Here’s an interesting article from the National Post, that says the SCO lawsuit may be a blessing in disguise for the open source movement.
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“A Toad Facing A Steamroller”
Here’s an interesting article from the National Post, that says the SCO lawsuit may be a blessing in disguise for the open source movement.
“A Toad Facing A Steamroller”
Here’s an interesting article from the National Post, that says the SCO lawsuit may be a blessing in disguise for the open source movement.
Off The Pedestal?
Eric Raymond says that Thomas Kuhn’s theories about the structure of scientific revolution are wrong.
I’ve always bought into them, but never examined them deeply. Now I guess I’ll have to.
Surreal
This is my weirdest email of the week (and perhaps the month), in response to my previous two Foxnews columns (or at least so I surmise, to the best of my admittedly limited interpretive ability). The author didn’t specify what pharmaceutical assistance empowered him or her to write it.
Ollah: praise Olleh…for Olluh is great.
Hitler’s disposition….1. he handed Neville Chamberlain a letter thanking the British soldier who spared his life on the battle fields of WW1. 2. Churchill’s churlish disposition: an actor impersonated him over broadcast radio for his most famous pep talk to the Brits (which raises the spectre of speech writers) while he was otherwise engaged. Sore throat? Golf? “We shall…” LOL. Nasa and Epcot might be interested in space, but I’m interested in taeme travel.
I liked your article. I like debunking of myths. My favourite is the book of photos of virtuoso pianists: all those stubby fingers. LOL.
There is some water on the far side of the moon but it’s really hard to find anything on the internet about the origin of water. My own theory is planet Earth is a neutron star which creates water.
Nasa and Epcot behave as the only PR game in town. It’s a bold strategy…but it requires a quick win. Master players don’t play for the quick win. Rubes do. I find the same with 3D. Co’s like Imax and Deep Video are playing for the quick win against hundreds of others.
Byebye, see you, tata.
FisherKingKQJ
It’s in italics because that’s the way it came in to my email client.
Make of it what you will. I report, you decide…
Progress Toward The Prize
Burt Rutan’s SpaceShipOne had a successful drop test yesterday. This demonstrated the ability to take off with the vehicles mated (which had already been demonstrated in previous captive-carry flights), to smoothly separate the mated vehicles, and for both vehicles to fly safely back to Mojave. A couple more tests, and they’ll be ready to integrate propulsion into the vehicle, and go for altitude.
It’s quite conceivable to me that, due to Burt’s regulatory shenanigans, getting a launch license may end up being the pacing item on his schedule, since it requires at least six months notice, and he only recently decided to apply for one.
Some pictures can be found here.
Misleading Economic Indicators
Arnold Kling says that, contrary to official statistics, by unconventional (but probably more useful) measures, we’ve actually been in a deep recession for a while, and are not coming out soon.
Blast From The Past
Bush being on vacation reminds me of this Iowahawk report, from happier times two years ago (before most people had heard of Al Qaeda) about the tribulations of pampered reporters in Crawford, Texas.
E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post described a common experience of the visiting press. “When I arrived in Crawford, I had a sudden craving for a quick brioche and mineral water, and set out in search of a decent Belgian patisserie,” he recalled. “Two hours later, the horrible truth dawned on me. In Crawford, there are no decent Belgian patisseries.”
Panic stricken, Dionne said he began asking for help from local passers-by.
“I kept asking them, ‘where can I get a brioche? Where can I get a brioche?’, only to see blank stares,” he recalled. “Finally, one man in a pickup truck said he hadn’t heard of that brand of beer, but offered me a Shiner Bock.”
Tragic.
Inhumane
What will the handwringers in Europe and at Human Rights Watch have to say about this? The mother of one of the Russian prisoners in Gitmo would rather have him stay there than be returned to Russia. Guess he prefers the tropics.
Her son Andrei Bakhitov is one of eight Russian detainees, and the newspaper quoted a letter he wrote to his mother.
“I think that there is not even a health resort in Russia on the level of this place,” the letter said.
You know, maybe Ashcroft should be fired for making it too appealing to be a terrorist suspect.
Art Imitates Life?
OK, anyone want to take bets on whether or not Rainier Wolfcastle runs for governor of whatever the heck state Springfield is in this fall on The Simpsons?