July 19, 2009
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During the night of July 16th, while Amazon Kindle owners slept, Amazon was quietly deleting their copies of George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm. Most people who are upset about this were upset and surprised that Amazon would unilaterally delete … Continue reading
July 9, 2009
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Mono, the open-source development environment based on Microsoft’s .NET, has really gotten people ticked off lately. The long and short of the argument is that Mono is a Trojan-horse that will introduce Microsoft poisoned patents into Linux. After, Richard M. … Continue reading
July 7, 2009
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I have no love for Microsoft, most of its products, and nothing but contempt for its now annual, anti-Linux patent threats. On the other hand, I don’t see Mono, the open-source implementation of Microsoft’s .NET programming environment and its related … Continue reading
June 26, 2009
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I was bemused to find out this morning, June 26, that Amazon had put an end to my, and all North Carolina residents, Amazon Associates accounts. This program, for those who don’t know it, is simply a way you can … Continue reading
June 16, 2009
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I’ve never been a fan of horror-movie series where no matter what happens to the baddie, such as Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th movies, he’s up and ready to kill again in the next sequel. So, you can … Continue reading
May 31, 2009
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There was a time when SCO was a great company. No. Seriously. SCO Unix was a great Unix for x86 systems, and, for a brief shining moment it looked like SCO would bring together the best things of both Unix … Continue reading