There's nothing more frightening than seeing financial software source code, unless it's being told you have to maintain it...

I used to be called "Colonel Panic." Then I took an arrow in my knee and got demoted...

Hello, Mr. False Analogy, it's been a while since I've heard from you!

I flew from DFW to Reagan National with my iPad accidently left turned on in my backpack. The plan didn't so much as wobble in turbulence, much less crash or fly off course do to "interference."

It's the old trade-off: Fast, cheap, good, pick two.

Do we really need that many more sophisticated RC rovers, let's start planning how to use what we've already learned...

Nah, it's a "Big Bagel

Actually DejaNews was the first to index Usenet, which persuaded Google to engulf/devour them.

Actually no, it was the "Tycho Magnetic Anomaly 1", which was underneath the crater called Tycho, which is the brightest crater on this side of the Moon. It has very large "rays" of lighter ejecta all around it, which makes it perfect for drawing attention to something inside the crater. Once the curious ape descendants decide to poke around the big shiny, they're bound to discover that the magnetic field there is screwing up their toys. But Tycho is definitely a near-side area.

My home wiffy is "Venture Labs", and my portable hotspot is "Central Dogma". Kind of sad, really...

The Jayne Cobb School of Leadership says, "the 'chain of command' is the chain I'm going to beat you upside the head if you don't do what I say."

Managers are like commissioned officers, tech/team leads are like sergeants and other NCOs. At least from what I've seen for the past 30-odd years.

'My prediction is that in the years ahead, we will see more failures than we have been seeing, because people have forgotten what we had to do to get to where we are.'

There are many aspects of our society and world for which this is true, not just data centers.

And this is why the "militarization of the police" is a problem. You're not a soldier, this isn't war, and you aren't an occupying force dealing with insurgents. If you think you are, and you treat all non-police as potential threats, you need to turn in your badge and gun and get psychological help.

The media have a role to play in this, as well. By not informing people that these kinds of abuses are happening, it prevents us from knowing just how bad the situation is becoming. If these things stay at the local level of reporting, or aren't even reported because the local media don't have the budget or the concern, nothing will improve. This is why Balko's reporting efforts are vital, and more people need to be involved in reporting these abuses.