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Kent Sharkey wrote: Just what the world needed: a USD13 billion dollar rain gauge
I always thought it was a weapon against T-X. 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Quote: a weapon against T-X
What have they got against Texas?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: What have they got against Texas?
Not TX, I said T-X, not the same thing;
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Who's ready for the next long-term support version of Ubuntu? There's something new here whether you use Ubuntu on the desktop, server, cloud, smartphone, tablet, or mainframe. Yes, mainframe. Just in time for the Year of Linux!
Today I learned: what a "Xerus" is.
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YUS!!! Just in time for bash Ubuntu on Windows 10 
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It's funny that they're promising long term support on a product that may well find itself tied up in license litigation.
The Register - Canonical accused of violating GPL...[^]
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Oh good, I was hoping that popcorn fest wasn't going to blow over.
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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Before upgrading be sure to update & upgrade the components on your current version and backup your system *before* upgrading to 16.04. Otherwise, the upgrade may fail and you'll be glad you have a backup.
That happened to me several times before I figured-out that magic sauce --- I've a VM and took snapshots (:->)
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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There will be no official way to use Dropbox on Windows XP past August 2016. Welp, that's it then. I guess I have to upgrade now. Where's my Vista disc?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I guess I have to upgrade now.
Or return the favor and DROP DropBow. 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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DevOps, continuous delivery, scrum and agile are all necessary skills in an IT-driven workplace. But how much can certifications in these areas really prove? I know I keep bringing up "Betteridge's law of headlines", but there's a reason it's the law
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Come now. We all know that certificates are a two-way scam. One, on the part of the certificate provider, to make money, two, on our part, to add fodder to our resume. 
Marc
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On our part: yes, true, but some places require such on your resume to even be considered.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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IT management certifications are an invaluable asset for hiring managers. These certifications speedup, eliminate waste, and reduce costs associated with the hiring and retention of talent for the organization. Hiring managers don't have to trust their expertise asking in-depth technical or managerial questions nor do they have to sift through every project a candidate has worked on just to access their abilities. Why should they, you're certified!
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It’s a big day for Linguistics Departments across the English-speaking world, as Merriam-Webster has just added more than 1,400 new words and phrases to the dictionary. OMG
(and I'd probably add a 'FFS' there, but people might think that includes a bad word)
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University of California, Irvine researchers have created a battery material that can be recharged hundreds of thousands of times. Operative word there being, "may"
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and she coated this whole thing with a very thin gel layer
I could say something about lubricant and not losing capacity, but I won't.
but I just did
Marc
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Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said on Thursday the agency paid more to get into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters than he will make in the remaining seven years and four months he has in his job. Definitely not a blue-light special
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And that doesn't even count the kick back!
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I would have done it for $5 with a hammer !!!! or with Thor hammer for a special price !!!
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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See, this is why I hate how government spending is reported. No, it wasn't the FBI that paid $1.3 million. It was us TAXPAYERS collectively who fund the FBI that paid $1.3 million.
Or, to put it better, the FBI spent $1.3 million of taxpayer money to...
Marc
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There you go: only about .3 cents each. I feel better already. 
TTFN - Kent
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In many cases, the testers tend to be unhappy with the results of developer’s testing. There are various reason to why developers don’t have a “natural ability” to excel at testing. Because it works on their machine?
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Unfortunately, it is bounded to happen. Developers are more focused on the technical part of the system or feature or whatever they are testing. Creating test cases might help, but again, developers have a hard time to get into a "normal" users' head and get all possible paths.
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