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Hate Macs?
Then you MUST read this post!
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Torvalds’ Superbowl Sunday Kernel Commit
Yes, computer geeks *do* have a sense of humor! Date Sun, 4 Feb 2007 11:10:36 -0800 (PST) From Linus Torvalds Subject Super Kernel Sunday! In a widely anticipated move, Linux “headcase” Torvalds today announced the immediate availability of the most advanced Linux kernel to date, version 2.6.20. Before downloading the actual new kernel, most avid…
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Another reason not to use Vista
My brother upgraded and now his MICROSOFT brand mouse does not work. Specifically, the extra buttons no longer work. Way to not support your own stuff Microsoft!
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Video blog post: Libre Software
An introduction to Libre Software and why you should consider using it. Libre Software Part 1 (An Introduction) on Vimeo
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I’m Sorry, but you’re wrong – Linux IS ready for the prime time
I read a blog post a few days ago where someone who purported to be a Linux user (so as to not be accussed of trolling) claimed that although Linux and its freedoms were great and all – at the end of the day – the user had to return to Windows to get any…
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Fight the Machine!
The Inquirer.net reports a boy who is counter-suing the RIAA! Why? for defamation, violating anti-trust laws, conspiring to defraud the courts and making extortionate threats. Awesome! It’s about time someone fought back! They have demanded a jury trial and filing a counterclaim against the companies for allegedly damaging the boy’s reputation, distracting him from school…
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Timbaland Illegally Samples music from obscure file format
Well, I’m not sure if Timbaland did it purposely or if he was under the impression that he had permission, but he took music for Nelly Furtado’s song “Do It”. The sampled song is in the MOD format, popular in the early 1990s electronic BBS music scene. Currently it has a pretty decent underground following,…
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Having trouble understanding the open source movement? Just think of fruit!
Tristan Rhodes has come up with a great analysis of Open Source vs Proprietary software by using fruit. It’s on the same par as Neal Stephenson using the car metaphor to describe Windows, Mac, and Linux. Here are some of the key arguments that I loved. Mabolosoft is a company that sells seedless fruit. They…
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Windows Tax – you don’t need to pay it anymore!
Dell has introduced (or, if it’s been around for a while, it was just recently brought to public attention) the nSeries Desktops. These are computers that have no installed operating system – so you don’t have to pay for windows. It comes with a Freedos disk. So you can install Linux, *BSD, or whatever you…
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Windows Vista Is Out Today
DO NOT UPGRADE! There are many reasons, but here are the most important ones – Norton Antivirus does NOT work with Vista as of now. It will make some graphics and sounds cards work at reduced capacity. Finally, they are ALREADY talking about a Service Pack 1 – meaning there are flaws they know about.…
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Video Blog Post: DRM
DRM and why it’s evil….. DRM on Vimeo
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Getting back at those myspace loser kids
If there’s one thing those of us who have been creating websites for a long time know – it’s that inlining images is not to be tolerated. It’s considered very rude to waste someone else’s bandwidth – especially since they are probably paying per mb. What’s inlining you say? It’s displaying an image on your…
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Funky Weather
I don’t know if it’s Global Warming or El Niño, but 2 weeks ago in the Baltimore-DC area it was 70 degrees and outside in a tank top in January. This week, in fact, yesterday or so, it’s snowing in Dallas, Texas! I’m hearing this has ruined orange, lemon, and avocado crops. What the heck…
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vimeo now 250 mb per week!
just went to upload a file and to my delight discovered that we have a new limit from 30mb to 250mb!!!
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Democracy Player…post 1
Democracy player is an interesting new type of video software which allows the user to subscribe to video feeds and have them automatically downloaded. One way to think of it is like a TiVo for internet videos. I’ll post some more after I get some experience with it, but if you want to go ahead…