Comment Re:works for me (Score 1) 438
Ah, the David Ortiz method.
Comment Re:the bizarre part to this (Score 1) 277
> the 70 man junket to GarbageCon'13
Can you imagine the cosplay outfits? Yuck.
Submission + - Washington Post fires mobile team (huffingtonpost.com) 1
imac.usr writes: The Huffington Post is reporting that The Washington Post has gone through yet another round of layoffs, but this time instead of cutting editorial positions, they're apparently cutting IT positions, specifically in the mobile applications department. According to Washington, DC media blog FishbowlDC, 54 people, including the General Manager of Mobile and Director of Mobile Products were given the axe on Valentine's Day. A particularly damning quote from the FishbowlDC article: '“[CIO and VP Shaliesh] Prakash thinks these are ‘inefficiencies’ – that is the exact word he uses for human beings who are not useful according to him,” said a source who spoke only on condition of anonymity. “Get rid of experienced people to save money, under the garb of streamlining is the new trend inside the Post.”'
Given that mobile products seem somewhat more likely to succeed than printed newspapers, this seems a strange decision at best.
Given that mobile products seem somewhat more likely to succeed than printed newspapers, this seems a strange decision at best.
Comment Re:WTF? (Score 1) 223
I got it, even if (apparently) nobody else did.
We joke at work that once Oracle, Microsoft, and EMC merge we will have achieved the IT singularity. (At which point, it's already too late.)
Comment Re:How old can you go? (Score 1) 464
"Of course it runs NetBSD."
Comment Re:48 times dupe... (Score 1) 97
I would have posted it myself but I've been sitting here at my freelance gig in front of a Mac for about 20 minutes...
Comment Re:It's too bad (Score 1) 933
Although I presume it's too late to change your mind, you should know that you can in fact enable focus-follows-mounse at least for Terminal windows, with an app like TinkerTool. Hope it makes the last few months more tolerable at least. :P
Comment Re:Draw a rectangle, (Score 1) 108
Draw a rectangle, you say?
Comment Re:Why is this moderated down? (Score 1) 707
Okay, if I contort myself, I can sort of rationalize everything on that list, except kite-flying. Seriously, who could possibly be against that?
Submission + - VA court to review "official" email rules (washingtonpost.com)
imac.usr writes: The Virginia Supreme Court will hear arguments today on a case brought by a Fairfax County resident alleging that the county's school board members violated the state's Freedom of Information Act. The suit alleges that board members colluded to close an elementary school in the county through rapid exchange of emails with each other. The state's FOIA rules stipulate that such exchanges can not constitute "virtually simultaneous interaction" and that any assemblage of three or more members constitutes a formal meeting which must be announced. The article notes similar suits are popping up across the country, highlighting one of the difficulties governments face in balancing communication with transparency.
Comment Re:Um (Score 1) 399
The only concern I would have with the mini-CD idea is that they tend not to play well with slot-loading drives, such as those in many laptops.
Comment Re:Is it working for Google? (Score 1) 473
The omission of Chrome is rather interesting.
To play devil's advocate for a moment, isn't Chrome built on top of WebKit?
Comment Re:Yikes (Score 1) 754
I don't know, I feel like that's an arms race you just can't win.
Comment Re:Everyone does it (Score 5, Funny) 249
> bankofamericaspies.com
How *are* Bank of America's pies, anyway?
Comment Hey TalkTalk! It's My Life! (Score 2, Funny) 139
Really, this story is Such A Shame.
