* Posts by dbCooper

4 publicly visible posts • joined 17 Aug 2019

NIST contemplated pulling the pin on NTP servers after blackout caused atomic clock drift

dbCooper
Holmes

12 is not A.M. or P.M.

Not using UTC is bad enough, until you work for a CIO that is fond of using12 A.M. and/or 12 P.M. Reason #201 am glad to be retired.

dbCooper

Not using UTC is bad enough, until you work for a CIO that is fond of using12 A.M. and/or 12 P.M. Reason #201 am glad to be retired.

When software depends on a project thanklessly maintained by a random guy in Nebraska, is open source sustainable?

dbCooper

A true Nebraskan would not abandon customers as implied by the article. I know, I live in the state.

On the other hand, if your support is in Iowa, you may have cause to worry.

Overstock's share price has plummeted. Is it Trump's trade war? Bad results? Nope, its CEO has gone bonkers...

dbCooper

The current price for Overstock may be generous regardless of who is CEO. Witness the present EPS of -4.75, yes that is negative EPS and has been for years.