Comment Re:Seriously? (Score 1) 1352
This made me laugh -- thx!
Comment Because everyone is on a phone app (Score 1) 328
Some of the web traffic is going to smart phones.Until Microsoft has a successful smart phone, they could loose more & more.
Comment Re:Why not just scarp US Intelligence (Score 1) 230
very funny -- Thanks!
Who Invented the Linux-Based Wireless Router? 154
mtaht writes "I've just had the interesting experience of being deposed to talk about one of the first embedded, Linux-based, wireless routers. Our (free!) 1998 publication of how to make one predates patent #7035281, filed September 13, 2000, by someone else. Their patent was recently granted and is now being disputed in court, in part using our how-to as an example of prior art. The lawsuit continues; the case goes before a judge shortly, and a jury trial if necessary is scheduled for the spring. I find myself plagued with the question: So... who invented the embedded Linux based wireless router? What relevance does 'who' have, when there is such an enormous confluence of ideas from thousands of people? What constitutes invention, anyway?"
Comment Re:JVM on Windows? (Score 1) 238
Anyone who would deploy a JVMs on windows instead of Linux is probably writing crap code in the first place.
I can't believe someone Trolled me...
Comment JVM on Windows? (Score 0, Troll) 238
Anyone who would deploy a JVMs on windows instead of Linux is probably writing crap code in the first place.
Comment Dead? (Score 1) 1348
Sometimes efforts need to fail in order for someone else to have an opportunity to succeed.
Comment advanced math (Score 1) 313
I think Brett Favre learned to count to 21 on his cell phone.
Comment Re:Unfortunately for RIM... (Score 1) 244
I think I agree with you, but
Copycat apps are a useful learning tool. I have shamelessly copied other ideas from other apps so I could focus on learning the technology.
Comment Re:and... (Score 1) 661
I know about civil rights, but the intention of being a miniature Ninja is serious business. If we all have to give up some of our freedom to stop it, I say that’s a price we all must pays
Comment Re:I like the concept, not the implementation (Score 1) 411
Ummm, can anyone tell me why ICBMs are on the way to our data center?
WikiLeaks Set To Release Unpublished Iraq War Docs 411
Tootech writes with this snippet from Wired:
"A massive cache of previously unpublished classified US military documents from the Iraq War is being readied for publication by WikiLeaks, a new report has confirmed. The documents constitute the 'biggest leak of military intelligence' that has ever occurred, according to Iain Overton, editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a nonprofit British organization that is working with WikiLeaks on the documents. The documents are expected to be published in several weeks. Overton, who discussed the project with Newsweek, didn't say how many documents were involved or disclose their origin, but they may be among the leaks that an imprisoned Army intelligence analyst claimed to have sent to WikiLeaks earlier this year."
Comment race conditions (Score 1) 1
How else would you debug race conditions?
Comment Jedi Mind Trick (Score 1) 212
...these are not the trademarks you are looking for
"Choose Your Own Adventure" On Your iPhone 135
If you spent a good portion of your childhood reading the classic "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, you'll be glad to know that you can soon waste countless hours at work turning to random pages on your iPhone. Edward Packard, one of the original authors of the series, has helped create an app called U-Ventures which uses special effects to create a story in the traditional Choose Your Own Adventure format. From the article: "The first U-Venture is a sort of a sequel to a classic title, The Cave of Time. In 'Return to the Cave of Time,' the U-Venture, 'you go back in the cave — you don't have a choice on that,' Packard tells NPR's Neal Conan. But from that point on, the reader chooses her own course."
