Tag Archives: Windows

Would You Like to Play a Game of… DEFCON?

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Wayne

DEFCON is short for Defense Condition, on a numerical scale, with 1 being the highest level of alert or readiness. It also happens to be the name of a video game that lives up to the origins, the movie WarGames, … Continue reading →

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notepad.exe vs vi: Which Is More Difficult To Learn? The Answer Isn’t Quite What You Expect.

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Wayne

Migrating from Windows to Linux is no simple task. One of the things that some people complain about is the difficulty of text editing in console mode. You may or may not know that Notepad.exe is actually pretty damn complicated. … Continue reading →

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Warning: Program Called “Songbird” May Rock Your Socks Off! Runs On Linux, Mac, and Windows!

Posted on October 7, 2007 by Wayne

If you have not heard of a program called Songbird, I would love to be the first to introduce it to you.

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Unlocked My iPhone Using Windows, Not Possible In Linux

Posted on September 23, 2007 by Wayne

This terrific wiki describes in detail the “tried and true” method of manually performing pretty much every step. Unfortunately, the Wine Application Database shows that iTunes has no maintainer, and is rated as “garbage” by most people. So right there, … Continue reading →

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The REAL Fix For Comcast BitTorrent Throttling

Posted on September 18, 2007 by Wayne

First, a little explanation may be needed as to what is happening in between our computers, Comcast and the Internet. Comcast is using a packet filtering platform called Sandvine. This platform is a at its core, a Quality of Service system … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Forums Firefox Plugin – Finding Answers To Stupid Questions Was Never So Easy

Posted on September 17, 2007 by Wayne

Attention Humor Disabled Digg Visitors, the tagline of this article is actually a joke!  HDDV is a serious disease which effects approximately 23 million Digg front page visitors per month. I remembered awhile back that I had installed a plugin for the Steam … Continue reading →

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