In the long running KDE vs. Gnome war Ximian, doing comercial supported Gnome stuff, purchased KDEish keywords on Google for Ximian adds. The best coverage goes to segfault‘s “Bacon Lovers up in Arms..” For some more serious coverage check out LinuxToday or LinuxPlanet.
Mars Simulation Project, just for fun.
Mars Simulation Project, just for fun.
Finally heard back from the Library of Congress on my request for an ISSN:
To:fozbaca@yahoo.com From: issn@loc.gov Thank you for requesting the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN). We have made the following ISSN assignment: Title:fozbaca.org ISSN: 1533-8177 Sincerely, ISSN cataloger, US ISSN Center issn@loc.gov
Canada was faster, back in december.
Finally heard back from the Library of Congress on my request for an ISSN:
To:fozbaca@yahoo.com From: issn@loc.gov Thank you for requesting the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN). We have made the following ISSN assignment: Title:fozbaca.org ISSN: 1533-8177 Sincerely, ISSN cataloger, US ISSN Center issn@loc.gov
Canada was faster, back in december.
Promise of new storage capacity. “10.8 terabytes of data to be stored in an area the size of a credit card, with no conventionally moving parts.” – For $50 within two years. God I hope this isn’t VaporWare.
Promise of new storage capacity. “10.8 terabytes of data to be stored in an area the size of a credit card, with no conventionally moving parts.” – For $50 within two years. God I hope this isn’t VaporWare.
Human Task Switches Considered Harmful
a) sequential processing gets you results faster on average, and
b) the longer it takes to task switch, the bigger the penalty you pay for multitasking.
Joel doesn’t take into account that sometimes multitasking projects helps keep developer intrest and stimulate new and creative ideas. But in general he is probably right, as long as the project at hand is stimulating enough.