* Gearhead: Virtual burn and rip * Backspin: Appalled by things legal * Gibbsblog: The past 7 days
Gearhead: Virtual burn and rip
OK, I’m back to my theme of CD and DVD creation and management tools that I delayed for a week while I discussed some cool new hardware.
To read this week’s Gearhead, click here.
Backspin: Appalled by things legal
A couple of weeks ago in this space I was Astounded by Things Legal. Well, the legal fun never seems to stop.
To read this week’s Backspin, click here.
Gibbsblog: The past 7 days
Kamloops school district gets an education in free software
Posted on Linux.com Tuesday June 05, 2007 By: Bruce Byfield:
The secondary schools used computers as part of their core curriculum, and some of the teaching staff saw the change as the IT department interfering in educational matters that its members didn’t understand. Moreover, although secondary schools in British Columbia are supposed to teach skills rather than specific software, in practice, many teachers had developed courses that specified particular pieces of software. “You get a teacher who’s been around 20-30 years, and they’re not that keen on developing their course again,” Ferrie says in wry hindsight. Also, many schools had already paid for textbooks that referred to specific proprietary software.
Yep. Tell people how much easier to get things done in Linux, that the productivity suites are robust and free, point out that they will still have access to their legacy Windows files, and their final question will be: Will I still be able to run Windows?
The Case of the 500-mile Email
I got this story a few years ago, but it looks like it originated some years before that. I haven’t traced it back, but it’s still a pretty good story, and seems plausible. You be the judge, and let me know what you think in the “comments”.
Bad Wiring — Actually, Really, Really Bad Wiring
We’ve all seen bad wiring but this is from a different universe: India …
You Can’t Fix Stupid
The title of this post is a line from Ron “Tater Salad” White , but it seems to fit. Sometimes you just have to wonder how lusers dress themselves in the morning, let alone get to work. And once at work, how they keep their jobs.
