Monthly Archives: July 2004

Just finished the final round of successful stress tests on the prototype for the new 64-bit Eclipse and all I can say is, “Nice!” This thing is a work of art and has one of the best price to performance … Continue reading →

There are sometimes when you are hacking and you don’t see the forest for the trees. I’m piecing together some computer that had numerous problems. It had bad RAM, a bad video card (complete with screen scramblings) and a bad … Continue reading →

“I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.” That wasn’t just political opining either. John F. Kennedy, the … Continue reading →

[part 1] When last we left Bob he had lost the first round to an evil adware trojan. By now the cheeky little bastard was spawning popups telling me that I might have spyware and that I should go to … Continue reading →

You know that the printers are out to get you. Nasty little things go through craploads of ink and toner, always running out halfway through a job; they make oragami out of your best paper, and break down when you … Continue reading →

Industry-specific software is software that is written for use a particular industry or niche market. Some examples: Medical practice software, Legal Practice Management, Optometry software, Point-of-Sale software, Manufacturing software. I hate this kind of software a lot. I never used … Continue reading →

One of the ways you can really make the morning of a computer technician is to carefully write down all of the problems (even the trivial ones!) with your computer on a piece of paper and stick it to the … Continue reading →

On this machine there are a lot of hijacks. About 16 pages worth of hijacks and other sneakiness. N-case is in there alright, but I also recognize some of it as CoolWebSearch. Well — this just got interesting. Continue reading →