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National Security Agency is building its private cloud on commodity hardware, open source software. Am I the only one that finds their use of open source ironic?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Am I the only one that finds their use of open source ironic?
Hell no!
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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No, makes sense, using open source means they can make sure there are no backdoors in there they don't know about, and can implement their own without developing their own solution from scratch.
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It also means that no external company will know exactly how many servers they have
It wouldn't even surprise me if they were to have their own chip factory to keep that type of detail hidden.
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European investigators are set to accuse Apple of receiving "illegal state aid" in Ireland for more than 20 years. Looks like there's a new ATM in town
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While Oracle has a cloud platform that it’s been trying to spread to the masses for a few years, the biggest deal regarding the new cloud upgrade is supposedly the ability for people to use Oracle’s database in the cloud or on-premise in their own environment. "What is cloud computing? It's complete gibberish. It's insane. When is this idiocy going to stop?"
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In a bid to secure even more of the Internet’s websites through the use of secure connections, San Francisco-based content delivery network and Internet security provider CloudFlare has launched a new free service for both its paying and free customers: automatic Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption for any site, without the need to pay for or configure an encryption certificate. And I didn't get them anything!
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The software testing community is in the midst of a deep and contentious rift, with ISO 29119 at its heart. The International Organization for Standardization, in conjunction with the IEC and IEEE, has put forth ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119—a set of standards governing testing processes, documentation, techniques and keyword-driven testing designed to create uniform testing practices within any SDLC or organization.
Who knew testers could get so worked up?
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If you’ve purchased a “System Builder” OEM copy of Windows 8.1 from Amazon, Newegg, or another online retailer, you’re probably violating the Windows license agreement. That means you technically have a “non-genuine” copy of Windows.
Sneaky, sneaky Microsoft.
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Try to get your hands on a System Builder license of Windows 8 then. There are still copies on eBay etc. I guess. The update to Windows 8.1 is free for Windows 8 users anyways, but this way you are not violating any weird licensing terms.
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The venerable AJAX Control Tookit has been downloaded over 9 million times. THAT’S A LOT. It was created in a time before jQuery, in a time before AJAX, in a time before today’s modern web. However, it’s super useful, and we here at DevExpress appreciate that there is a lot of good use to be had in these kinds of libraries. Good news if you couldn't move off of it
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 Some of the worst years of my development life were spent dealing with that monstrosity.
Anybody ever try to change the CSS styling of the ACT calendar popup? This toolkit was quite possibly #1 in the list of reasons I ran - screaming - from webforms development.
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Yup. I sure did.
I made it Red, White & Blue.
White Background
Blue Text & Borders
Red controls & selectedDate
Even did seasonal versions for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, ST. Patrick's Day, Valentine's Day, and my birthday: Royal Purple, Yellow and Fuschia, simply to do some diff colors.
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Microsoft is building, testing and updating Windows in a very different way, starting with Windows Threshold. In many ways, those changes matter more than the new bits themselves. "There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful."
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Kent Sharkey wrote: There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful
Is that from the lord of the rings?
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Yeah, Boromir's, "One does not simply walk into Mordor." speech.
TTFN - Kent
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...I hope the others find a safer road.
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IT professionals seeking certifications in the coming months may get their best return with cloud and security-related certifications. Agile-related training won’t hurt, either. "Plastics"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: IT professionals seeking certifications in the coming months may get their best return with cloud and security-related certifications
At the end we will have to thank the hackers who bumped the celebs' nude picks for possible salary rises
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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You're welcome.
BDF
The internet makes dumb people dumber and clever people cleverer.
-- PaulowniaK
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The Eclipse Foundation is launching a free, open-source Java stack for IoT. Hey lookie that! Write once, run everything
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Kent Sharkey wrote:
The Eclipse Foundation is launching a free, open-source Java stack for IoT. Hey lookie that! Write once, run everything
... really ...
... really ...
... slowly ...
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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We have been hearing for some time that Windows 9 could be free, and thanks to a Microsoft official in Indonesia, the rumors are looking like they will be true. The information is said to come from Andreas Diantoro, who, according to his LinkedIn profile, is the president of Microsoft Indonesia. "Windows something" gets a price tag (maybe)
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As there were not enough, one more for the list.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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It's not a phone so much as a device for "spotifying" physical objects. The idea is that you take one of these to the shops and photograph the things you want to buy and Amazon delivers them to your house. The shop, of course, goes bankrupt and your town centre becomes a ghost land...which doesn't matter because you'll not need to leave the house ever again.
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