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haha. but seriously win7 looks kinda promising.
DeSmuME Emulates the Nintendo DS on the PC and Mac
if i got to know this earlier..
DeSmuME via Lifehacker
Apple’s subliminal marketing propaganda
It seems that “incredible, amazing, awesome, wonderful” Apple marketers have not advanced their techniques beyond the staging of Nuremberg-style rallies, bribing the media and repeating that they and all their products are really cool
via theinquirer
Microsoft ‘fixes’ its malware problem
IT SEEMS MICROSOFT has realised that the product activation malware it forces on users of Windows has a bad name. Springing into action, it has done the only thing it can do – change the name.
According to Computerworld, Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) – something that does not have any advantages, genuinely – is now called Windows Activation Technology (WAT).
Whatever Microsoft calls it, there is absolutely no benefit to the user.
WGA or WAT, it only hurts legitimate customers by taking away their rights to use the software they purchased. You don’t get what you pay for, you only get software and stifling restrictions.
If you read Microsoft’s own definitions on the Microsoft Malware Protection Center, here, WGA/WAT fits as Malware, Trojan and Backdoor Trojan.
..If you want to pirate, it won’t slow you down, but if you pay for your software, all you get is pain.
Computerworld has a Microsoft WGA/WAT spokesman quoted as saying: “When we went out and talked to customers, we found that activation was the concept that resonated most strongly with them.”
The quote ends there, but may have ended, “…like memories of the first time they were kicked in the groin.“
..There is no advantage to it for the user, only advantages for Microsoft. And renaming it won’t make it more attractive to users or any more palatable.
Via theinquirer
how do you get around sg? Drive? Taxi? bus and mrt? i try to take buses as i’d usually purchase student bus concession for 30 days unlimited rides.
hardcopies of street directory and bus guide are my partners in crime for exploring unfamiliar places.
recently discovered gothere.sg , and it’s fast becoming my favourite directory site for finding my way around.
type in your from and to locations, and the website generates a route on its map and states the directions for getting there by driving, taxi, bus and mrt or bus only.
so far i’ve tried the directions for bus and mrt and buses only, and it generally works great.
whats great:
- tells you approximate time and costs of trip, even for taxi rides!
- no need know postal code of locations, it works with general names like vivocity, bugis etc
- bus only option allows me to make full use of bus concession (though travel times are usually much longer)
- bus stops appear on the map and clicking on them shows what buses goes to that bus stop
however the system only gives one suggestion per route, ie only suggests one bus from point A to point B even when there’s more buses or alternative routes to get to point B.
Tip: The A and B green pointers on the map can be adjusted! Just click and drag them to set new from/to points. Quite cool.
had been waiting for this particular high tech pasar malam with unusual anticipation. unusual bcos even though they happen 4 times a year, the last one i went to was before flying off for exchange. my desktop hdd died along with my photos and precious documents. 1 40gb portable hdd died too. need to get my hands on hdds as i now learnt the importance of backing up files. hdd have a limited lifespan, sad fact. they’d died sooner or later. was also looking for a good powered usb hub and laptop cooler.
the week the fair happened was also the deadline for one my reports to be handed up. and the uni open house (which i part timed in) happened on the sat of the fair. didnt planned for that cos previously the emails were saying the open house was on the 21st instead.
planned for this fair with much enthusiasm; surfed the forums for floor plans and pricelists etc. even marked the floor plan and uploaded on ipod touch:
there was much hooha about “carrot cutting” vendors who marked up their product prices by 20% and discounting 10% off. or morons who were shouting “last 5 sets!” in the first few hours and repeating the last 5 sets announcements every hour -_-”‘ .. ppl were complaining about the items they bought were at the market price rather than the bargain they thought they were getting, and having to squeeze in the crowd to get them somemore. that’s why need to do research about product specs, market prices and existing promos before visiting these pasar malams ma.
one thing i noticed was wd hdd prices usually were much cheaper in these fairs than the current market prices, and their prices drop each fair:
above are prices for SITEX 2008..
compared with IT Fair 2009
the 640gb mybook home edition is $40 cheaper now! (169.90 vs 119.90) initially after coming back from overseas trip i thought of buying at least two hdd, one for storage and another for time machine. but the thing about hdd is their prices depreciate over time, so i guess shud only buy what is needed at the moment.
another interesting thing happened in the fair:
me : i was kind of stuck at one booth due to crowd. as i was walking slowly past the booth, got 1 sales guys asked me, antivirus software for u sir?
me : as i walked past him, i turned my head ard and said
me : i use a mac
me : am i an a-hole?
me : hahaha
the general: hahahah
the general : i do things like that also… so i think it’s ok… haha
me : that my natural response to the qn in my head
me : but a slight grin formed on my face
heh.
No buttons except for a top toggle for Off/Play/Shuffle. Relies on original ipod earphone buttons, which imho isnt the best earphones out there. For better sound maybe can get the Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic which costs as much as the Shuffle (S$128). The voice over function intrigues me the most though. Chinese is supported (Japanese too) but i really wonder how well it’d work out. And ideally i would very much like to have different voices to choose from for different tones.. Will get sick of just one set of voice pretty soon.
From Dan Lyons
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the last two are especially funny
