Customer Quotes: "
I composed a few different e-mails varying between the polite ('Oops, you appear to have mistakenly claimed that the software I spent years writing is your own') to the downright threatening, and in the end settled on the standard 'or else' approach:"
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Smashing Windows
Somebody smashed my car window yesterday night. Nothing was stolen because there isn't anything in the car worth stealing. Wish the thief had realized that before smashing the window! Its an old beatup 1990 Accord. Anything worth stealing in the car has already been stolen!
Have to get a new Window (or patch it at least) before it starts raining!
*Sigh*
I'll do it after I'm done patching the servers. At least patching my servers does'nt cost me as much as it does to patch Windows! ;)
Have to get a new Window (or patch it at least) before it starts raining!
*Sigh*
I'll do it after I'm done patching the servers. At least patching my servers does'nt cost me as much as it does to patch Windows! ;)
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
The Scobleizer Versus Cerberus the Hound of Hades
The Scobleizer Versus Cerberus the Hound of Hades
Radio Userland is also the software got me started with blogging/rss. The older version 7.x was the version I used for various tasks though I never bought the later version 8 which was Windows and Mac based only. I am a linux guy, so I had to use other software. But Dave Winer, and Radio Userland are what got me started with blogging, and this little piece of software I wrote, and RSS.
Radio Userland is also the software got me started with blogging/rss. The older version 7.x was the version I used for various tasks though I never bought the later version 8 which was Windows and Mac based only. I am a linux guy, so I had to use other software. But Dave Winer, and Radio Userland are what got me started with blogging, and this little piece of software I wrote, and RSS.
Saturday, December 25, 2004
BBC NEWS | Technology | Santy worm makes unwelcome visit
BBC NEWS | Technology | Santy worm makes unwelcome visit:
"'We will be reviewing our procedures to improve our response time in the future to similar problems,' the Google team said.
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"'We will be reviewing our procedures to improve our response time in the future to similar problems,' the Google team said.
"
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - A Babe in the Woods
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - A Babe in the Woods
One reaction which is obvious in hindsight is the assumption in this post that Microsoft shouldn't abide the fact that Apple is dominating a market it isn't directly engaged in. This is such a natural way of thinking of for Microsoft people ("we should be number 1 in every software/hardware/technology related market") that it is often surprising for non-Microserfs when they first encounter the mentality.
One reaction which is obvious in hindsight is the assumption in this post that Microsoft shouldn't abide the fact that Apple is dominating a market it isn't directly engaged in. This is such a natural way of thinking of for Microsoft people ("we should be number 1 in every software/hardware/technology related market") that it is often surprising for non-Microserfs when they first encounter the mentality.
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Slashdot | Microsoft Acquires Spyware Removal Company
Slashdot | Microsoft Acquires Spyware Removal Company:
"Looks like they are investigating how much, not if."
I was reading the comments of readers on this article and it struck me how short term people look at things. Its plain to me, that moving to the .net framework and integrating it more closely with the next release of Longhorn even more closely is an important goal for Microsoft. And this integration will rid Microsoft of one large security issue with its current code base, that is buffer overflows. Why do you think there was this whole issue of the next version of IE being limited to Longhorn. Why do you think that Microsoft is designing IE from the base up? Because they realize that the security model in their current implementation of IE sucks. They need to redesign it from the base up. And what the user base for Windows has shown is that they will moan and groan, but wont switch to a new platform.
The emphasis of Windows 3.1 was the move away from the command line to the GUI. The emphasis from Windows 95 was true multitasking and a refined interface. The emphasis of Windows 2000 was stability. The emphasis of Windows XP was better integration with Windows 95 apps and games, a better interface to compete with Mac OS X. The emphasis on Longhorn is going to be security. Why do you think they are cutting out features like WinFS. Because there are other more important things that the market demands. Thats the way a company works and keeps its shareholders satisfied. Moving to managed code is going to save Microsoft a lot in terms of security issues. Further I believe there is a lot of ActiveX stuff that is going to be changed so that it has a better security model. And the market will make a huge fuss and cry but still stick to Windows XP instead of moving to Linux or Mac.
Ofcourse this is all just my opinion.
"Looks like they are investigating how much, not if."
I was reading the comments of readers on this article and it struck me how short term people look at things. Its plain to me, that moving to the .net framework and integrating it more closely with the next release of Longhorn even more closely is an important goal for Microsoft. And this integration will rid Microsoft of one large security issue with its current code base, that is buffer overflows. Why do you think there was this whole issue of the next version of IE being limited to Longhorn. Why do you think that Microsoft is designing IE from the base up? Because they realize that the security model in their current implementation of IE sucks. They need to redesign it from the base up. And what the user base for Windows has shown is that they will moan and groan, but wont switch to a new platform.
The emphasis of Windows 3.1 was the move away from the command line to the GUI. The emphasis from Windows 95 was true multitasking and a refined interface. The emphasis of Windows 2000 was stability. The emphasis of Windows XP was better integration with Windows 95 apps and games, a better interface to compete with Mac OS X. The emphasis on Longhorn is going to be security. Why do you think they are cutting out features like WinFS. Because there are other more important things that the market demands. Thats the way a company works and keeps its shareholders satisfied. Moving to managed code is going to save Microsoft a lot in terms of security issues. Further I believe there is a lot of ActiveX stuff that is going to be changed so that it has a better security model. And the market will make a huge fuss and cry but still stick to Windows XP instead of moving to Linux or Mac.
Ofcourse this is all just my opinion.
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
SCI FI Channel confirmed that Farscape star Ben Browder will join the cast of SCI FI's original series Stargate SG-1. Browder will join the cast in the show's upcoming ninth season; no information on Browder's role was available. Meanwhile, the show's producer, MGM, is still working on a deal to bring back SG-1 star Richard Dean Anderson (Gen. O'Neill) in some capacity.
SG-1 will air the remaining new eighth-season episodes, starting Jan. 21, 2005, in a new Friday 8 p.m. ET/PT timeslot, followed by the new episodes of Stargate Atlantis at 9 p.m. and the new original series Battlestar Galactica at 10 p.m.
SCI FI Channel confirmed that Farscape star Ben Browder will join the cast of SCI FI's original series Stargate SG-1. Browder will join the cast in the show's upcoming ninth season; no information on Browder's role was available. Meanwhile, the show's producer, MGM, is still working on a deal to bring back SG-1 star Richard Dean Anderson (Gen. O'Neill) in some capacity.
SG-1 will air the remaining new eighth-season episodes, starting Jan. 21, 2005, in a new Friday 8 p.m. ET/PT timeslot, followed by the new episodes of Stargate Atlantis at 9 p.m. and the new original series Battlestar Galactica at 10 p.m.
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Apache Performance Tuning - Apache HTTP Server
Apache Performance Tuning - Apache HTTP Server:
"Operating system choice is largely a matter of local
concerns. But some guidelines that have proven generally useful are:"
"Operating system choice is largely a matter of local
concerns. But some guidelines that have proven generally useful are:"
If you ever get a bad interpreter error while trying to run a bash script it might be because someone edited it in windows. Running dos2unix on the file might solve the problem.
Ran into this problem today, when a coworker emailed me a bunch of scripts and they would not work. They worked fine on the coworkers machine. Apparently the email went through an exchange server, which worked its magic on the scripts, rendering them incomprehensible to bash. Running dos2unix fixed the problem.
Ran into this problem today, when a coworker emailed me a bunch of scripts and they would not work. They worked fine on the coworkers machine. Apparently the email went through an exchange server, which worked its magic on the scripts, rendering them incomprehensible to bash. Running dos2unix fixed the problem.
MSN Toolbar Suite: invasion of the desktop search applications
MSN Toolbar Suite: invasion of the desktop search applications
Well, at least that 2 Ghz CPU on Mom&Pops computer will be used for something other than displaying popup advertisements (its now going to be used for indexing all the html in Mom&Pops browser cache downloaded by the Popup software), while I sit here with a 750 Mhz computer, compiling the Linux kernel and twiddling my thumbs! Oh Joy!
Well, at least that 2 Ghz CPU on Mom&Pops computer will be used for something other than displaying popup advertisements (its now going to be used for indexing all the html in Mom&Pops browser cache downloaded by the Popup software), while I sit here with a 750 Mhz computer, compiling the Linux kernel and twiddling my thumbs! Oh Joy!
Monday, December 13, 2004
Dana Epp's ramblings at the Sanctuary: How to handle and interpret BSODs on Windows
Dana Epp's ramblings at the Sanctuary: How to handle and interpret BSODs on Windows:
"Chances are, THAT is your offending driver (and the offset is the
location, so if you let the vendor know they will know right down to
the line number)."
"Chances are, THAT is your offending driver (and the offset is the
location, so if you let the vendor know they will know right down to
the line number)."
Longhorn, Blogs, Linux: Predicting '05 - Computerworld
Longhorn, Blogs, Linux: Predicting '05 - Computerworld:
"1. Longhorn is no longer the answer (or even the question)."
"1. Longhorn is no longer the answer (or even the question)."
Acquired growth hormone deficiency and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in a subject with repeated head trauma, or Tintin goes to the neurologist -- Cyr
Acquired growth hormone deficiency and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in a subject with repeated head trauma, or Tintin goes to the neurologist -- Cyr et al. 171 (12): 1433 -- Canadian Medical Association Journal
I'm a big fan of Tintin and this is funny!
I'm a big fan of Tintin and this is funny!
Sunday, December 12, 2004
creativepro.com - Adobe Acrobat 7.0: First Look from Planet PDF
creativepro.com - Adobe Acrobat 7.0: First Look from Planet PDF:
"With one of its fastest updates to the product family yet, Adobe this
week announced the Acrobat 7 family of products, which includes
Standard, Professional, and Reader versions. We turn to the PDF
experts, Planet PDF, for a rundown of the new features."
"With one of its fastest updates to the product family yet, Adobe this
week announced the Acrobat 7 family of products, which includes
Standard, Professional, and Reader versions. We turn to the PDF
experts, Planet PDF, for a rundown of the new features."
Friday, December 10, 2004
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Techworld.com - New set of Linux security flaws unveiled
Techworld.com - New set of Linux security flaws unveiled: "A security researcher has uncovered yet another set of security flaws
in an image component, which could put Linux users at risk of system
compromise if they view a maliciously crafted image."
in an image component, which could put Linux users at risk of system
compromise if they view a maliciously crafted image."
Zilverline :: home
Zilverline :: home: "Zilverline supports collections: a set of files and directories in a directory. Zilverline extracts content from PDF, Word, RTF, txt, java, CHM as well as zip, rar, and many other archives.
A collection can be indexed, and searched. The results of the search
can be retrieved from local disk or Intranet. Files inside zip, rar,
chm and other archives are extracted during indexing, and can be
preserved for searches. Otherwise they are extracted 'on-the-fly'."
A collection can be indexed, and searched. The results of the search
can be retrieved from local disk or Intranet. Files inside zip, rar,
chm and other archives are extracted during indexing, and can be
preserved for searches. Otherwise they are extracted 'on-the-fly'."
IIS 6.0 Operations Guide: About WebDAV
IIS 6.0 Operations Guide: About WebDAV: "Integrated into IIS, WebDAV allows clients to do the following:"
WindowsDevCenter.com: A Network Administrator's Best Friend: BartPE
WindowsDevCenter.com: A Network Administrator's Best Friend: BartPE: "BartPE is not a Microsoft product and not a version of Windows PE. It's
a completely separate third-party product, so if you use it and muck up
your system, don't expect Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) to
help you out, especially if you used BartPE to install Windows on your
system."
a completely separate third-party product, so if you use it and muck up
your system, don't expect Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) to
help you out, especially if you used BartPE to install Windows on your
system."
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Pickups in Northern Saskatchewan
Pickups in Northern Saskatchewan: "
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One day, when I am settled, I'll buy something like this and restore it. One day.
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One day, when I am settled, I'll buy something like this and restore it. One day.
Slashdot | Mozilla Thunderbird Reaches 1.0
Slashdot | Mozilla Thunderbird Reaches 1.0
Oh boy, and I havent even switched to Firefox 1.0 yet. All my extensions work just fine with 1.0PR and I dont want to risk losing the extensions when I move to 1.0. And now thunderbird is out. Oh Well, I check most of email through web based solutions anyway. Though the RSS thing is interesting.
Oh boy, and I havent even switched to Firefox 1.0 yet. All my extensions work just fine with 1.0PR and I dont want to risk losing the extensions when I move to 1.0. And now thunderbird is out. Oh Well, I check most of email through web based solutions anyway. Though the RSS thing is interesting.
Friday, December 03, 2004
ONLamp.com: Test-Driven Development in Python
ONLamp.com: Test-Driven Development in Python:
"Test-driven development is not about testing. Test-driven development is about development (and design), specifically improving the quality and design of code. The resulting unit tests are just an extremely useful by-product."
"Test-driven development is not about testing. Test-driven development is about development (and design), specifically improving the quality and design of code. The resulting unit tests are just an extremely useful by-product."
Thursday, December 02, 2004
Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger
Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger:
"Did I hear right? 26 languages supported? That's really going to make it nicer for bloggers in non-US countries."
Hmmm... I wonder if that would make a difference. I know I dont usually write in Urdu, and it would be quite hard to write in Urdu anyways.
"Did I hear right? 26 languages supported? That's really going to make it nicer for bloggers in non-US countries."
Hmmm... I wonder if that would make a difference. I know I dont usually write in Urdu, and it would be quite hard to write in Urdu anyways.
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - Top 5 Things I Dig About MSN Spaces
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - Top 5 Things I Dig About MSN Spaces:
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MSN Messenger Integration: Words don't do it justice. Here's a screenshot of me viewing Mike Torres' contact card. Here's a screenshot of my contact card. Yes, the rumors were right. You can post to your blog directly from MSN Messenger.
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Access Control: One can specify the level of access they want for their blog. You can choose to make a blog public, private or only accessible by people on your MSN Messenger Allow List. Your Allow List is a list of everyone who you've allowed to see your online presence and IM you via MSN Messenger. This should be everybody on your buddy list and everyone who's asked to put you on their buddy list and you've accepted. This allows you to create a blog that is only accessible by people in your immediate circle of friends and family which for most people are the only ones you want reading your blog or viewing your photos ."
I think these are the two most important features. The ease this provides will make them much more preferable to msn messenger bloggers. I'm not moving anytime soon though.
"#
MSN Messenger Integration: Words don't do it justice. Here's a screenshot of me viewing Mike Torres' contact card. Here's a screenshot of my contact card. Yes, the rumors were right. You can post to your blog directly from MSN Messenger.
#
Access Control: One can specify the level of access they want for their blog. You can choose to make a blog public, private or only accessible by people on your MSN Messenger Allow List. Your Allow List is a list of everyone who you've allowed to see your online presence and IM you via MSN Messenger. This should be everybody on your buddy list and everyone who's asked to put you on their buddy list and you've accepted. This allows you to create a blog that is only accessible by people in your immediate circle of friends and family which for most people are the only ones you want reading your blog or viewing your photos ."
I think these are the two most important features. The ease this provides will make them much more preferable to msn messenger bloggers. I'm not moving anytime soon though.
Microsoft Launches Blogging Site
Microsoft Launches Blogging Site:
"A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment.
Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter's position. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, and held up a handwritten sign that said 'Where am I?' in large letters. People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their sign said 'You are in a Helicopter.'
The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the copilot asked the pilot how he had done it.
'I knew it had to be the Microsoft Building, because they gave me a technically correct but completely useless answer.'"
"A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment.
Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter's position. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, and held up a handwritten sign that said 'Where am I?' in large letters. People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their sign said 'You are in a Helicopter.'
The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the copilot asked the pilot how he had done it.
'I knew it had to be the Microsoft Building, because they gave me a technically correct but completely useless answer.'"
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Solaris Express -- Get the Software
Solaris Express -- Get the Software
Solaris 10 for the download! I wonder how good the hardware support is. One of the main reasons I dont have FreeBSD installed on my system is that I dont know if it will be able to run my wireless network card (Netgear WG511). There is pretty good support for the card in the Linux kernel right now. However, when I bought the card, around March or April of this year, support was available through third party drivers that you had to download, compile and install. It was a pain, and it took me a while. I probably will have to do the same with FreeBSD if there is a third party driver, and it will take me some time. I just dont have the time anymore. If the same is true for Solaris 10, well then I'm not installing. Its one thing to try and do it with Linux (I've been using it since 1997) but to do it on an alien OS, is something I dont have time for at the moment. I've installed Solaris 9 before, and I had problems. I'm expecting the same with 10.
Solaris 10 for the download! I wonder how good the hardware support is. One of the main reasons I dont have FreeBSD installed on my system is that I dont know if it will be able to run my wireless network card (Netgear WG511). There is pretty good support for the card in the Linux kernel right now. However, when I bought the card, around March or April of this year, support was available through third party drivers that you had to download, compile and install. It was a pain, and it took me a while. I probably will have to do the same with FreeBSD if there is a third party driver, and it will take me some time. I just dont have the time anymore. If the same is true for Solaris 10, well then I'm not installing. Its one thing to try and do it with Linux (I've been using it since 1997) but to do it on an alien OS, is something I dont have time for at the moment. I've installed Solaris 9 before, and I had problems. I'm expecting the same with 10.
The netWindows FAQ
The netWindows FAQ:
"netWindows is also back-end agnostic, meaning that netWindows doesn't favor
any particular back-end language for building truly dynamic web
applications. Instead, netWindows allows front-end and back-end
developers to develop data format 'contracts' and develop
around these agreements in parallel. Back-end developers often
won't need to be aware of changes to font-end UI layout changes."
"netWindows is also back-end agnostic, meaning that netWindows doesn't favor
any particular back-end language for building truly dynamic web
applications. Instead, netWindows allows front-end and back-end
developers to develop data format 'contracts' and develop
around these agreements in parallel. Back-end developers often
won't need to be aware of changes to font-end UI layout changes."
Slashdot | Review: World of Warcraft
Slashdot | Review: World of Warcraft
I am a great Warcraft III fan, I love it. More than any of the other games I have tried. Maybe its the fact that there were 6 people at a time, dueling it out together. Or the fact, that if they could not get together, you could go to battle.net and duke it out their.
The only thing I am scared of is the addiction that comes with playing MMORPG's. I have examples of dozens of friends who have ruined their lives because of games. On the other hand, I dont have television. Now if I can only stop watching programs downloaded through Bittorrent, I might have MMORPGs as an alternative. Though it would be hard on my wallet.
There is another cool MMORPG I blogged about a bit earlier. Eve has cool graphics, and seems well recommended. Dont know how the game actually is though, and I guess unless you have an addicted friend you wont really be able to tell.
I am a great Warcraft III fan, I love it. More than any of the other games I have tried. Maybe its the fact that there were 6 people at a time, dueling it out together. Or the fact, that if they could not get together, you could go to battle.net and duke it out their.
The only thing I am scared of is the addiction that comes with playing MMORPG's. I have examples of dozens of friends who have ruined their lives because of games. On the other hand, I dont have television. Now if I can only stop watching programs downloaded through Bittorrent, I might have MMORPGs as an alternative. Though it would be hard on my wallet.
There is another cool MMORPG I blogged about a bit earlier. Eve has cool graphics, and seems well recommended. Dont know how the game actually is though, and I guess unless you have an addicted friend you wont really be able to tell.
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