If, like me, you hadn't noticed sparse files before, and you want to see a large sparse file, do
#!/usr/bin/env python
foo = open("sparse", "w")
foo.write("sparse")
foo.seek(2 ** 30)
foo.write("file")
foo.close()
Codd's tuple-logic vision brings
"A world made of facts, and not of things";
And now he joins the ranks of history:
Timor mortis conturbat me.
The Emerging Man party in San Jose was among the geekiest events I have ever attended, and naturally great fun.
Hooray for Emerging Man!
In a rare moment of good news on copyright law, MusicCity and Grokster were held not to be subject to secondary liability for copyright infringement based on their publication of file-sharing software; the court reaffirmed the Betamax doctrine and recognized that software publishers are like VCR and photocopier manufacturers.
I worked on that case -- spending a whole day in a cage to protect others' freedom -- but most of the credit on our side goes to our lawyers, especially Fred von Lohmann. Congratulations!
Contact: Seth David Schoen
