The IBM plan with OS/2 is known from a long time ago, kill it slowly and give time to its customers to migrate. Well the final steps are being taken . I was an OS/2 user at home and at work we were a big OS/2 shop, but a few years ago we decided to drop any OS/2 involvement when its...

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It is sad that the NASA STS-114 flight launch has been postponed, but given the amount of eyes scrutinizing the return to flight of the Space Shuttle it was a good decision; apparently only one of the four low-level fuel sensor was malfunctioning, and only two are required to work. It is...

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I always planned to read The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells , now I feel the pressure to read it before seeing the new movie, It is better to read the original than some modern adaptation for the big screen. I found a copy of it on the Project Gutenberg site . I converted it from...

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First Hitler, now this, you only select the options telling that you like leadership and you are designated as the bad guy Which Revenge of the Sith Character are you?   (More)

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#!/usr/bin/perl my $eyes = "closed"; my $heart = "aching"; my $beloved = "gone"; no warnings; my $love = (); open MY,"mind"; foreach ($love) { open MY,$eyes; tell my $mind or open my $eyes; } do not $fear and do not die; $i; die "because i love you"; do { $i;...

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