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| "You will learn who your daddy is, that's for sure, but mostly, Ann, you will just shut the fuck up."
-Henry Rollins |
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Microsoft Is Using Linux To Protect Its Own Web Site |
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| Topic: Technology |
5:57 pm EDT, Aug 22, 2003 |
According to a post on the Netcraft Web site, Microsoft changed its DNS settings on Friday so that requests for www.microsoft.com no longer resolve to machines on Microsoft's own network, but instead are handled by the Akamai caching system, which runs Linux. Microsoft using a Linux service is ironic, given that Microsoft has identified Linux as its biggest competitor. In a conference call with analysts last month, company CFO John Connors ranked Linux as the #2 risk faced by the company. The #1 risk was the general economic environment, Connors said. Nearly one in five small and mid-sized businesses are using Linux on the desktop. Heh, first the problems with switching from FreeBSD to Windows NT at hotmail.com, now having to eat crow and use Linux as a front end with the Blaster worm. I really hope that IT Directors figure out how much crap they've been fed by the marketing machine. Oh, wait, never mind. Peter principle. Microsoft Is Using Linux To Protect Its Own Web Site |
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1:15 pm EDT, Aug 22, 2003 |
Napster's back, now with more FLASH in every serving! Napster |
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AlterNet: TECHSPLOITATION: Nanophobia |
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4:21 pm EDT, Aug 21, 2003 |
]Instead of quibbling over whether nanotech is antihuman, we need to
]be asking how we can use it to benefit the greatest number of
]people. An analysis of (well, more accurately, a preemptive strike against) the coming wave of anti-nanotech sentiment. Nanotechnologists vs Luddites! Round 1! FIGHT! AlterNet: TECHSPLOITATION: Nanophobia |
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Mars Orbiter Camera Public Target Request Site -- Introduction |
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| Topic: Science |
3:16 pm EDT, Aug 21, 2003 |
]Welcome to the Mars Orbiter Camera Public Target Request Site.
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]If you would like to recommend a picture of Mars, this is the ]place.
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]The purpose of this web site is to solicit public and science
]community suggestions for future high resolution images to be
]obtained by the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera
](MOC). Your very own picture of mars! Maybe. I.E. only, but hey, quite possibly worth it... Mars Orbiter Camera Public Target Request Site -- Introduction |
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ABCNEWS.com : Ocean Sponge May Be Best for Fiber Optics |
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10:04 am EDT, Aug 21, 2003 |
] Scientists say they have identified an ocean sponge living in the
] darkness of the deep sea that grows thin glass fibers capable of
] transmitting light better than industrial fiber optic cables used
] for telecommunication. ] The natural glass fibers also are much more flexible than
] manufactured fiber optic cable that can crack if bent too far. I suppose it's less relevange given that we seem to be moving towards a wireless world, but still cool. Goes to show, nature's still got tricks up her sleeve... ABCNEWS.com : Ocean Sponge May Be Best for Fiber Optics |
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