Archives for: " 2011"
08/25/11
20 years ago today, Linus Torvalds posted the first message about this new operating system he was writing.
Linux has come a very long way from these humble beginnings.
Nowadays, it powers everything from phones (Android) to mainframes. Whole companie… more »
08/03/11
Some time back, I wrote a post about an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education regarding shady diploma mills exploiting visa loopholes.
That investigation was triggered by the raid of the particularly brazen diploma mill Tri-Valley University in P… more »
07/25/11
As CNet and Groklaw have documented, Sun Microsystem's then CEO Jonathan Schwartz was ok with Google using Java in Android, even without Google paying licensing fees.
This throws a big wrench into Oracle's (who bought Sun Microsystems) efforts to extrac… more »
07/22/11
I have posted about this stupid Congressperson from Massachusetts before.
She is back at it again, sending her stupid political spam messages to somebody in California, when her district is on the other side of the country...
What an idiot. Why did the… more »
06/30/11
The Bush family apparently also buys email addresses. That makes them spammers.
They sent me this turd:
Dear Danny,
Your generous support through our years in the White House meant so much to President
Bush and to me. George based his Presidency o… more »
