03/20/13 COMPREHENSIVE REAL-TIME NEWS FEED FOR BEVERAGES

• Amazon’s .book domain grab _{2013-03-11, 07:00 pm}
  I'm not sure why anyone would see any reason behind Amazon's move to hoard a bunch of gTLDs (global top level domains), other than pure greed. In a recent open letter (PDF) to ICANN, Association of American Publishers rightfully opposed granting Amazon the control of the .book gTLD. It states: In short, Amazon makes clear [...]
• Miami Marathon 2013 _{2013-02-07, 09:56 am}
  The Miami Marathon was held on Sunday, Jan. 27 and I was happy to be a part of it. I have been travelling to Miami during the same dates for the past several years and always wanted to run in this event. This year I decided to fly in a couple of days early and [...]
• Amazon's Gross Margin _{2013-01-25, 04:05 pm}
  Much has been said about how Amazon's high stock price is unjustified. This morning my boss sent me a link that reminded me again how ridiculous Amazon's share price has gotten as of late. The article summed it up well by noting that if Apple were to have the same PE ratio as Amazon, its [...]
• Megaupload Injustice _{2013-01-21, 12:14 pm}
  So the founder of Megaupload is back with another file-sharing service. Good for him and good for the millions of would be users who use such services. Let's reserve judgement on what Megaupload is allegedly guilty of but one thing is for sure, American media is but a means to corrupt and bend minds and [...]
• Man outsources coding to China _{2013-01-17, 05:16 pm}
  Love this story. Software developers are certainly infamous for being lazy. Most of us are, and that drives us to write code to automate things or write utilities to give to others to perform certain tasks. It's all about finding clever ways to make things easier for us and our employers. But one guy took [...]
• Belgian twins choose euthanasia _{2013-01-16, 11:26 am}
  Is there a right more precious than the freedom to choose what to do with one's own life? Here's the case of twins who decided to end their lives, rather than face a cruel and torturous life ahead. Disagree if you want, choose a different path if it happens to you, but keep yourself and [...]
• Electric Cars To Make Noise _{2013-01-09, 05:08 pm}
  I don't like government regulation much but there are areas that concern health and safety where government regulation may not be a bad thing. Making electric cars a bit noisier is one of those areas (Electric Cars Must Make Noises Can Hear Under U.S. Rule). As a runner and walker I have been startled by [...]
• Year 2038 problem _{2013-01-06, 09:11 pm}
  25 years from now we could be dealing with an issue similar to the Y2K issue, year 2038 problem. This problem was brought to my attention by  user 'Ken' commenting on the countdown tool page on this site. Basically *nix systems keep time in 32-bit integer formats counting seconds since Jan. 1, 1970. On Jan. 19, [...]
• Google Voice, Still No MMS Support _{2012-12-08, 06:24 pm}
  Recently someone asked me if I had received their text message. I am a Google Voice user and had not received the text message. Worse yet, the person hadn't received a bounce either so apparently the text had just vanished without a trace. Turns out that the person had actually attached a photo to the [...]
• Disabling SELinux _{2012-11-30, 06:16 pm}
  I know it's sacrilegious for some to disable a security feature on a platform, but SELinux (an enhanced Linux security feature) has left me no choice but doing exactly that on Linux. SELinux was added to Linux to give it additional security measures beyond what it inherited From Unix. By default many of the Linux [