Tag Archives: software developers

DST is a waste of money

Posted on 4 March 2008 by meta

From the Wall St Journal:  Up until two years ago, only 15 of Indiana’s 92 counties set their clocks an hour ahead in the spring and an hour back in the fall. The rest stayed on standard time all year, … Continue reading →

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iDiocy

Posted on 29 September 2007 by meta

Metasploit on the iPhone: Every process runs as root. MobileSafari, MobileMail, even the Calculator, all run with full root privileges. Any security flaw in any iPhone application can lead to a complete system compromise. I really thought Apple had better … Continue reading →

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Oh no, more Apple drama

Posted on 6 June 2005 by meta

It wasn’t much fun following Apple during the 90s. The transition from mono to color was painful, as it involved whole new chunks of OS and a different processor. The transition from Motorola 680×0 to PowerPC was also ugly and … Continue reading →

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PDAs Part 2

Posted on 1 December 2004 by meta

My previous PDA was a Palm V. 16MHz 68000, 160×160 B&W screen that could do greyscale in special modes that most software didn’t use. I didn’t particularly want to replace it, but there were a few issues I was having. … Continue reading →

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