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Beam me up bro

Gravity Jack In the Press

Jack likes to wakeboard, Jack likes Star Trek – Jack likes this wetsuit.Do you think it would be strange to wear this to our morning SCRUM meetings? They are the real deal, not fake wetsuits. Each wetsuit is custom made and tailored to your exact measurements and are available in three colors: Command Yellow, Science Beam me up bro

Amazon hacked

Gravity Jack In the Press

In college I had a crazy comp sci instructor who was explaining 56-bit DES encryption and telling the class why it was unbreakable (without ten years of computational time on modern machinery). Before you think this dates me to when Charles Babbage was kicking around, let me assure you she had no clue what she Amazon hacked

We are just a wee little spec

Gravity Jack In the Press

My wife Jill assures me that 5 years old is too young for teaching quantum physics to my kids so I “went big”, skirted the rule – and was trying to explain general relativity with regards to the entire universe, and that led into if the universe had an end, and that led into me We are just a wee little spec

“The voices are real” or “scalable systems for big brother…”

Gravity Jack In the Press

My friend and I were brainstorming business ideas over sushi and we came up with a new fortune cookie idea – drop paranoid statements into the cookies and hand them out at mental hospitals. “The voices are real” – “We actually are watching you” “The medication is poison” – Maybe it was the sake that “The voices are real” or “scalable systems for big brother…”

Open Source License Types

Gravity Jack In the Press

Every once in awhile we have to give our professional opinion to clients on what open source license is “safe” for a particular use.For the most part, MIT, BSD, and the Apache licenses are good for business. GPL, LGPL you need to be very careful.Either way, you need to follow different guidelines for each license Open Source License Types