July 2006
10 posts
Nvidia’s response to ATI/AMD - with translation
The Inquirer gets some funny reader letters. Here’s one concerning a Q&A with Nvidia’s director of PR:
> Why do you think ATI went for this? It’s financial status?
GeForce has taken 80% of the performance market. Quadro is over 80% of the workstation market. We are taking share at OEMs. We are taking share in notebook. ATI needs to explore strategic options.
translation:...
Crypto Malware
Malware that encrypts files and asks for a ransom to decrypt them has become a popular alternative to the standard business model of malware (installing adware/spyware). It’s still very much in its infancy but it shows promise. Consider a virus “renting” a user his files… DRM for the worse guys (the bad guys being the current DRM pushers). Malicious cryptography, part one...
Keep IE7 out
Microsoft is providing a Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 7. For now.
No net at home…
I don’t currently have internet at home. Tvtel has been sucking hard for the past few months and it’s now certain I’m going to change providers. Probably to clix or claranet. Not having internet means that I can waste my time in other equally non-productive ways. I finished watching Friends - best non sci-fi show I’ve seen. I also watched a movie called Derailed. Derailed...
More making fun of the mac
The ctrl-alt-del strip was funny but VH1’s Best Week Ever spoof of the ads is even more funny.
Open Galileo
Thanks to a group of Americans, Galileo will be open. God job. I’m also happy to find out about this:
Afraid that cracking the code might have been copyright infringement, Psiaki’s group consulted with Cornell’s university counsel. “We were told that cracking the encryption of creative content, like music or a movie, is illegal, but the encryption used by a navigation...
End of the tabs-vs.-spaces war?
Elastic tabstops - the solution to the tabs-versus-spaces issue (via Joel on Software). This is great. I can’t wait untill all (relevant) editors implement this [unbridled optimism]. This will make programming a lot less painful. Try the demo.
Next up: The Church of Emacs and The Cult of Vi burry the hatchet and make new editor that combines the best of both editors in perfect harmony. The...
Don’t Hassel the Hoff
Remember Knight Rider? Baywatch? Hooked On A Feeling? Now there’s Jump in My Car.
UPDATE: fixed, tks Relax (see comment)].
A pact with the Devil
A pact with the Devil (PDF) is a very interesting paper even if you’re not a fan of computer security papers. It’s a paper for the whole family to read. Abstract:
We study malware propagation strategies which exploit not the incompetence or naivety of users, but instead their own greed, malice and short-sightedness. We demonstrate that interactive propagation strategies, for example...
Gimmie
Gimmie is looking good (presentation, images and videos). IMO, it’s about time they did something like this. Gnome is without a doubt my favorite DE but it’s not perfect. Gimmie is going to make it pretty damn close to perfect ;)
Gimmie is an elegant way to think about how you use your desktop computer.
What Gimmie Can Do
* Integrated display of:
o Applications from the system...
