December 19, 2008 at 5:24 pm · Filed under Tumbled
Until the day that Moore’s Law completely gives out on us, one thing’s for sure: hardware is cheap — and programmers are expensive.
Jeff Atwood on investing in hardware versus investing in programmers to solve a performance issue.
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December 3, 2008 at 9:50 pm · Filed under Tumbled
An ambitious kid graduating from college now doesn’t want to work for a big company. They want to work for the hot startup that’s rapidly growing into one. If they’re really ambitious, they want to start it.
source, via Hacker News
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September 11, 2008 at 5:06 pm · Filed under Tumbled
al3x’s Rules for Computing Happiness.
via Daring Fireball
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August 29, 2008 at 10:11 pm · Filed under Tumbled
Admitted Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon lost his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday, and is expected to be on a plane to Virginia within three weeks. But — surprise! — he’s now been diagnosed at 42 with Asperger’s syndrome, and his lawyers are asking Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to keep him in London for medical reasons.
U.K. Hacker Gary McKinnon Plays the Asperger’s Card
via Wired
August 1, 2008 at 9:30 pm · Filed under Tumbled
Computer hacker Gary McKinnon loses US extradition battle in House of Lords – Telegraph
He was finally caught in 2002 when he attempted to download a grainy image he believed was an alien spacecraft and was traced through his own email address.
I guess 5 years of cracking (get it right Telegraph) and you’re bound to make a mistake.
“…we believe that the British Government declined to prosecute him to enable the US government to make an example of him. American officials involved in this case have stated that they want to see him ‘fry’.”
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