Piracy isn’t anything to take lightly but it is also not something to take overly seriously. The BSA or Business Software Alliance likes to count all possibly pirated copies and simply multiply by sticker value. As someone who has spent many years in the business I can tell you that is not the case. Now [...]
Seems someone liked one of my Vaquero pictures so much it they pulled it from my site 524540 times before copying to his local server. [Update: The site is in Russian, you can use the the fish to translate but not much text. ]
It is not a surprise that Hands-free cell phones have little safety benefit. All the hands free stuff does is effect the stuff outside the ear where what causes accidents is between them. Where the real benefit of hands-free is, arm fatigue.
Taking a picture with your digital camera and planning on having it professionally printed? Better not get too good of a shot or they’ll turn you down.
If Cubans don’t have valid immigration papers we will deport them. But then the Coast Guard actively interdicts Cuban defectors. Obviously no one is doing that on the Mexican border.
I found it intersting that the media reported that the desparity between those that make over $1.6Million a year and “the rest of us” is even larger than last year. But what they didn’t report was that the number of people to join the Millionaire club it an all time record with 600 THOUSAND new [...]
In his usual fashion Cringely puts the screws to Apple over the announced switch to Intel processors. He makes some well thought out points (this is Cringly, afterall). The only place I tend to disagree is on DRM. It is pretty easy to dream up how Intel can use DRM to squish AMDs sales by [...]
There were no 90 degree days in 2004. Here it is, not even officially summer yet and the next 3 days are forecast to break 90 (90,92,91). As I told someone earlier today if this hot weather is payment for the last 6 weeks of beautifuof mild, low humidty weather then so be it. It’s [...]
One of the biggest pains with Windows servers is the total lack of a good shell. But it looks like that may be changing over the next several years. Microsoft expects to “exceed what has been delivered in Linux and Unix for many years”. Hm.. we’ll see.
Yesterday was PHP’s 10th year anniversary. As someone who started with PHP/FI “back in the day” it is difficult to believe that many years have gone by. It is a good time to take a few moments and remember. And don’t miss John’s reflections on where he’s gone with PHP. Considering what John’s accomplished with [...]
Pointman is a Hoosier who works in the IT industry, is an amateur photographer an avid motorcycle rider, shooter and firearms collector.
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The masthead graphic "Road to Oakalla" was taken during a motorcycle ride to the Oakalla covered bridge on 23 May, 2007 with a Canon A85 digital camera (F5.6, 1/125 sec exposure). Additional images from the visit are in the Oakalla bridge gallery.
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