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  • A U.S. military spy satellite the size of a school bus is falling. Without power, the controllers on the ground no longer can ensure it comes down in a controlled manner into the ocean. It could hit the ground in a month. At present, its unknown when or where it might hit. The largest uncontrolled…

  • More and more people are working remotely these days. Does your job allow you to do so? How much face-time do you usually put in at the office during any given week? I mostly work in the office. The State of Georgia is participating in Atlanta's Clean Air Campaign to encourage carpooling and alternative Wednesdays…

  • Tweets for Today

    00:04 Time for sleep…zzzzzzzzz # 13:30 If I don't see Cloverfield today, then I am unlikely to see it before it comes out on DVD. # 13:57 Hardly surprised Blackboard bought Xythos. # 14:20 Anyone have a Yahoo Mash invite to share? mash.yahoo.com/ # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter Read and post comments | Send to…

  • Tweets for Today

    00:04 Time for sleep…zzzzzzzzz # 13:30 If I don't see Cloverfield today, then I am unlikely to see it before it comes out on DVD. # 13:57 Hardly surprised Blackboard bought Xythos. # 14:20 Anyone have a Yahoo Mash invite to share? mash.yahoo.com/ # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter Read and post comments | Send to…

  • Alarm clock aside, what is the first gadget you use in the morning? Well, my cell phone is my second alarm clock. So, guess it is out. No special shower head. I don't shave daily. No electric toothbrush. No coffee or tea in the morning. No hot food. I am such a luddite in the…

  • Naked on the Net

    The typical response to a “OMG Users Don’t Have the Privacy They Think They Do” article is to never post anything online or just never visit web sites where you would post something. These seem…. Paranoid. People have an expectation of privacy. People also inherently trust web sites unless they have been burned enough in…

  • I wonder if maybe we could use the prize process to get a solution to some of our problems? Decide how much its worth and offer the money to whomever solves the problem. Right now we hire consultants. The X-Prize uses this model. Are there others? Read and post comments | Send to a friend

  • Tweets for Today

    09:18 Compressing archivelogs in hopes of preventing the a file system from reaching full… # 14:38 Good lunch at Loco's with other DBAs. Weird new appetizer: Baked potato chunks with cheese and ranch dressing. Good weird. # 15:52 Checking on frequency of errors likely related to users uploading files. # 16:28 For the last time……