Septimus

Septimus

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Reply to U.S. Govt Issues RFID-Enabled Passports in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

The encryption on the RFID used in these passports sucks. It has been hacked, fortunately, the guy who did it hasn't released how. Only a matter of time. UK has them as an option, so umm, no, I'm not paying extra for something which is far easier to counterfeit.

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Reply to Apple: Preemptive whining in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Apple makes great products, but it's no surprise that they approach attacking MS/Vista this way. People seem to forget what an utter twat Stevie is. Watch the Pirates of Silicon Valley (again?) to remind yourselves. Bill Gates is pretty back stabbing for balance.

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Reply to Why do people hate the Mac so much? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I'll have to disagree with the implication of that one. Yeah, there some of those types of *nix users out there, but I think they're in the minority and hardly the "average". I'm a long time Linux user and most of the Linux users I know aren't that way. Well, ok, we might crack a joke here and there, but it's all in go

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Reply to Why do people hate the Mac so much? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

It's not Mac's we dislike, it's poncy fanboy Mac users. I have 2 Mac's myself, like using them... good computer and OS. But your average Mac user (even worse forum Mac user) is a complete tool who believes everything Stevie tells them. Maybe even worse then the average *nix user, which again I have installed as my main OS at work along with Windows.

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Reply to Will Vista squash RSS in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Another pointless addition when they should be concentrating on core Vista. Most blogging websites aren't going to care about half of the mentioned options. If you have seen the Engadget RSS through Live.com for example it pretty much already does that. It's just MS trying to replace another standard. I don't like the idea and I like MS and their products.

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Reply to Vista versus WindowBlinds in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

Errr, no. MsStyles format is the current skinning engine in XP which is hosted by the Theming service. It has about the same capabilities of Windowblinds 4 (1st release), just not as free form. Sarcasm when you don't know what you are on about, good call!

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Reply to Preview 2 of Opera 9 on February 7, 2006 in Software Development WinCustomize Forums

It's a great release. Not entirely sure about the widgets as they stand. Prefer AveDesk, but I am sure they will come into their own with extensibility. Bittorrent support works very well (if a little slow to verify files currently) and AJAX sites like Live.com work fine now. Good news all round.

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Reply to WB5 slows my app's load times in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

I hope that's there would be a new version of WB because i unload it to conserve my dual screen, so for this time i bought it for nothing... If you have a modern ATI or nVidia, why would you need UltraMon? Not being rude, just curious. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Smile.gif" borde

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Reply to Cursor goes under Window Titlebar in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

It's a problem I used to come across a lot when using CursorXP 1.3. It's due to the way it handles overlays. You should try using CursorXP and Windows Media Centre, completely unusable as MCE is a DirectX layer. Maybe an update can fix it, but I think the problem is really Windows inherent. Though alpha-blended native cursors work fine, so maybe a compatibility mode that removes so the the advanced animation could help.

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Reply to XBox 360 trickles out in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I've managed to get number six out of 38 Gamestation is getting in Manchester. We have to be ushered in with Security which is pretty mad. I think the UK is going to have really bad stock issues.

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