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Ajax-based SSH client

Sun Storage 7210 (ZFS toaster) tested by InfoWorld

coderman: i can has?

http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/misc/urllength.html

pretender: The best is the paragraph about using a base64 encoded version of gzipped long urls. WTF?

Sick of short URLs? FIGHT BACK.

nene: I don't like long or short URLs, I want them to be oblong
drache: I prefer obtuse links myself.

The Pirate Bay trial really comes down to this: It's the Kids vs. the Parents.

coderman: ".. The Kids, who admittedly are funnier and hipper (and probably smarter) than the Parents, want to download copyright-protected stuff for free. The Parents want them to pay for it. Who will win?"

Gallery of exploding servers

The Mystery of Ireland's Worst Driver

Pirate Bay prosecutor confused by non-hierarchical organization (and own incompetence)

coderman: ""There is no other place I could face these technical challenges except large firms where I would be top-ridden by bosses," Neij explained.

Due to the financial crisis, we have no other choice than to fire Andre

cheezn8r:

NY Times 'parodies' first black US president as a dead rabid chimp

cheezn8r: "'The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut,' [NYT Editor-in-Chief] Allan said in a statement. 'It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy. Again, Al Sharpton reveals himself as nothing more than a publicity opportunist.'"
cheezn8r:
cheezn8r: Barbara Ciara, president of the National Association of Black Journalists: "racist drivel."
cheezn8r: "An earlier Delonas cartoon made fun of Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills for having only one leg, and another compared gay people seeking marriage licenses to sheep lovers."
cheezn8r: sounds like a high qual publication ... right up there next to 4chan and ... erm .. #facestab
cheezn8r: except for the racist drivel, of course ....
seti: New York Post. Not the New York Times. Huge difference.
seti: New York Times is the "paper of record" whereas the New York Post is a Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet.
seti: So the NY Post apologised for a cartoon with racial undertones in general, but specifically not to the people who were offended? Stay classy, Rupert.
   

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