Dubious Timing
Not that I would ever cite Slashdot as an authorative source, but their recent coverage of a story about the discovery of the remains of a gigantic ape without any comment on the timing by either the poster or the “editors” stuns me. I’ve not fully RTFA but the simple fact of the timing of the release (which published on November 7th) and upcoming release of Peter Jackson’s King Kong makes me question its authority. In the words of one /. poster:
Makes me wonder if someone was paid to withhold this information untill King Kong’s release or is being paid to release it when it’s unconfirmed.
Achilles’ Heel
Ghworg (part of Planet #lugradio) recently posted about his efforts to stop lockups with nvidia drivers and AGP.
Kudos to Ghworg both for solving his problem and blogging it so others can learn from it (I’ve done similar things myself). However, seeing stuff like this just makes me shudder. Sure it’s one of the greatest strengths of Linux, but to me it’s also one its greatest weaknesses. It’s great that you can fix stuff like this (if you know what you’re doing), but how is a normal user going to figure out something like this? Google is not a sufficient answer as knowledge does not imply ability.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not advocating using another OS over Linux – after all, you wouldn’t even be able to fix a problem like this – but I believe that things like this will prevent Linux from becoming the mainstream desktop OS so many people would like it to be.
Words fail me
The “Holiday 2005 Edition” Darth Vader action figure. I so hope this isn’t real.
Via Forever Geek and Boing Boing.
look good
