Congratulations to James Gosling on his award from the ACM for inventing Java . And many thanks to IBM for funding the award! -- Posted by Simon Phipps to...
I'd seen some comments in e-mail on Friday night about the fact that the space shuttle landing was going to be spectacular, visible across the sky of several...
hey simon if you ping me that photo can i run it on our main page along with some suitable words...we'd add a photo credit to it, something for something in...
It really was a blow. It was the loss of 7 lives. It was the loss of the experimental data they had gathered. It was the loss of a really old craft that...
... What makes you think that he even understands it? Chaney is the real power in office, running the gov't on behalf of investors. Bush was selected based...
I've seen (TV and Print) comments from people who have known Georgie for a LONG time. They characterized the difference between him and Dad this way: Herbert...
I've seen a number of reports/articles/ books from GWB administration insiders that indicate that Dubya is very smart and totally in command. I suspect that he...
... On this we agree. Personally, I've yet to see signs of intelligent life from anything Bush has said or done since the Primaries. On the subject of ...
Salon has an article on the Java vs Microsoft case [via Sys-Con ] which seems well thought out (even if the author didn't, it seems, speak to anyone from...
Well, it's an interesting idea, but whether or not it is true depends on a lot of factors. For example, even if some parts of .NET are faster than the Java...
Flying south to attend OMA in Long Beach last night I spent the hour or so on the little jet looking at the beautiful green hills of California's coastal...
Jeremy has just posted a touching tribute to the shuttle astronauts on the Sys-Con page (along with my flag photo) ( here when the home page eventually...
The RMS Queen Mary has been in Long Beach here in California for 36 years, since 1967. When I had dinner there on Wednesday, as part of the OMA board of...
I just stumbled upromise , a US company that uses all the nefarious tracking mechanisms at the disposal of credit rating services to gather small sums of...
... tracking ... of ... My sister signed up with upromise for my niece. I think she is still happy with it, but her spam level rocketed. If you use upromise,...
It seems that Britian is being challenged in more ways than the obvious. All us British Subjects know that our gracious Queen still bears the title bestowed by...
I want to see a firefly again. I haven't seen one since I was 17, when I saw several while camping near Chicago. Minimal research seems to suggest that Florida...
Fireflies seem to be making a come-back in New England. I remember seeing hundreds of them all the time when I was a kid. Then they just seemed to disappear....
Might want to consider a trek to Brasil (Comdex Brasil?) to find the elusive firefly... "I observed Bicellonycha ornaticollis (Blanchard), a common firefly of...
Not that I will be able to try it, as I'll be away from the one I love on Friday, but it seems that the way that one kisses is programmed from birth . The...
Hi Karen! I'll look into it - I've never been to South America and I'd love to go. But isn't that the middle of winter in Brazil? Do they still have fireflies...
18 months ago I spoke at the XML Excursion run by Geek Cruises . While speaking at the event was good and meeting the illustrious speaker panel (Bosak, Bray,...
simon i did my little bit for the cause! ;-) http://www.sys-con.com/dotnet (top item) let us have a report from your first port of call, okay? ... From: "Simon...
After a full day of lectures yesterday (as well as my opening keynote), the Geek Cruisers have had a rest day in Grand Cayman. The island is very flat,...
I can't see any way I can get there for April, even though I would love to do so. Would still love to if it was feasible but I can't see it working. ... to ......
Indeed, if you look back in the thread I said I doubted there would be fireflies in August becuase that was mid-winter, & karen recommended being there around...
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