Evening Tech Bits [Aug 19, 2009, 6:31 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Thanks Mike Martinez.
- 7 Good Reasons to Switch to Windows 7.
- Obsolete tech: 40 things on their way out.
- Microsoft shutting off Windows 7 RC downloads Thursday.
- WinRAR version 3.90 is now available. Thanks Ant.
- Linux dev community growing, 5 patches accepted every hour. That's good, right?
- The decline of the landline. Thanks Slashdot.
- Behind Menuet, an OS Written Entirely In Assembly. Nice.
- Is Typing Ruining Your Ability To Spell? Not mine, but I'm not a great typist, either.
- Author Evan Ratliff Is on the Lam. Locate Him and Win $5,000. Thanks Slashdot.
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I really liked the 40 obsolete things article too. In theory I miss the arcades and music stores, but not enough to actually go to one and spend money.
Yes, good article and some very good points. Although, I did use a rotary phone a couple of weeks ago.
Comedy is Tragedy + Time.
That obsolete tech article made me feel really old. Nice read.
It probably says a lot about me that I've actually tried to find old modem connect sounds to download, but happily they linked to a simulator.
It probably says a lot about me that I've actually tried to find old modem connect sounds to download, but happily they linked to a simulator.
Alas, attempts to reform the notoriously bureaucratic Universal Service Fund, the main source of subsidies to make landlines affordable, have gone nowhere.
Of course. Expecting bureaucratic agencies to adapt and be flexible is unrealistic. Their power is in not being flexible. They are anti-emergent.
There are hard choices for Mr Obama’s people to make—but sticking with old rules devised for copper wires is not one of them.
Maybe for once the Federal Government can mind it's own business. Yeah, that's unrealistic too. I think we also need regulations and federal oversight to make sure we tie our shoes properly because someone could get hurt, especially the children.
Perpetual debt is slavery.
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