The truth is out there
3 Apr 2011
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says that the margin of his side’s win over Sunderland is a surprise.
3 Apr 2011
autospa points out a post (with video) showing off the multi-tasking abilities of the Blit terminal, developed in 1982 by Rob Pike and Bart Locanthi. Before Windows, before X, and before the Mac (but somewhat later than the Xerox Alto), the Blit terminal provided a multitasking, mouse-driven graphical interface; it took a Unix server on the other side to do the heavy lifting, though.
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31 Mar 2011
itwbennett writes “The creators of ‘Zodiac Island’ say they lost an entire season of their syndicated children’s television show after a former employee at their Internet service provider wiped out more than 300GB of video files. eR1 World Network, the show’s creator, is suing the ISP, CyberLynk of Franklin, Wisconsin, and its former employee, Michael Jewson, for damages, saying CyberLynk should have done a better job of protecting its data.”
31 Mar 2011
Bosnia-Hercegovina are suspended from world football after refusing to comply to governing body Fifa’s regulations.
31 Mar 2011
holy_calamity writes “University professors don’t feel their role as intellectuals working for the public good extends to contributing to the world’s largest encyclopedia, the Guardian reports. Wikimedia foundation is currently surveying academics as part of a search for ways to encourage them to pitch in alongside anonymous civilians and raise quality. The main problem seems to be the academic ego: papers, talks and grant proposals build reputation Read the rest of this entry »
30 Mar 2011
Andy Murray wants a new coach before the clay-court season, BBC Sport understands.
28 Mar 2011
Luton Town manager Richard Money leaves the club by mutual consent and is replaced by assistant boss Gary Brabin.
27 Mar 2011
unassimilatible writes “A Samsung ad campaign for the latest Galaxy Tab is misleading, to say the least. Actors pretending to be real people in fake interviews in a fake magazine misquoting a bad first-gen Galaxy tab review, are exposed — by the actual review writer. Netizens ‘are having fun pointing out other curious things about the interviews, such as the fact that “leading New York real-estate CEO Joseph Kolinski” raves about the 8.9-inch Read the rest of this entry »
25 Mar 2011
Scotland coach Craig Levein gives Peterborough striker Craig Mackail-Smith a surprise call-up to the squad to face Brazil.
24 Mar 2011
kkleiner writes “In the past few weeks, several crowd-sourced radiation maps have arisen that attempt to give up to the minute looks at the threat level in the areas most likely to be affected by a catastrophe: Japan, Asia, and the US. These maps, available to the public for free online, are a timely example of how user-enabled systems are revolutionizing the way we solve problems. Tracking radiation levels is just the beginning. This is a preview Read the rest of this entry »