links for 2007-06-11
- Problems in Parallels v3 Paradise
Looks like now is not the time to buy Parallels. The v3 seems to be full of bugs, have features only Windows gamers truly need and worst of all not run Java properly. If only the VMWare beta wasn't a privacy train-wreck. - Word Swirl
Great web-only game from Tom Tromey, give it a try (as long as you don't mind being sucked in for hours). - Microsoft Finds Legal Defender in Justice Dept.
New York Times says: "the Bush administration has sharply changed course by repeatedly defending the company both in the United States and abroad against accusations of anticompetitive conduct" - Freedom To Differ: Photographing the Sydney Opera House
Someone has investigated Australian law around the Sydney Opera House photos I took and concl;udes that SOH are blowing smoke. - In which we narrowly save Dare from inventing his own publishing protocol
Looks like Microsoft is planning another "embrace and extend" and the apologia for the unjustifiable has started by their staff. - Verizon Redefines The Word Unlimited
I think we'll see a whole lot more of this sort of sophistry from ISPs and carriers in the future. They know what they are doing is unethical but they also know they need the subscriptions and that most people don't dig into the terms. - Harry Potter and a nightmare for the high street bookshops
All sorts of interesting issues all rolled up into one bestseller here. - Holy War!
"But by storming into the catacombs of doctrinal absurdity ... the atheists are doing us all a favor. They’re turning up the glare of reality. You’d better thank God for them." - Atlas: Where to Gas Up Around the Globe (Or Take the Bus)
Looks like American fuel prices aren't high after all, especially when income levels are taken into account. - OpenJDK Community Cosmology
Mark explains about the interim governance for the OpenJDK community. - Too cute for comfort
Protecting the slow loris.





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