I remember reading somewhere (may have been Slashdot) a while back that there where buildings designed in the mainframe days to draw heat from the "computer room" to heat the buildings. Unfortunatly when computers got smaller and cooler they had to install extra heating systems in these buildings.

I may be remembering this wrong though.

An organization that is out of the limelight, but has made many historic contributions is pushing something from an even older organization that has been out of the limelight for a longer time, and made many more historic contributions.

Did anyone else notice this?

Because that worked out so well for ATM.

Is this some sort of Muni-WiFi setup?

Does anyone have a link to the text of the bill?

I did a quick search and couldn't find it. Why are they calling for installation of WiFi hotspots to lessen load on cell networks? Did anyone tell them that just because a phone has a WiFi radio doesn't mean it can make calls over WiFi.

Are you telling me everyone who wants wireless internet in federal buildings has to use a Cell phone data network. If that is the case, then they absoulty need to install WiFi (you know like everyone did 10 years ago), though $15 Million does seem to much).

Does anyone hear work in IT for the GSA? Might be able to clear this up.

Yeah, cause that is going to be so easy to manage and support, you clearly haven't worked with any thing more then home networks.

I F'n hate NetworkManager.

Why is it such a hard thing to grasp that a machine can have multiple interfaces on different networks (I work in a networking testing lab were this is very common) simultaneously. I refuse to help anyone with network problems if their using NetworkManager on Linux.

http://xkcd.com/619/

Soylent Green, from people?

Just another instance of mobile phone companies (mostly service providers) thinking they know what their customers want.

I thought these were pretty interesting ideas:

http://boot.kernel.org/

http://boot.fedoraproject.org/

Although they are pretty slow at times, and I have had them freeze a few times (this may have been due to bad hardware though). It a pretty cool way to install a Linux distro.

What happens when the Oracle System's Star goes Supernova ? Is it going to SPARC?...Is Coffee going to be supplied?...I haven't read much of the comments, but am I the only one to notice the subject icon on this story is the wrong Sun.

I think the FIA thing was a clever move...I wonder if any Goverment Agencies have Microsoft Shared Source agreements, maybe we can finally get Window's Source Code.

Don't get you hopes up even if it is your area. Yes, I am from NH.