Sudo Success

Nobody can compare with the superior technology of The United States of the Holonet!

After my turn on round two. I’m green. They don’t stand a chance.

http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/everything/~3/x4o6NXwv5NU/

Someone started a Kickstarter campaign to create an open source alternative to the proprietary Bluray format.

Things are getting serious in Darths & Droids.

"The original priests of the first Order of the First Light held a wooden cross object up to the Sun, their god Pelor, which would then appear as a shield to them. They would use this inspiration to battle the dark armies and wipe them off the face of Golarion forever. Today’s Order was just a shadow of the power it once was, although there was an artistic Renaissance going on a century after the re-discovery of the continent Valencia. The archduke of the First Light Order of Valencia at that time was Antonio de Medici, Royal Paladin of the Order and Regional Governor."

— For a Pathfinder Campaign Setting I’m thinking about writing. I think I should start a Kick starter campaign and charge a ton of money for it.

The Architecture of MediaWiki

An excerpt from the new book, “The Architecture of Open Source Applications”, this free chapter explains more than you ever wanted to know about Wikipedia’s technical infrastructure.

the return of pasta core!

"A little bit of a delayed reaction there."

— From a free writing session on May 10, 2012.

List of the deaths of all Roman Emperors, in order of gruesomeness

Oracle v. Google and the Dangerous Implications of Treating APIs as Copyrightable

Why is the Oracle vs Google case so important to the internet? The implications of this case are so far reaching that a ruling in Oracle’s favor could tie up software compatibility in a tangled web of copyright infringement cases. Why? Oracle claims that the Java API (application programming interface) falls under their copyright. An API is simply a specification for allowing one program to interact with another program. If Oracle is found right, and Google guilty, that would mean that companies could lock down their apps so that they can’t interact with each other without the company’s permission. Software then would either become a series of isolated islands unable to communicate with each other or a series of freeways with expensive toll booths in the way. That’s a step back for software innovation and progress.