Microsoft: Liars. (2012/06/30)
“You may be a victim of software counterfeiting.”
[read more...]I am, apparently, no longer an Amiga owner. (2012/06/20)
So, back when I got the first computer that was personally mine, not just a computer I used, it was an Amiga 3000. Back when PC users were dealing with a hilariously awful mess of IRQ allocations and jumpers, 640k limits, and the like Commodore shipped stuff with a clean 32-bit OS, SCSI disk access (instead of the elaborate mess of MFM and other drives), and so on.
[read more...]Glossy displays, and why they suck (2012/06/13)
So the new MacBook Pro line is out, and they added a “Retina” model, meaning one with really high pixel resolution; it’s 2880x1800, which is to say, it’s a pixel-doubled 1440x900 display. VERY impressive. The color fidelity is gorgeous. The pixels are tiny, which is a good thing.
[read more...]The conservative case for gay marriage (2012/05/24)
It is at this point pretty obvious that, for the most part, gay marriage advocates are not particularly persuasive to the most vehement objectors. There’s some interesting differences in how people view the question. What’s most interesting is to observe that, fundamentally, people are making different categories of arguments. It’s not that the conservatives dispute the equality argument, it’s that they aren’t considering it to be particularly relevant.
[read more...]Legend of Grimrock: Quick review (2012/04/14)
Haven’t finished the game yet, but having a great time.
[read more...]Power laws and percentages (2012/04/09)
So, was thinking more about the Million dollar Murray article. This raises an interesting question.
[read more...]Seriously, Microsoft? (2012/03/24)
Problem: The “Windows Key” is annoying.
[read more...]Least evil privacy policy handling ever (2012/03/23)
Okay, I am amazed. Seriously.
[read more...]Wow, Google+. Just wow. (2012/03/22)
A friend-of-a-friend, who does not use Google*, just got a threatening letter from The Goog telling her that she has four days to change her profile name to something compliant with the Google* name policy or lose access to their other services.
[read more...]Copyright and piracy (2012/03/22)
I recently happened to read an old David Pogue column in Scientific American, where he pointed out that modern copy protection schemes are punishingly hard on legitimate users, but have no effect on pirates.
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