http://fiddlerelf.com Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:11:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Apple's MobileMe can do a lot of cool stuff. It's also going to cost a hundred bucks a year. Fuck you very much, Apple. MobileRipOff is more like it. Fanboys will be quick to point out that "you can't expect service for free" and "if you don't want it don't buy ... http://fiddlerelf.com/2008/07/03/mobileme-mobile-you/ Linus Torvalds from his presentation of Git to Google in May, 2007 (@9:49 in the video): [...] quite frankly, as far as I'm concerned, I do open source because I think it's the only right way to do software, but at the same time, I'll use the best tool for the ... http://fiddlerelf.com/2008/06/30/middle-ground/ For reasons I will not get into now, I have been spending some more time in Vista lately to get accustomed to it. As a user who's been 100% dependent on Linux for a while, I have a personally customized Linux environment that I set up on every system I ... http://fiddlerelf.com/2008/06/25/comfort-zone/ http://fiddlerelf.com/2008/06/24/no-words-required/ Hillary Clinton has officially ended her campaign with a rallying cry to her supporters for support for Barack Obama. According to a poll conducted by CNN: Sixty percent of Clinton supporters said they would vote for Obama, but 17 percent said they would vote for Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican ... http://fiddlerelf.com/2008/06/07/ridiculous-politics/ A little general history In the past, I have (sort of) ferociously attacked Java for being a horribly slow, memory-hogging platform. These attacks were not based on nothing; I can assure you I have done my share of Java programming both as an undergraduate CS major and a graduate SE major, ... http://fiddlerelf.com/2008/06/01/mea-culpa-an-apology-in-two-parts/ Father Michael Pfleger, a (white, this matters later) pastor at Barack Obama's church, made the following remarks in a recent sermon in reference to Hillary Clinton's crying episode(s). I really don't believe it was a put-on. I always thought she felt 'This is mine. I'm Bill's wife. I'm white. And this ... http://fiddlerelf.com/2008/05/30/father-michael-pfleger/ A flaw has existed in the OpenSSL's key making process for two years. This is pretty dammed frightening. I remember when I installed the patch for this a few days back; I saw the description and thought, "Hmm, that's a weird thing to push out as an update. I wonder ... http://fiddlerelf.com/2008/05/22/openssl-vulnerability/ In Hungary. By a Hungarian. I'm a Hungarian. That could have been me! Watch as Ballmer gets it. Notice the "duck and hide" behind the podium move. Classic. The best part, though, is the obvious level of despise for Steve Ballmer exhibited by everyone else. First, they clap. Then, after the guy ... http://fiddlerelf.com/2008/05/20/ballmer-egged/ I recently acquired a new machine, which has the following specs: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 3 GB 800mhz DDR2 RAM Sapphire ATI X1550 512MB PCI-E XFX NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E WD 500 GB SATA II WD 250 GB SATA (I) The machine came with Windows Vista Home Premium, and almost as a reflex, I ... http://fiddlerelf.com/2008/05/10/bloat/