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Programmers and IT failure

Programmers and IT failureFlawed DisciplineBless their souls: programmers are victims of a flawed discipline. One that has been flawed for decades.Development is a trade, a craft. It requires senior craftsmen to apprentice -- PMs are not senior craftsmen, nor is their discipline.In larger construction efforts, the problem lies in not...

Tags: Development tools, information technology, BAD CODE, programmer

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

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Patch Tuesday heads-up: MS to fix 'critical' IE, Office security holes

I never understood the point of Patch Tuesday...I never understood the point of Patch Tuesday. Why not just release the patches as people need them, then let the user decide if & when to patch their own machines?Isn't the point of a Windows Update Server, so sysadmins can control...

Tags: Patches, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, Microsoft Office, patch management, Patch Tuesday

Discussion threads 2009-12-03

Psystar pulls Mac-clone line from online store

Very importantApple gives me the freedom to decide on a (actually, the only) complete computer with matched, very well designed and integrated hardware and software, that I know will work productively and reliably and virus free for years. And Apple, being the sole vendor of this package, offers a good...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, linux user, online store, Apple Inc., Linux, Psystar, security

Discussion threads 2009-12-03

East Anglia: the D.C. reaction

Fraud? We will know the truth in thirty years.Will there still be ice on Greenland? Humans living in Tuvalu? Time will tell, not computer models. Or political lobbying.--Harry Fullerhttp://www.climatechangefraud.com/http://www.climatechangefraud.com/Don't be retarded HarryEveryone wants to know the details of the hacking but it's not in the jurisdication...

Tags: SECURITY, disinformation, Tuvalu, hacking

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

11 open source business models

You are looking at it sideways.It's never as simple as you make it seem. Things usually can't be broken into neat little lists which are really just stereo types.From Wikipedia: Business Model: "A business model describes the rationale of how an [b]organization[/b] creates, delivers, and captures value[1] -...

Tags: Strategy, business model, open source, EULA Ware, software

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

Pondering a rogue cloud

Our future[i]Harvard law professor Jonathan Zittrain plays the contrarian when it comes to cloud computing: Is the cloud really the backbone of the future we want?[/i]I will [u]never[/u] consider storing personal files on anything even remotely considered "The Cloud".The amount of privacy concerns here are mind boggling. Yet, so many...

Tags: Virtualization, Patches, cloud computing, benefit

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

MSI A6000-029US (Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2GHz, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium)

Very Bad Experience with MSILet me try to summarize the situation. Last month I was considering purchasing a new computer. I looked at Apple's and Dell's websites, but I also decided to go to the local Office Depot and look at the computers they had. I spent about...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Intel Core 2 Duo, MSI, XP Mode, Microsoft Windows 7, computer, Microsoft Windows XP, recovery disk, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Koobface botnet enters the Xmas season

X ThisThanks for the info Dancho and Happy X Year everyone! Did everyone have a good Xgiving day?Not enough space for 'Christmas'?Wow.Seriously, who cares?It seemsyou don't.Good luck when watching YouTube videos, if you ever do.MarkXmas has like, been used forever...as an accepted shortening of the term. Get over it!History excerpt...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Koobface Botnet, Christ, Jesus, Xmas

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Report: Apple, Psystar reach partial settlement

Ah, gotta love Apple the underdogSuch a cute and cuddly multi-national, multi-billion $$$/year mega corporation! It just makes me feel like apologizing for everything they do. :)Or maybeThey're the big, bad wolf for a change. Why so threatened by Pystar's model? It's still Mac OSX, not Pystar OSX....

Tags: Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple-hardware, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, operating system, OSX, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Can Chrome OS save us from racket ware?

Open Source / Repositories vs. Windows Closed SourceThe idea of having GPG-protected repositories which contain open source apps is central to the notion that these apps' source code is viewed by 'many eyes' and as such, vetted.Get your app outside of your designated O/S approved repos and you 'tempt fate'.In...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, Chrome OS, Chrome, operating system, software, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Reinvigorating Microsoft's mobile strategy

MS should give up and go homeNobody wants Windows Mobile. It's declining share and the increasing share of competitors makes it also-ran.Many are not wanting Windows at all as evidenced by its declining market share.There is no reason for Windows on the mobile device given reliability and performance are...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, strategy, Microsoft Corp., phone, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Dark Internet Fundamentals

We all think we know the internet - the service that has magically transmitted these words from my keyboard to your eyeballs - but how much do you know of the fundamentals? As I wrote about last year, the plumbing of the internet...

Tags: Network, Attack, Internet, Security, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-29

Sympathy, and thanks, for Harry

Reading through the programmer's notes released as part of the Hadley leak had me squirming in sympathy with the writers. Data that's supposed to say one thing saying another, data with no referents, measures or provenance; bad code with magical jumps to right answers hard coded right in? been there...

Tags: Sympathy, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-11-28

Will the GPU become the new CPU?

No mention of OpenCL?Oh well...Not right now, but will come soon.Not right now, but maybe will come soon.The current generation of GPUs are fantastically powerful, BUT:-Current GPUs use a technology called "stream processing," which essentially pre-loads the instructions into the processors and starts streaming data.This is unlike CPUs, where both...

Tags: Processors, GPU, CPU, NVidia Corp., OpenCL, ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-27

Chrome OS will rise or fall on the safety dance

Scare tactics against Chrome OSI can see Microsoft really did the 'safety dance' with Windows it has been so successful...Chrome_OS is an entirely different modular approach plus they are using Open_Source with NO limitation of how high they can reach. I find it amazing anyone with a straight face say...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Chrome, Chrome OS, ChromeOS, security, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Windows Mobile is better than you think

My main gripeis with the antique user interface which is little more than an uninspired, miniaturized desktop GUI.The foundations seems solid enough now - it is quite decent in multi-tasking and is generally responsive.I too believe that if MS can reinvigorate the UI they still has a strong competitor. Oh...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Falling behind in science? No kidding!

ScienceHow many people really know that you don?t throw up with the flu...Actually, according to Merck, nausea and vomiting are flu symptoms, particularly in children. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch198/ch198d.html How many people realize that H1N1 vaccines are prepared in the same way as we always prepare flu vaccine?Actually this vaccine was...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, vaccine, evolutionary theory, theory

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Schiller: App Store isn't broken

The truth hurtsThe truth is consumer lacks the ability to make good decision regarding the security of their data. We are regularly tricked into click-installing things while surfing the web, download trojans and other malware, give out information over the phone that we shouldn't etc ... and we never...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, approval process, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Chrome OS - The good, the bad and the ugly, and how it fits in with Windows, Mac and Linux

Chrome OS - The good, the bad and the ugly, and how it fits in with WindowsI gave it some thought too and realized that Chrome OS only has the bad and the ugly. There is nothing good about it. All data stored in the cloud, and on Google's...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Oracle opponent cheers delay in mySQL decision

If its MYsql the problem make a foundation out of it IF everybody is so worry about MYsql quick turn this into a foundation big time and sell support.Give away the code , give a version of mysql to a competition on EU to shut them...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, MySQL, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20