Comment Re:oh yes.. (Score 1) 344
I must have the lucky copy of 7 then, I've not had one blue screen on my home machine .....
Comment Re:Only management is fooled (Score 1) 344
Wow, I've had quite the opposite set of results, everything just worked and updated drivers were optional. Of course, I updated the drivers to get the 3d support and surround sound.
Comment Re:yes (Score 1) 1049
I guess that depends on who's trying to find you
Comment Re:idiocy? Incompetence? (Score 1) 269
<quote><p>Incompetence. Thankfully it's limited to cards made by one company. Not so thankfully, that company supplies 40% of all debit cards in Germany. (Insert sideswipe about monoculture here.) Finally and funnily, that company is French.</p><p>Google translation of the news here: http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fwirtschaft%2Funternehmen%2F0%2C1518%2C670400%2C00.html&sl=de&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8</p></quote>
SURRENDER your code !
*ducks*
SURRENDER your code !
*ducks*
Comment Re:idiocy? Incompetence? (Score 1) 269
<quote><p>You missed one, i think you meant 9/11/11: THE SEQUEL.</p></quote>
I think you meant The Sqeakquel; I know I know, I'm going back to my cave now ....
I think you meant The Sqeakquel; I know I know, I'm going back to my cave now
EA Shutting Down Video Game Servers Prematurely 341
Spacezilla writes "EA is dropping the bomb on a number of their video game servers, shutting down the online fun for many of their Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3 games. Not only is the inclusion of PS3 and Xbox 360 titles odd, the date the games were released is even more surprising. Yes, Madden 07 and 08 are included in the shutdown... but Madden 09 on all consoles as well?"
Comment Re:oh c'mon (Score 1) 206
I prefer:
1. Find a new search engine
If it's close to as good as google's results i'm happy, obviously it won't be yahoo, but what about trueknowledge ? It's been in beta for a while and should be ready for primetime before to long.....
Comment Re:still relevant? (Score 1) 160
From Perl.org: Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for text manipulation
It evolved into a system admin language as time went on and modules were created/added....
Comment Re:Summary is not accurate (Score 1) 139
So? Fuck 'em. If users want advanced features, they need to use advanced software. There's absolutely no legitimate reason to still be using IE6 on the internet.
Virus propagation
Comment Re:So now it's four pieces? (Score 1) 170
What if you consider the mountains the chocolate chips ?
Comment Re:How does it compare to Ubuntu? (Score 1) 267
And if you happen to be a masochist, there's always slackware
Note: I'm a slackware user
Comment Re:SQL Server on the desktop considered harmful (Score 1) 319
I have 2 SQL Server 2005 Instances, 1 oracle install, 1 websphere install w/ 2 profiles, and 3 jboss deployments installed on my laptop granted all of this isn't running at once, and it's only started when I need it, but I have at least 1 SQL instance running at least most of the time.
With all of that installed the biggest slow downs I see are Norton/Symantec and the backup software that was recently pushed out....
Comment Re:I wonder (Score 2, Funny) 171
No, I'll be occupied, will 4:21 be ok ?
Comment Re:You are not a n00b (Score 3, Funny) 244
OR they're Link.....
Comment Re:Sabotage? (Score 1) 333
Yes, I don't have this plugin (xp64) so I can't give the exact path but it should be something like this:
reg
the switches:
