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Docker runs on top of lxc if I am not mistaken.

stoxon New Horizons: Nasa spacecraft speeds past Pluto

There is such a thing as constructive competition vs destructive competition. Sadly, some do not know the difference.

stoxon MasterCard to start verifying transactions through selfies

The next step will be to embed smart phones in children at birth. I guess "The President's Analyst" was more prescient than we gave it credit for.

stoxon IBM System 38 (1984) [pdf]

A predecessor of the AS/400, the System/36 PC was available in very similar chassis to the IBM AT. It used an IBM 5150 ( aka PC ) as the console with a special interface card.

stoxon IBM System 38 (1984) [pdf]

A lot of this goes back to the System/3, which was released in 1969.

System/3 => System 32 => System 36 => System 38 => AS/400 => iSeries.

stoxon SpaceX – Launch Vehicle Failure

So honey, how was the launch today?

We had a blast!

stoxon A reimplementation of NetBSD using a Microkernel [video]

I think UNIX-RTR has met those goals.

stoxon EFF and Eight Other Privacy Orgs Back Out of NTIA Face Recognition Talks

Actually, you can change the dimensions of your face. It is very painful, and I do not recommend it to anyone voluntarily.

stoxon Why Go is doomed to succeed

Go is simply the follow on to Limbo. It is the product of many years of experience supporting the construction of large systems. Most of its roots are from Bell Labs.

stoxon Why the US federal employee record breach is worse than others

There was only one truly secure system, but then the Big Bang happened.

stoxon How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice (2014)

For those in the States interesting in finding Club Mate: http://club-mateusa.com/

stoxon Sir Christopher Lee dies at 93

He was a cousin of Ian Fleming and one of the inspirations for James Bond. What a remarkable man!

stoxon Moog Music Gives Employees More Control

Brilliant! A great move to re-establish to covenant between employers and employees. A clear acknowledgement of how important the employees are to the company. I hope they do outrageously well with this.

stoxon What happened with your Internet last night, and what we are doing about it

If my recent experiences with them in regards to DNS is any indicator, their DNS infrastructure is a colossal joke. 4 days to get a reverse DNS entry done? Really?

I wont even mention the typos in some of their SOA records.

stoxon BSD Unix: Power to the people, from the code (2000)

If it wasn't for USL vs BSDi, we probably wouldn't have Linux today, and BSD would be ruling the world.

stoxon New PayPal policy opts you into getting robocalls

Welcome to the voice menu from Hell. We used to do that with AT&T Voice Power cards back in the day.

stoxon How Much Do Skyscrapers Actually Move?

I used to work on the 97th floor of the Sears Tower. On a really windy day, we would get downright seasick.

stoxon Iowa Spent $50M to Lure IBM. Then the Firings Started

Cloud, as in Blowing Smoke.

stoxon Under the hood: Facebook’s cold storage system

In this environment, the power cycles are going to be less stressful than typical, as you won't see the degree of thermal cycling you do in a hot chassis. I'd love to see what the data says a year out.

stoxon Tesla battery storage will accelerate exit of coal generators

Per unit of heat generated, natural gas produces about half the CO2 of coal.

http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=73&t=11

That is already a big win.

stoxon Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, has died

I picked up a full Rad working at a nuke. No tumors yet.

stoxon Integer Overflow Bug in Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Coming soon: OTA updates for Boeing aircraft. What could possibly go wrong?

stoxon Mark Zuckerberg appears on CNBC to discuss a social network (2004) [video]

And thus began the fall of Western civilization...

stoxon China rates its own citizens – including online behaviour

Can you say Acxiom? I knew you could.

stoxon HP-01 wrist instrument, 1977

They were big, heavy, and needed batteries too often. Expensive, too. They are retro-chic now, though. A good specimen will cost you north of $1K.

stoxon 3,000 floppy disk archive (1982–1994)

Better not tell my 8" disks.

stoxon The Fuck – Correct your previous console command

BTW, all of those commands are from the original BSD c-shell. Bash developers knew a good thing when they saw it.

stoxon The Steady Rise of Bike Ridership in New York

This is great news! I was one of the people who painted the first bike lane down 5th Avenue back in the late 1970's. I see that Transportation Alternatives is still alive and well.