MadIce

MadIce

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Reply to My rant about uxtheme patching and msstyles in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Well, Brad. Think of it this way: Rolls Royce cannot be worried when Daihatsu claims they have made the best limousine in the world. But they should worry (a bit) when the Maybach was launced. As far as I can tell such an event didn't happen for Stardock yet. Erm... I've changed the brand. Daihatsu seemed more appropriate. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/joke.gif" border=0 ALIGN="

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Reply to Windows BIOS supports DRM and prevents "unauthorized devices" in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

No, TC. That will probably not be the case. That BIOS must be backwards compatible too. Afterall, MS also has a lot of corporate users. These customers also need that BIOS for older applications or dual boot situations. And there is another reason. Phoenix has a huge market. It wants to expand it, but it doesn't want to lose an existing one. No matter how small it it. And if it really turns out bad then there is an open source BIOS too. See this http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6397

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Rules prevent spam? in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

The US should follow Europe's lead against spam, according to an eagerly awaited report published today by the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG). That's how an article of The Register starts. Will just rules help to actually prevent spam? Why wouldn't spammers escape these rules and why wouldn't they move outside the US and EU to continue the spamming the world? Maybe we should replace the current e-mail standard and look for a secure international or defacto standard that

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Reply to JoeUser Feedback in Software Development JoeUser Forums

Another bug I have found: Some threads are missing the "Click here to add a comment" link, although one can still make a comment by selecting the thread. Examples: http://madice.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=337 http://madice.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=335

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Reply to JoeUser Feedback in Software Development JoeUser Forums

Ah. I think I've found the referrals bug. It is eating the last character of the URL. So, in the case of WC and that first link the ID should be 198388 and not 19838... But, what's up with that 3rd link that appeared. 2 characters eaten? ;)

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Reply to JoeUser Feedback in Software Development JoeUser Forums

I think I found another bug. If it isn't then maybe I don't understand the concept. ;) I have a link on WC to the following JoeUser article: http://madice.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=351 There seem to be some referrals from the following 2 links: https://www.wincustomize.com/msgboard.asp?BID=WC&ID=19838 https://www.wincustomize.com/browser/msgboard.asp?id=198388&BoardID=WC&MaxReplies=10 I wonder why that first one is mentioned. It doesn't contain a link to my

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Reply to Malicious code: For Good or Evil? in History JoeUser Forums

Back in the days of CP/M code was often text based. I often found myself clearing the screen, which I found pretty unhandy. My machine dud have a RAM-disk and my utilities were copied to it. So, I wrote a little program that attached itself to all executables on the RAM disk which would just clear the screen when the program was finished. It also contained an exclusion list. Although it wasn't intended to be destructive, one might call that a virus. The word or concept wasn't even invented yet.

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Reply to JoeUser Feedback in Software Development JoeUser Forums

Found a bug: I have an article with quotes in the article description. See http://madice.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=351 . Whenever I edit the article then anything starting at the quote will be deleted.

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Reply to Re: Today's Music Critics in Art JoeUser Forums

"Passing the Peas, like we used to say since 1962" Hey Maceo! Blow your horn! ;) Sorry. I think that somewhere down the line we have consumers that listen to your music or don't. If they do and buy your stuff you'll will be happy. If they don't then you would be interested in why they don't. Probably the ones in group B will give you better comments. And of course it sucks if group A tells you it sucks. Still group A are your customers (unless you want to make music fo

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Windows core in BIOS. in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

In the past a PC contained a chip (BIOS: Basic Input/Output System) which allowed an operating system to communicate with the hardware. This could be any operating system, including DOS, Windows, Linux, etc. Now Microsoft and Phoenix have teamed up to create a BIOS targeted to the next generation of Windows. The new BIOS may include Microsoft's Digital Rights Management (DRM) and a system which prevents the use of "unauthorized devices". Of course the BIOS will have other features, but these two

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Reply to Why no programmer icons? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

A program is made from several source files. Generally C and CPP files. Each source file often has a header file: either a H or HPP file. Header files allow forward declarations and allow libraries distributed in a binary form without the source files. Those libraries have the LIB extenion. For a non-coder that doesn't mean much. Let's just say they are essential.

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Reply to JoeUser Feedback in Software Development JoeUser Forums

Pat, I would like to see all articles of a user (including mine). Not just the first 5. When people are visiting someone's site they may be interested in older articles. If you (Patrick) write two more articles then this article (we are reading now) will be removed from your page and will be on some list and it will be hard to find. ;)

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Lugworms as blood donors. in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

Lugworms from a corner of France may hold the answer to worldwide blood shortages. Bizarrely, the blood of the sea worms bears a close biochemical resemblance to human blood and, if trials are successful, could be mass-produced and used for transfusions.

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Reply to Today's Music Critics in Art JoeUser Forums

Correction... If there are only two groups then if I cannot belong to group B then I must belong to group A. I wish I could edit my posts. ;)

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Reply to Today's Music Critics in Art JoeUser Forums

If someone rudely comments on a skin at WinCustomize for an example then moderators will remove it. And that's something I agree with. That "critic" has no idea what is involved in making a skin. However, it is obvious that he or she doesn't like it. I know that you didn't mean to describe the general public as cattle, although I have the impression that the general public is often treated like that. But that's another topic. I had the impression you did the same by describing your grou

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