Author Archives: Sandy

Is SCO a Government Agency?

It’s hard to fathom that years after SCO was brought to financial ruin and ridicule due to an enormously-misguided-at-best attempt to sue everyone on the planet that ever used Linux, Darl McBride was finally fired this month. Even Ken Lewis … Continue reading

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Eclipse Works With Preexisting Code, But Not Well

[Cross-posted from the Forum One Tech Blog] I recently upgraded Eclipse PDT to the most recent version, and I decided to figure out something that had been bugging me: why couldn’t Eclipse use a project I’d already checked out via … Continue reading

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They’re going to name this parrot “Polanski”

ht: Todd Gardner

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CodeWorks 09 DC

Thought I’d give a few overall impressions from CodeWorks DC while they’re fresh in my mind. The community What really impressed me was just how great the PHP community is. There were some Big Names there, but everybody was really … Continue reading

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There Ain’t No Party Like a Microsoft ******* Party!

From Cabel’s Blog LOL via Daring Fireball, I bring you: Microsoft…After Dark. Seriously. When are you guys going to fire everybody in marketing? The laptop hunter ads have been the only thing even halfway decent out of Redmond, and they … Continue reading

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Roadhouse, Interrupted

(Hat tip: Shem)

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Norman Borlaug, RIP

The father of the Green Revolution has died. It’s worth noting that by focusing on technology instead of politics, Norman Borlaug probably saved more lives than Hitler and Stalin and Pol Pot snuffed out. A single act of creation usually … Continue reading

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Pot, Meet Kettle. Subject: Mutual Coloration

Leftists and Democrats are shocked–shocked!–that one small group of people is disrupting speeches held by members of established political groups. In other news, Code Pink has never existed and never disrupted any political public events.

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You Forgot “Profit”…

Step 1: Patent something already in a published spec. Step 2: Use a term derived from a notoriously litigious company’s hit product, who make software covered by your claims, and threaten to sue. Step 3: Darl McBride? Is that you? … Continue reading

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Wolfram|Alpha FAIL

Clearly, this technology was not suitably vetted by geeks. It’s not that it didn’t know the answer, it’s just that it didn’t know the related inputs should be “African or European?”

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