(via Linux-Watch) Reason number one: Linux is too complicatedEven with the KDE and GNOME graphical windowing interfaces, it’s possible — not likely, but possible — that you’ll need to use a command line now and again, or edit a configuration file. Compare that with Windows where, it’s possible — not likely, but possible — that … Continue reading “Five reasons NOT to use Linux”
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This one has been around for a long time
I’m sure there are versions of this joke that predate this one… A businessman flew into Seattle for a meeting. Being somewhat of a bigshot, he was to be ferried from the airport to the meeting by helicopter. However, a thick fog had settled over the city, and the helicopter was soon lost. The pilot … Continue reading “This one has been around for a long time”
That was quick
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Bill Gates warns against reliance on outsourcing
(via Computerworld) Companies should not outsource their core business functions and staff, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates told a group of Japan’s top businessmen today. Gates, who was speaking at the Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), Japan’s biggest and most influential business group, urged IT companies to beware of outsourcing too much … Continue reading “Bill Gates warns against reliance on outsourcing”
Retrocomputing: Slide Rules
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Retrocomputing: Algol 60
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Yet Another Guestbook Version 2.1
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(via Google Blog) If you’re a blogger (or a blog reader), you’re painfully familiar with people who try to raise their own websites’ search engine rankings by submitting linked blog comments like “Visit my discount pharmaceuticals site.” This is called comment spam, we don’t like it either, and we’ve been testing a new tag that … Continue reading “rel=”nofollow””
Converting ISO-8859-1 data to UTF-8 (and back again)
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An Interview Question
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