From: http://xkcd.com/10/

“And everyone’s going to find the real reason why people buy a HP box or an IBM box today is pretty much one piece of equipment - the power supply. Why? Because the grey box vendors haven’t discovered that when you make a 1U rackmount machine, you have to put in a power supply that can run 24/7 for four years. And if you can do that, they’ll buy your box. That’s what HP and IBM and Sun do. They just put a power supply in it, with a good fan so it doesn’t break. Otherwise the machines are identical.”

Loved that. Read the whole interview, titled “Staying on the cutting edge“.

Redbull gives you wings, really

October 13th, 2008

Now averaging less than 4 hours of sleep a day. *I know this isn’t good.*

You know you are a nerd - 1

October 10th, 2008

You know you are a nerd when you repeatedly type exit() into an instant messenger window. And wonder why the damn thing is not closing.

You know you are a nerd when you repeatedly type exit() into an instant messenger window. And wonder why the damn thing is not closing.

Mono 2.0 is released

October 6th, 2008

Congrats to the Mono team. Go play with it.

Check out jobhunt.in.

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There is a ton of kewl technology behind this simple website. Will write about it more in the coming days.

Wierd(est) Clip

October 5th, 2008

Saudi Arabia sure is keeping up with the times.

A Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia has called on women to wear a full veil, or niqab, that reveals only one eye. Sheikh Muhammad al-Habadan said showing both eyes encouraged women to use eye make-up to look seductive. More on BBC.

This is a good idea, undoubtedly. I suggest using a simple eyepatch while the country slowly transitions to the one-eyed veil. It sure does look like trendy, comfortable clothing in the hot deserts.

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A few weeks back Sheikh Salih Ibn al-Luhaydan,  the most senior judge in Saudi, said it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV channels which broadcast immoral programmes. The judge made the comments on a state radio programme.  The fatwa, or edict, was made during a radio program called Light in the Path. Indeed. LA Times, BBC.

Seriously. ****.

Booting Linux in 5 seconds

October 2nd, 2008

Terrific article here: http://lwn.net/Articles/299483/

Boot time is always perceived as a measure of how “fast” the system is. If a distribution would decide to take some of these ideas, it would be a great competitive advantage over other distros and even other OSes.