I have been having this discussion with a co-worker about whither Google can take-down Microsoft. Here is my thought process; 1) Microsoft has all this historical baggage and 2) Microsoft is now a mature company, forget the past ability to grow rapidly ( Read more... )

(13:15:16) toxin1080: http://finance.google.com/finance?q=goog
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(13:17:32) Jason Scheirer: Why don't they just call it Google!.

doe snot

I guess "doe" and "snot" are spelled correctly, but what I really meant to say was "does not".

All right! I have been hoping for this since about May 2005. I have been tracking Spring Framework development, but using CVS is horrible. In fact, I have setup a series of scripts that download Spring's nightly snapshots and commit them to SVK.

Lately I've been using SVK exclusively. Decentralized development is awesome. (The only drawback ( Read more... )

I have found a VPS hosting company, unixshell, with extraordinary rates! They're using Xen and of course they support Debian. I ordered the "The 128" PlanSince I will have my own private server I'll be able to host multiple sites. I will also be hosting Apache Tomcat, sweet! The downside is that I will have to setup and maintain all my own ( Read more... )

Ok, my News Year's resolution was to "Simplify my life". What I mean here is that my life has become filled with random projects, habits, and TODOs that I really should just forget about. What are some habits you used to have, that you have kicked. How did you "Simplify your life"?

I shouldn't be up at 1 am checking my email should I.

1) How to Make an Origami CD Holder
2) paper cd case
3) An American CD Case

I was reading an article titled "Patents 2.0" (which I found from Slashdot :-) I believe they have a great idea. They suggest that a new type of patent should be created. This new patent should be easier to apply for, but less protective; the protection would only last 4 years. Finally, this patent should only be granted to protect *actual ( Read more... )

Do you think that Debian and Ubuntu are "the same" or are they significantly different? Since I am a long-time Debian user, my judgement is cloudy on this issue.

Mark Tilden, Robosapiens Inventor Interviewed