Archive for June, 2004

Reduce compile time with distcc

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004

distcc is a little application that hooks onto the gcc compiler and allows the compilation to occur on other machines where distcc is installed. The first step is to get distcc onto your workstation, so download the latest version from the Web site (see Resources for a link).Fantastic

Organizer cancels Comdex 2004

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004

Organizer cancels Comdex 2004 - News - ZDNet: “Computer trade show Comdex, once the biggest event on the tech calendar, has been canceled this year, a victim of the growing interest in shows emphasizing consumer electronics and specialist IT gear. “

US chastity crusade: cool response in Britain

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004

US chastity crusade gets cool response in secular Britain | csmonitor.com: “The government prefers the message offered by a domestic program called APAUSE (Added Power and Understanding in Sex Education) that counsels an ABC of good practice (Abstinence, Be faithful, use a Condom).One of its architects, John Tripp of Exeter University, says that while Britain [...]

DVD Rewinder

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004

DVD Rewinder: “Some might say that the makers of the DVD Rewinder are scam artists, even despite their claims that the DVD Rewinder is for entertainment purposes only, but really, if people are buying them, can you blame them? I bought two to go with my centrifugal LP re-flattener and my cotton-tipped radial laserdisc demux [...]

Mark Bernstein: Commentary

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004

Mark Bernstein: Commentary: “Weblog comments incite duels. Duels are bad for society. We should all forego comments and return to carefully blogging responses — including responses we disagree with, but excluding responses we cannot tolerate.”It’s an interesting viewpoint, that is hard to disagree with on the face. Comments appear out of context with a [...]

Jack Valenti

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004

Techdirt has an interesting article going back and looking at some statements Jack Valenti had made about VCRs and compared them to his current statements about piracy and filesharing.

Things Women Say

Thursday, June 17th, 2004

via email

h4. FINE

This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

h4. FIVE MINUTES

If she is getting dressed, this is half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given 5 more minutes to watch the game before helping around [...]

10 Things Women Say

Tuesday, June 15th, 2004

via emailFINEThis is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.FIVE MINUTESIf she is getting dressed, this is half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given 5 more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.NOTHINGThis [...]

WWII Propaganda Posters

Tuesday, June 15th, 2004

Propaganda Posters

bq. Most of the images on this page are of U.S. propaganda posters used in World War Two to motivate millions of Americans in the successful effort to defeat the Axis Powers in World War Two. Some of these posters are “chilling” in the emotional impact they make. Many of [...]

Outsourcing to… Georgia?

Friday, June 11th, 2004

The New York Times - New Report Says Outsourcing Causes 9% of U.S. Layoffs

bq.. The bulk of outsourced jobs never leave U.S. shores, the government said on Thursday in a new report suggesting concerns over American workers losing jobs to cheaper foreign labor may be exaggerated.

Nine percent of non-seasonal U.S. layoffs in the first quarter [...]

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