Yahoo! News - Tech Firms Defend Moving Jobs Overseas

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Tech firms defend moving jobs overseas

Tech firms defend moving jobs overseas 01/07/2004 02:03 PM
CNN Jan 7 2004 12:24PM ET

Tech Firms Defend Moving Jobs Overseas

Tech Firms Defend Moving Jobs Overseas 01/07/2004 02:03 PM
AP via Daily Press Jan 7 2004 12:19PM ET

US Companies Moving More Jobs Overseas

US Companies Moving More Jobs Overseas 12/31/2003 06:10 AM
Boston Globe Dec 31 2003 5:32AM ET

U.S. Companies Moving More Jobs Overseas

U.S. Companies Moving More Jobs Overseas 12/24/2003 04:08 AM
Boston Globe Dec 24 2003 3:10AM ET

outsourcing, as in moving jobs overseas,
may have started right here with a
husband-wife team,

outsourcing, as in moving jobs overseas,
may have started right here with a
husband-wife team, 05/28/2004 01:46 AM
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More and more tech jobs head overseas

More and more tech jobs head overseas 12/24/2003 12:13 PM
CNET Dec 24 2003 10:46AM ET

IBM moving 4,700 tech jobs to Asia

IBM moving 4,700 tech jobs to Asia 12/18/2003 03:24 AM

Spammers Struggling, Moving Overseas

Spammers Struggling, Moving Overseas 12/15/2003 02:27 AM
Yet another in a long line of "spammer profiles." This one focuses on two grandparents who spam for a living - but claim that times are tough for spammers, and they may have to declare bankruptcy. I'm sure we all pity them and the "free speech rights" go on and on about. The article does a good job pointing out how spammers are quite different than direct mail companies - no matter what the spammers claim. It also points out, however, that spammers are all setting up shop overseas, where it will be even more difficult to track them down once the US law legalizing most spam goes into effect. I'm still wondering why no one is demanding that, if we must pass such a terrible law, why don't we have some clear review point, six months from the law going into effect that will show how much more spam is being received? If it shown (as most of us suspect) that the law does nothing to stop spam (and may even help increase it), then shouldn't a Plan B be lined up?

Other News: Lost Tech Jobs

Other News: Lost Tech Jobs 09/15/2004 09:58 AM
The U.S. high-technology business has lost a huge number of jobs in the past four years.

Yahoo! News - The Eight Biggest Tech
Flops Ever

Yahoo! News - The Eight Biggest Tech
Flops Ever 12/31/2003 07:20 AM
Top 10 worst techie products

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U.K. bank to ship up to 5,000 jobs
overseas

U.K. bank to ship up to 5,000 jobs
overseas 12/31/2003 04:51 PM
Barclays will move at least 500--and possibly as many as 5,000--call center jobs to India, with South Africa also under consideration, according to media reports.

Database to track jobs sent overseas

Database to track jobs sent overseas 09/17/2004 10:28 AM
SiliconValley.com Sep 17 2004 1:25PM GMT

Report: IBM to send programmer jobs
overseas

Report: IBM to send programmer jobs
overseas 12/15/2003 03:20 PM
USA Today Dec 15 2003 2:10PM ET

Sending jobs overseas could boost UK
economy

Sending jobs overseas could boost UK
economy 01/28/2004 12:29 PM
Not all bad

"Bush report: Sending jobs overseas
helps U.S. "

"Bush report: Sending jobs overseas
helps U.S. " 02/10/2004 09:26 PM

Labor Web site tracks U.S. jobs shipped
overseas

Labor Web site tracks U.S. jobs shipped
overseas 09/16/2004 04:53 PM
SiliconValley.com Sep 16 2004 8:53PM GMT

The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Bush
report: Sending jobs overseas helps U.S.

The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Bush
report: Sending jobs overseas helps U.S. 02/10/2004 05:32 PM
Bush report: Sending jobs overseas helps U.S .. Seattle Times article

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Most Siemens Software Jobs Moving East

Most Siemens Software Jobs Moving East 02/17/2004 02:32 AM
New York Times Feb 17 2004 6:46AM GMT

Most Siemens Software Jobs Moving East
(AP)

Most Siemens Software Jobs Moving East
(AP) 02/16/2004 01:17 PM
AP - The German firm Siemens will move most of the 15,000 software programming jobs from its offices in the United States and Western Europe to India, China and Eastern Europe, a company official said Monday.

Intel defends moving jobs to India

Intel defends moving jobs to India 04/10/2004 02:17 AM
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Capital, high-tech from overseas Chinese
important for NE China

Capital, high-tech from overseas Chinese
important for NE China 07/18/2004 11:16 PM
Xinhua News Agency Jul 19 2004 3:36AM GMT

Yahoo! News Tech Tuesday Recommends
Mozilla 1.6 and Mozilla Thunderbird

Yahoo! News Tech Tuesday Recommends
Mozilla 1.6 and Mozilla Thunderbird 02/17/2004 11:55 PM

High-tech expo opened for returned
overseas Chinese students

High-tech expo opened for returned
overseas Chinese students 12/28/2003 08:58 AM
Xinhuanet Dec 28 2003 8:31AM ET

Firms create 200 factory jobs

Firms create 200 factory jobs 04/29/2004 11:49 AM
More than 200 jobs are created by three firms supplying one of Europe's biggest washing machine manufacturers.

Google, Yahoo, MSN and AOL all Moving
Towards Convergence

Google, Yahoo, MSN and AOL all Moving
Towards Convergence 02/05/2005 10:09 PM

Business software firms shed more jobs

Business software firms shed more jobs 09/24/2004 05:34 PM
CNET News.com Sep 24 2004 9:30PM GMT

Foreign firms fill CEO jobs in valley

Foreign firms fill CEO jobs in valley 02/15/2004 09:27 AM
San Jose Mercury News Feb 15 2004 1:08PM GMT

Virginia Tech Cluster Moving to Xserve
G5s?

Virginia Tech Cluster Moving to Xserve
G5s? 01/16/2004 01:05 PM
ThinkSecret provides some confirmation on earlier rumors that Virginia Tech will be migrating from PowerMac G5s to Xserve G5s in their recently assemb...

U.S. moving to high-tech livestock
tracking

U.S. moving to high-tech livestock
tracking 12/31/2003 08:34 AM
CTV.ca Dec 31 2003 7:17AM ET

U.S. moving high-tech weapons to Korean
DMZ

U.S. moving high-tech weapons to Korean
DMZ 12/21/2003 05:04 AM
Sunspot Dec 21 2003 3:32AM ET

Yahoo! / Harris Interactive Survey Shows
Small Businesses Rapidly Moving Online

Yahoo! / Harris Interactive Survey Shows
Small Businesses Rapidly Moving Online 05/20/2004 11:22 AM
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Yahoo! scraps I-messaging for the firms

Yahoo! scraps I-messaging for the firms 06/19/2004 09:12 PM
Deccan Herald Jun 19 2004 11:39PM GMT

More Tax Credit for Tech Firms

More Tax Credit for Tech Firms 06/17/2005 04:26 PM
Red Herring Jun 16 2005 11:04PM GMT

Five tech firms at a crossroads

Five tech firms at a crossroads 09/08/2004 08:54 AM
Netflix, PalmSource, Research In Motion, TiVo and Vonage have great products and were first to market, but can they hold their leads?

Tech firms tackle spam

Tech firms tackle spam 03/14/2003 07:33 PM
Several major technology companies convene in San Francisco to discuss solutions to a frustrating common denominator among them: unwanted e-mail.

Gov't Says U.S. Tech Firms Recovering

Gov't Says U.S. Tech Firms Recovering 12/15/2003 11:39 PM
San Jose Mercury News Dec 15 2003 11:05PM ET

Tech firms hunt for a name with the
right buzz

Tech firms hunt for a name with the
right buzz 08/01/2004 04:52 AM
Boston Globe Aug 1 2004 9:14AM GMT

Gov't says U.S. tech firms recovering

Gov't says U.S. tech firms recovering 12/16/2003 03:14 AM
Boston Globe Dec 16 2003 1:54AM ET

Firms tout 'universal' tech for 802.11n

Firms tout 'universal' tech for 802.11n 08/12/2004 11:04 AM
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iPod rumors and rumors of iPod rumors

iPod rumors and rumors of iPod rumors 07/17/2004 10:05 AM
ThinkSecret's prediction of new sleeker standard iPods in August has been been adjusted this morning with the beans spilling of news of new white iPods to be announced Monday. This new prediction downshifts the previous rumor from being a standard iPod rumor to merely being an iPod mini rumor.

Rumors: Get 'em while they're hot

Rumors: Get 'em while they're hot 03/14/2005 04:23 PM
We all remember our first Mac rumor. Like our first tooth, kiss, paycheck or car, the first time we navigated to MacRumors or ThinkSecret or AppleInsider, and stumbled upon a tidbit that allowed us a glimpse into Apple’s fortress of development. It used to be that rumors were accurate about 50 percent of the time. And that was half of the fun — trying to decipher which parts of which rumor were correct, inaccurate or just completely fabricated. Raise your hand if you can remember iWalk. In recent years, however, a few rumor sites — especially ThinkSecret — have gotten a little too precise. For the most part, Apple’s announcements have become a matter of formality, as the community at-large (and often mainstream media outlets, too) have already received, absorbed and dissected the news, leaving little else save the decision to purchase. You have to admit, it's kind of taken the fun out of things. I mean, we were actually surprised when the iPod came out. No, really, we were. So, when Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James P. Kleinberg ruled Friday that "an interested public is not the same as the public interest," part of me was eager for a return to the Apple of yore, when a Macworld keynote was a reason to stay up all night in anticipation. (The other part of me was deeply afraid that journalistic integrity and responsibility would continue to be eroded until the only source of reporting would lie somewhere between supermarket tabloids and FOX NEWS, filled with half-truths and barely relatable sound bytes, all slapped under a 140-point misleading headline. But that’s not the point of this particular column.) For the most part, I agree with Kleinberg's statement, even if the ruling troubles me as a journalist. Apple’s trade secrets are, indeed, stolen property, but it remains to be seen just how hard the company can lean on the bloggers in question. Before the ruling, for example, ThinkSecret published two more rumors on its site: one about iMacs and eMacs, and one about Tiger. So, will we return to a dry, rumorless existence? Will the fertile, accurate soil that grows today's rumors dry up once Apple begins to enforce its court-appointed power? Or are we simply in store for a battle of rhetoric? Yesterday’s reports on ThinkSecret cited "well placed sources" rather than the traditional "reliable source" we've all come to trust so readily. We've all seen countless rumor sites come and go, and come and go again, but never have we faced such a bitter fight for dominance. So grab 'em while you can, because reliable rumors may soon be as hard to find as an iPod with a FireWire cable. Or, I suppose, an iWalk.

Rumors of my (VB6) demise...

Rumors of my (VB6) demise... 03/17/2005 03:01 AM
As Mark Twain once famously said, “Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.”

Tungsten T6 Rumors

Tungsten T6 Rumors 03/17/2005 03:51 AM

The freshest rumors about PalmOne's forthcoming Tungsten read a little lot like a fairy tale, so we won't get our hopes up just yet. Features for the T6 (or Tungsten 2005, as the case may be) include Bluetooth, Wavelan, 1GB of Flash memory, a 3 MP digital camera, an ethernet port, iTunes compatibility, an initial price of about $400, Graffiti 2 Plus with voice commands and the ability to clean your teeth while you sleep and print money.

To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure I have enough grains of salt to accompany this list, especially considering the hat tip from A_Man_In_Black in #gizmodo:

The Tungstens consciously don't include cameras, because of workplace restrictions. A new high-end Palm with a camera would be a Zire, not a Tungsten.

Tungsten T6 / Tungsten 2005 [PalmAddict via DailyGadget]

'04 Rumors Abound

'04 Rumors Abound 12/19/2003 07:38 PM
It appears another 2004 rumor list has surfaced. This one featuring a few new names fans can possibly look forward to. While exciting to read, we caution collectors to watch for offical Hasbro confirmation before getting their hearts set on any one of these items. Enjoy...

Mavericks Say Nothing to Wallace Rumors
(AP)

Mavericks Say Nothing to Wallace Rumors
(AP) 01/18/2004 06:02 PM
AP - Donn Nelson cautioned not to read too much into his meeting with Portland general manager John Nash.

Rumors fly about a possible Sirius-XM
merger

Rumors fly about a possible Sirius-XM
merger 02/01/2005 08:53 PM
According to New York Post sources, satellite radio rivals Sirius and XM have been involved in recent merger talks. Could a merger that would eliminate competition in the satellite radio arena scale technological and regulatory hurdles?

Rumors Possibly Confirmed?

Rumors Possibly Confirmed? 01/05/2005 07:10 PM
The fires of Apple are once again lit. This time, however, they're going after ThinkSecret. Once again, Apple has highlighted a few specific articles, thus possibly confirming that these "rumors" are fact. Among the articles is the "rumored" sub-$500 headless iMac.

[Links from this story may be found on MacMerc.com. Click the title to delve deeper.]

SCO Spreads Rumors About IBM Lawsuit

SCO Spreads Rumors About IBM Lawsuit 08/05/2004 10:46 AM

Rumors Today: iPod G4

Rumors Today: iPod G4 05/13/2004 06:32 PM
AppleInsider : A 4th generation prototype sports... a greatly advanced dock connector. "When a user connects one end of the video-cable into the iPod's new dock connector and the other end into the TV, it will switch the iPod into video mode."

Other News: Beatles Rumors

Other News: Beatles Rumors 09/24/2004 11:41 AM
Just how big a Beatles fan *is* Steve Jobs?

Sun Fights Rumors, Old Perceptions

Sun Fights Rumors, Old Perceptions 09/23/2004 05:48 PM
Execs consider challenges involved in regaining market share, while analysts dissect the company's bold new plans to do so.

Apple sues again to keep rumors at bay

Apple sues again to keep rumors at bay 01/05/2005 03:56 PM
Apple has filed yet another lawsuit against a Mac-related Web site it says has leaked trade secrets. This time rumor site Think Secret is in Apple's crosshairs. The company filed suit against Think Secret and "other unnamed individuals," according to a report posted on CNet News.com.

Here We Go Again: Bad Reporters and Good
Rumors

Here We Go Again: Bad Reporters and Good
Rumors 06/06/2005 12:15 AM

I can always tell when the news machine is slowing down. It's kind of like there's sugar at the bottom of the Mac Web's gas tank, really. When their news tank gets low they start to pick up the same old crap at the bottom and try to use it to fuel the fires. What I underestimated was the level at which they pick that crap up. It seems that Mac reporters are very, very easily bored.

What I mean is that there's a good deal of news to actually cover, what with Tiger coming out to stellar reviews in spite of it being alpha-quality crap that has more bugs than the Temple of Doom. That, alone, should be decent fodder. If not that, then the sudden appearance of music videos in iTunes, or the supposed Babblecasting capabilities that 4.9 is said to bring in the future. They could bring up a whole lot of topics and keep them in the forefront with new ideas and new spin. When that runs out they could easily be useful and start talking about tips and how to get the most of the computer (which is the only reason I still have a Mac World subscription, really). No, they babble about the same crappy rumors to keep the hit counter spinning for the Ad Lords.

I mean, some of us just don't post anything for months when there's no news and nothing else comes to mind. It's not hard, really; you just walk away and go do something with your life for a while. It seems that some others just can't seem to handle that concept.

So, what crap lies at the bottom of that tank? The usual suspects, really. They are the insane ideas that spread like wildfire each time they're brought up and cause the predictable and easily-incited hoards of Mac fundamentalists to hit the message boards and their own pathetic little blogs and write and write and write about how it will (never) come to pass and how everyone else is just not seeing the "big picture" and how this idea could easy (save|kill) Apple, and computing in general! and so on and so forth.

Poppycock.

If you ever see an article on these topics, you're being played for a fool and should ignore it:

• Mac OS X for PCs (and the variant "Apple moves Macs to Intel")
• PowerBook G5
• Video iPod
• Movie store
• Apple-branded PDA

Let's just get it out into the open here and now, okay? Apple's not doing any of them; not now, and not years ago when it was first "reported" that they were. Quit daydreaming and get back on track. Whatever Apple's next innovation is, you won't see it coming until it slaps you across the face like the Apple bitch you are and gives you that tell-tale "you had it all wrong, again" look.

If it was easy to guess where Apple would steer the industry next then Sony would have long ago stolen the show from them. Sony has good designers, both aesthetic and electronic, and could easily best Apple out of the "niche computer artisan" market if they had any sense of direction at all. Well, and got rid of their NIH syndrome (ATRAC3-only in a digital Walkman? Dear God, man, what were you thinking?).

So, look, what this boils down to is that the next damn time I open MacSurfer and see a load of bullshit like any of this, I'm just going to stop reading web sites for a week. It's not worth sorting through this much stupidity and naïveté just to find out that it was a slow news day.

If you're a writer for the Mac Web, I urge you to listen to one piece of feedback: If there's nothing to report, stop writing and wait until there is.

Thank you, and good night.

Rumors of Mini Ipods

Rumors of Mini Ipods 12/23/2003 04:30 PM
TheKidWho writes "According to Thinksecret: 'Reliable sources inside and outside of Apple have confirmed Apple will announce the new pocket-size iPods in a ...

Rumors of Mini iPods

Rumors of Mini iPods 12/24/2003 12:45 AM
Slashdot Dec 23 2003 11:11PM ET

Google chief coy on IPO rumors

Google chief coy on IPO rumors 12/28/2003 08:13 PM
Schmidt was responding to the buzz circling Silicon Valley about an imminent return to strong economic growth -- and what it means for Google and other start ...

Tungsten T6 Rumors Revisited, Not T6

Tungsten T6 Rumors Revisited, Not T6 03/19/2005 02:45 AM

So it appears that the rumors surrounding the next Tungsten have just gotten even more packed with whimsy. Palm Addict has received word that the new device will have 4GB of internal memory, weigh in a bit heavier than the T5 and will include built-in Wi-Fi. It will not, however, be called the T6, or even be part of the Tungsten line, for the rumor whispers on that it will be released at the end of April as a new sub-brand from palmOne. Take your rumors with an extra dose of salt today, please. (Thanks, Sammy!))

More news on a possible new Palm device [PalmAddict]
Earlier T6 Whispers [Gizmodo]

Ask buys Bloglines : Rumors Pan Out

Ask buys Bloglines : Rumors Pan Out 03/14/2005 05:19 PM

iPod Jr. Rumors Become More Substantial

iPod Jr. Rumors Become More Substantial 12/30/2003 01:33 PM

Nintendo DS Retail Launch Rumors

Nintendo DS Retail Launch Rumors 07/15/2004 06:58 AM

GamesIndustry.biz reports rumors from retail sources that suggest Nintendo will be launching its DS touchscreen portable gaming console on November 4th in Japan at a price of ¥19,000 (~$174), followed by a US launch on November 11th for around $180. While a holiday season launch would be good for Nintendo (especially to get a jump on the Sony PSP), there is no official word from Big N as to the legitimacy of the dates.

Links and more, inside.

Rumors Roll On Despite Apple Suit

Rumors Roll On Despite Apple Suit 04/15/2005 12:25 PM
Tiger-related releases apparently got early exposure thanks to reports from the very sites Apple is suing.

Skype and Yahoo!: Rumors with No Source

Skype and Yahoo!: Rumors with No Source 06/17/2005 04:53 PM
There is ridiculous buzz that Yahoo! is in talks to acquire Skype. Let's follow the quotes and links... Engadget: It’s sort of early in the game on this, but word on the street is that Skype and Yahoo are...

Rumors Circle of New iMac Specs

Rumors Circle of New iMac Specs 08/17/2004 09:15 AM
Think Secret, a Mac rumor Web site has gotten the skinny on what is allegedly Apple's re-designed iMac. The self-appointed sleuths breached Apple's culture of secrecy and posted an article detailing the specifications for 17- and 20-inch iMac G5s. The iMacs are rumored to be available in two 1.6GHz and two 1.8 GHz varieties.

PalmOne Tungsten T5 and E2 Rumors, Pics

PalmOne Tungsten T5 and E2 Rumors, Pics 08/30/2004 06:26 AM

So when I mentioned that we had some older news that needed to be revisited, this is basically what I was talking about. Some of the first information about the PalmOne Tungsten T5 and E2 PDAs has come to light, and while there's lots of interesting tidbits (rumor, of course) like the T5's lack of a slider like the old one, I think the most notable bit of news is that both of these will finally be running PalmOne's BEOS-influenced OS6. There is also a planned (rumored) OS6 update for the Tungsten C and T3 after the new T5 is released in April of next year. Looks like good stuff.

It is a little sad, in a way, to see Palm's form factor sort of giving up the ghost and moving to a PocketPC-styled slate, but really, it makes total sense. The silk-screened Graffiti area was really played out, and if OS6 does everything it promises to do, we'll want every bit of screen real estate we can get.

Read - Rumor: More Tungsten info, T5 pics [1SRC via X-Gadget]

Spears Lashes Out Over Pregnancy Rumors
(AP)

Spears Lashes Out Over Pregnancy Rumors
(AP) 03/31/2005 05:00 PM
AP - Tired of pregnancy reports, Britney Spears is lashing out at tabloid magazines. "Do you, Us Weekly, In Touch, Star and other desperate magazines want employees who are honest, or those who are liars?" Spears writes in a posting on her Web site addressed "Dear False Tabloids."

PalmOne 'Life Drive' Rumors

PalmOne 'Life Drive' Rumors 03/29/2005 08:52 AM

Rumors of a PalmOne device with a built-in 4GB hard drive have been floating around for a while now, and PalmInfoCenter adds a little fuel to the fire with rumors of the 'Life Drive.' Filled with the 4GB hard drive and dual Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless connections, the Life Drive is rumored to be twice as a Tungsten T5, which I'm taking to mean front-to-back thickness, and not a super-long Go-L-style monstrosity. Who knows, but we thought we'd throw it out there for you. PalmOne is still committed to PDAs as a form factor (as opposed to smartphones, specifically), so they need to do something to convince those of us on the fence that there's still room for innovation.

palmOne "Life Drive" High End Handheld
[PalmInfoCenter via Mozongo]

Apple Rumors Fly as Macworld Nears

Apple Rumors Fly as Macworld Nears 01/04/2005 11:25 PM
With Mac enthusiasts buzzing about the San Francisco trade show, Apple is fighting back against Web sites that hint at a sub-$600 Macintosh desktop computer, an external audio connector for musical instruments, and a new or revamped productivity suite.

Rumors of my death are greatly
exaggerated.

Rumors of my death are greatly
exaggerated. 02/01/2005 09:53 PM

Okay, first off: I've got a massive MacWorld / Borders / Trip to SF and back report to write up. It's coming, and I hope it will be worth the wait. Until I can get it done, there are some wonderful links in the comments for my previous entry, from other bloggers who came to MacWorld, Borders, or both.

My short version? It was awesome. It was everything I'd hoped it would be, and more than I could have ever expected. The drive up was great, and the drive home (without Anne, because she went over to Tahoe to spend the weekend with her friend) was lonely, but enjoyable because I listened to Jay Mohr's book Gasping for Airtime most of the way. It's a interesting story . . . but you have to hear him read it. It's the difference between listening to Dark Side of the Moon and reading the sheet music.

Okay. Enough about the trip report that's coming. Here's the thing that made me fire up this nifty browser called "Epiphany," and write these words: I totally, completely, utterly b0rked my Debian machine before I left for MacWorld. I don't know what I did, exactly, but somehow it completely lost my mouse. modprobe psmouse and modprobe mousedev did nothing, and I couldn't find anything in a single online forum that would help me make my goddamn mouse work again. I tried dpkg-reconfigure gpm. I tried mouseconfig I tried cursing in lots of different languages, and making Faustian bargains with gods I'm pretty sure I just made up . . . I even taught myself how to recompile a linux kernel (the debian way and the other way) . . . but no dice.

Finally, I gave up, and decided to just start over with a clean partition and a new install. So I did mv /home/wil /mnt/hda1/backedup/, did a diff to make sure I didn't miss anything, and burned myself a copy of the latest Debian (Sarge) Network installer.

Oh. My. God. Becky. It was so easy.

Okay. Seriously. Back in the old days of 1999, everyone told me how easy it was to set Red Hat up, but how much cooler Debian was if you could just get past the nightmare install . . . well, this was about as easy an install of anything I've ever done. It was literally a handful of commands, and then a bunch of waiting while it grabbed a ton of packages and set them up.

I'm now sitting here with a honest-to-goodness Debian system, running kernel 2.6.8!

Check it out:

wil@bender:~$ uname -a
Linux bender 2.6.8-1-386 #1 Thu Nov 11 12:18:43 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux

Okay, this is probably not as exciting to anyone else as it is to me . . . but the fact that I got this working, and took all the HAM radio and isdn stuff out of the kernel, and still got it to work . . . it's a pretty big deal to me.

I'm logged into Gnome right now,( which I usually don't use -- I'm a KDE or Enlightenment kind of guy -- but it looks beautiful) and I've got apt installing Firefox and Thunderbird in a terminal, and then I've got to restore some of the backups, but I'm very proud of myself. Until I totally screw something else up, I feel like I can put on my propeller hat and give it a mighty spin. *snort*

I've got an audition tomorrow morning, then I'm working on the audio book of Just A Geek in the afternoon. Check back around Friday for the full SF trip report, and some other cool news.

Oh, man! And if this moment needed to get any better . . . They Might Be Giants just started singing Ana Ng on the radio behind me.

BellSouth squelches shutoff rumors

BellSouth squelches shutoff rumors 05/26/2004 03:22 PM
ZDNet May 26 2004 7:09PM GMT

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