Tue, 31 Aug 2010

No matter their background, Jones says committed free software teens share four traits: They have a personal story about free software they can share, a deep connection to an open source community, a sense of purpose and a sense of hope about their future.

Non-source: CNN article

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Wed, 11 Aug 2010

My name

My name isn't Paul.

(via maco)

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Wed, 28 Jul 2010

Oracle updates Java. Eclipse breaks. Who's to blame?

Writes the wise Zancarius, "Let's just blame everyone and get it over with."

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Tue, 27 Jul 2010

Unpublished proprietary emptiness

For a good time, check out the unpublished proprietary source code of AT&T, as shipped by Sun in Solaris.

It does nothing, successfully.

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Sun, 23 May 2010

On the Motorola Droid's camera

"I did check out the camera. I have very little experience using cell phone cameras. So I guess I’ll say the Droid’s camera is far better than the Blackberry Pearl’s and far worse than my Digital Rebel."

-- John Goerzen.

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Sun, 18 Apr 2010

From an IRC chat game of Mafia

I have learned a new online abbreviation, "rofd."

<testie> The werewolves have decided to kill nailuj24 with 1 votes.
<testie> Oh no! nailuj24 was the seer!
<testie> The sun is rising and a new day begins. The seer is dead, but the shooter has the opportunity to shoot someone now.
<nailuj24> rofd
<nailuj24> rolling on the floor dying

This is from the #linuxoutlaws chat room.

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