Diary of a Network Geek

Well, looks like more American jobs will be lost over-seas.

According to this article on Wired News, Microsoft (AKA The Evil Empire) is going to cut jobs in the US and send more programming work to India. I wonder if that will raise or lower the percentage of bugs in the code? Probably lower it, but only because they can work non-Americans harder for less pay. Though, I wonder how long that will be true?

Well, I guess I'm not the only geek who writes poetry!

Okay, I already knew that, but still, I thought my down-sizing haiku was an innovation. But, apparently not. I saw a site, by way of The Screen Savers, called Hacker Haiku. Some of them aren't bad, and they do meet the technical requirements for haiku, but I think they still miss the essence of haiku. Check them out for yourself, though.

Man, I should have done this first!

I always knew there was a connection!

Translated, "Who watches the watchers?", attributed to Juvenal, the Roman satirist.

No, actually, I guess it's methanol.

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Okay, here it comes!

For some time now, Novell has been talking about releasing their Nterprise tools on a Linux kernel instead of their standard Netware kernel. Well, according to this press release, they've done it! You can get more information about Novell's Linux offerings here.

He was a great man, no matter your politics.

Strom Thurman was the oldest serving Senator, a war hero, and a truly amazing man. He was also, like me, a Freemason.
You can read more about his political careeer at MSNBC, here.

Give you a hint: It's not selling books!