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[Jet]

This is Jet (aka The Jetster, Jetski, Jetski Bibbles, or even just Bibbles). 'Walk' must be spelled around Miss Bibbles (we're pretty sure she's catching on to that as well  ), for fear of the destruction of the back door, and you daren't utter the words 'bye-bye car-car' unless you intend to take her out on the town (you can get away with B-B-C-C though).

She was rescued from the local shelter, and has the sweetest disposition you've ever seen in an animal. She enjoys pizza crusts, and liver treats (aka doggie-crack). Unfortunately, she belongs to the other half, but you can rest assured I'll be hanging around as long as she's here

And now finally, the pics:

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Her magesty, miss Jet (notice the paws)	Jet after Christmas dinner
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Jet eying the Christmas turkey	Jet at New Years

Ehtyar.

In order that you might avoid the same outdated language issue that you're currently effected by, might I suggest a more heavily used language than VB.NET? Developers are fleeing VB.NET in droves for the power, consistency and familiarity of C#.

Where code maintainability and longevity are of primary concern, it can be advantageous to go with the more... dare i say, popular, languages.

Ehtyar.

I just thought the rule was that no major new version was to be offered through auto-update just like one couldn't auto-update to v3 from v2, but v2.x upgrades were still offered to v2.x users.

Nope. See here.

Ehtyar.

Firefox 3.5 will not be offered via automatic update until Mozilla considers the browser and the update procedure to be very stable. Until then, the onus is on the user to manually update their Firefox installations.

Ehtyar.

[1. Researcher Raids Browser History for Webmail Login Tokens]

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Hi all. Enjoy As usual, you can find last week's news here.

1. Researcher Raids Browser History for Webmail Login Tokens
2. Network Solutions Breach Exposed 500k Card Accounts
3. Palm Plays Cat-and-mouse With Apple, Reenables ITunes Sync
4. Wireless Power System Shown Off
5. Microsoft Caves to EU Pressure, Will Offer Browser Ballot
6. Microsoft Aims at VM Market With Linux Kernel Code Offering
7. Intel's New 34nm SSDs Cut Prices by 60 Percent, Boost Speed
8. EFF's New Lawsuit, and How the NSA is Into Social Networking
9. Hackers Scoffing at IPhone 3GS' Hardware Encryption
10. [NSFW] Saturday Night Live - Cork Soaker

Ehtyar.

Loved the PSAs app!!!

Ehtyar.

YVW Eóin

ROFL Tin Man, great laugh I see you managed to find a healthy middle ground there, thanks for the $1 cody currency

Ehtyar.

A series of threads has been started on StackOverflow that I think every coding nerd/geek at heart would greatly enjoy reading. They're basically just a list of all the unusual and underused features of various languages for people to preuse. They exist for the following languages currently:

• C++
• C#
• Python
• PHP
• C
• Perl
• Haskell
• JavaScript
• Java
• Ruby
• HTML

A few of my favorites:

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Perl	[attachthumb=9]	[attachthumb=10]
PHP	[attachthumb=11]	[attachthumb=12]

Warning: As someone who is familiar with almost all of these languages, I will warn you: you can spend a lot of time reading these. Also, keep in mind you have a daily vote limit of 30

Ehtyar.

*applause applause*

Ehtyar.

Nor how they got the cameras to operate so well under the conditions on the moon...

Ehtyar.

[1. Oz Cops Turn to Wardriving to Fight Wi-Fi 'jackers]

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Hi all. Enjoy As usual, you can find last week's news here.

1. Oz Cops Turn to Wardriving to Fight Wi-Fi 'jackers
2. Clever Attack Exploits Fully-patched Linux Kernel
3. Facebook 'breaches Canadian law'
4. Why Amazon Went Big Brother On Some Kindle E-books
5. Mozilla Design Challenge Showcases New Browser Tab Concepts
6. Researchers To Release Tool That Silently Hijacks EV SSL Sessions
7. BlackBerry Update Bursting With Spyware
8. Glitch Hits Visa Users With More Than $23 Quadrillion Charge
9. Twitter's Underwear Exposed After Google Apps Hack
10. Hand in Liquid Nitrogen

Ehtyar.

If they sold something that wasn't theirs to sell, then I'm not sure that anyone can say that it is wrong for the items to be 'returned' and the money paid back to them.

Utterly disgusting behavior from Amazon.

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On the other hand...anyone who bought into Kindle probably agreed to some outrageous TOS that they didn't read or understand and are now being bitten in arse by it. Maybe this will cause people to use some common sense before they buy their next gadget.

Ehtyar.

P.S. STOP BUYING PUBLIC DOMAIN WORKS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!! YOU ALREADY PAID FOR PRIVILEGE OF HAVING YOUR KINDLE, DO YOU REALLY NEED TO PAY TO GET FREE STUFF ONTO IT??
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I think I could be comfortable with FaviTabs, but I'm not really a fan of the rest. I don't know who they let vote for the users choice...*shudder*

Ehtyar.

Git on Windows is still pretty rough around the edges. If you're going to be committing from Windows, I would recommending using a service that supports SVN.

Ehtyar.

Fair enough.

Really I'm not sure how the free email services manage to keep a viable business model going after enabling POP3/IMAP/SMTP. Is it possible to have your CompuServe email forwarded to your Gmail/Yahoo account?

Ehtyar.

Nice one Tin Man  

YT - Balls In Your Face

YT - Wii For Christmas

YT - Tetris Jerk

What would this thread be without a few Aussie beer ads:

YT - Big Ad
YT - VB Orchestra
YT - Hahn Bath Bomb

and indeed, without this one:

YT - Achmed The Dead Terrorist

Ehtyar.

CompuServe isn't exactly gone.  It's changed into another Webmail system, i.e. supply your own ISP instead of using CompuServe itself.  There's no option for POP3 that I can see, which is a pity as most of the alternatives I've tried do have POP3.

That's gone if you ask me, they're just letting everyone keep their email addresses (assuming someone somewhere still holds one).

Ehtyar.

I noticed there a distinct lack of funny videos in the silly humor thread, so I thought I'd start this one up.

To get the ball rolling:

ONN - Mexico Builds Border Wall To Keep Out US Assholes

ONN - New Live Poll Allows Pundits To Pander To Viewers In Real Time

CH - Guy Rules At Everything

YT - Jeff Goldblum Drunk

Coldbert Report - Jeff Goldblum Dead

CH - Star Wars vs. Star Trek

Rove Live - Bruno Interview

YT - Clotex

Ehtyar.

Thanks guys

Ehtyar.

[1. Boffins Guess Social Security Numbers Via Public Data]

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Hi all. Enjoy As usual, you can find last week's news here.

1. Boffins Guess Social Security Numbers Via Public Data
2. Apache Attacked by a "Slow Loris" (Thanks 40hz)
3. Teen Cuffed for Bomb Threat Webcam Pay-per-view
4. US [And Korean] Websites Buckle Under Sustained DDoS Attacks
5. Antisec Hackers Replace All Imageshack Images
6. NSA to Build Huge Facility in Utah
7. Goodbye, CompuServe! (We Thought You Already Died)
8. Goldman's Secret Sauce Could Be Loose Online; Markets Beware
9. Google Discloses Plans For New Malware-Resistant OS
10. New Live Poll Allows Pundits To Pander To Viewers In Real Time (Thanks mouser)

Ehtyar.

Hey all,

I've been enjoying some random video blog posts that have been flying around work lately, and while I didn't enjoy any of them to the point where I'd watch them frequently (they were all one-time funnies) I quite liked the format.

So does anyone have any suggestions on some good video blogs? Naturally I'd be predisposed to enjoy the geekier/nerdier ones, but post anything you like in here for everyone to see

Thanks guys, Ehtyar.

[electronixtar]

electronixtar: niiiiice

Ehtyar.

I can recommend nginx and mongoose. I've had more experience with nginx, and it's quite a widely used, but little known web sever. Let us know what you decide on and if you run into trouble.

Ehtyar.

[Not sure if anyone was caught by the bug in which only 3 stories were visible last week, but this should be fixed from now on. Pleeeeease let me know if it happens again, thanks guys.]

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Hi all. Not sure if anyone was caught by the bug in which only 3 stories were visible last week, but this should be fixed from now on. Pleeeeease let me know if it happens again, thanks guys. Sorry for being late people, had a (sober mind you) 21st yesterday. Laser tag is fuuuuuun!!   As usual, you can find last week's news here.

1. Researchers Claim First "Real" Quantum Processor (Thanks 40hz!)
2. Researcher Barred from Demoing ATM Security Vuln
3. Boomerang Attack Against AES Better Than Blind Chance
4. Cablevision Remote DVR Stays Legal: Supremes Won't Hear Case
5. Pirate Bay Sold, to Become More Like Carnival Cruise Lines
6. Scientists Find a Black Hole That's "Just Right"
7. New Linux Patch Could Circumvent Microsoft's FAT Patents
8. China Hits Pause On Mandatory Filtering Software
9. Jeff Goldblum Will Be Missed

Ehtyar.

Someone posted on YouTube that the artist who composed the background music for the HTC ads was bethurum. After having been through the samples for every one of his tracks (ugh) I think this might be correct as I can hear similarities, but alas I don't believe the track I'm after has been released.

Oh well, I'll keep my eye out.

Ehtyar.