Comment: TIOBE boost? (Score 1) 69
Does this mean Perl will see a boost in the next TIOBE index?
Comment: Really well done (Score 1) 69
I don't speak Hebrew, but I got a pretty good idea of the lyrics from the Perl.
Comment: Re:As a guy that was a stay at home dad for 7 year (Score 1) 832
Maybe your problem was leaving your kids in diapers until they were 7?
Unless he had multiples, they don't all arrive at the same time. Sometimes just as soon as one is out of diapers, another one pops out.
+ - American Airlines Grounds Flights->
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Sez Zero writes "The Federal Aviation Administration said American Airlines requested a halt to hundreds of its U.S. flights on Tuesday as it works to resolve a reservation system problem.
American Airlines explained on their twitter feed they had a problem accessing their reservation system. Bad day to be on the AA ops team."
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American Airlines explained on their twitter feed they had a problem accessing their reservation system. Bad day to be on the AA ops team."
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Comment: But, really no difference (Score 2) 108
But really there's no difference between QuickOffice being the "winner" over Google Apps, since Google owns them both:
http://www.quickoffice.com/google_acquires_quickoffice/
http://www.quickoffice.com/google_acquires_quickoffice/
Comment: Re: Non story (Score 4, Informative) 245
That's probably the most interesting part of the story. Because of what they did in 2005, they might not be able to do it again. By over-estimating the amount they would need, they kept the price of NAN down. Because they had deals with almost everyone, all those NAN suppliers made too much. From TFA:
Back in 2005 Apple pre-paid $1.25 billion to five NAND flash memory suppliers to ensure they would be able to supply Apple with memory through 2010. That was a five-year supply agreement (see Apple to pre-pay $1.25 billion for flash memory) that made sure Apple could continue its apparently inexorable rise as a mobile consumer electronics supplier. The five NAND flash memory suppliers were the same as those listed above although how the pre-payment broke down was not revealed at the time.
Apple also then proceeded to give its suppliers an indication of its estimated future needs year-by-year so that the vendors could tailor their manufacturing to meet its needs. The only problem was that towards the end of the five-year agreement Apple was reportedly accused of always over-estimating the need causing the flash memory vendors to be always in an oversupply situation and unable to raise prices. These accusations circulated in South Korea during 2009 (see Apple accused of NAND price manipulation).
Comment: Re:Know what I'd do. . . (Score 1) 572
Get smarter guests
Exactly.
"Hey, can I use your computer to..."
"No."
Who doesn't have a smartphone/tablet these days to do such things?!
Comment: Re:Betrayed? (Score 1) 387
Also, stop bitching that someone else didn't execute your vision.
Article could have been summarized with the following:
Idealist is upset at somewhat-related commercialized version of his idea.News at 11!
Comment: Re:Heavy Armor Needs Heavy Horsepower (Score 1) 612
A mobile fortress engine actually needs gobs of torque, not horsepower. Diesel generally provides gobs of torque.
Comment: Re:Um... (Score 2) 612
Not my American 2013 Golf TDI. In fact, for 2013 VW released a new misfueling adapter on the tank neck that prevents smaller gas nozzles from working. The upside is that now we can use the truck stop high-flow nozzles. Fills up my small tank really fast!
Comment: Re:Get your bicycle out of your garage (Score 1) 635
Unless you've got a truly ridiculous commute, you can probably bike to work without taking much more time than driving.
I work from home, you insensitive clod!
Comment: Miss RSS in Apple Mail (Score 1) 287
I really miss the RSS functionality from the last version of Apple Mail. I really liked being able to have my favorite feeds in the same place as my email, but separate from my Inbox. It was nice that each feed was separate, instead of munged together.
Why this trend away from RSS I wonder? It is because Google wants you to use G+ as the reader for all your "feeds" in some Facebook-wannabe fashion?
Why this trend away from RSS I wonder? It is because Google wants you to use G+ as the reader for all your "feeds" in some Facebook-wannabe fashion?
Comment: Re:Attacks on bandwidth caps are shortsighted (Score 4, Funny) 213
I'm not seeing what's "highly disruptive" about that.
Well, it would be highly disruptive to your wallet.
Comment: Re:Slashvertisement? (Score 3, Insightful) 61
No; 0install isn't a commercial project.
You know you can advertise a non-commercial project, right?
Comment: Re:Personal medical information (Score 2) 286
The elephant in the room.
Kind of amazing that microsoft has had the nerve to go after Google's privacy practices, when its own regarding Bing generally arent as good.
Exactly. My favorite is the quote:
Scroogled will go on as long as Google keeps Scroogling people,' said a Microsoft spokesperson
You hear that splash, too? Yes, it is the sound of Microsoft jumping the shark.