I think it safe to say these results from Austin Texas’ new red light traffic cameras are not what anyone expected: At seven of those intersections, the number of accidents has dropped. But at two intersections, authorities have actually seen a significant increase in crashes. The intersection of MLK and I-35 has seen a 33 … Continue reading Increased Crashes with Red Light Cameras
Austin, Texas local news reports the police department has named Heartland in a payment card breach at Tino’s Greek Cafe. “Through our investigation and through the investigation of the credit card companies, we’ve determined the compromise was not at the restaurant itself. It was somewhere in the network,” APD Sgt. Matthew Greer said. APD said … Continue reading Heartland Breached Again?
The Penguin Archive Project has revealed some fascinating details in the history of Penguin Books, such as the story of their ‘secret editor’ as reported in the Telegraph. Eunice Frost became an editor at Penguin in the late 1930s and went on to be its first female director. Along with the firm’s founder, Allen Lane, … Continue reading Happy 75th to Penguin Books
Mark Shuttleworth is in a defensive position, according to Linux Journal. His Ubuntu has come under fire yet again for contributing far fewer patches to Linux than Red Hat and Novell SuSE. Canonical’s contribution from the 2.6.15 kernel to 2.6.27-rc6, was 100 patches. This was against a total of 99.324 patches; Canonical’s share was 0.1 … Continue reading Tribalism. Makes you stupid?