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PupScup writes:
KernelTrap is reviewing the Linux process scheduler code over the years. The original code was written by none other than Linus Torvalds who described it in a 1993 email, 'the linux scheduling algorithm is one of the simplest ones possible'. An entertaining (and historically prescient) comment in the code proclaimed, 'this is GOOD CODE! There probably won't be any reason to change this, as it should work well in all circumstances (ie gives IO-bound processes good response etc).' The simple algorithm was evidently good code as advertised, judged by the fact that it took over a decode for another developer to come along with something better.
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csw writes:
CNN reports that the owner of allofmp3.com has been acquitted or copyright charges. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/biztech/08/15/russia. site.reut/index.html
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Nailer writes:
Bloomberg believe VMware's IPO today may the largest technology offering since Google. But doubts have been cast over the company's supposedly proprietary ESX product, as top 10 Linux contributor Christopher Hellwig claims the software violates Linux kernel copyrights.
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Hypercoyote writes:
Facebook users on Monday were left contemplating the security of private details stored on the social-networking site after part of its source code was leaked onto the Internet.
The site on Monday acknowledged that a section of its code had been copied and published on a blog, but stressed that none of the personal details of its 52 million users had been compromised.
Over the weekend, a blog called Facebook Secrets published details of part of Facebook's source code, the set of commands which determine the way the site appears when it is viewed by users.
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oddtoad writes:
I'm working on a Java project and we need to print bar code labels from our application. I'd like to use an existing API but after quite a bit of googling I've been unable to locate a quality product. Can anybody suggest a good bar code label printing product that can be called from a Java app?
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joeblstrn writes:
Use the mouse to aim the incoming droids. Shoot them before they shot you.
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Bachelor writes:
Ok, I know all of you have watched James Bond movies... I have always wondered to myself why he is so successful with women.
1. Body Language- notice bond never smiles when he shows expression he grins. His eye contact is always direct with women as well.
2. Unpredictable — you never know what Bond is gonna do... Girls love a guy they cant figure out...
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nosegay reports writes:
Dan Grigsby at Rail Spikes blog takes a pretty well reasoned look at the amazingly rapid rise and fall of the Ruby on Rails contracting market. Interesting reading for those of us considering ditching our cubes for the wild west of Ruby on Rails development.
