So, we have this Windows-type consultant visiting, doing whatever to our video conferencing system. At some point he needs to change something with a firewall, and he manages to get it into a state where the GUI won't come up. Now, it turns out the particular firewall is actually built on a linux kernel, so one can connect a terminal to a serial ( Read more... )

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Call me cynical, but it's been a long time since I last saw something in the IT or Internet world that made me think "Yay!". Something that creates a buxx for me. Lots of neat web2 sites, lots of neat new devices, 10Gbps & 40Gbps networking, etc. Nice, but no real excitement.

Tonight, though, I came upon Amazon's Mechanical Turk, and this is ( Read more... )