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- Friday Rant - Conficker worm hype
- Friday Rant - Conficker worm hypeHey...come on now......Chicken Little has made a pretty good living with this tactic...what's your problem? ;-)RE: Friday Rant - Conficker worm hypeI agree with you, my boss watched CNN and came in afraid to go online, I even had to run scans again on...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-03
- Friday Rant - Check your Windows Live permissions!
- Friday Rant - Check your Windows Live permissions!We're talking Microsoft hereand you expected ease of usability?These are all features, and the more features the betterRight? :-)RE: Friday Rant - Check your Windows Live permissions!Thanks for the heads up. The permissions page needs a serious rework.Good grief.Good grief. Status messages...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-20
- Friday Rant: Hey Microsoft! How about some more dialog about Vista before moving on to Windows 7?
- Friday Rant: Hey Microsoft! How about some more dialog about Vista before moving on to Windows 7?Friday Rant: Hey Microsoft! How about some more dialog about Vista before mWTF is up with ZDNet now? Ever since the site redesign the site has gone to hell with one whole "Microosft is...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- No Friday Rant today!
- No Friday Rant today!AMD's latest Catalyst 8.5 w/ 10x a smasm with task manager, a good thing.AMD can be proud of their driver deployment in everyway;except, they could have pulled down the vertical sync and increased the frames per second from 55-73 upto 68-80. Sample from a X800 series. I...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-24
- Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucks
- Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucksI agreeYep, the UK broadcasts look pretty swanky.But, whenever they're showing clips from US news shows or playing Friends on Channel 4 (so that's about... 90% of the day?), the quality is crap. Whether its just because US TV...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
- Friday Rant: Let XP die!
- Friday Rant: Let XP die!I don't see any need to upgrade or downgradeThere's nothing wrong with XP, and there's nothing wrong with Vista. If XP is working for you on the hardware you have, then there's no real need to upgrade to Vista. If you need new hardware or simply...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-04
- Friday Rant - Sony and Apple/iTunes, you're on the wedgie list!
- Friday Rant - Sony and Apple/iTunes, you're on the wedgie list!I hear you thereThe fact that they sell you a system that they know is underperforming due to the crapware is ironic as they advertise these system and "Optimal Performers", "Fast!", ect.(I also charge the same "rates", but they allways...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-21
- Friday Rant - How to turn a simple job into a complicated one
- Friday Rant - How to turn a simple job into a complicated oneWhat, no power tools?Your experience reminds me of a removable drive cage that I installed some years ago. At least you didn't have to resort to high-speed rotary tools and hardened dental burring bits.No matter how many times...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-07
- Friday Rant - Why, oh why didn't I pick up a Nintendo DS Lite ... ?
- Friday Rant - Why, oh why didn't I pick up a Nintendo DS Lite ... ?Like the opening to the song by the Butthole SurfersBUTTHOLE SURFERS LYRICS"Sweet Loaf""Daddy, what does regret mean?Well son, the funny thing about regret is,It's better to regret something you have done,Than to regret something you...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-28
- Friday Rant - When antivirus software goes bad
- Friday Rant - When antivirus software goes badDoctor, it hurts when I do this[i]I've long held the belief that antivirus software can be almost as bad as the malware it's trying to protect you from. In fact, I believe that it's a lot worse. [/i]So you keep doing this...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
- Friday Rant - It's new technology stupid, you should expect problems!
- Friday Rant - It's new technology stupid, you should expect problems!Discount?![i]did you get some kind of discount for being an early adopter?[/i]In fact, you are expected to pay a hefty premium. The iPhone is perhaps the most blatant example of this, but lets not pretend this isnt the norm.RE: Friday...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- Friday Rant - Why is most security software rubbish?
- Friday Rant - Why is most security software rubbish?Don't use a suiteall you need is AV and anti-spywareAVG is freeSpyBot or Windows Defender are freeAVG and SpyBot can be set to run automaticallyDefender runs automaticallywhy make a big deal out of itAAgreedIn the past I have used Norton System Security...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-26
- Friday Rant - TGIF
- Friday Rant - TGIFNewEggShould have bought from NewEgg...never had a problem with them, and they're honest when something isn't in stock.RE: Friday Rant - TGIFI believe it's "tide me over..." not "tied me over..." ]:)Stay calm and disconnect! ]:)
- Discussion threads 2007-10-05
- Friday rants: Data silos; Facebook hype; Dow Jones angst
- Friday rants: Data silos; Facebook hype; Dow Jones angstData silosWell, the data is all one logical database and you need to put the mechanisms in place so that this is actually the case from a user and programmer perspective no matter how many physical databases are sitting underneath it. This...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-03
- Friday rants: $25,000 acquisitions; 100 days too long; Dow Jones and Rupe
- Friday rants: $25,000 acquisitions; 100 days too long; Dow Jones and RupeOh, come *on*...I appreciate a good rant as much as the next guy, but on two of these points I think you're really off-base.First, there's the TechCrunch story. Yes, it's a pocket-cash deal, but what was the alternative? I...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-24
- Friday Rant - Hey Microsoft! Where's the Windows Extras you promised me?
- Friday Rant - Hey Microsoft! Where's the Windows Extras you promised me?Frustrating? Yes. Surprising? Why?Every time Microsloth announces a product in development, they claim it will have features A thru Z. Shortly thereafter, it's leaked that features D thru J won't make it in the first...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-15
- Friday Rant - Why is ActiveSync so rubbish?
- Friday Rant - Why is ActiveSync so rubbish?Adrian, have you tried rsync? It is commmand line, but works great.Somebody needs to put a GUI on it for normal users though. But, for nerds like you, . . . .Rant RantThis can't be a real rant. Windows, and Windows Mobile must...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-03
Additional Resources
- 10 things you can do while waiting for the Palm Pre to boot
- In the spirit of a Friday rant, here are 10 things you can do while you wait for your Palm Pre to boot. You'll have nearly 3 minutes to fill. by Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-04
- Is your supply chain gonna kill you?
- Jason Busch has an excellent post: Friday Rant: Beyond SarbOx -- Waiting for the Big One to Hit . I'm betting few people want to talk about this particular hot potato. Please don't choke on your early morning coffee. He says: Then as now [when SarbOx was enacted], companies...
- Blog posts 2009-09-04
- FSF launches "Windows 7 Sins" campaign
- Classic defensive strategyIf you can't defend your POV, pound the table! :)Seriously, this makes the FSF look desperate. It might also open them up for libel charges Of course MS has to weigh the martyr factor. On second thought, that might give the FSF too much credit...The fact they felt...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
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