This classic (moldy oldy?) showed up in my inbox… DOS Air Passengers walk out onto the runway, grab hold of the plane, push it until it gets in the air, hop on, then jump off when it hits the ground. They grab the plane again, push it back into the air, hop on, jump off… … Continue reading “What if Operating Systems Were Airlines?”
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The aliens prefer Firefox
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a Blog
Check out these links: 2009 Iranian election protests Iran Unrest #iranelection Check out Mr. Ahmadinejad’s blog. I was curious as to what blogging software the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran would use, so looking at the source: <HEAD> <title>يادداشت هاي شخصي احمدي نژاد</title> <meta content="AhmadiNejad , Ahmadi , Nejad , Mahmood , Iran … Continue reading “Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a Blog”
Did anyone really miss it?
MySpace returns after power outage The popular social-networking site, which recently topped Yahoo Mail as the most-visited Web site in the United States, was disabled entirely as of 6:40 p.m. Pacific time Sunday. The home page was replaced by a placeholder with a message from MySpace founder Tom Anderson, who said that the site was … Continue reading “Did anyone really miss it?”
X.Org Flash plugin font problems
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Bill Gates
I’m not a big Bill Gates fan, but I’m pretty sure he’s not the Antichrist.
(more…)Critical Windows 98, Me Flaw
(No Fix for Critical Windows 98, Me Flaw) Microsoft has encountered a critical vulnerability in Windows 98, 98 SE and Windows Me that it simply cannot fix, the company acknowledged Friday. The flaw affects Windows Explorer and after investigating the issue, Microsoft said it would need to reengineer a significant amount of the operating system. … Continue reading “Critical Windows 98, Me Flaw”
Windows ‘Fun’
(via wincustomize.com) Here’s how to do it: Open up Notepad (not Wordpad, not Word or any other word processor) Type in this sentence exactly (without quotes): “this app can break” Save the file to your hard drive. Close Notepad Open the saved file by double clicking it. One has to wonder how many more of … Continue reading “Windows ‘Fun’”
Ruby dooby doooo….
I’ve recently started learning Ruby. One could ask “why learn yet another scripting language, especially since Perl has served so well these past several years?” The only reason is the object oriented features of Perl seem tacked on as an afterthought, while Ruby is a is a complete, full, pure object oriented language: OOL (object … Continue reading “Ruby dooby doooo….”
Linux Posters
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