Windows Defender Beta 2 released
February 16, 2006
The second beta of Microsoft’s antispyware product, now branded ‘Windows Defender’ (previously Microsoft AntiSpyware) is now available. It features a completely new UI design, though I can’t say that I like it much. It looks rather like IE7 Beta 2, and that’s not a compliment. However, it’s antispyware abilities are first-class, even though it’s still in beta. Additionally, this release is available for Windows 2000, which was not previously supported (that I know of).
Emo
February 11, 2006
http://transientforever.wordpress.com/
Enough said.
How NOT to go about a programming assignment
February 9, 2006
From digg:
Computer programming students invariably fall into more than one bad habit. It can be extremely difficult to eradicate them. I wrote this when, in the days leading up to an assignment deadline.
Chris rapes scores
February 8, 2006
Rishi: because it was too dissonant
Chris: lol
Rishi: then he went and fucked a rachmaninov score
Chris: I would so do that
The mythical IE7 final
February 4, 2006
Matt McKenzie of Linux Pipeline has written a blog post comparing IE7 and Firefox 1.5, and come to the conclusion that the two browsers are neck-in-neck in terms of features.
Er… no.
There is no IE7 browser. It’s still in beta, and it’s buggy as hell. Firefox 1.5 has been out for over two months, IE7 won’t be out for at least six months, and there’s no firm release date. By the time IE7 hits the market, Firefox 2.0 will be out and probably have a point-release. Let’s compare next-gen to next-gen and current-gen to current-gen, shall we?
Controversy over Danish cartoons intensifies
February 4, 2006
This has been all over the news lately, and I want to say a few words about it here.
The editor of Jyllands-Posten, the newspaper that originally printed the cartoons, has been quoted as saying that they were a test to see whether the threat of Islamic terrorism had limited freedom of expression in Denmark. Need I remind all those who favour the censorship of cartoons such as these what sacrifices have been made so that we might have freedom? Islamic extremism has created an atmosphere of fear, where people are afraid to direct legitimate criticism at Islam for fear of violent reprisals. All liberal democracies need to send a clear message to Islamic terrorists: we are not afraid. I full support the sentiment expressed by Jyllands-Posten – that we are slowly losing our grip on freedom under threat of violence. We will not be cowed into surrendering the freedoms that we have fought for by a bunch of AK47-waving fanatics. Free and democratic countries should be prepared to fight a long and bloody war against terrorism of all kinds, where ever it may be found.
The arm-waving fools that are threatening violence over a set of cartoons need to grow up. There is no need to resort to violence over the smallest dispute. You cannot exploit freedom of speech for your own ends while demand that it be refused to those with conflicting views. I have three words for those violently protesting these cartoons: get a life.
Never used a computer? The RIAA doesn’t care
February 2, 2006
They’re suing someone who’s never used a computer for downloading music:
http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2006/02/marie-lindor-to-move-for-summary.html
AMD gets hacked
January 30, 2006
$23,000 PowerMac G5
January 29, 2006
16GB of ECC DDR2 533 memory, quad 2.5Ghz cores, dual 30″ LCDs:
Bill Gates is a hAx0r
January 27, 2006
Tuberculosis just got pwnned.
