'We're No. 17'--Why U.S. coders fell flat

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'We're just like the RIAA,' says SCO

'We're just like the RIAA,' says SCO 03/06/2004 02:04 AM

Microsoft: 'We're simple'

Microsoft: 'We're simple' 01/26/2004 04:09 PM
Silicon.com Jan 26 2004 7:45PM GMT

BuyMusic CEO: 'We're nowhere near
Apple's numbers'

BuyMusic CEO: 'We're nowhere near
Apple's numbers' 12/15/2003 12:51 PM
After originally expecting 1 million daily song downloads, BuyMusic now says that it isn't close to that or Apple's figures...

Cisco CEO on U.S. Education: 'We're
Losing the Battle'

Cisco CEO on U.S. Education: 'We're
Losing the Battle' 03/30/2005 08:56 PM
Fortune Mar 31 2005 12:53AM GMT

Client: 'We're Out of the Rock-Video
Business' in Ads (AdWeek.com)

Client: 'We're Out of the Rock-Video
Business' in Ads (AdWeek.com) 02/13/2004 06:37 PM
AdWeek.com - Mitsubishi Motors North America is getting out of the "rock-video business" and is moving on to cliffhangers that drive people to the Internet, svp of marketing Ian Beavis said last week.

Streaming Video: James Gosling at
JavaOne: 'We're not a .Net company'

Streaming Video: James Gosling at
JavaOne: 'We're not a .Net company' 07/05/2004 09:38 AM
Java creator James Gosling sits down with ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber during JavaOne for a Face to Face interview. Gosling, CTO for Sun’s Developer Products group, talks about the future of the Java language, the impact of Sun's settlement with Microsoft on the direction of Java development, the debate about open sourcing Java and whether Java is in danger of being bifurcated as IBM, BEA and others work outside the Java Community Process.

Calling All Html Coders

Calling All Html Coders 07/22/2004 08:02 AM
Jihad Unspun Jul 22 2004 11:28AM GMT

Coders Want Fatter Paychecks, Too

Coders Want Fatter Paychecks, Too 06/05/2005 11:14 PM
While unionized voice-over actors make noise about striking to demand better wages, video-game developers say they should be first to enjoy a thicker slice of the sweet profit pie. By Xeni Jardin.

Flat screen, flat profits

Flat screen, flat profits 01/10/2004 04:32 PM
CNN Jan 10 2004 3:14PM ET

BBEdit AppleScripts for obsessive coders

BBEdit AppleScripts for obsessive coders 03/14/2003 03:28 PM
Matt Gemmell: "I just cobbled-together two AppleScripts for BBEdit (or rather, two more, to go with the scores of scripts I've written previously), to do two things I need a lot whilst hacking on Thistle."

Challenging Coders Everywhere:
CodeWalker's POSC

Challenging Coders Everywhere:
CodeWalker's POSC 08/13/2002 08:03 AM

Google puts coders to the test

Google puts coders to the test 11/15/2003 07:45 AM
San Jose Mercury News Nov 15 2003 6:36AM ET

OpenChange.org - coders wanted to help
with Exchange Replacement

OpenChange.org - coders wanted to help
with Exchange Replacement 02/01/2005 09:22 PM
About four years ago I asked Mr Bill Gates for the IDL files necessary to produce a client and server that can interoperate with Exchange. The nice people at the European Union might actually kick him into answering.

Volunteer coders to help connect up the
Peace Corps

Volunteer coders to help connect up the
Peace Corps 07/29/2004 03:36 PM
Scott, a Peace Corps volunteer, got web-volunteers to help him build a fantastic web-resource for his project in Guyana. Hot on the heels of his success there, he's putting together a much more ambitious project to connect up the whole Peace Corps. When I worked in Costa Rica 12 years ago with Youth Challenge International, I came back with the same intention, but I was ahead of my time -- today, this is totally do-able.

I want to build site that will link up average joe web and graphic designer, database guy and anyone else that can help with Peace Corps volunteers around the world. We do some partnering in Peace Corps but we don't tap the huge potential that exists with folks at home. We need to do this. It will help get more done in the tiny timeframe that we are here in country.

Link (Thanks, Scott!)

“Lone coders” and
outsourcing

“Lone coders” and
outsourcing 04/09/2004 04:02 PM
Om Malik asks, can lone coders reverse the outsourcing trend?

Calling Coders for the Greater Common
Good

Calling Coders for the Greater Common
Good 10/30/2003 01:39 PM
The UK needs you

Careless coders tempting legal troubles?

Careless coders tempting legal troubles? 06/03/2004 03:21 PM

Gizmondo fishes for game coders with
cash fund fly

Gizmondo fishes for game coders with
cash fund fly 08/05/2004 10:29 AM
Handheld console needs titles. Now

The fever to fell Saddam

The fever to fell Saddam 04/16/2004 01:11 PM

No. of start ups fell visibly in January

No. of start ups fell visibly in January 02/17/2004 07:53 AM
Maekyung Internet Feb 17 2004 12:23PM GMT

Regal Beagle Fell and Broke His Crown?

Regal Beagle Fell and Broke His Crown? 12/25/2003 10:19 AM
It looks like it's two down and two to go. ESA's rover called Beagle 2 was scheduled to land Christmas morning, but so far the Beagle hasn't phoned home. There could be a multitude of reasons why communications have not been established. It could be just that the Beagle 2 has to recharge its batteries on the first day or it won't last the night. At least we know that the Ma rs Express Orbitor seems to be OK. ESA scientists haven't given't up hope yet on Beagle 2, but it already seems like Mars has claimed another victim (we lost Japan's rover earlier this month). With all of these failed Mars craft, should we really send humans to Mars?

E-Commerce Sales Fell in First Quarter
(Reuters)

E-Commerce Sales Fell in First Quarter
(Reuters) 05/21/2004 10:01 AM
Reuters - U.S. retail sales over the Internet fell 11.4 percent in the first quarter of 2004, but rose 28.1 percent over the same period a year earlier as consumers increasingly relied on e-commerce to make purchases, a government report showed on Friday.

Gates: Microsoft Fell Short in .NET Push

Gates: Microsoft Fell Short in .NET Push 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates acknowledged in a speech that his company has done only an average job of deploying its .NET strategy, and continues to face challenges as it pushes the technology.

"a tree supporting a hammock fell and
crushed him"

"a tree supporting a hammock fell and
crushed him" 07/22/2004 03:07 PM

HIgh Performance Web Services: One Fell
Swoop

HIgh Performance Web Services: One Fell
Swoop 08/15/2002 12:42 PM
State adds fragility and complexity to systems. All incoming requests have to find the right state. If the state is kept in memory, it is much harder to load balance across a cluster of machines, because there is no practical way to keep an identical synchronized image on all machines in a cluster. If the state is kept in a shared durable store (normally a database), then all the machines have to connect to it and it must log all changes to state, which takes time.

The way to avoid state is to provide all the information the client needs in one fell swoop. For example, if I ask my hospital for my medical record, I want to get my medical record as a single returned message. I don't want to get back an object with "property getters" and "property setters" that I call for each interesting piece of information such as my name or Social Security number or birth date. -- Adam Bosworth

"zeldman.mama"

When Polio, Every Parent's Nightmare,
Fell to Dr. Salk

When Polio, Every Parent's Nightmare,
Fell to Dr. Salk 04/12/2005 03:31 AM
Marking the 50th anniversary of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine are two new books and several exhibits that re-examine this remarkable chapter in medical history.

Housing Starts Fell in May, Permits Jump

Housing Starts Fell in May, Permits Jump 06/16/2004 09:56 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 16 2004 2:19PM GMT

"so many of the "best" media in the US
fell into lockstep with such a
manifestly corrupt war agenda"

"so many of the "best" media in the US
fell into lockstep with such a
manifestly corrupt war agenda" 05/31/2004 09:52 AM

Sony Says Profits Fell 26 Percent in
Last Quarter of 2003

Sony Says Profits Fell 26 Percent in
Last Quarter of 2003 01/28/2004 06:40 PM
Sony blamed its performance on restructuring costs, a stronger yen and declining revenue from the company's movie and video game divisions.

Korea's economic growth rate fell short
of other

Korea's economic growth rate fell short
of other 03/27/2005 05:50 AM
Maekyung Internet Mar 27 2005 10:35AM GMT

Holding company Electrohome reports
quarterly earnings fell to $800,000

Holding company Electrohome reports
quarterly earnings fell to $800,000 01/24/2004 10:16 AM
Canadian Press Jan 24 2004 2:19PM GMT

Lavish Laura Fell From 3g Comfy Couch To
Jurist's Bench

Lavish Laura Fell From 3g Comfy Couch To
Jurist's Bench 06/11/2004 03:34 AM
New York Post Jun 11 2004 8:17AM GMT

Report: Bush Fell Short of Military
Obligation (Reuters)

Report: Bush Fell Short of Military
Obligation (Reuters) 09/08/2004 11:04 AM
Reuters - President Bush fell short of meeting his military obligations during the Vietnam War and was not disciplined despite irregular attendance at required training drills, The Boston Globe said on Wednesday.

Boston.com / News / Nation / Bush fell
short on duty at Guard

Boston.com / News / Nation / Bush fell
short on duty at Guard 09/08/2004 02:23 PM
Boston Globe, Bush failed to live up to his minimal commitments at least twice: .. "Bush fell short on duty at Guard."

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Nokia posts quarterly profit but says
phone sales fell 15 per cent

Nokia posts quarterly profit but says
phone sales fell 15 per cent 04/16/2004 10:25 AM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Apr 16 2004 1:44PM GMT

New Holocaust Book, New Theory: How
Germans Fell for the 'Feel-Good' Fuehrer
- International - SPIEGEL ONLINE

New Holocaust Book, New Theory: How
Germans Fell for the 'Feel-Good' Fuehrer
- International - SPIEGEL ONLINE 03/24/2005 07:56 PM
a look at Goetz Aly's new book Hitler's People's State: Robbery, Racial War and National Socialism .. Der Spiegel .. more» .. Click

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Software patents are bad for coders like
literary patents would be for writers

Software patents are bad for coders like
literary patents would be for writers 06/22/2005 01:49 AM
Cory Doctorow: Richard Stallman, creator of the Free Software movement, has written a tremendous essay for the Guardian on the risks of software patents. Richard undertakes a gedankenexperiment about "literary patents" and the impact they would have had on Victor Hugo as he sat down to pen Les Miserables.

Now consider this hypothetical literary patent: Claim 1: a communication process that represents, in the mind of a reader, the concept of a character who has been in jail for a long time and subsequently changes his name...

These patents would all cover the story of one character in a novel. They overlap, but they do not precisely duplicate each other, so they could all be valid simultaneously - all the patent holders could have sued Victor Hugo. Any one of them could have prohibited publication of Les Misérables.

You might think these ideas are so simple that no patent office would have issued them. We programmers are often amazed by the simplicity of the ideas that real software patents cover - for instance, the European Patent Office has issued a patent on the progress bar, and one on accepting payment via credit cards. These would be laughable if they were not so dangerous.

Link (Thanks, Phil and Eloisa!)

What You Need To Know Before You Go Flat

What You Need To Know Before You Go Flat 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
If you've got the same hankering, you'll want to understand the pros and cons of switching from your CRT monitor to a flat-panel LCD. (News & Observer via MyAppleMenu)

Flat-D is a Gas, Gas, Gas

Flat-D is a Gas, Gas, Gas 04/22/2004 09:18 AM
The Flat-D fart dampening cloth includes testimonials from "Gary" in Illinois and "Jane" in Iowa. Just once, I'd like to see full names on stuff like this: "Because of your product, I no longer have to work from an undisclosed location. Thanks, Flat-D! -- Richard Cheney, Washington, D.C." (04-22)
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'We're No. 17'--Why U.S. coders fell flat