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Comment Re:Reassess Your Hiring Practices (Score 1) 245

by lagerbottom on Friday November 09, 2012 @09:19AM (#41930985) Attached to: What To Do After You Fire a Bad Sysadmin Or Developer

Agreed. I suspect systemic issues in the organization that at the very least caused a bad practioner to be hired in the first place, and more likely the submitter is a dick that fired someone that didn't put up with nonsense.

Submission + - Apple Wins Again — ITC Rules They Didn't Violate Samsung Patents (reuters.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14, 2012 @04:43PM

An anonymous reader writes: A preliminary ruling from the International Trade Commission today found that Apple did not violate four of Samsung's patents in the design of the iPhone. "The patents in the complaint are related to 3G wireless technology, the format of data packets for high-speed transmission, and integrating functions like web surfing with mobile phone functions." The complaint was filed by Samsung in 2011, and a final confirmation is due next January. Apple has similar claims against Samsung awaiting ITC judgment; the preliminary ruling is expected in mid-October.

Submission + - First part of Black Mesa released (blackmesasource.com)

Submitted by ProbablyJoe on Friday September 14, 2012 @12:03PM

ProbablyJoe writes: The long awaited Source engine remake of the Valve's original Half Life has finally been released. The initial release only includes the story up until Xen, but the developers say they'll be adding the rest of the story, along with an online multiplayer Deathmatch mode, soon. The game is available to download for free, and only requires players to install the Source SDK (included with all Source games, or a free download.

The highly anticipated release has also caused a huge amount of traffic for any servers hosting the files, with GameFront, GameUpdates, and Black Mesa's own CDN brought down within minutes of the release. The project has also been approved by Steam's Greenlight program, and will hopefully be available through Steam soon, though no timeframe has been given.

Submission + - Red Hat Fights Patent Troll With GPL (itworld.com)

Submitted by

jfruh

on Friday September 14, 2012 @11:45AM

jfruh writes: "Red Hat is in the middle of a patent lawsuit with Twin Peaks Software, which claims that a Red Hat subsidiary is abusing a Twin Peaks filesystem lawsuit. Now, Red Hat is launching an intriguing countermeasure: the company claims that Twin Peaks' own closed source software violates the GPL because it makes use of an open source disk utility that Red Hat holds the copyright no. Is this a smart move on Red Hat's part?"

Comment Re:Of course we're not answering the question. (Score 1) 631

by lagerbottom on Sunday January 14, 2007 @08:23PM (#17607618) Attached to: Is DRM Intrinsically Distasteful?

"The question is a trick"

..And my wait continues.

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