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sconeu writes:
Oracle has announced that it will decommission sun.com as of June 1.
A sad day for one of the oldest domains on the Internet.
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sconeu writes:
Ed Foster, maintainer of the GripeLog has died of a heart attack.
Ed was a steadfast advocate for consumer rights, and was a strong campaigner against UCITA. He will be missed.
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sconeu writes:
In an op-ed piece in the Christian Science Monitor, former presidential candidate John Anderson calls for Instant Runoff Voting.
Who is Anderson? Most Slashdotters are too young to remember, but he was the maverick Republican candidate who went independent in 1980. He was considered a spoiler, in much the same manner as Perot in '92 and Nader in 2000 and '04.
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sconeu writes:
Astronaut Wally Schirra, one of the Original Seven Mercury Astronauts, pilot of Sigma 7, commander of Gemini 6 and Apollo 7 died from a heart attack in La Jolla, CA at age 84.
Schirra was also a commentator for CBS on spaceflight coverage.
The only two of the Original Seven left are now John Glenn and Scott Carpenter.