R.I.P. Windows 98
Posted by mrplow (9 Comments)	Wed Jul 12th '06 05:14:53 PM
Nostalgia trip While few will mourn the recalcitrant eight-year-old, many computer users will harbour fond memories of Windows 98. In automobile terms, it could be likened to a Volvo 240, a cumbersome but useful vehicle, with problems that were well-known but solvable. For the world into which Windows 98 (and cousins Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows Me) was born is very different to today. The internet was something that made a strange weebley noise while establishing a connection. Now broadband rules the roost. And those determined to administer CPR to keep the venerable operating system ticking over will find it harder and harder to maintain a pulse as software makers turn their backs on it. Its plain blue default background is now giving away to the green hills and blue sky of XP. No e-flowers please.
News Source: BBC News	Genre: Microsoft

UK ISP to British recording industry: get tae fuck
Posted by James (2 Comments)	Wed Jul 12th '06 02:41:10 PM
One of the ISPs that the British recording industry tried to strong-arm into terminating customers' accounts on accusation of file-sharing has refused. In a letter to the British Phonogram Industry, Tiscali's legal department lectures the BPI on how the law works and why the "overwhelming" evidence of wrongdoing was quite underwhelming. Webuser has more details on this, including a complaint from Tiscali that the grandstanding BPI issued a press-release about its letter before it had been reviewed at Tiscali: "A Tiscali spokeswoman described the move as a 'media ambush'. She said the BPI had '[sent] their letter to the media before we even had a chance to read it and the information they went to press with was not strictly correct'." "You have sent us a spreadsheet setting out a list of 17 IP addresses you allege belong to Tiscali customers, whom you allege have infringed the copyright of your members, together with the dates and times and with which sound recording you allege that they have done so. You have also sent us extracts of screenshots of the shared drive of one of those customers. You state that such evidence is "overwhelming". However, you have provided no actual evidence in respect of 16 of the accounts. Further, you have provided no evidence of downloading taking place nor have you provided evidence that the shared drive was connected by the relevant IP address at the relevant time. Similar requests we have dealt with in the past, have included such information and, indeed, the bodies conducting those investigations have felt that a court would consider it necessary to see such evidence, supported by sworn statements, before being able to grant any order."
News Source: boing boing	Genre: Tech

God attacks iPod user
Posted by mrplow (5 Comments)	Mon Jul 10th '06 11:04:43 PM
AND THE LORD SAID: "The wounds follow the line of his iPod, from his ears down his right side to his hip, where he was carrying the device. The iPod has a hole in the back, and the earbuds dissolved into green threads" So, there you have it. http://www.idiottoys.com/2006/07/divine-lord-strikes-down-impure.html PS this really is "genre: apple", and yet for the first time ever I actually dropped-down the drop-down box to have a look for something suitable.
News Source: idiottoys	Genre: Apple

Bits of man's head fall off...
Posted by mrplow (4 Comments)	Sat Jul 8th '06 02:36:45 PM
... no, really. Mr Roy got an electric shock while repairing a high voltage wire last October. The doctor who treated him insists that his patient underwent an extremely rare medical phenomenon. "When he came to us late last year, his scalp was completely burnt and within months it came off, exposing the skull," surgeon Ratan Lal Bandyopadhyay told Reuters. "Later, we noticed that the part of his skull was loosening due to lack of blood supply to the affected area, which can happen in such extensive burn cases." Correspondents say hundreds of people have now gathered around Mr Roy's hospital bed to see him holding his extraordinary trophy. Dr Bandyopadhyay said the skull's inner covering and the membrane which helps produce bone were "miraculously unaffected", allowing fresh bone to grow. "When the skull came off, I thought he will die," the doctor told Reuters, "but we noticed a new covering on his head forming and that might have pushed the 'dead skull' out." Doctors say that 80% of the outer part of Mr Roy's skull has now hardened, and they expect him to be completely cured in about three months' time. SICK
News Source: BBC News	Genre: Science

Discovery on it's way to the ISS
Posted by mrplow (2 Comments)	Thu Jul 6th '06 01:28:42 PM
The space shuttle Discovery is nearing the International Space Station (ISS). It is scheduled to arrive at the orbital outpost at 1052 EDT (1452 GMT) on Thursday. Before docking, the spacecraft will perform a "backflip", so the ISS crew can inspect the ceramic tiles on the ship's under-belly. These tiles form part of the shuttle's heatshield, which is vital for protecting the craft during its fiery descent back to Earth They seem far too happy that nothing has broken... on a multi-million (billion?) dollar spacecraft which is taking people on a life-threatening trip, surely there should be zero chance of anything going wrong. It worries me that they're always checking for broken bits.
News Source: BBC News	Genre: Science

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