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Comment Re:Summary? (Score 5, Insightful) 310

by nacredata on Thursday July 16, 2009 @07:53PM (#28724675) Attached to: Why OpenBSD's Release Process Works

What I got out of it was that the core developers, not some other group, do the testing. Rather than hand the task of quality control/testing to some other group just prior to release, all developers are held to a high level of participation in this regard. Theo and other developers use nightly builds in their day-to-day work and the entire system compiles most every night.

Comment Thanks! (Score 1) 147

by nacredata on Friday October 05, 2007 @11:41PM (#20876457) Attached to: A New Map of the Internet

The general message is a good one to be reminded of. The precision is not too high I suppose as noted. But damn, that looks way cool as a visual.

Submission + - Debian Etch Released

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Sunday April 08, 2007 @09:17AM

Anonymous Coward writes: "After 21 months in Development the Debian project is pleased to announce the release of their next stable distribution, code-named Etch. The Debian-Administration website has the scoop, and the project made the annoucement itself too."

SCO Vs. IBM Leaks Exposed 89

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday April 08, 2007 @08:58AM from the i-see-what-yer-packin dept.

Xenographic writes "Remember all the fuss about SCO subpoenaing PJ of Groklaw, where they allege that she's funded by IBM because she once got a publicly available document from a volunteer at the courthouse a little before it hit the Court's website? That's nothing. Groklaw has evidence that other materials have been leaked in this case — but they weren't leaked to Groklaw, and they weren't leaked by IBM. Information about the sealed materials in question made its way to Maureen O'Gara, who wrote a story based on inside information, displaying a positively uncanny insight into what SCO was planning, including far more than just the sealed document a SCO lawyer read out loud in open court. Interestingly, several witnesses report that Maureen O'Gara did not even attend that hearing, leaving us to speculate about her source."

Journal Journal: Trailfire: Social Bookmarking With a Twist

Journal by rtenalio on Sunday April 08, 2007 @02:10AM

Social bookmarking has become extremely popular these days. It seems everyone that spends a lot of time on the Interent is probably a member of at least one of the many Social Bookmarking services today. Webmasters, web developers and bloggers have found them to be a good way to get the word out about their websites and blogs and to bring attention to their favorite articles and stories or even their own blog posts.

Feed Intel Plans Faster Chips That Also Save Power (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Thursday March 29, 2007 @12:12AM

A new generation of chips would achieve a significant increase in performance without consuming more power.

Journal Journal: Corporate Networks Implicated in Botnet Spam. 3

Journal by twitter on Thursday March 29, 2007 @12:08AM

Once again, The Register has the scoop about malware getting everyone who uses Microsoft.

Submission + - David Pogue reviews the Apple TV

Submitted by necro81 on Friday March 23, 2007 @01:56PM

necro81 writes: David Pogue of the NY Times has devoted his weekly column to the newly released Apple TV. He also has a video blurb to go with it. He compares it to the XBox360 and Netgear's EVA8000, which also deliver content traditionally trapped in a PC onto a TV set. Apple TV Pros: setup is as easy as can be, it's small and silent form factor will be good for home theaters, and the interface and remote control are intuitive. Cons: HDTV only, playback is limited to formats playable within iTunes, and no internet functionality other than movie trailers.

Submission + - Ergonomic Software Eliminates Mouse Clicking

Submitted by

ThinSkin

on Friday March 23, 2007 @01:01PM

ThinSkin writes: "GentleMouse is an ergonomic software program that eliminates the need to click the mouse by translating cursor movements into mouse actions, providing an easy way to perform mouse actions without manually pressing buttons or scrolling. ExtremeTech's review of the GentleMouse provides an in-depth look of this unusual software and was quite pleased with its "intuitive interface, execution, and software options" but the software "cannot overcome issues in certain apps where clicking a mouse is essential, such as when gaming or designing graphics." Here's a video tutorial of the GentleMouse in action."

Submission + - Bill Gates to finally receive his Harvard degree

Submitted by

coondoggie

on Thursday March 22, 2007 @05:32PM

coondoggie writes: "It's not like he needs it to beef up his résumé, but the world's richest college dropout finally is getting his degree. Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, will speak at Harvard University's commencement ceremony in June and, like all commencement speakers, will receive an honorary degree from the institution. It's hard to guess if Gates, the wealthiest person in the world and co-founder of a company that brought in $44 billion in revenue last year, cares. But the programming whiz who once dropped out of Harvard will likely feel some sense of satisfaction. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/032207-bill- gates-to-finally-receive.html"

Submission + - PTO Rejects Instant Live Patent

Submitted by

Jivecat

on Thursday March 22, 2007 @05:29PM

Jivecat writes: "Instant Live, a service of the concert promotion company Live Nation, makes recordings of live concerts that are rapidly burned onto CDs to be sold to the audience before they leave the venue. It's a nice service for fans, but Live Nation holds the patent for a technology that places markers between songs so they can be written as separate tracks rather than one big track — in effect giving them a monopoly on in-concert recordings. Now, thanks to the efforts of the EFF and a patent attorney, who found prior work of similar technology, the U.S. Patent Office has revoked Live Nation's patent. This is good news for those who consider Live Nation to be the Evil Empire when it comes to concert promotion."

Submission + - Bot infestations "surge" to nearly 1.2M

Submitted by

mengel

on Thursday March 22, 2007 @04:25PM

mengel writes: "Accrording to the folks at SecurityFocus the number of bot-infested systems has surged to nearly 1.2 Million. This after a big drop in December when lots of people replaced/upgraded systems.

Time to upgrade your spam filtering software, the onslaught is coming..."

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