An interesting geek toy to send MP3s to one’s stereo. It looks pretty sweet, although the OGG suport is kinda shaky (it re-encodes to MP3 on the fly, which eats CPU). I want one.
06 February 2018: updated URL
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According to the US Naval Historical Centre (Go Navy!), the first computer bug was logged on September 9, 1945 at 15:45: ‘Moth found trapped between points at Relay # 70, Panel F, of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator while it was being tested at Harvard University, 9 September 1945. The operators affixed the moth to the computer log, with the entry: ‘First actual case of bug being found.’ Note that the term ‘bug’ pre-dates computers by quite awhile.
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According to the US Naval Historical Centre (Go Navy!), the first computer bug was logged on September 9, 1945 at 15:45: ‘Moth found trapped between points at Relay # 70, Panel F, of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator while it was being tested at Harvard University, 9 September 1945. The operators affixed the moth to the computer log, with the entry: ‘First actual case of bug being found.’ Note that the term ‘bug’ pre-dates computers by quite awhile.
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Joe Barr has written a decent introduction to GnuCash an excellent accounting program for Unix. Read it, then download GnuCash.
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Joe Barr has written a decent introduction to GnuCash an excellent accounting program for Unix. Read it, then download GnuCash.
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Dave Plonka writes about how miswritten firmware in Netgear routers denied service to UWisc. Very interesting, and an example that the true ethos of the net still exists.
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Dave Plonka writes about how miswritten firmware in Netgear routers denied service to UWisc. Very interesting, and an example that the true ethos of the net still exists.
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Bruce Perens analyses SCO’s intellectual property claims on his website. His conclusion: the concrete examples they have provided are in the public domain.
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Bruce Perens analyses SCO’s intellectual property claims on his website. His conclusion: the concrete examples they have provided are in the public domain.
05 February 2018: update URL
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Ernie Ball, the manufacturer of guitar strings, switched to free software after a BSA audit cost them $100,000. Now their business is running better, more securely and more cheaply. A lesson for us all.
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Ernie Ball, the manufacturer of guitar strings, switched to free software after a BSA audit cost them $100,000. Now their business is running better, more securely and more cheaply. A lesson for us all.
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Ars Technica have a most amusing bit on SCO. Read it!
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