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Comment Re:Boycott Boycott Novell (Score 2, Informative) 360

by CarbonMonoxide on Monday November 17, 2008 @03:53AM (#25782037) Attached to: Boycott Novell Protesters Manhandled In India

In this particular case though , the people who protested seems to be among the most active FOSS hackers in Kerala...

Man Hides Castle Behind Hay Bales

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday January 29, 2008 @03:26PM

A UK farmer built an entire mock castle and kept it hidden behind bales of hay for 4 years to avoid building regulations. The builder wants to take advantage of a provision of planning law that allows buildings without planning permission to be declared legal if no objections have been made after four years. The county council is not happy and is moving their mock seige weaponry towards the farm.

Journal Journal: Just discovered SHTTPD (and others)

Journal by Noryungi on Thursday January 03, 2008 @06:55AM

Smaller even than thttpd, what's not to like?.

All right, I probably would not use this for production machines, but it's still cool.

Feed The Register: Telltale signs your model is stuck (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Thursday January 03, 2008 @06:52AM

Analysis paralysis: part two

Teams can get stuck wallowing in trivial details when modeling in UML. Sweating such details can lead to frustration and premature, and rash, decisions on using UML later in a project. But how do you know when a particular nuance is inconsequential and when it's an important item to specify?

Feed New Scientist: Melting ice may not explain warming Arctic (pheedo.com)

From feed by nsfeed on Thursday January 03, 2008 @06:12AM

Energy flowing from the equator up towards the North Pole may partly explain the rapid warming of the Arctic, say researchers

Feed The Register: MPs call for stronger data protection laws (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Thursday January 03, 2008 @06:12AM

And more cash for ICO

A committee of MPs has dismissed government denials that recent data losses were the result of individual failures and called for legislation to punish such reckless treatment of private data in future.

The World's Cheapest Car Set To Launch 418

Posted by Zonk on Monday December 31, 2007 @01:47AM from the be-nice-to-have-a-toolin-mobile dept.

theodp writes "Ready for one-automobile-per-child (OAPC)? India's giant Tata Group is on the verge of launching the world's cheapest car. The People's Car, slated to be unveiled January 10th at a New Delhi auto show, will carry a sticker price of 100,000 rupees ($2,500), which some analysts say could revolutionize automobile costs worldwide. The Tata is a pet project of Cornell-trained architect Ratan Tata, who helped design it. The vehicle is aimed at improving driving safety by getting India's masses off their motorbikes and into cars."

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