The CrunchPad was supposed to have open hardware & software, right?
It was almost finished and ready for release, right?
So where's the hardware design & source code? Or was all that "open" talk just BS meant to get support from the slashcrunch crowd?

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Penguin Classics. They're forever bitching about plot, characters and crap like that. Plus, they won't publish anything about tech invented after 1920.

There seems to be an assumption in the article that "verbose" means "difficult to write" or "hard to understand". This isn't always true, in my experience. APL, for example, can be used to write programs that are masterpieces of concision, but understanding them is like solving Sudoku puzzles. Which can be fun, but isn't a productive use of a programmer's brainpower.

If the malware is installed at the point of manufacture, it can easily be tailored for whatever device it's installed on. It's trivial to write malware for Linux when it can be installed to run as root at boot time! Even I can do that, and I'm a Windows programmer. :-)

Devices with any OS can come with malware. Even iPods and picture frames have been shipped with malware pre-installed. There's nothing magic about Linux, other than its ability to suppress the geek skepticism reflex.

Sunde said he received an e-mail from Facebook justifying the action because of the legal proceedings against Sunde and three others.

The trial and the circus surrounding it was big news worldwide, but Zuckerberg & co. didn't notice? Really?

No, "intended purpose" means protecting someone's legal copyright.

As opposed to:
- sending takedown notices for content that clearly doesn't infringe copyright
- warping copyright law to stop sales of compatible hardware (e.g. printer ink cartridges)
- preventing security researchers from publicizing software flaws that are putting users at risk

I've worked on many projects in recent years have that have used multiple languages. E.g. SQL, Java, JSP, HTML & Javascript; or SQL, C++ & Visual Basic. IDEs support multiple languages in one project, and people do take advantage of that.

The work I've been doing is more component-oriented than tool-oriented, but it still comes down to using the right tool for every job.

How to turn an old Tivo into a webserver that can withstand a slashdotting!