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XKCD Improving the Internet ... Yet Again 204

netbuzz writes "Comic creator Randall Monroe suggested in a recent xkcd strip that YouTube comments would be better — or, more precisely, less idiotic — if only those posting them were forced to hear their words read aloud first. Well, YouTube has gone and made this "audio preview" a reality, albeit an optional one. And, it's not the first time that xkcd has contributed to the betterment of the Internet, as those who are familiar with last year's "Internet census" and its use of a Hilbert curve may remember."
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Microsoft Pulls Vista SP1 Update 268

1shooter writes "news.com reports that Microsoft is withdrawing SP1 for Vista. Nick White, Microsoft product manager blogged 'We've heard a few reports about problems customers may be experiencing as a result of KB937287,' wrote White. 'Immediately after receiving reports of this error, we made the decision to temporarily suspend automatic distribution of the update to avoid further customer impact while we investigate possible causes.'"

Visual Basic 2005 Jumpstart 169

Graeme Williams writes "The tag line for Visual Basic Jumpstart is, 'Make Your Move Now from VB 6 to VB 2005', but the book also includes introductory and summary material rather than staying focused on VB 6 users. The book has a few good examples and some useful information about Visual Basic 2005, but the information, including links to the Internet, doesn't seem complete or up-to-date. This book isn't the help you need." Read the rest of Graeme's review.

Comment Re:Stupid Forced Collision (Score 1) 312

% md5sum ./md5*
d80ae934acc0231a0fcb99716346c8e6 ./md5collision
d80ae934acc0231a0fcb99716346c8e6 ./md5other
% ./md5collision
This was a dumb, forced, collision that would never happen in real live.
% ./md5other
This was a dumb, forced, collision that would never happen in real live.

Same hash, same output. What's your point? ;-)

(Hint: strcmp(argv[0], "md5collision") != 0. You might also have some trouble with argv[0] being "/home/ch0p/md5collision", "./md5collision" etc, but hey, your point got across. I'm just nitpicking :-) )

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