Simson Garfinkel weighs in on the Unix wars
"If I had to pick out the single difference between the BSD community as a whole and the proponents of Linux, I would say it is something called 'correctness.' The BSD developers are more concerned that the underlying technology in their operating systems be implemented in a manner consistent with the overall design of the systems. Linux developers, overall, are more interested in just putting together something that works."
Slashdot : Network Solutions E-Mail Security Alert
Maybe Network Solutions will just be washed in to the sea. Yes, it would prove a nuisance but probably worth it in the end.
Jean Dion : Fume, Kafka, c'est du bon
"Mieux encore, le ministère de la Vertu pourra, de concert avec la direction de l'entreprise, nommer un membre du personnel rémunéré «inspecteur» auprès de ses collègues, nanti de tous pouvoirs en deçà de la peine capitale."
Boston Globe : Hurricane Cams
Meanwhile, if I have to leave the basement I'll point the basementboy camera
out the window.
The US Coast Guard
doesn't seem too concerned about Floyd, if their homepage is anything to judge by. On the other hand, they have put together a nice site devoted to information and photographs of
Historic Light Houses if you're in to that kind of thing.
Wired : The RSI Generation
Listen to your hands. see also :
The RSI Page.
CNN : Scientists grow decaf coffee bean
People always look at me funny when I say that things like this and rock bands hiring string orchestras need to be banned in law, but I know I am right. see also :
Fields of Genes.