hello everybody and welcome to the MaryMaryQuiteContary blog, where today we're featuring the most popular feature of this informative and entertaining daily dispatch -- Friday Free Stuff! One of you lucky readers will receive directly from me*, a brand new, sought-after, collector's item, must-have fashion accessory that is all the rage in the trend-setting circles of Java developers. But before we dive into FFS, let's talk about some other stuff that's just as delicious and everyone can share...
Check out the conversation with real-time specification for Java exprt Greg Bollella where he discusses how Java technology is being used from rockets to power plants to automobiles.
And you won't want to miss a very slick and polished video vingette on Sun's new RFID center in Dallas, Texas. If you are a manufacturer who sells stuff to WalMart, this is a must see. And even if you're not, this is actually some really cool stuff. (My favorite part of this video is where they show the conveyor belt with the tires going around in circles :-)
Finally, here at Sun we have a newest, bestest friend -- Microsoft. We're big toe buddies, we are. And there's a feature story on sun.com you can check out to get the skinny on what the historic 4/2 agreement was all about and what it means to you. There are more resources that set context around this agreement, and they're covered in a previous entry of this blog. Just scroll down.
Now, let's get right into Friday Free Stuff...
This is what we have for you today:
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This brand-new, never been worn t-shirt is from the 2002 JavaOne conference. It's signed by Tony Welch, who's the artist who created the image that's on the shirt. I'm telling you, one-of-a-kind, collector's item. We'll call this NWT, since it's never been worn... but, full disclosure: it doesn't actually have any tags. This valuable gift will go to the first person who emails me the solution (read: explains in plain english what it means) to this equation:
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do i make you laugh, or what. now, all you techno-wizzards, let's just keep this between ourselves, shall we? no need to offend our friends in other organizations within the company.
oh, and people i know personally and sun employees are not eligible to play Friday Free Stuff. sorry.
happy Friday!
mary
*Friday Free Stuff is not a contest. I arbitrarilly select the person to whom I am going to give something that I personally own. I pay for shipping the item to the recipient with stamps that i personally buy at the post office.