jancona

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91.
Confused CAP Arguments(stucharlton.com)
2 points by jancona 16y ago|0 comments
92.
by jancona 16y ago
Saying that the solution is for server admins to do something misses the point. Even if you're right, as a user I have no way to get a random server's config changed. Therefore I want the option to configure my client so that I don't run in
93.
Jeff Darcy on Stonebreaker and CAP(pl.atyp.us)
3 points by jancona 16y ago|0 comments
94.
by jancona 16y ago
Brave New Work doesn't assume genetic determinism at all. All the manipulations to produce the different castes are environmental, either prenatal (exposing the fetus to radiation, chemicals, etc.) or as the result of behavioral conditionin
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Pen-and-Paper SQL Injection Attack Against Swedish Election(schneier.com)
2 points by jancona 16y ago|0 comments
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No Java 7, The End Game(jroller.com)
107 points by jancona 16y ago|50 comments
97.
by jancona 16y ago
Previous discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1705461
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OAuth Bearer Tokens are a Terrible Idea(hueniverse.com)
3 points by jancona 16y ago|0 comments
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by jancona 16y ago
Reminded me of http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&#3...
100.
Air-dropping Tylenol-stuffed mice carcasses(news.blogs.cnn.com)
21 points by jancona 16y ago|15 comments
101.
by jancona 16y ago
The question about Diaspora is about their requiring assignment of the copyright. That is, the project requires contributors to give away their ownership of what they wrote, so that the project owns it and can re-license at will.
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by jancona 16y ago
In practice, they are, unless they can pick up and leave, taking their assets with them. (Any Greeks thinking about doing this, I suggest you do it soon.) It may not be fair, but the last paragraph of the article lays out the choices pretty
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Privacy Group Consumer Watchdog Is Tracking Your Clicks With Google Analytics(businessinsider.com)
3 points by jancona 16y ago|0 comments
104.
The Internet's Secret Back Door(slate.com)
34 points by jancona 16y ago|28 comments
105.
Pomegranate First Thoughts(pl.atyp.us)
2 points by jancona 16y ago|0 comments
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Beyond Mobiles: Android as a Universal Development Platform(blog.radioactiveyak.com)
3 points by jancona 16y ago|0 comments
107.
by jancona 16y ago
I think his theory of an implicit patent grant by virtue of GPL2 licensing sounds like a stretch and would need to be tested in court. If the FSF thought it were true there would have been no need for GPL3.
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by jancona 16y ago
They're from the Apache Harmony project, not from Sun's Java.
109.
by jancona 16y ago
How would BSD help? It doesn't include a patent license.
110.
by jancona 16y ago
The linked article is very unclear about what Oracle is suing about. From this article, it appears that they're claiming patent infringement (not copyright violation): http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d95fbb12-a671-11df-8767-00144feabd... Sun/Or
111.
Rupert Murdoch claims to own the 'Sky' in 'Skype'(independent.co.uk)
2 points by jancona 16y ago|0 comments
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Google Multiple Sign-in Now Available(googlesystem.blogspot.com)
80 points by jancona 16y ago|20 comments
113.
by jancona 16y ago
Quebec City is also quite "old world".
114.
by jancona 16y ago
If glibc were GPL instead of LGPL, you would have to release anything you linked to it under the GPL.
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Another take on the Washington Post 23andme mixup story(yourgeneticgenealogist.com)
2 points by jancona 16y ago|0 comments
116.
by jancona 16y ago
The last third of the linked page is devoted to giving credit to work that they built upon, including MIT's Open Blocks, Scratch and Logo, as well as GNU Kawa.
117.
Analysis of the NYSE "Flash Crash"(nanex.net)
109 points by jancona 16y ago|37 comments
118.
by jancona 16y ago
You could wait for the DMCA take down for reproducing their image, and then initiate a negotiation.
119.
Jeff Jarvis: Oversharing on oversharing(buzzmachine.com)
1 points by jancona 16y ago|0 comments
120.
Bringing improved PDF support to Google Chrome(blog.chromium.org)
78 points by jancona 16y ago|21 comments

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