Linux was like a party that sounded fun we were afraid to go to because we didn’t think we’d know anybody there, and the Humble indie Bundle guys were like your socially fearless friend who says, “Don’t worry, we’ll go together.” And when he gets to your house he says, “Is that what you’re wearing?” and you say “uh…” and he says, “Don’t worry. I know a guy.” And he lends you a cool leather jacket and you go to the party and when you walk in there’s a needle scratch and everybody turns to look at you and your friend gives a cool nod and then everybody goes back to the party. So kind of like a John Hughes film. Hope that helps explain things. That’s about as technical as I can go.”

[…] Schafer additionally notes, “Oh and also, if you want to be cool at the party, stay away from wine.” This is a clever pun on the WINE layer that provides a degree of API-compatibility with Windows, permitting certain Windows apps to run under Linux with a degree of success.

The raw truth about Linux game ports
PROGRAM HAS DISAPPEARED INTO THE BLACK LAGOON There is a hard limit of 80 NEXTs at a time; this is to discourage excessive use of NEXTING for things like recursion. (Recursive programs are entirely legal; you simply have to figure out how to do it with computed COME FROM instead. (For the record, it is possible. (Using lots of nested brackets when talking about recursion is great (yay!).))) Another problem with writing the source code that can cause this error is a failure to properly FORGET the entry on the NEXT stack created when trying to simulate a goto. C-INTERCAL 0.29 Revamped Instruction Manual
Html5 could well be the cross platform answer to a problem Linux has faced for years the inevitable “Does it have X” question which is all too familiar to a Linux converter. Unilateral use of Html5 across all platforms would give application vendors no excuse not to bring their products to the Linux platform. Report: Html5, Linux’s Lifeline? - Patrick Quinn’s blog….
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Logging in will open up doors of opportunity. You will probably get a better job, find a beautiful girl and generally become a god amongst meer mortals. You should do it fukung.net : kthx. gbye
As you probably know by now, LÖVE is a framework for making 2D games in the Lua programming language. LÖVE is totally free, and can be used in anything from friendly open-source hobby projects, to evil, closed-source commercial ones. Main Page - LOVE
Italian charm exists and it can strike when you least expect it. It is all the more dangerous because it isn’t necessarily sexual. In the hands of a skilled subject, it can prove a lethal weapon. Be careful. Italian wordlist: Italian Charm | Memrise

U3 Baumwall (by Karsten Boysen)

Oggi il 19,6 per cento dei laureati che hanno concluso il ciclo del 3 2 non hanno ancora un lavoro dopo dodici mesi dall’avere conseguito il titolo di studio. Nel 2008 erano il 10,8 per cento. In quattro anni la disoccupazione per loro è ora praticamente raddoppiata. Condividono lo stesso destino anche i ragazzi e le ragazze che chiudono gli studi dopo il triennio. Dal 2008 al 2011, è raddoppiato anche il loro tasso di disoccupazione: dall’11,2 per cento al 19,4 per cento Laureati, ora il lavoro è un miraggio “Dal 2008 raddoppiati i disoccupati” - Repubblica.it

Devices you can’t trust

My French neighbour had a little piece of paper permanently covering her laptop’s camera. She said she didn’t trust the IT guy who repaired her laptop and she feared to be spied with some sort of black computer magic.

Now I’m studying in the library, and a guy next to me has the same, effective approach in showing everybody how much you trust your machine. And that’s my point: every anti-DRM, anti-anti-privacy campaign should give more focus to these real threats, that even the common user may fear: your machine without your control, a machine no longer trustworthy but instead a potential little eye pointed at you.

P.S. as for my French neighbour, she’s spotting a freshly installed Ubuntu now, and she feels safe enough to remove the paper.

I’m getting the hang of Diaspora*, the pod system and everything else.
The point is: I usually read a lot (guides, FAQs etc.) and I’m studying for my Master in Computer Science. How the heck are they going to pull it off to the “common user” if I didn’t understand it immediately?

P.S. Testing Tumblr integration.

With the rollout of the Windows 8 operating system expected later this year, millions of desktop and laptop PCs will get kill switches for the first time. Microsoft (MSFT) hasn’t spoken publicly about its reasons for including this capability in Windows 8 beyond a cryptic warning that it might be compelled to use it for legal or security reasons. The feature was publicized in a widely cited Computerworld article in December when Microsoft posted the terms of use for its new application store, a feature in Windows 8 that will allow users to download software from a Microsoft-controlled portal. Windows smartphones, like those of its competitors, have included kill switches for several years, though software deletion “is a last resort, and it’s uncommon,” says Todd Biggs, director of product management for Windows Phone Marketplace. Windows 8: Millions of PCs Will Get Kill Switches for the First Time - BlackListedNews.com
The great seal of the seal of approval (via public.resource.org - gpo.gov)

The great seal of the seal of approval (via public.resource.org - gpo.gov)

Time Snake and Superclown by Vincent King (1976)
We reviewed this one back in 2008, and it’s still hard to come up with a summary of the plot. Let’s just say that the main character is living on Earth, observing a species of wraiths who are pretending to be human. While investigating this insidious plot, the hero has bad sex with a female wraith, who transforms his face into a clown mask — permanently — and steals his pants. He doesn’t notice his pants are missing for about 20 pages, and when it finally dawns on him that he’s pantless, he observes, “I must have been really bad not to have noticed that.” The girl also cuts off his “strobe,” trapping him on our planet because he can’t access his spaceship. She eventually tells him he’s destined to fight the Time Snake, which is coming to eat the world — but should he trust the girl who turned him into a clown and stole his pants? Probably not, but he does anyway.
10 Weirdest Science Fiction Novels That You’ve Never Read
Marijuana. LSD. Shrooms. PCP. Ketamine. MDMA. DMT. Salvia. Ayahuasca. Hashish. I can assure you none of those have anything to do with today’s deal, which is a special CD/DVD box set for Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon.

The Dark Side Of The Moon Immersion Box Set Is Your Reality Altering Deal of the Day

Yep, totally see it. Pink Floyd is a “healtier” drug, even though it does give you addiction and halluciantions.