A new site, A new Future!
Written on 19:31 by Nemesis
I will be posting new updates over at http://cvoid.wordpress.com/ from now on. wordpress seems to be alot better than blogger and this way I get more control over the content of my site.
Another Reason To Not Buy A Zune
Written on 08:39 by Nemesis
Hmm very strange... is this the start of something or just another opportunity to laugh at Microsoft. Also, how do you go about fixing it?
Right, so this is a weird one: we're getting tons of reports—tons—about
failing Zune 30s. Apparently, the players began freezing at about midnight last
night, becoming totally unresponsive and practically useless.
The crisis has been dubbed by Zune users 'Z2K9', due to the apparently synchronized faceplantings across the country. According to tipster Michael, the Zune users experienced something like this:
"Apparently, around 2:00 AM today, the Zune models either reset, or were
already off. Upon when turning on, the thing loads up and... freezes with a full
loading bar (as pictured above). I thought my brother was the only one with it,
but then it happened to my Zune. Then I checked out the forums and it seems
everyone with a 30GB HDD model has had this happen to them"
This report is consistently corroborated by literally hundreds of
others across the various Zune support and fan forums.
What hasn't emerged yet, largely due to the fact that MS's support lines aren't yet
open for the day, is why these devices are failing. The evidence seems to point
to a software glitch, but simple resets aren't providing any relief. Some
reports indicate that only Zunes with the latest firmware are affected, but this
hasn't yet been confirmed.
The proximity of the events to the New Year, which
inspired the Y2K9 moniker, provides little more than a colorful backdrop; it's
unlikely that the switching of years in the Zune's internal calendar has
anything to do with the failures (besides, it hasn't even happened yet).
Source
The Digg Community Has Spoken.
Written on 07:40 by Nemesis
It seems the people of Digg want change.
danielrh9 makes is point in this article.
Just as an exemplary anecdote, I've been a user on here for nearly three years now. I read digg on a casual basis further back than that prior to signing up. In the first two years after I joined, I submitted stuff fairly regularly. Maybe once or twice a week or so. In those two years, I think maybe three to four submissions made it to the front page.
Back around February or March of this year, I submitted something I thought was pretty cool that had a decent chance of making the front page. I did it on break at work and checked digg when I got home to see how it did. The story made it to the front page allright, but it was a submission made after mine from MrBabyMan that used the same exact story with a slightly different URL.
I realized there was no point.
If a long time user has stopped submiting articles then where is the motivation for new people to add stuff to digg? Speaking as a new user, I can confirm that with few friends on digg you will find your submissions get very few diggs. It seems that with few friends you get little exposure.
Well, people have had enough, the evidence being quite clear -
Kevin Rose admits that Digg has flaws but urges us to keep Digging stuff while the team releases fixes and new features. Lets hope they sort the balance out otherwise, I dare say, people might start leaving Digg.
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7 Things Google Chrome Needs - Now That It’s Out of Beta
Written on 21:34 by Nemesis
Fantastic artcle I found on digg. I agree with all of the points made....
I want to start out by saying, I LOVE Google Chrome. Recently I went away from Flock and made Chrome my primary browswer. Going out and saying it’s the “best browser I’ve ever used” would be a bit much, but it’s definitely in the top teir. This article isn’t abouthow great Chrome is, though.
A little while ago, Google announced the removal of the “Beta” tag from their brand new browser. Now, I have heard speculation that this is due to the fact that computer manufacturers won’t bundle software with “Beta” hanging around its neck. Normally Google applications stay in Beta for a very long time (see: Gmail), but after only a few months, Chrome is out in the wild with no reservations.
While this may be more of a marketing stunt than anything else, a “Gold” version of Chrome (that’s ironic!) must now assume the same responsibilities of the other browsers that have taken off their training wheels. Note that in this list I’m excluding most (but not all) of the things Google has explicitly promised to fix. These are in NO particular order.
Ignorant Teacher Threatens to Call Cops over Linux Distro
Written on 14:13 by Nemesis
Link to HeliOS Project blog. which contains the full response.
A teacher has thrown a student into detention and threatened to call the police for using Linux in her classroom.
The teacher spotted one of her students giving a demonstration of the HeliOS distro to other students. In a somewhat over-the-top reaction, she confiscated the CDs, put the student on detention and whipped off a letter to the HeliOS Project threatening to report it to the police for distributing illegal software.
"I am sure you strongly believe in what you are doing but I cannot either support your efforts or allow them to happen in my classroom," writes the teacher, identified only as Karen.
"At this point, I am not sure what you are doing is legal. No software is free and spreading that misconception is harmful. I will research this as time allows and I want to assure you, if you are doing anything illegal, I will pursue charges as the law allows.
"I along with many others tried Linux during college and I assure you, the claims you make are grossly over-stated and hinge on falsehoods. I admire your attempts in getting computers in the hands of disadvantaged people but putting Linux on these machines is holding our kids back," she writes.
Not content with completely missing the point of Linux, Karen concluded by throwing down the ultimate insult to the Linux advocates: "This is a world where Windows runs on virtually every computer and putting on a carnival show for an operating system is not helping these children at all.
"I am sure if you contacted Microsoft, they would be more than happy to supply you with copies of an older verison of Windows and that way, your computers would actually be of service to those receiving them..."
The HeliOS project members were understandably upset, and quickly fired off a reply.
"Please...investigate to your heart's content. Linux is a free as-in-cost and free as-in-license operating system. It was designed specifically for those purposes...
"I don't know when you attended college Karen but the Linux of even two years ago pales in feature and ability to what there is available now... and that in turn will pale in a year's time. Linux is superior to Microsoft Windows in so many ways, they are too numerous to mention here."
This annoys me so much! "No software is free" WHAT?! Have you never heard of open source or freeware? How can you be so ignorant. Has she never heard of Mozilla Firefox or even MSN? Yes MSN is free to download. Or even itunes for Christ sake. You know what, I think people like this should be made to sit through a lesson that explains these things to stop this kind of thing for happening.
Well atleast Ken Starks will do something about it.
Now. You give that boy his disks back. Aaron is a brilliant kid and he's learned more using Linux than he ever did using Windows. Those disks and their distribution are perfectly legal and even if he was "disruptive", you cannot keep his property. I have placed a call to the AISD Superintendent and cc'd him a complete copy of your email. It looks like we will get to meet in his office when School starts again after the holiday. I am anxious to meet a person who is this uninformed and still holds a position of authority and learnedness over our children.
A new look.
Written on 14:09 by Nemesis
I thought the blog looked a bit bland a bit boring and well from a design standpoint it was just terrible. I had a quick look on the web and found this one. Its seems to be ok. I have designed a new one but coding it is a pain in the butt... If anyone would like to code it for me, that would be appreciated.
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