic Filesystem For Spotlight Searching

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 24, 2007 @06:12AM

An anonymous reader writes: Hot on the heels of Amit Singh's release of MacFUSE some days ago, now Google software engineer Greg Miller has coded up a nifty MacFUSE filesystem called SpotlightFS in his spare time. In SpotlightFS if you try to go into a folder or "ls" it in the Terminal, you see links to actual files and folders which are the result of dynamic Spotlight query! You doubleclick on these links and they open up nicely. Not only that the filesystem picks up Apple's "saved search" (smart folders) and shows them as real folders too. You can do cool things like creating a new folder called "pdf" (or some advanced query) and you will see inside all pdf query results from Spotlight. The projec's wiki has more details. And when you eject SpotlightFS these folders don't go away so I can have my favorite searches neatly arranged in a filesystem. SpotlightFS is up for download at the project web site.

Submission + - Need PC and Mac backup solution

Submitted by

SSRSSR

on Wednesday January 24, 2007 @02:22AM

SSRSSR writes: "I'm responsible for the maintenance and backup of a small (~8) mixed network of Mac OS-X machines and Windows XP SP2 machines. I also have a server machine running Suse Linux that is used as the central file server and backup storage machine. I'm having a hard time coming up with a reasonable solution for the weekly backups of all the "real" data on the machines (not the OS), that doesn't take a lot of time to maintain. I want to have an on-site backup of the machines, plus the ability to copy the backups to a notebook for off-site backup. I'm currently using Windows Backup for the XP machines, but don't have a solution for the Mac machines.
I'd appreciate any suggestions on the easiest way to perform and maintain backups on this mixed system. Homegrown, Freeware, FOSS, and/or commercial software solutions are all options. I also have a FTP server available, if there is a way to remote copy the files.
Thanks for your suggestions!"

Submission + - 802.11n Closer To Approval

Submitted by

trogdor8667

on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @02:12PM

trogdor8667 writes: "Infoworld reports that the draft N version of 802.11 has come a step closer to approval. The working group has approved the current specs as version 1.10, and is expected to release version 2 before March. As of now, all pre-N devices will still work once the draft is finalized, which is expected to be in October of 2008."

Submission + - UK ISP devotes profits to foster OSS development

Submitted by

Dolores Parker

on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @01:06PM

Dolores Parker writes: "In 2003, Jason Clifford started an Internet service provider (ISP) in Hertfordshire, England, called UK Free Software Network. What sets UKFSN apart from other ISPs is the fact that it gives away its profits to fund students working on free and open source software (FOSS) projects. Read more at Linux.com"

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