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> [...] by and large the open source community has switched to Mac.

Are you claiming that by-and-large all open source software is targeted at OSX first, with Windows/Linux taking a backseat?

Are you claiming that the open source community is going to embrace Apple's tablet offering? How is this going to happen? Are open source apps going to be accepted into the tablet's AppStore? Are open source developers going to use the tablet as a development platform for whatever their target platform is?

Did you also take into account the fact that since OS X comes with so much open source software (Ruby,Python,Perl,etc) 'baked-in' that lots of 'MacHeads' have joined the Open Source community as a result? Did you take into account that many people that switched from Windows to OS X and were presented with the Open Source software that comes with it have also joined the Open Source community?

Sorry, but I take issue with people that decide to make far-reaching claims without anything to back them up other than their own personal opinions. 'Begging the question' seems appropriate here.
Berlusconi vs. Google: Italy to Regulate Online Videos?
Search of opinions/pointers on web based version control systems
Hi.

Researching various open source, web-based document management/version control systems. I've checked google/questions here, etc...

I'm looking for a lightweight web-based (apache) document mgmt/version control app that runs on top of SVN.

I need to have the ability to:

-have multiple users checkin/checkout
-have a workflow (when userA checks the file
in, and finishes the app passes it to the
next person, etc...
-the app needs to allow me to have a
structure where the files can be
moved as a group. the files will be
changed on a monthly basis
-app needs to have a access/premission
control system. some people can see
certain files, and perform certain
actions on the files

I imagine that I'm going to have 40-50 people dealing with the different files. I imagine that I'm going to have 2000-3000 files that have to be massaged.

I'd prefer that the app be php based if possible, as opposed to a straight java app.

Thanks
There isn't anything official. The Kindle has been hacked so we know that it runs Linux, has a JVM and a bunch of obfuscated jars which look like the actual Kindle software. Because of the GPL, Amazon has to release all of their patches to the distro that they're using, but I don't think anyone has found anything useful from that.
75% of Linux Code Written by Paid Developers
I'm sorry, but you are mistaken. Your voice is not transmitted over an IP network with Google Voice. That's why it's not VoIP. There are no semantic games involved. Since I feel like I've beat this to death a few times before, I'll just point you to this: http://www.itworld.com/print/75774.

And yes the Wikipedia entry for Google Voice is mistaken. I should probably fix that for them...
Ah, my mistake. I thought you were contrasting C+Lua with all the other C+language pairs, C+Lua with C+C++.
WOW, de-karma'd for that!

Someone needs to find a sense of humor.
Crayola colors 1903 to 2010
Red Hat Extends Open Source Conversation With Opensource.com
I'm imagining more stuff that you'd read -- content rather than apps.
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> What does security have to do with a tightly closed environment?

It's the (false) assumption that because someone controls what software goes onto the machine that it's impossible for 'unapproved code' to run on the machine (or that 'approved code' has been thoroughly vetted against all possible inadvertent or malicious security risks).

> The can do the right thing, and not act as gatekeepers.

I wonder what people will think once the first AppStore app gets approved by Apple but turns out to be a piece of malware. I'm sure Apple has indemnified themselves against liability in such a case, but there are plenty of people who feel it is an impossible scenario.
Was anyone else let down that this was a sarcastic thing and not real?
OK, here: The elected and un-elected leadership of the United States practice terrorism and illegal manipulation of other countries in the world, and the US' own citizens, for the purpose of maintaining and increasing control over markets and natural resources. They have no real interest in the freedom of their citizens or of other peoples. Further, the government works primarily for the benefit of moneyed interests and has been thus since the founding of the republic.

These are statements that I think you would agree "undermine the [US'] leaders." But we have the right to say them, and it is something we are very proud of. Almost all countries claim to offer this right to their citizens, but the US actually does grant it and protect it.
A reading list for futurists
It's been happening to me all day. I first noticed it this morning, when I read the article about TechCrunch being hacked, and for a minute, assumed THAT was the hack.

Had the hack actually been just an endlessly repetitive advertisement, in lieu of any content on the site, I would have considered that as poignant a hack as I've seen.
Not necessarily. You can have a tightly integrated system that is not a closed system. There was nothing (technical) preventing Apple from implementing their libraries/framework/graphical frontend on top of a Linux backend. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems more like a business decision (i.e. 'Not invented here' or "We don't control it") and/or license issue (i.e. 'GPL is viral') . (I know that Steve was CEO of NeXT and brought that platform with him and that's what they used, but it wasn't necessary for them to do so.)
The question isn't "Can C++ work?" or "Will C++ be faster?" because we all know it can work and that it will be faster. The question is "At what point does the extra development time become more expensive than just adding another server to my Ruby/Python/C#/Whatever App"

For me, someone who learned C++ in school but has been in managed enviornments ever since, I'd be too scared to use C++. I'm not ashamed to admit I get a lot of help from the Internet when I'm stuck on a problem and that help is available because everyone else is using the same tools I am. Using C++ to code web apps puts you out in the wilderness as far as I'm concerned and I just don't think I could do it.
My suspicion is that the tablet will incorporate some sort of display that is different from a "regular" display.

If forced to guess, I would choose something from PixelQi,com or one of the competing technologies.
I can see crosswords and similar games taking off for people who use their kindle to read newspapers. It's one of the major (to some people) sections missing from the kindle versions right now.

I think we could also see apps that use the kindle as a tool for producing content, not just consuming it. Writing blog posts, kindle twitter apps, etc. The keyboard leaves something to be desired, but I could still see this type of thing being popular.

Basically, the successful apps won't be competing with what you see on the iphone, they'll be unique to the device.
Just about anything really.

Here's my lame idea: Just link to international and national news articles, since it's easy enough to search Google. Might as well link to Craig's List too. What's harder is local news, so charge subscribers to get access local news now. Articles older than a month become free (since in many cases, news is worth more now than later) so you can still serve up articles from the various search engines. Also, allow several subscription plans---let people buy an article, or maybe a week's access, or a full year. And don't be so invasive with the sign-up form.

Also, don't be afraid of linking out of the site. Link to sources. Link to the laws (it's avaiable). Link to previous articles you've written! (I think that would be a no brainer, but apparently newspapers have negative brains or something).

Serve up local ads to local residents (easy with GeoIP), and use something like Google AdSense for anyone non-local. That way, you have an advertising advantage over Google for local businesses and you aren't wasting their advertising money showing ads to someone 3000 miles away (unless they want to---that's always an option).

Dump the presses. The money you save there can be used to hire reporters (who will hopefully refrain from just pasting up press releases).

Dumb? Smart? I don't know. But it's certainly a plan and one that might get you more than 35 subscribers.
Jailbreaking doesn't help when, say, Google doesn't release an app to the public that Apple won't let in the store.

I agree with some of what you say but can't help but feel that open is the only way to a good future.

Then again, this device isn't even out yet. It certainly hasn't taken over the world. And even if it becomes wildly popular Linux, BSD, Windows, and whatever other OSs are out there are not going away because of it.
Jason, I'm quite sure I'm not confused.

1) "MORE QUALITY PAGES and more QUALITY links = bette SEO from what the top SEOs have told me. "

For this purpose, indexed by Google counts as "quality." Please read the PageRank paper, and you'll quickly see that more pages in the index == more PageRank.

That doesn't always mean putting crap pages into Google is a good idea, but strictly speaking, it will raise the total amount of PageRank your site has. Seriously, read the paper yourself.

2) "but we don't scrape content. our search results do have abstracts but they are smaller than Google's, and in some cases they actually are google's."

Perhaps scrape is the wrong term. But you absolutely do include other people's content and nofollow it, for example all of the images on this page:

http://www.mahalo.com/chupacabra

NoFollow is meant for links to content which you don't want to "vouch" for. If you've included their content in your page, I think you can vouch for it.

Maybe an honest oversight, maybe not. Either way, you know about it now, so fix it.
Yea, I'm hoping for some nice video features.
Apple tablet can't save print on its own
What a horrible keyboard!

I've only recently been looking for a new keyboard for home because on my current (Microsoft Media Desktop 1000) all the function keys are tiny and packed together with no grouping (F1-F4 F5-F8 F9-F12). Coding is so much slower on it because I can't touch type/find the bloody keys.

And don't get me started on manufacturers who move the insert/delete/home/end/pgup/pgdn keys...

I ended up getting a Lenovo 73P4067 because it's one of the only manufacturers I could find who has a standard keyboard combined with wireless.

Maybe I'm just getting old, and set in my ways, but give me a standard keyboard any day.

/end rant
Apple Seeks to Avoid Past Tablet Flops
Eric Sink on version control
http://colorforth.com/haypress.htm

I'm not sure if this falls under the robust category or.. sever :) but it supports forth and has total of 360 computers running at 700 Mips or 250 Gips
C++ with a decent dynamic language beats the crap out of C with a decent dynamic language. Chaiscript is a great project.

You would take your C+Python app and rewrite the C bits in C++ and find it shorter and clearer and the same speed.
Also, Python and Ruby don't have the equivalent of an ASSERT (you could roll your own but it's not standard practice).

Ahem:

http://docs.python.org/reference/simple_stmts.html#the-asser...
You are all very, very good little consumers.

And Apple doesn't even have to pay you for generating it's hype.
Nah, the committee isn't going to change unordered_set or unordered_map; they're struggling with far more urgent things, to finish the std off. Those have already gotten the full treatment, they have the usual std:: collection interface; what's to change?
Using Ruby and Arduino for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
To counter anecdotes with more anecdotes, I went to a code camp a few weeks ago, and there was an overwhelming number of laptops running Microsoft OS's. When I pulled out my mac book pro one guy actually commented on it. I saw one other person with a Mac -- it was dual-booting Windows XP.

Of course, I couldn't tell you how many of the participants are open source contributors.
Statistics and News Media (from phdcomics)
I would start the discussion with development of a marketing
strategy or possible marketing strategies and bring in the
points of the article in for discussion.
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Wait, so you want a tablet that is smaller than 5x8", smaller than a netbook, and that fits in your pocket? You know you can buy those already from Apple, right?
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As a kid, I said "I don't know" when I didn't know the answer to a question, or when someone asked me to make a poorly defined prediction. Or I'd give a long answer full of qualifications. I quickly learned that although these answers were true, they really irritated people.

"I want to say true things, but apparently other people want to hear lies," I thought to myself. But I now know that it's more nuanced than that. Typical people ("non-geeks") do care about truth when it directly relates to what they're interested in: usually social status and mating, and if they're unfortunate, survival. Generally, they're not interested in more abstract subjects.

I interpreted people way too literally. If they talked or asked about X, I assumed they were curious about X. I didn't grasp that small talk is about entertainment and insecurity: the speakers reassure each other of their companionship; gauge each other's abilities, motivations, and desires; signal tribal affiliation; share gossip; and determine their places in the pecking order. It has nothing to do with X. X is just a pretence.

Even as I became conscious of this, I often acted the same way out of principle. Alas.
I've developed 10 different apps. 2 of them have gotten the Apple axe.

It's way above 1%.
It's true that Windows can't trim HFS+, but the free space created by Windows will make the SSD faster even when you boot back into OS X.

If you really really feel the need for speed in OS X, I recommend the host protected area trick since it's a one-time optimization.
I for one was completely mislead by this headline.. but the results are actually pretty cool
Libevent 2.0.x: Like Libevent 1.4.x, Only More So.
I wonder what they have against real dark brown and real light blue? Ah, I see a second shade of blue they discontinued. Probably needed the names for some other shades...
I don't really see how this is surprising. In fact, the fact that non-paid contributions to the kernel is as high as 25% surprises me.

A criticism of Linux is that the kernel is largely developed on behalf of companies who care about certain use-cases over others.

This interview is quite insightful. It's with Con Kalivas, about why he quit as a kernel developer after trying to improve desktop performance:

http://apcmag.com/interview_with_con_kolivas_part_1_computin...

"The developers were all developing for something that wasn't the desktop. They had all been employed by big name manufacturers who couldn't care less about the desktop (and still don't) but want their last 1% on their database benchmark or throughput benchmark or whatever."
To be honest, I don't understand the market behind real time search. If you are searching for something that is in the now, you'd probably want to go directly to the link and would be less likely to click an ad - far less likely than normal search, I'd think.

I also think the big hole in search is recent relevancy. Some topics are temporal, and getting results that have been time vetted, as Google does, often means the information is obsolete. For example, I just searched "CakePHP vs CodeIgniter". The first result was published in March, 2007. That's ancient!

So if the search engines can get temporal searches improved, I would be much more impressed than I am with real time search.
Apple claims Aussie Mac sales victory
I feel guilty, my married life isn't like that. My unmarried life, ironically, was frequently like that. I believe my wife just came to accept certain annoying parts of my personality, like I accepted annoying parts of hers. She accepted sci-fi, I accepted chick-flicks and certain reality TV programs.

My wife now frequently turns to me when she hears "facts", I've become a sort of a content filter for facts and trivia; not to mention an encyclopaedia too. I've still got to teach her a true understanding of the universe and our solar system, but I learnt all that by being a sci-fi nerd from when my dad showed me Star Wars at like 3. I've literally got almost two decades on her on that front.
Unfortuately, I don't. I learned these from years of frustration when I was a kid. I had hoped that my comment would get other people to post, but :-/

And it's cues, not queues :-)
Cute, but I'd love it an order of magnitude more if it labelled them.

(I wonder why some of the colours were terminated....)
Hey, I'm with you, except for the part about voters loving him for it. Independents won't even notice, and conservatives will just find a way to attack him for it. Those were government employees! That's socialism!
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done.

http://fakeimage.heroku.com/
Batik (which FOP uses if you feed it SVG) is probably too memory and CPU hungry for this - hogging processes tend to get killed on shared servers.
(I'm pretty sure eru got your joke.)
Not quite what you were looking for, but there is an amazing amount of info on Wikipedia.

List of colors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Crayola_crayon_colors

Crayola timeline: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Crayola
I was talking with someone the other day about web design and caught myself saying something about "the flesh color". Thanks, Crayola. (http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2008/08/flesh-4.jpg)
I read the title with an implicit comma between save & print, so I thought this would be a purported leak about Apple's tablet not having exposed filesystem or printing APIs.
It may not be when you consider the large number of low-quality but harmless games and distractions out there. It's when you try to do something interesting - to push what the device can do that you run a high risk of not being approved.
Correction: and removing quality should have been "and stop removing quality"
100k isn't much -- even per month. John Gruber says the Daring Fireball feed is 36k zipped.

http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/01/22/kindle-free-wire...
If NASA puts astronauts back on the moon by 2025 I will eat my hat. They have no credible plan or sufficient funding to do it. And funding for manned spaceflight is likely to be cut further due to competing budget priorities.
My thoughts exactly. As fascinating as all of this iTablet hubbub may be, I'm more interested in the attempts to one-up it that are sure to follow over the next ~5 years. For starters, considering Google's growing stake in the mobile market, just how long will it be before they want in on this action? Just how many steps behind Apple could they possibly be on this?

iPhone :: Android phones as 'iTablet' :: ??

Apple makes new tech fashionable. Someone else can always come along afterward to make it open.
Can you elaborate on what the "host protected area trick" is?
It's an issue of authority. If someone says that something is true, and you prove them wrong, you've made them look like a weak thinker or out of touch with reality. This can actually damage their relationships with the people around them. If the issue is actually important, you should go to them privately and give them the information in a manner that makes it clear that you are looking to help them instead of just calling them out. If the issue is not important, often (in context) their posturing of "I know better" is more important than actually being correct, so just let it slide.
That's actually a good idea. If people I follow & respect bookmarked, I would consider paying for it since I am interested in their thought process.

Basically you want to follow their web "foot prints". On the flip side, that's exactly what I use FriendFeed for (to leave my web footprints for anybody who cares to follow), and that's already free. So the technology to follow someone else's web trail already exist in many forms (delicious, FriendFeed), and they are free.

So the question becomes: are the thought leaders using it and are they fine with others following them (and will they be ok if those followers are charged?)

It becomes a market problem, not a technology problem.
Here's some more information on the origin of the picture - http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/01/crayons_and_cho...
Eric cited Cisco, with 15 terabytes in source control, and 50 developers writing perl scripts on top of ClearCase to serve 6000 users. That scale of problem is something the open source, distributed tools aren’t able to handle.

Obviously ClearCase can't handle it either if they need 50 developers to manage it. As much as I despise ClearCase, I don't think the tools, their development process, or implementation idiom are the problem here. Keeping 15TB of objects in a differential system is a category error (if more than a few % of that isn't generated or data they've got bigger problems).
If you're going to tell us that, you need to tell us what the 2 were that got the axe.
Check out OKWS (http://www.okws.org/doku.php?id=okws) if you're interested in developing webapps on C++.
I had never thought of it in those terms. It took me a few years, but I consciously desensitized myself to that feeling. I still get it, but it's easier to ignore.
Avatar still only #26 when box office receipts are adjusted for inflation
What is an htab?
I often have two threads of conversation going in a face-to-face exchange. It's not very confusing.
RubyOnRails is very test gunghu, but to run a hello world test takes seconds, anyone know why? This seems very odd. Is this one of those do what I preach, not what I do things?
Why believe it's satire? He's got an actual app already deployed and a full history of blog posts demonstrating his knowledge and interest in this field.
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Here's a link to the C++ code for his app:
http://stevehanov.ca/blog/index.php?id=8
Microsoft sued over Xbox Live Points
Thanks for the good links.

But I am still hazy on how this set of documents and the storage of them is impacted by HIPAA.
Or more likely, depends on how fast the US decides to care about it.
We're based in the US and use Elavon. We're also members of Costco, so we use this plan: http://www.elavon.com/acquiring/costco/. It's been a while since I've done a price comparison, but (for our needs) Elavon was cheaper than Wells Fargo and others.
Essentially, that a return on investment needs to remember that the principle also needs to be returned, and that the business has a lifecycle.

I think the lifecycle part is the real insight here. When I read a business plans that will 'return $100K every year' or 'Grow by 25% each year', I know the writer has been lazy with the numbers. Better off to set targets - linked to strategy - for the foreseeable future (maybe up to 3 years, depending on industry) and then admit everything else is fuzzy.
I've read, although not in any detail, that it's been heavily used in political activity in the last year (and this was by "normal people", people who hadn't been that sort of politically active before).
vbs.tv has a lot of absolutely great documentary type programming that shows things you would never see on CNN or their like.
Also, the financial aspect is just one part of the total consideration. I've been in my house for ten years, and we've made a life here. We have quite a bit of stuff in this house. It would be a huge pain in the ass to move, as well as disruptive to my family, my son's school life, etc.

Being underwater today doesn't imply being underwater next year. A home's value may return, so long as you didn't buy at some idiotically high price.
Very true. Which is another reason why I keep the 27" further to the left as a separate monitor. When they are side x side, I can see the difference. But when focusing just on the 24" for coding, I do see the difference. It just doesn't bother me.
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