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Geek Geography
There is a bridge in the Seattle area called the “Evergreen Point Floating Bridge”. One of the speakers at the computer conference I just attended said that unless she is careful, she will refer to it as the “Evergreen Floating Point Bridge”.
Nowtheworst Orient Airlines
I have been waiting in line for 20 minutes to check my bags and get my boarding pass. The line looks like it will take another 20 minutes.
I have an e-ticket. I thought that was to make things faster.
Then I have to go through security.
Fortunately, I allowed myself plenty of time here before my flight.
“Don’t work too hard. Nobody notices anyway”
Feeling subversive…
I am listening to a keynote speech by Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. I am posting this using my Nokia 770, a Linux device.
BTW, from what I have seen around the convention center, the Nokia’s wireless reception seems to be at as good as that of the Dell laptop I also have here.
Quote of the Day
From Paul Flessner, VP of Database Development at Microsoft, referring to the 2003 SQL Server Slammer Worm:
“Note to self: Career advice–Don’t bring down the Internet. I got calls from Presidents of countries I didn’t know were countries”
And in fact Microsoft SQL Server security does seem to have improved considerably since then.
FWIW, Slammer had no affect on any of the systems I was responsible for at the time.
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