Comment Fail? (Score 1) 322
The release of the N900 had to be delayed one month due to overwhelming preordering.
It is a tremendous success in spite of its very expensive price!
Comment Darl McBride's new job? (Score 5, Funny) 304
Maybe he was not terminated, but instead became himself an Ethernet terminator.
Comment Re:/tmp and /var/tmp (Score 1) 303
Linux has tmpfs which is much better than a ramdisk and uses virtual memory assigned dynamically.
From wikipedia
tmpfs is supported by the Linux kernel from version 2.4 and up.[3] tmpfs (previously known as shmfs) distinguishes itself from the Linux ramdisk device by allocating memory dynamically and by allowing less-used pages to be moved onto swap space. ramfs, in contrast, does not make use of swap (which can be an advantage or disadvantage). In addition, MFS and some older versions of ramfs did not grow and shrink dynamically and instead used a fixed amount of memory at all times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMPFS
Alan Turing Gets an Apology From Prime Minister Brown 576
99luftballon writes "The British government has officially apologized for the treatment of Alan Turing in the post war era. An online petition got more than enough signatures to force an official statement and Prime Minister Gordon Brown has issued a lengthy apology. 'Thousands of people have come together to demand justice for Alan Turing and recognition of the appalling way he was treated. While Turing was dealt with under the law of the time and we can't put the clock back, his treatment was of course utterly unfair and I am pleased to have the chance to say how deeply sorry I and we all are for what happened to him. So on behalf of the British government, and all those who live freely thanks to Alan's work I am very proud to say: we're sorry, you deserved so much better.'"
Submission + - Google as a tool for burglars
aysa writes: Bumbling Bigg City burglars got $12K. The two burglars had door keys, pass codes and combinations for the safes at a Colorado Springs indoor amusement center.But when it came to actually opening a combination lock, they did what most of us do when we're stumped — they called Google to the rescue.
Submission + - Hans Reiser Saga
Krish writes: Steve Huff has this well researched story on Hans Reiser, Nina Reiser and Sean Sturgeon.
One thing seems pretty clear to me, whether Sturgeon was a killer or not — between whatever was wrong with him, and Hans Reiser's egomania and being a workaholic, Nina Reiser, in the end, really couldn't win.
