Archive for November, 2003



The Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow, Capital of Assyria, and Other Mysteries

Published on 19.Nov.03

Praise God! A mystery since the ’70’s has been solved. Jonathan Corum, a lad with far too much free time on his hands, has estimated the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow. And you thought that a swallow had to beat its wings 43 times a second to maintain airspeed velocity didn’t [...]


U.S. Army Chooses Linux

Published on 18.Nov.03

The U.S. Army has dumped Microsoft Windows in favor of Linux for their new ‘Land Warrior’ high-tech soldier ensemble.
“The Land Warrior was designed to provide communications and networking capabilities to dismounted soldiers that so far only have been available to mounted forces. The idea is for members of a platoon to be able to pass [...]


SSH from a cellphone?

Published on 04.Nov.03

Got a Nokia 6800? Want to change that switch’s configuration from the beach? Why are the first four sentences questions?
Well, Idokorro Mobile has a SSH client for your Nokia 6800. From the site …
“Idokorro Mobile SSH for Nokia creates direct connections to your servers right from the device without the need for [...]