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From the archive
2002
518 posts
Limited Connectivity
Hi folks Just when I think I have all my loose ends tied up my Internet connectivity is going to be limited for a little bit so I will be sending out updates every few day versus every day.. Thanks for your patience.
Web Servers and How They Work
I have been running web servers and offering computing services a long time but I realize some of you out there have no idea what is happening nor how a web server really works. Th guys over at "HowStuffWorks" have a great article. Be sure to visit the rest of the site as you will see he has a lot
Team Computing
The Seti project uses it and they have been very successful. Weird things happen from time to time. Today I was trying to figure out how to load share a couple of our servers that get hard every night doing some mundane task that helps keep the PC's running at top performance. The issue is the mundane task take about
Global Security Site
Now you to can analyze and make your own decision on the war on terror. The Global Security Site is a great public site that has some commercial satellite pictures worth looking at.
Jimmy Buffet is the Man
Jimmy Buffet tired of getting 10 cents on the dollar walked away from his recording label last year and started his own. "Buffett picked up his marbles and walked away from the game last year -- putting out an album on his own Mailboat Records that sold more than a half million copies and hit the top five. Now he's
Is Microsoft violating it’s Anti Trust Agreement
[Washington Post] "Microsoft isn't living up to its agreement with the federal government to allow Windows users to remove access to the company's programs and choose competitors' products, a group funded by Microsoft's rivals said Wednesday" [Washington Post]
Microsoft might as well had flipped the bird to a Federal Judge
Apparently Microsoft's compliance with the federal ruling to allow you to exclude the Microsoft browser/email program during installation and select your own is so confusing and difficult that few people will figure it out or bother to fight layers of menus to override the defaults. (But what did everyone expect? If I were the federal judge that set the conditions
Spam killing the Net?
Studies have shown spam accounting for as much as 50% percent of all e-mail traffic on the Internet. If the trend continues we will spend more time sifting thru junk mail then anything else and that these spammers will do more harm than terrorist. [Wired]
XP Service Pack 1 “Hackers Cracked It Quickly”
Well Microsoft in a attempt to crack down on illegal copies of XP did some fancy changing of code and killed a large number of serial numbers. Well Service pack 1 had hardly been released when a new crack to defeat Microsoft's attempts at shutting down illegal copies appeared almost immediately. [Vnunet]
Dak is Back!
Back in the 80's there was a catalog sales business called DAK Industries run by a guy named Drew Kaplan. He went out of business, but is back." Yes, I remember DAK and had bought many items from them. Here is their site: http://www.dak.com/
Wackiest Thing I have seen in Months
This site has to be a hoax. You have to take a look yourself. But some clown is gonna put up a satellite with messages from those participating that will re-enter earth in 50,000 years. Sounds like a cult to me anyway check out the site and let me know what ya think. [Keo]
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