KCorax Georgios Kasselakis
Jaikus from KCorax
Thursday, 13 December 2007
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Somewhere in messenger's installation directory there are image files with no extensions and really really bizzare naming. Try extracting the files from the program's package, renaming everything to .gif and see if any of them yields a thumbnail.
Saturday, 17 November 2007
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It doesn't help at all when you poopoo on almost every major enterprise oriented company at any given chance and explain that you won't be covering them because you find them boring. For people who view the world relying on the twit network:
IBM: They don't exist, yet they are the freaking ones that donated Apache to the OSS community. That's what ruby on rails and python and php run on, most of the time.
Microsoft: They are apparently guilty of everything, even the hole in the ozone layer. The only time they get a break is in the WW, where leo is complacent. Then again apple seems to take up a good portion of the podcast.
Sun: They also don't exist. Nevermind they run Boeing aircrafts with real time java.
Apple: Apparently there are way more OSX users out there than any other OS. They find plenty of things to talk in MBW, even omigosh developer stories and the shiny new fs_events subsystem on Leopard, or Core Animation. They also seem to get a break for having people pay for what every other vendor ships as patches or developer frameworks.
Linux community: Their only purpose of existance is to provide you with obscure ways to overcome DRM. They also fuel you with perl and 'stuff' that you can see in emacs, using your wonderful EGA display.
Just a few hints on my side. The world I see through twit's eyes doesn't resemble the world I see around me very much.
Then again the joy of podcasting is that you can skip stuff freely.
Thursday, 8 November 2007
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I run a Turion X2 at 1.8 and 2GBs of ram with Vista. If you will be running Vista keep in mind that its a lot faster than xp at 2GBs of ram, equal at 1.3 and ridiculously faster than xp at anything below. Either way the amount of ram generally dictates the choice of OS. CPU gains are largely insignificant unless your apps actually use it (which is unlikely).
As for the macs ppl keep in mind that the entrance barrier is 1100 + cost of retail windows (in this case).
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I dont like the fact that i cant use my existing writing apparel (Im very touchy about my pens and pencil) however working with a tablet is a very satisfying experience. The best part is the air expressions, its really strange how natural and indispensable they feel after a while.
I wish Apple would ship such a unit if only just to explore the potential of a multitouch desktop device. I really hate thtat they never show us half-done products.
Tuesday, 6 November 2007
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Don't forget, you are also very modest !
Monday, 5 November 2007
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BUT whichever solution you end up getting, make sure that your hardware will work nicely with it. Especially for remotes, tv cards and radio, look up for the components you like in the respective fora.
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@runningwithbulls you can find it here http://www.team-mediaportal.com/ . It's windows only, built on DirectX, so preety fast. It will let you timeshift your TV content (legal script for recording) if you have such a card or somehow input you TV's signal. There's also a TV programme guide which will let you record stuff, but it's not very complete for most countries. It plays videos on your HD with your codecs of choice, will view photos a la media center, play music, tune to radio if you have such a card or usb stick, do weather, some simple games, and takes extensions for almost anything.
Sunday, 4 November 2007
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Forgot to mention you might be drooling for a few days afterwards. Also food may fall off your mouth.
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@runningwithbulls Try media portal. It works fine for me, plays with lots of remotes, is fast and has many skins that don't make you want to gouge your eyes. Combine it with a used xp home licence, the CCCP (combined community codec pack) and you're done.
Then again there is MythTV for linux which is also nice out of the box. However supports fewer remotes and codecs on linux can be a little old. Still you get to loose any software expenses.
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Nice. We can't agree on exchange formats on blogs, but it will work for sth as complicated and arbitrary as social interaction.
And isn't it nice that they called no one else in authoring this 'standard' ?
Btw http://rurl.org/bmo -- I fully agree.
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Still for Microsoft, at the very core there exist two options: provide a way for HD content to play on Vista or not. If this was Apple we wouldn't be having this discussion. It would be another mac/pc ad where the mac would explain that he doesn't need powerdvd ultra, and leo would be having fun with it on MBW with Scott Bourne having an orgasm all over the feature.
Want some strong DRM ? Try ripping Garden State (or most sony dvds for that matter) to your HD. We tried dvdshrink/ anydvd/ dvdfabdecrypter/ clonedvd/ dvd43+nero on it and we couldn't FREAKING RIP IT !!! For the record we wanted to see how it would look on my cellphone, but got carried away in the process.
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Be sure to release some hash-oil in the bath tub. It will absolutely take the headache away.
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Το λέω ή δεν το λέω... η Αρετούσα μου άρεσε περισσότερο. Είχε κάτι το γαλήνιο το όλο σετ.
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
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Βρισιές ! Χρειαζόμαστε πρωτότυπες βρισιές !
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Nope Thessaloniki, 500km north of Athens. But I'm virtually there with work and all.
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
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If that's Athens/Greece then I can assert the weather sucks and will deteriorate over the next 3 days.
Jaikus from KCorax