Please elaborate.

I too agree that this is pointless for the end user in Linux, at least when it comes to free software. Only closed binary blobs will benefit, which IMHO is not something worth putting effort towards helping. They did their design choices and accepted the reality in doing so.

As for the end user, she should just use the package manager of her distro and find whatever she needs. Not worrying about neither compiling nor platforms.
For example, in Debian/Ubuntu you could more easilly package your installer to simply drop a file in /etc/apt/sources.d. Not only will the user be able to use the package manager to install your app like any other, she will also get security updates you publish.

Let the package system handle these things, they do it well and does not bloat your boat.

Kudos. /. shouls always use UTC. Always.

Sounds familiar. The cleaning crew of a supplier specielizing in cooling systems also did this. Loggin in to MSN and the like. The only problem was that the computer they used once had an open remote desktop session to a computer controlling the cooling in a large storage hall for fish. It was supposed to be 'secure'.
As the conversations on MSN was in Bulgarian and the companies invovled were Norwegian, it didn't take too much effort in locating the source (I just called everyone with access to the said computer and asked them to name all Bulgarian employees, and only one name came up...).

Here in Norway there is a similar service. The best part? It is actualy run by a government agency to aid consumers in the jungle of cellphone and broadband plans. (http://www.telepriser.no/ , in Norwegian only)

A device like this with Maemo has a shell, an ssh client and even an ssh server if you want. It does whatever you want it to granted is has the horsepower to do it.

Or what about encrypting the damn data and be done with it?

You haven't missed out on much.
I did try to go the N-route, until I discovered that different devices operate on differetn frequencies. Buying teo draft-N certified products I thought I had a good chance of them working together.
Turns out one was for 2.4GHz band and the other for the 5GHz band.

Both were certified and one of them metioned nothing of frequencies outside the box.

If the standard actually allows this, I don't know. Beware...

Actually, most launches happen outside NASA these days.
NASA is often involed, providing instruments or cooperating with other agencies, but that goes both ways.

Close, but no cigar.
As Terra is using a polar orbit it travels the equtor almost 30 times per day. But yes, most of the gaps are most likely over equator, as it a lot of it is just oceans and requires more manouvres by the S/C to cover out of nominal orbit.

Mine was utter crap. Not very precise, intermittent dropouts, need to re-pair often... That was almost 2 years ago, it might work better now.

But they can afford to pay my employer a few dollars to get their own picture of the site.

We aqcuire and sell satellite imagery of the location of your choice. If the weather is nice enough you can expect an image within hours of ordering.

We are also downlinking most of the imagery used by Google...
These things are availible commercially for anyone and for any purpose.

Each his own.
This is the reason I do not use it or support it. I want a pure DNS service not a tampered one.

By replacing the conventional bulbs with CFL's most people will in fact need to turn up the heat to compensate for lost heating.
At least in colder areas like Norway.

You could debate which heat source is most efficient; bulbs, ovens or fireplaces?

Can't give you any figures, but one second off would mean a lot of lost cash for us here at WeTalkToSatellites.
Not enough to put us out of business, but enough to cause the execs to come screaming with tears.

The summary gives the impression that they figured this out today. The announcement is just a reminder and a PR magnet.

This has been known for quite some time and is significant for some industries (like my field of work; satellite telemetry).