Scripting News: 6/9/2006 > I was talking with Dvorak at the Vloggercon party this evening, and he started telling a story about how he deliberately pisses Mac users off to get flow for his stories, and I said, hold a minute, I want to record this, and shit if he didn’t stop and repeat it [...]
Archives for June 2006
Google Earth 4 for Linux and OSX
Google Earth – Download Google is continuing their Linux support with a release of Google Earth for both Linux and Mac OSX. First Picasa, now this. I’m pretty happy about all this, even though they use Wine to ease the porting.
Soccer World Cup in ASCII
This is just too cool. Try telnet ascii-wm.net 2006 during a soccer match and be amazed.
RIAA chief says illegal song-sharing ‘contained’
USATODAY.com – RIAA chief says illegal song-sharing ‘contained’ > LOS ANGELES ââ¬â Nearly a year after the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling against online music file-sharing services, the CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America says unauthorized song swapping has been “contained.” > “The problem has not been eliminated,” says association CEO Mitch [...]
Weird Al still make most money from CD sales..
I am extremely grateful for your support, no matter which format you choose to legally obtain my music in, so you should do whatever makes the most sense for you personally. But since you ASKEDââ¬Â¦ I actually do get significantly more money from CD sales, as opposed to downloads. This is the one thing about [...]
Windows Vista Torrent
Windows Vista Torrent > Per the official report, Microsoft is currently recommending waiting for a DVD version of Windows Vista Beta 2 due to extremely long wait times for the download directly from Microsoft. To help them with their dilemma, Windows enthusiasts Chris and Jake have downloaded the official beta release and created a torrent. [...]
Free Music Recommendation Services
Free Music Recommendation Services > With the Internet as a catalyst for accessing information, streaming media, and connecting with others, services dedicated to helping you discover new music have stormed the Internet like wildfire. And they should. A ridiculous amount of talent out there goes unnoticed because of its absence from mainstream media like TV [...]
Sun Java 1.5 & Compiz / XGL
Seems there’s an assumption in Sun Java 1.5 about window managers which causes it to bug out with Compiz & Xgl. A temporary workaround is: export AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit or grab Compiz CVS and apply the following patches: — dix/window.c 2006/05/29 18:12:27 1.1 +++ dix/window.c 2006/05/29 18:15:15 @ -1265,8 +1265,12 @ result = EventSelectForWindow(pWin, client, (Mask )*pVlist); [...]
SIRA – Double Dipping
IPac – Blog > This will be a busy week in the House — Congress goes into summer recess Friday, but not before considering the Section 115 Reform Act of 2006 (SIRA). Never heard of SIRA? Thatââ¬â¢s the way Big Copyright and their lackeyââ¬â¢s want it, and it’s bad news for you. > Simply put, [...]
USPTO overturns part of the JPEG patent
GROKLAW > This is amazing. Do you remember that the Public Patent Foundation asked the US Patent Office to take another look at the JPEG patent? Yesterday, the reexamination proceeding initiated by PubPat bore fruit: the USPTO has rejected the broadest claims Forgent Networks is asserting against the JPEG standard on the basis that the [...]