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Archive for Tech
links for 2006-03-20
Just Installed Linux? Here’s What You Should Know.
This is a wonderful article. I know a lot of new Linux users are quite confused over where everything is. This article really shows some good info. Please go check it out!
I Love mPlayer
I just thought you guys would like to know that I love mPlayer. It makes playing video on linux an absolute dream. It comes with all of the codecs you need and can play dvds. Also, it is commen enough that you can get it for any common distro, in binary form. So it is a sinch to install, and a sinch to use. So it is not completely leagel, I love it and I wish it was leagel.
NewsGator Server Error?
I have noticed that NewsGator is written in ASP.NET. You can tell this because of the .aspx extension on all of the files. I am fine with that. My major problem is that they make changes to their code, and don’t debug it before they send it live. This has happenend more than once. The screen to the right is a ASP.NET error message. That means that the NewsGator people must have updated something on the site, or changed some code. Normally, when you do this, you change the code and don’t send it live. You give a short debugging cycle. This problem would have been easy to spot as it is blatantly obvious that someone screwed up. Now this has happened to me more than once. What is up NewsGator?
Microsoft is better?
I find this article just sad. Basically, the article is about a study done by a “third party” that said that Windows is less confusing and better than Linux as a server platform. There are some major problems with this “third party.” The first is that this “third party” is licensed by Microsoft. Which means that they already like Microsoft. The second problem is that Microsoft sponsored this study. That means that they gave this “third party” money to do the study. How are you supposed to be unbiased, when you are receiving funds from one of the companies you are reviewing? Does that not sound amazingly fishy to you, or is it just me? Novell hasn’t come out with a statement as of this writing, but I hope they do soon!
Microsoft’s anti-phishing won’t work
I just say this article in NewsGator today. I am very glad that Microsft is putting in anti-phishing measures in IE7. My only problem is that their way of going through with this is flawed. Yes, they have partenered with many companies that hold massive lists of phishing site, but there is one big flaw; human knowledge. There will always be phishing sites that are not on the list. When those come around, the users lack of knowledge will immediatly think that the site is ok, because the anti-phishing tool says nothing. What Microsoft, and everybody else needs to do is educate the user. This education will let them make good choices when it comes putting in their data. Microsoft just hasn’t put that information out there in the public eye. A great anti-phishing bar would be to just give the user the information about phishing, and what phishing is. I have been educated, and never fell into that trap. That means my anti-phishing tool. education, worked 100%. So please Microsoft, educate the user. If you just tell them what is write or wrong they won’t learn.
Finally HDTV recording is here
I have seen the DVR’s done by comcast and the bunch, but snapstream has just realeased a standalon product that includes HDTV recording. This is absolutly awesome, and is the main reason why I have been holding off on getting a DVR. I will just have to make sure I get quite a lot of disk space.
Great Article on Digg.com
This is a great article on Business Week about Digg.com. They interviewed Kevin Rose and the CEO of revision3, Jay Adelson. It is quite good so go check it out!
