Thursday, March 1, 2007

More Reasons Why M$ sucks -- 12:52 pm CST, Update by The Master

I purchased an external Firewire-based hard drive enclosure so I could add some storage to my system without adding more PSU load, and I was quite pleased with it. Until I moved it to my Audigy's SBP-2 based Firewire port. Then, if I pushed the drive hard in any way, it would lock up, and the drive would die and corrupt whatever I was writing to the disk.

After much head scratching, I found Microsoft KB article 885464 which describes my problem exactly, and what to do to fix it. What do I do? Pay M$ $60 dollars for the privilege of installing a hotfix. They can kiss my butt. Luckily, I can add another Firewire port that ISN'T based on SBP-2 through my mobo, which will resolve this (I think).

Flippin' Microsoft. I really need to take the plunge and get myself on Linux. I've about had enough frustration for one lifetime with the M$ "gimme your money" stickup game.

Loving that new GMail Feeling -- 12:39 pm CST, Update by The Master

Has anyone else noticed that now that GMail is open to anyone, suddenly trying to delete an email or read a new email seems to mainly result in dialog boxes indicating "error code 717"? I am LOVING the new GMail.

Joining OpenDocument? -- 12:32 pm CST, Update by The Master

/. has an article up discussing California's possible move to OpenDocument. This is good news for everyone in the open-source movement, and anyone who wants to truly own their documents. Texas and Minnesota are also looking at a switch to OpenDoc, so this is good news all around.

Who Wrote 2.6.20? -- 12:30 pm CST, Update by The Master

LVN.net has posted an article investigating Who Wrote 2.6.20? This article looks at a slew of various measures of work done from 2.6.19 to 2.6.20 and from 2.6.16 through to 2.6.20, and who "paid" for this work (IE: who the various kernel hackers worked for). This article was FASCINATING reading.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Multiwinia Announced -- 9:57 am CST, Update by The Master

Interoversion has announced a forthcoming multiplayer version of Darwinia, named Multiwinia. Blue has the complete press release, but here's a snippet:

The self-proclaimed ‘last of the bedroom programmers’, Introversion Software, confirmed rumours today that they are working on a multiplayer version of their hit title Darwinia for the PC. Multiwinia will combine elements of the award-winning Darwinia, with the addition of multiplayer support which will enable both co-operative and competitive battles between massive Darwinian armies. As well as the traditional single player mode, Multiwinia will offer a series of separate game modes, each with a number of unique levels offering a variety of new challenges.

How FairPlay Works -- 9:54 am CST, Update by The Master

RoughlyDrafted Magazine has an article up titled How FairPlay Works: Apple's iTunes DRM Dilemma. This article is a very nicely written exploration of the how the Fairplay DRM system works, and why Apple is so intent on keeping it secret, and the price Apple pays for using DRM.

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