Category Archives: rants
Fair-mindedness of Dell
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/windows_or_ubuntu?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs You obviously choose Windows XP if you’re new to computers and do NOT WANT to learn new programs; you obviously choose ubuntu if you WANT to learn new programs for email and word processing. Ubuntu is for open source … Continue reading
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BBC’s Botnet
The BBC recently (14–16 March) repeatedly ran a show, 5 times in total, under the “click” banner on the BBC News channel highlighting the dangers of the so-called “botnet”. Excerpts from the show are here, here and finally here. What … Continue reading
Twitter.. Flutter..
… and Shttr? (is that last one ‘shitter’?) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLZCy-_m3s Direct Link to the video in case the embedding is still broken. The above video definitely does well at parodying the whole thing with Internet crazes. It seems that once one … Continue reading
Big Brother
OK, I know I’ve been posting a slew of entries today (making up for a few days with no posts, I guess), but this one I felt had to be addressed. The government will, from the 6th of april, be … Continue reading
Madonna
…Need I say any more than that? It has emerged that she’s in the process of adopting another Malawian child. Reports from both the Malawi and US officials state that an adoption procedure has been entered into. It is already … Continue reading
File Extension WPS
The WPS file-extension is the supposed reason for the File Extension WPS website existing. However, this is just a blatant advert for the same Driver Detective software listed on sites I’ve also listed in previous posts. File Extension WPS does … Continue reading
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Tagged driver detective, extension, extensions, file extension, File Extension WPS, file extensions
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Eric S. Raymond’s Opinion on the GPL
[kml_flashembed fversion="8.0.0" movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/gEPg2M1qbEs" targetclass="flashmovie" publishmethod="static" width="240" height="147"] [/kml_flashembed] What he’s saying makes alot of sense, and personally I’m becoming more disillusioned as to the GPL vs other licenses such as the BSD. The BSD Unices have managed to get along … Continue reading
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Tagged bsd, downloading, downloads, drm, eric s raymond, gpl, licenses
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Channel Hopping Drugs Rant
This is a collection of random thoughts as I tried to get to grips with what I hated about the subject in hand: – While trialing out my new media centre setup (more on that in another post in a … Continue reading
