Monthly Archives: March 2004

GNU Screen: an introduction and beginner’s tutorial.

Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years.

What Linux can learn from Windows.

The FTC is gathering comments on the proposed Do-Not-Spam list.

Robot vehicle successfully navigates test course.

Fascinating article on the error-correction techniques that are making their way into most digital transmissions.

Study clarifies impact of diet on the risk of gout A new study has clarified the role of diet in the risk of developing gout — the most common form of inflammatory arthritis in men. By taking a comprehensive look … Continue reading →

Wicked Cool Shell Scripts

For future reference: IT Conversations.

Joss Whedon and Bruce Campbell were on Talk of the Nation yesterday, I’ll have to give that a listen.

Smoking still leading cause of death, but barely. Deaths due to poor diet and inactivity are on the rise and are destined to surpass smoking as the number one cause of death unless Americans change their lifestyles, researchers at the … Continue reading →

McDonald’s salad has more fat than cheeseburger.

Diets high in fat, meat linked to increased non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Consuming foods high in animal protein, saturated fat, eggs and dairy leads to an increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), a cancer that attacks the lymphatic system, part of … Continue reading →

NewsForge: Microsoft, SCO have a lot more explaining to do. Whether or not Microsoft is secretly bankrolling the SCO Group for more than $100 million to attack Linux and the general open source community through questionable intellectual property lawsuits, NewsForge … Continue reading →

Bruce Schneier: Every day, some 82,000 foreign visitors set foot in the US with a visa, and since early this year, most of them have been fingerprinted and photographed in the name of security. But despite the money spent, the … Continue reading →