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2008 May 09

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Planetary Problems

On MSN today,  is a story of a family of 19, soon to be 20, and there seems to be no word of an end in sight.
Think about that for a moment. 18 children, and nary a one adopted.
I usually feel that what people do is their business, and the government, and other […]

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nVidia to Change Product Marketing

Someone is finally waking up to the fact that only hardcore, rabid fans are the ones that completely understand all the designations of the last few crops of nVidia chips. The average Joe, or light enthusiast, is left in the cold, needing to do several minutes, to a couple of hours of research about the […]

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Perhaps Someday The Lesson Will Be Learned

Over on ExtremeTech, Loyd Case talks about his distressing result with Norton Antivirus, and the scheme for activation. It seems he has had good luck with the product until recently. I have not used any Norton products since 2003, which, coincidentally, was the last year of the product needing no ridiculous activation scheme.
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Got An AMD Processor? Don’t Install Service Pack 3!

 
 
 
Well, for all the troubles Microsoft seems to be having, they still can’t seem to have a decent test cycle before release. It also seems that Microsoft must be 100% Intel, because otherwise someone in the hallowed halls of Redmond might have caught this.
Installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 sends some PCs into an […]