Comment: Re:And no patents (Score 1) 725
BTW dmr had one of the first, if not the first, software patents - setuid.
Dennis Ritchie has died->
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rjh writes "Dennis Ritchie, father of both C and UNIX, has died at age seventy. (English-speaking news outlets haven't yet picked it up yet, but Google Translate does well with the link.) In a career that not only spanned modern computing but defined it, he developed many tools and systems that we take for granted today. He received a Turing Prize in 1983 for his services to the industry, but even then he didn't slow down: he had a sterling career with Bell Labs and Lucent until finally retiring in 2007."
Link to Original Source
Link to Original Source
Comment: Re:HRmm...... (Score 1) 312
"Getting them in the right order is just as important."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnxir7wHIuY
Comment: Re:On a related note (Score 1) 272
Southern hemisphere here. Left side episodic cluster head of about 17 years. I sense no difference this year. My other pretty regular run of winter clusters seem to have come a little early this year. But they're milder.
Comment: Re:Curious... (Score 2) 272
We're already taking the drugs "far nastier and more dangerous than mere LSD". A lot of the time they don't work and they don't work the same across all sufferers. I'm only a episodic cluster head (a lucky one) but the side effects of the meds that work for me and can stop an attack cluster are such that I prefer to ride it out without them.
More info at clusterheadaches.com
TEPCO Readies Plan To Bring Reactor Under Control 116
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timothy
from the no-dear-the-heavy-gloves dept.
from the no-dear-the-heavy-gloves dept.
Kyusaku Natsume writes "TEPCO has released details of their plan to bring Unit 1 of Fukushima Daiichi under control, to improve the working conditions inside the reactor building of this unit and install a new cooling system. From the success of this operation maybe we will know how they will address the emergency in the remaining damaged nuclear reactors."
Comment: Re:This is important? (Score 3, Informative) 380
In my universe Cleopatra 2525 was the best.
Comment: Re:Interrupt Service Routines (Score 1) 140
occam, not ocaml.
Comment: Appropriate Wear (Score 1) 837
Dress like fire fighters.
Comment: Re:Google search "Go" (Score 1) 831
C+@ was essentially Smalltalk in C's clothing.
Comment: Re:X11 Chromium on Mac? (Score 1) 542
Try here.
Google OS Announced 12
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shystershep writes "Rumors have been floating around for years that Google was planning an OS to compete with Window. As of Tuesday night, it is official: "So today, we're announcing a new project that's a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System. It's our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be. Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010." It is separate from the Android mobile OS, will run on both x86 and ARM processors, and is aimed primarily at web use. Other than that, details are scarce."
BT Blocks Access To Pirate Bay 360
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CmdrTaco
from the i-feel-better-already dept.
from the i-feel-better-already dept.
Barence writes "BT and other mobile broadband providers are blocking access to The Pirate Bay as part of a 'self-regulation' scheme with the Internet Watch Foundation. BT Mobile Broadband users who attempt to access the notorious BitTorrent tracker site are met with a 'content blocked' message. The warning page states the page has been blocked in 'compliance with a new UK voluntary code.' 'This uses a barring and filtering mechanism to restrict access to all WAP and internet sites that are considered to have "over 18" status,' the warning states. It goes on to list a series of categories that are blocked, including adult/sexually explicit content, 'criminal skills,' and hacking. It's not stated which category The Pirate Bay breaches, although the site does host links to porn movies."
Pirate Bay founders found guilty
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Alioth writes "The Pirate Bay founders have been found guilty in Sweden of breaking copyright law, and have been ordered to pay a fine of 30M kronor (£2.4M, US$3.6M). Peter Sunde has already defiantly replied in a Twitter posting that "Nothing will happen to TPB, this is just theatre for the media." The damages were awarded to a number of entertainment companies, including Warner Bros, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI, and Columbia Pictures. Of course, it remains to be seen whether the Pirate Bay founders will pay up (or even have the means to pay up)."
Whither the 19th IOCCC? 124
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kdawson
from the now-that's-obfuscated dept.
from the now-that's-obfuscated dept.
dazedNconfuzed writes "Whatever happened to the 19th IOCCC? The opening thereof was announced over two years ago and the winners' names were posted, but the source code was never released — leaving the results of the 2006 contest unknown as we get well into 2009. Emails to questions@ioccc.org just bounce. Surely the quiet absence of a high point of geekdom becomes news at some point!"