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Living Room / Holy Pirates~! =p
« on: December 31, 2010, 08:26 AM »
I found this humorous. 2 pirates in the Vatican:

AVAST Software: Over 770,000 pirates plus 2 in the Vatican

http://www.avast.com/en-au/pr-avast-software-over-770-000-pirates-plus-2-in-the-vatican?utm_campaign=News_Service&utm_source=prg_fav_50_3&utm_medium=prg_ban_news&utm_content=en-au_online_news

What started as a 14-user license for a small firm in Tucson, Arizona issued on June 30, 2009 quickly mushroomed to 774,651 active users by late 2010. The license has been used in over 200 countries ranging from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe – even the Vatican City. Phenomenal growth yes, but except for the original 14 users, all of the others are pirates.

...

Top Dirty Dozen*

   1. Russia
   2. Mexico
   3. Brazil
   4. Italy
   5. Spain
   6. USA
   7. India
   8. Philippines
   9. France
  10. Ukraine
  11. Argentina
  12. Thailand

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Developer's Corner / Any EASY Windows Forms Skin Kits for C#?
« on: December 31, 2010, 04:09 AM »
I'm a tad sick of Windows Forms. Does anyone know any good skinning kits that are easy to work with? I looked at wxWidgets before a long time ago and it looked like pure hell.

I basically just want stuff to make software look nicer with minimal effort. I'd rather do functional programming than GUI programming.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Web Badges
« on: December 31, 2010, 03:42 AM »
2010 had some nice web badges here:

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=20877.0

I've redone one of them for 2011 here:

http://renegademinds.com/Products/DuplicatePhotoFinder/tabid/122/Default.aspx

nanyrib_2011_t.png

I'd looked around and not seen any for 2011, and they looked so good. Did I miss them? (And no -- they didn't turn up in a search. ;) )

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Living Room / Are You Ready to Switch to GNU/Linux?
« on: December 30, 2010, 12:11 AM »
Saw an article:

How You Know When It’s Time to Switch to Linux

If you're considering giving Windows the boot here are 10 signs the time is right to give Linux a try.

Source

And thought I'd post it before Zane. :D

Just kidding.

But the stuff in the article is more candy-floss BS.

1. You’re Tired of Paying for Software
2. You’re Tired of Upgrading Hardware
3. You’re Tired of Malware
4. You’ve Seen One Too Many Patch Tuesdays
5. You Don’t Have the Time
6. You Like Speed
7. You Like Sharing
8. You Don’t Actually Love Internet Explorer
9. You Want to Be in Control
10. You’re One of a Kind

Sigh...

So, the rant is here. :D

Well, not really a rant. Or not much of one.

The long & short of it: I hate dumb lists by bored tech writers. The presumptuous question is "are you ready", along with some questions to ask.

Now, for a non-idiotic approach to the question…

ARE YOU READY TO SWITCH TO GNU/LINUX?

This is crucially important. But you can answer this question with a little thought and reflection.

First, take inventory of the different tasks that you do and the programs that you use to do it. Next, look for replacements for them that run on GNU/Linux. Next, and this is the hard part, verify that the replacements work for your purposes. An example will help…

Pretty much the only REASON to switch seems to be "freedom". I can't think of another legitimate reason that isn't blatantly controversial.


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Living Room / 150 Hours of TV / Month?
« on: December 29, 2010, 10:26 AM »
Looking into Google TV ads:

http://www.google.com/adwords/tvads/guide/index.html

With the average American watching over 150 hours of television per month...

Wow. I'm stunned. That's basically a solid week with no breaks.

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