He got in early on 3D graphics and had dreadlocks, which made him a darling of the "Wired" and "Mondo 2000" (remember that?) crowd.

But he is clueless.

You aren't going to make any money doing this, and it will be a time sink.

Get a Wordpress blog setup from one of the zillion different providers that offer that. Problem solved.

It's hard for me to think of any software companies that are worse at creating software that actually WORKS.

SAP and Oracle are notorious for pushing out incredibly expensive, complex products that are impossible to install and generally don't work like ANYTHING else.

SAP, especially, seems to be incapable of releasing a product without a half-dozen show-stopping bugs that require obscure workarounds that you'll only find out about by calling support. I won't even talk about the unholy mess that is SAP's support site.

There's a rule about software that people often forget, and it's this:

"Software quality is inversely proportional to cost". In other words, the more expensive a given piece of software is, the crappier it is. Oracle and SAP are the NUMBER ONE offenders in this regard.

Apple wants to dump MacOS.

There is FAR more money to be made from a locked-down OS like iOS that guarantees they get a cut of every app sold. The profits from iOS devices DWARF the profits from MacOS.

MacOS will be gone in ten years. Less, probably. You'll still be able to buy a Mac, but it will run iOS, and only run "approved" apps. Unless you pay a couple thousand bucks for their "developer" license, in which case you will get a copy of XCode. And a yearly fee on top of that, of course. And probably a limit on the number of apps you can develop before you have to pay more money.

Apple is NOT about making cool technology anymore. They are about selling content. They're a media company.

I like the functionality of KDE, and I like the configurability, but it looks terrible. Nothing quite "fits". All the buttons look like they aren't placed/sized *quite* correctly, and the button labels look like they are just a *little* off-center.

Basically, all of the window decorations/elements aren't sized right. Still. That is apparently the "KDE look", but I can't stand it. And yes, I've tried to tweak it to my liking, but it's impossible.

By contrast, Gnome and Unity are very well put together. They look nice and clean.

It *is* a little underpowered for a system coming out in 2012, but honestly it's powerful enough. We've reached a bit of a plateau with graphics on consoles. PS3 and 360 games look *damn good*. If the WiiU can do that, people will be happy.

The bigger problem for the WiiU is that I think the console market has changed. People have SO MANY gaming options these days that game consoles just aren't as interesting as they used to be. Especially for the price. Nintendo wants to sell this thing for $400, but that buys you an iPad.

Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft need to realize that they don't have the gaming market to themselves anymore. Not like they used to, anyway. And in this economy, cost is king. If they think they are going to be selling new consoles for $400, they are nuts.

Honestly, I think that both Sony and Microsoft should keep their current consoles alive indefinitely. I mean, why not? Keep lowering the price, and keep them alive. I'd love to be able to pick up an fully-loaded 360 with a Kinect for $100 in 2016, and still have new games coming out for it. Like I said, we've reached a bit of a plateau with consoles. Why not stay on that plateau for a while?

I mean, the ABC affiliate doesn't even NEED a reason to exclude you, right? It's their station. You want to be on TV, buy your own affiliate. Right? Isn't that the "free market" at work? Are you saying they should be FORCED to let you into the debate?

Libertarians are nothing but Republicans that are upset they aren't rich/powerful enough to fuck people in the ass. They want it to be easier to get into the "Fuck you, I've got mine" club.

I have yet to see a "cloud platform" that was much more than a collection of buzzwords.

When a company starts thinking that Salesforce (or any CRM, or any single piece of software) is going to save them, that means they are DOOMED.

The fact that HP doesn't know this says a lot about how clueless they really are about IT, software, *and* business needs in general.

You're on the right track, I think.

For a CNC place, you *need* a well-sealed, clean server room with a good independent air-conditioning system. Dust is the enemy.

The room should have LOTS of power outlets. 220 would be nice.

Everything else can be done later. But a decent server room is fundamental.

Pay them more money.

Anything else is an insult to their intelligence. "Cake Day"? Jesus. Are you fucking kidding?

Windows compatibility is pretty pointless, actually.

Why would I run Linux just to run Windows applications? I might as well run Windows.

This is the problem with desktop Linux- it doesn't do anything BETTER than Windows. I mean, what's the "killer app" for desktop Linux? I can't think of one. Lack of viruses and stability are nice, no question, but aren't really enough to make up for the lack of compelling apps that are better than their Windows equivalents.

'We're wrapped up in all this crap right now. We made a mistake. We're sorry. It doesn't detract from all the good things we've done. I am not responsible for the financial crisis."

Actually, it *is* your fault, and it *does* detract from everything you've done.

It's like a daycare provider saying "Sorry that we sold your kids' organs. It seemed like a good investment. But it shouldn't detract from the great job we were doing before that!"

Banks are supposed to MAKE money, not lose it. And they lost money on a MASSIVE scale due to incompetence and especially greed. Everything they do is tainted, forever.

Don't forget that Haiku/BeOS are *single user* operating systems. There are no file permissions.

That all by itself makes it a joke, honestly.

That's great, until ISPs in the US start moving to a "metered" service. Which they are already doing.

You won't be watching all of your TV over the internet if you only have 5GB of data transfer/month.

The solution? City-run internet utilities. They aren't as ridiculously greedy as the private ISPs are, and you can, to some degree, control how they run their operation by voting in city elections.