Archive For January 30th, 2004

Netcraft: www.sco.com is a weapon of mass destruction

This is so funny! Go read it and wait and see if SCO slashdots Slashdot! Much of the commentary on the SCO distributed denial of service scenario, including our own, has been based on the premise that SCO badly wants to keep their web site running. This may not be the case: unlike Microsoft, which [...]

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Cube – Open Source FPS for Windows and Linux

Cube – This looks like an interesting game. It’s got some pretty screenshots and the blurb makes it look appealing. Cube is an open source multiplayer and singleplayer first person shooter game built on an entirely new and very unconventional engine. Cube is a landscape-style engine that pretends to be an indoor FPS engine, which [...]

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CD-R Failures, are labels safe?

Further to my previous post on this topic, Liam on #linux pointed me at this report. I really need to store my backup DVD-Rs standing up and in a dark place instead of having the jewel cases lying on an old PC in my room..

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Independent consumer guide to mortgages

I switched on the radio this morning to hear Gerry Ryan mention the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority. He gave a phone number and the above URL saying they had published a guide to mortgages. Obviously I had just missed a conversation on mortgages but at least I found the guide available as a 122kb [...]

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