This is a good one. Apprently in setting up their own anti-Groklaw site, SCO has grabbed PDFs of legal documents from Groklaw and Tuxrocks.com.
In a campaign focused on intellectual property rights, where SCO is the accuser…
Groklaw’s PJ has a good take on it: “I’m sure [Tuxrocks’] Frank would want to join me in thanking SCO for this wonderful endorsement of our websites.”
I noticed this SUV as I got on the freeway after work. We apparently kept pace with each other, because it was there on the off-ramp as well. It was then that I noticed something red on the back:
Yes, a plush Flash doll was jammed into the trailer hitch!
The MIT Media Lab has come up with Clocky, an alarm clock that rolls away and hides when you hit the snooze button.
When the alarm clock goes off and the snooze button is pressed, Clocky will fall off of the bedside table and wheel away, bumping mindlessly into objects on the floor until he eventually finds a spot to rest. Minutes later, when the alarm sounds again, the over-sleeper must get up out of bed and search for Clocky. Because you employ multiple senses to find the clock, you are sure to awake before disabling the alarm. Small wheels enable Clocky to move and reposition himself, and an internal computer helps him find a new hiding spot every day.
–From the press release by Gauri Nanda
(via CNET Extra)
What is it about two-digit version numbers?
Mac OS went up to 9, and now it’s Mac OS X. Everything since then has been numbered “under the hood.” You can find 10.3 in the fine print, but everywhere else it’s Mac OS X Panther.
Windows alternates between vintages and letters (Me, XP, etc.). Even then, they’re only up to 5.2 internally (Longhorn will technically be Windows NT 6.0).
Red Hat Linux got up to 9, then spun off into Fedora Core, starting over at 1.
Mandrake got as far as 10.1, and Conectiva to 10, and the merged system is moving to yearly vintages.
SuSE is about to hit 9.3, but Novell has been busy absorbing all the Linux companies they bought. It wouldn’t surprise me at all to see them release Novell Linux 1 instead of SuSE Linux 10.
Here’s a photoblog flashback. This picture was taken in 1999, so I assume the project has long since been completed:
Something about the combination of “Hazard” and “Cannon Road” seemed…apropos. And somewhat ironic when considered in light of construction.
(I did find one Hazard Construction Company on Google. I assume this is them, since they’re based in the right county.)
A caption I always wanted to write. From “Crackers Don’t Matter,” one of Farscape’s more comedic episodes.
I’ve only seen these signs in Irvine. I suspect that says something about them:
Perhaps an important warning to drivers, but it’s not a well-designed road sign. There’s too much detail, for starters—detail you’re not going to see clearly zooming by at 35 M.P.H. Compare to the stick figures of the standard school crossing sign, or even to the bunny crossing sign.
More importantly, the cues chosen to identify senior citizens are temporary, in the sense that they’ll look dated not too long from now. Why a hat, for instance? Continue reading
