Twitter Updates for 2010-08-12

  • The phrase I keep hearing re: Android devices is "An upgrade to 2.2 later this year." – this worries; 1.6 could be around for some time #
  • Compare Android 1.6 vs: Solaris 2.6-5/98 – the latter wedged in datacentres and never came out, not least due to "Solaris 7" marketing #
  • @jemimakiss I see it more as a matter of pouring balm upon the Daily Mail editorial staff in reply to jemimakiss #
  • @mathiasbaert goedemorgen ! in reply to mathiasbaert #
  • @chris_bloke Two ducks, one egg? That sounds awfully like you've solved an old load-sharing conundrum… in reply to chris_bloke #
  • Who'd guess the Advertising Standards Authority is a bastion against terrorism fearmongering & for common sense? http://bit.ly/dpHh88 #
  • Blog: New Xtracycle Bars and Setup in the UK http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/4313 #
  • Went for a walk tonite, stopped at Winchfield stn because a steam engine was due to pass through: http://youtu.be/C9496-Y5u80 (HD) #
  • Britain's nuclear bombers at least _sounded_ like heralds of the apocalypse: Vulcan XH558 howls at 00:10 & 06:46 http://youtu.be/OqA6bgFPGWI #
  • Apparently the Vulcan howl is due to the air intake resonating at engine frequency at high thrust http://bit.ly/btepF9 #
  • Last & best XH558 Vulcan video; I saw this done when I was a kid, it can't be described even with a video: http://youtu.be/Djd1pPQZ_LE (HD) #
  • "OpenSolaris / Illumos should die" @ http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7834 Summary: "Linux is bigger; Solaris effort detracts from Linux." #
  • Can't abide folk applying zero-sum economics to free software; if you feel a FLOSS project needs more staff, pay for them or STFU. #
  • Ironic @jzb is now be making the same boneheaded arguments I used to hear inside Sun back in '95 re: early Linux. Go-go-software-diversity! #

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