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Yearly Archives: 2000
Scour Exchange
If you’re tired of Napster’s pathetic UI and frequent crashes, try the Scour Exchange Client. The UI rocks, and as a bonus, you are no longer limited to sharing music, you can also share photos (umm, think of the possibilities… … Continue reading
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Open Source – Software Management Panacea?
Is Open Source really the mantra to the age-old software crisis? This article on lotus.com has a slightly different take on the topic. Expectedly enough, this article generated a lot of debate at Slashdot, you can read the discussion here.
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Gallery of CSS Descramblers
The Gallery of CSS Descramblers gives me hope about the future of free speech on the Net. After taking a pretty much relentless beating at the hands of the US judicial system these last few weeks, I guess the geek … Continue reading
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11th Top Sign You Work in the 90s
I would like to add a 11th point to the Top 10 Signs You Work in the 90s (or ’00s, for that matter). Somewhat an extension of point 1, this is something I really felt while coming out from work … Continue reading
Top 10 Signs You Work in the 90s
James Gosling’s Top 10 Signs You Work in the 90s are funny, but contain a grain of truth in them somewhere. I could totally identify with point 6: You normally eat out of vending machines and at the most expensive … Continue reading
Kibibytes and Mibibytes
So you think you know all about computers? Great. Let’s quiz on you the basics. How much is a kilobyte? How much is megabyte? (and don’t cop out by saying that disk drive manufacturers and computer scientists have different standards) … Continue reading
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Ghostscript and GSView
If you’ve ever received a PostScript file (perhaps from a friend using a Macintosh or Unix, or as part of a technical paper) and were in despair about how to go about opening it, here’s some hope. You don’t have … Continue reading
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KEO Time Capsule
Time capsules tend to capture the imagination of the public for one reason or the other. A new time capsule project, The KEO, is underway in France about the time you read this. It’s capsule will be a CD-ROM, sent … Continue reading
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KDE vs Gnome
If you’ve been following the KDE vs. GNOME wars — especially after the GNOME Foundation was formed, you’ll enjoy this piece. It comes close to capturing my own views on the subject, of course — so you shouldn’t be surprised … Continue reading
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