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19.2.02
This has been about for a few days now, but it's worth a link; Cringely talks about why Apple should port OS X to Intel.
It's a lovely idea. I for one would buy a copy - purely because I can buy an Intel PC cheap, and I probably should get a desktop system to replace my Pismo. But this goes against Cringely's argument that X on Intel won't be a re-run of the old Apple clone wars.
It's a lovely idea. I for one would buy a copy - purely because I can buy an Intel PC cheap, and I probably should get a desktop system to replace my Pismo. But this goes against Cringely's argument that X on Intel won't be a re-run of the old Apple clone wars.
Poor little Internet entrepreneur bride-to-be Kay Hammond. Jilted by the hoaxer who bought her at auction. I don't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for her. I think mostly the latter.
18.2.02
Only the second issue, but Tachyon TV is starting to look like a much better version of Bizcotti....
15.2.02
An excellent Ars Technica on Microsoft's .Net plan. The problem with .Net (from a journalist's perspective) is that it's very, very big and covers a hell of a lot of areas. However, whilst the AT article describes what.Net does from a programmer's point of view, it doesn't really tackle what end users will see, or where MIcrosoft and its competitors are intending to go with services over the Web.
14.2.02
I always used to have a great deal of respect for professional sea workers; going sailing is just leisure, but they spend all their time on the water. Well, until now.
13.2.02
It's good to see that someone has written a hack to get Clarus The Dogcow back into her native environment. Moof!
Currently in development: a six legged walking digger type thing. Looks a bit silly, but that might be because it is only a concept at the moment. Looks like the bastard offspring of a JCB and a millipede!
Still nursing blisters from volunteering (along with Col and Caroline) to work on Forest Enterprise's new mountain bike trail at Cwmcarn over the weekend. Here's a short bit about the FE's coolest tool - a walking digger or three. The singletrack it cuts really is fantastic.
11.2.02
Jason at Dragon DH has written a fairly long piece about
why he's not going to offer British Cycling Federation points at his races this year.
The additional BCF levy seems to be more about milking money from the few bits of bike racing that are growing and currently attract a good turnout than about actually helping racers and organisers race.
The BCF seem to have justified the levy increase on the basis of insurance premiums increasing and because they want to send young racers abroad to race. That's a good thing, but they will be raising an additional £800 per day from each round of the Dragons; that's a lot more than 'young racers' like Ffion Jenkins got from the BCF last year. On top of that, the BCF is supposed to be raising cash from sponsorship and Lottery grants, not taxing cyclists.
Most race organisers run races as a small business; if they drop BCF points, then elite riders won't race, and up-and-comers won't want to race because they can't get points either. Jason is pretty much alone here, in that he does it because he thinks people probably like racing in the Welsh hills. He's right; the number of entrants has climbed, and it seems that plenty of talented riders couldn't care less about BCF points; if they can get to ride a challenging course and race against their friends, they'll do it.
The BCF seems more interested in winning internal political battles and paying for roadies to race abroad than it does about actual cycling. They really are an irrelevance for the majority of people who swing their legs over a bike.
why he's not going to offer British Cycling Federation points at his races this year.
The additional BCF levy seems to be more about milking money from the few bits of bike racing that are growing and currently attract a good turnout than about actually helping racers and organisers race.
The BCF seem to have justified the levy increase on the basis of insurance premiums increasing and because they want to send young racers abroad to race. That's a good thing, but they will be raising an additional £800 per day from each round of the Dragons; that's a lot more than 'young racers' like Ffion Jenkins got from the BCF last year. On top of that, the BCF is supposed to be raising cash from sponsorship and Lottery grants, not taxing cyclists.
Most race organisers run races as a small business; if they drop BCF points, then elite riders won't race, and up-and-comers won't want to race because they can't get points either. Jason is pretty much alone here, in that he does it because he thinks people probably like racing in the Welsh hills. He's right; the number of entrants has climbed, and it seems that plenty of talented riders couldn't care less about BCF points; if they can get to ride a challenging course and race against their friends, they'll do it.
The BCF seems more interested in winning internal political battles and paying for roadies to race abroad than it does about actual cycling. They really are an irrelevance for the majority of people who swing their legs over a bike.
7.2.02
If you're using Office v:X then you might want to go get a patch from here.
I only found out about it by chance - a bit worrying, that.
I only found out about it by chance - a bit worrying, that.
6.2.02
you might remember the 'Six degrees of Kevin Bacon' game from a way back. Well, Columbia University's Sociology department are trying to prove that everyone is six people from everyone else with the Small World Research Project.
5.2.02
Woohoo! Looks like Chip Rosenthal has won the case brought against him by a relatively young company for the domain he's owned for ten years. Never has the tired old cliche 'a victory for common sense' made so much, er, sense. Congratulations, Chip.
Update: That might not be the end of it. The company that owns the Unicom trademark can still appeal, and basically the suit seems to have been thrown out of the California legal system because Chip R lives in Austin. So Unicom Inc could still have a go in Texas. Looks like it wasn't thrown out because Unicom Inc seem to be trying to lean on a small guy, but because they filed in the wrong state. More from Chip's lawyer here.
Update: That might not be the end of it. The company that owns the Unicom trademark can still appeal, and basically the suit seems to have been thrown out of the California legal system because Chip R lives in Austin. So Unicom Inc could still have a go in Texas. Looks like it wasn't thrown out because Unicom Inc seem to be trying to lean on a small guy, but because they filed in the wrong state. More from Chip's lawyer here.
Got hard drive troubles? Miss the Swedish Chef from the Muppets? Maybe you should get your motherdisc defraggled by the Datadocktor - din hjälp bland ettor o nollor!
Larry Ellison has said that he wants to run Oracle to run on Intel/Linux servers - the firm has had three aging HP servers replaced with Linux and intends to have Linux throughout by the summer.
Perhaps more interesting was that Ellison claimed that clustering would lead to the death of the mainframe. He hasn't quite got us to Network Computer nirvana yet, so I'm not going to be taking a sledgehammer to that HP/UX box quite yet...
Perhaps more interesting was that Ellison claimed that clustering would lead to the death of the mainframe. He hasn't quite got us to Network Computer nirvana yet, so I'm not going to be taking a sledgehammer to that HP/UX box quite yet...
"An engineer would look at our communications system today--email, cell phones--and be horrified at all the security gaps and predict that the bad people would exploit those gaps on a massive scale and a huge market for crypto would spring out of it, but it hasn’t happened. Maybe it will."
3.2.02
Why not try Cheese Racing? Well, for a start, it's raining like stink here at the moment (possibly the wettest, coldest bike ride I've ever beenh on today). Secondly, there doesn't seem to be a strong cheddar cheese category. Hmmm. Oh, and you'll need a barbeque...
