by Garry Stevens PhD
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Current release: Last modified and updated July 2003.
Download Henry VIII: Intrigue in the Tudor Court for free!What the Game is About
The Year Is 1525
Henry VIII, King of England, is troubled. After many years of marriage to Catherine of Aragon, he still has no son. The Tudor dynasty is young. The bloody family squabbles of the House of Plantagenet (that we know as the Wars of the Roses) were ended by his father. But still they haunt the memories of men. And the remnants of the House of York yearn to rule once again over this upstart Lancastrian. more »
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Command Line,
You've always been told to write maintainable code. All of those fancy books on Extreme Programming and every computer science course you've ever had has emphasized commenting and clarity and all of those other broccoli-is-good-for-you-so-clean-your-plate directives. This article, and its second half, are about the opposite of that—unreadable code, inscrutable code, and disposable code. But, also, indispensable code. It is the editor we will use that will be the dominating factor in the way we write our code, however, and that editor is the bash command line prompt. more »
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Help removing error guard
Close all windows,rerun HJT, put a tick beside these and
click FIX CHECKED
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ErrorGuard] C:\Program Files\ErrorGuard\ErrorGuard.Exe
O16 - DPF: {205FF73B-CA67-11D5-99DD-444553540006} (CInstall Class) - http://www.errorguard.com/installation/Install.cab
Then boot up in SAFE MODE
then go to C:\Program Files and delete ErrorGuard <---folder
then reboot and post a fresh Hijackthis log.
more excellent help »
click FIX CHECKED
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ErrorGuard] C:\Program Files\ErrorGuard\ErrorGuard.Exe
O16 - DPF: {205FF73B-CA67-11D5-99DD-444553540006} (CInstall Class) - http://www.errorguard.com/installation/Install.cab
Then boot up in SAFE MODE
then go to C:\Program Files and delete ErrorGuard <---folder
then reboot and post a fresh Hijackthis log.
more excellent help »
Interoperable Communications Network
City of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Va., Deploy Interoperable Communications Network
"For the first time, the city of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County's Police, Sheriff, Fire and Emergency Medical first-responders will be able to talk to one another and coordinate with other city and county service agencies."
"For the first time, the city of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County's Police, Sheriff, Fire and Emergency Medical first-responders will be able to talk to one another and coordinate with other city and county service agencies."
BlackBerry 7520 use the JABRA® Bluetooth headset
Get the most from your phone with powerful custom accessories. For your BlackBerry 7520 use the JABRA® Bluetooth headset for hands-free wireless conversation. Or, if you have a non-Bluetooth-enabled phone you can get the JABRA Universal Multi-Adapter to support wireless communication.
Featured discussion: This guy should be stoned... (with rocks)
TechRepublic member mrafrohead has some unkind words for a computer user: "Basically, this [guy] got himself infected with a Trojan... [he] is suing his bank for the lost funds... I hope [the bank] counter sues him and takes him for the rest of what he's worth." more »
NEW PHP ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION:
Dear Madam, dear Sir,
INSIGHTS INTO SOVIET-CZECHOSLOVAK MILITARY PLANNING IN THE COLD WARThe interviews with 15 Czechoslovak generals of the cold war era throw new light on Czechoslovakia’s role in Soviet military planning prior to 1968, when its army was assigned to bear the brunt of any confrontation with NATO because of the absence from its territory of Soviet or other Warsaw Pact troops. Conversely, the stationing of Soviet forces there after 1968, amid doubts about the reliability of the Czechoslovak army in the event of war, reduced the country’s strategic exceptionalism and with it also the importance of the information that could be supplied by its highest ranking officers. The interviews offer fascinating reading. Most of the generals were willing to speak openly about the secret operational plans. Some of their testimonies provide the most authoritative and illuminating views that we have on the 1964 war plan discovered and first published by the PHP, prompting an animated discussion about its significance on the PHP website. Other intriguing topics are the deployment of Soviet nuclear warheads on Czechoslovak territory before 1968 and the severity of the economic strain that membership in the Warsaw Pact imposed upon Czechoslovakia, forcing it to maintain a military establishment entirely out of proportion with the country’s resources. Please read the original transcripts in Czech as well as topical selections in both English and Czech as well as introductory remarks by Czech cold war historian Karel Sieber, who conducted the interviews, and PHP coordinator Vojtech Mastny at www.isn.ethz.ch/php/collections/coll_ceska.htm. We invite your feedback on the interviews. Please send your comments and reflections to
mailto:php@sipo.gess.ethz.ch. more »
INSIGHTS INTO SOVIET-CZECHOSLOVAK MILITARY PLANNING IN THE COLD WARThe interviews with 15 Czechoslovak generals of the cold war era throw new light on Czechoslovakia’s role in Soviet military planning prior to 1968, when its army was assigned to bear the brunt of any confrontation with NATO because of the absence from its territory of Soviet or other Warsaw Pact troops. Conversely, the stationing of Soviet forces there after 1968, amid doubts about the reliability of the Czechoslovak army in the event of war, reduced the country’s strategic exceptionalism and with it also the importance of the information that could be supplied by its highest ranking officers. The interviews offer fascinating reading. Most of the generals were willing to speak openly about the secret operational plans. Some of their testimonies provide the most authoritative and illuminating views that we have on the 1964 war plan discovered and first published by the PHP, prompting an animated discussion about its significance on the PHP website. Other intriguing topics are the deployment of Soviet nuclear warheads on Czechoslovak territory before 1968 and the severity of the economic strain that membership in the Warsaw Pact imposed upon Czechoslovakia, forcing it to maintain a military establishment entirely out of proportion with the country’s resources. Please read the original transcripts in Czech as well as topical selections in both English and Czech as well as introductory remarks by Czech cold war historian Karel Sieber, who conducted the interviews, and PHP coordinator Vojtech Mastny at www.isn.ethz.ch/php/collections/coll_ceska.htm. We invite your feedback on the interviews. Please send your comments and reflections to
mailto:php@sipo.gess.ethz.ch. more »
Did you miss the recent unveiling of the Sun Grid,
Sun's radically simple vision for the future of Network Computing? You can still tune in and see it on-demand at Sun's Network Computing Web event. Just go to www.sun.com/nc
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Hear from Sun leaders as they zero in on how Network Computing is evolving in 2005. See why Sun is serious about open sourcing Solaris and why Service Oriented Architectures are the next wave. more »
Find out why IT matters to your core competitiveness, and explore the far-reaching benefits of Sun Grid and Sun's Six Global Expertise Practices.
Hear from Sun leaders as they zero in on how Network Computing is evolving in 2005. See why Sun is serious about open sourcing Solaris and why Service Oriented Architectures are the next wave. more »
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Embedded Software Engineers Needed
Scientific Atlanta is seeking Embedded Software Engineers who are skilled in C/C++, JavaScript, XML, GUI Interfaces, UNIX, Assembler, Embedded Software, Software Version Control, IP networking, and more to work as developers for embedded projects in...more »
How to Create a WYSIWYG Rich Text Editor in JavaScript.
WebDeveloper: Credit Card Validation Script
Need help figuring out how to choose either credit card validation or checks on a form? This thread should give you some real answers.
WebDeveloper: Changing Font in Menu Script
What is the best method for adding fonts to a menu using JavaScript? Here is one method ...
How to Create a WYSIWYG Rich Text Editor in JavaScript. Pt. 2
Today, you'll learn about different methods for handling keyboard input and the RichEdit control. Keyboard input is handled by two functions; onKeyPress() and onKeyDown(). The RichEdit constructor creates the necessary HTML elements to display the control.
Need help figuring out how to choose either credit card validation or checks on a form? This thread should give you some real answers.
WebDeveloper: Changing Font in Menu Script
What is the best method for adding fonts to a menu using JavaScript? Here is one method ...
How to Create a WYSIWYG Rich Text Editor in JavaScript. Pt. 2
Today, you'll learn about different methods for handling keyboard input and the RichEdit control. Keyboard input is handled by two functions; onKeyPress() and onKeyDown(). The RichEdit constructor creates the necessary HTML elements to display the control.
Judge Denies IBM's Dismissal of SCO Case (UNIX News)
A federal judge has rejected efforts by International Business Machines Corp. to dismiss a major portion of a lawsuit brought by SCO Group accusing the computer giant of copyright infringement.... more »
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Help Is on the Way
The Georgia Department of Human Resources takes a stand against benefits fraud.
A new report from NASCIO looks at the privacy implications of spam, phishing and spyware for states doing business online. more »
A new report from NASCIO looks at the privacy implications of spam, phishing and spyware for states doing business online. more »
U.S. Governments Move Toward Open Source
Peter Quinn, CIO of Massachusetts
"We as technologists [can] finally break the back of the ineffectiveness, the inefficiency and the stupidity of the silos of information in government." -- Quinn at the U.S. CIO Summit on Open Source. more »
"We as technologists [can] finally break the back of the ineffectiveness, the inefficiency and the stupidity of the silos of information in government." -- Quinn at the U.S. CIO Summit on Open Source. more »
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Upcoming Webinar! Threat Management & Incident Response:
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A must attend event for first responders, city and county officials, and security managers. Get prepared for the quickly evolving domestic defense requirements recently announced by DHS that will have immediate implications to your jurisdiction. Hear best practices from experienced experts who have played a pivotal role in leveraging technology to effectively respond to every major disaster for over the last 20 years – including 9/11. Registration is free! more »
A must attend event for first responders, city and county officials, and security managers. Get prepared for the quickly evolving domestic defense requirements recently announced by DHS that will have immediate implications to your jurisdiction. Hear best practices from experienced experts who have played a pivotal role in leveraging technology to effectively respond to every major disaster for over the last 20 years – including 9/11. Registration is free! more »
HBO: Bill Maher: New Rules:
The new season begins Friday, Feb. 18 at 11 pm | Full Schedule
October 29, 2004
All right. I've got to move on. It is time for New Rules, ladies and gentlemen!
All right. New Rule: If you were surprised that Ashlee Simpson was lip synching, you aren't allowed to vote. Not knowing that mechanically-generated tween-agers lip synch is like believing your stripper's real name is Cherry Bomb.
New Rule: This election day in Florida, to make up for Republican dirty tricks in 2000, black Floridians must go into white districts and hang around the polling places and scare white people away. Just like at the ATM, the far end of the subway and theaters showing kung fu movies. So say hello to your new Palm Beach County Election Commissioner, Willie Horton.
New Rule: You can't call it a treat if everyone hates it. We toppled Saddam Hussein. Why can't we get rid of candy corn? Anyone who hands this stuff out on Halloween hates your children and wants them to die. They just don't have the guts to stick a razorblade in an apple.
New Rule: Scientology makes you fat. Kirstie Alley, Lisa Marie Presley, John Travolta: fat, fat, fat! L. Ron Hubbard went to the cupboard to fetch his old dog a bone. But it was gone because his followers scarfed it! Let's be honest. It's not a religion. It's just an excuse for a bake sale.
Speaking of food, New Rule: No McDonald's in hospitals. I'm not kidding! They are putting McDonald's in hospitals. Hello? You're doctors. You're not supposed to be in the repeat-business business. This is like if John Edwards covered the floor outside his trial law office with banana peels. Sorry, Fast Food Nation, but we already figured out a way to screw patients. They're called HMO's. more »
October 29, 2004
All right. I've got to move on. It is time for New Rules, ladies and gentlemen!
All right. New Rule: If you were surprised that Ashlee Simpson was lip synching, you aren't allowed to vote. Not knowing that mechanically-generated tween-agers lip synch is like believing your stripper's real name is Cherry Bomb.
New Rule: This election day in Florida, to make up for Republican dirty tricks in 2000, black Floridians must go into white districts and hang around the polling places and scare white people away. Just like at the ATM, the far end of the subway and theaters showing kung fu movies. So say hello to your new Palm Beach County Election Commissioner, Willie Horton.
New Rule: You can't call it a treat if everyone hates it. We toppled Saddam Hussein. Why can't we get rid of candy corn? Anyone who hands this stuff out on Halloween hates your children and wants them to die. They just don't have the guts to stick a razorblade in an apple.
New Rule: Scientology makes you fat. Kirstie Alley, Lisa Marie Presley, John Travolta: fat, fat, fat! L. Ron Hubbard went to the cupboard to fetch his old dog a bone. But it was gone because his followers scarfed it! Let's be honest. It's not a religion. It's just an excuse for a bake sale.
Speaking of food, New Rule: No McDonald's in hospitals. I'm not kidding! They are putting McDonald's in hospitals. Hello? You're doctors. You're not supposed to be in the repeat-business business. This is like if John Edwards covered the floor outside his trial law office with banana peels. Sorry, Fast Food Nation, but we already figured out a way to screw patients. They're called HMO's. more »
NASA Spent $12 Million For a Space Pen While the Russians Just Use Pencils-Fiction!
bullet Summary of the eRumor
The message says that the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration spent ten years and $12 million developing a pen that writes in zero gravity for use by astronauts. The pen will write upside down, underwater, on almost any surface and is functional at extremely hot and cold temperatures. The Russians, however, filled the need for a space writing instrument by simply using pencils.
bullet The Truth
For some people, it's sport to point out government waste and bureaucratic stupidity, but this story about the space pen won't provide ammunition for it. The government did not fund the development of the pen, it did not cost $12 million to perfect, and neither the Americans nor the Russians consider it desirable to use pencils in space. In fact, both Americans and Russians use the space pen for their flights.
The famous space pen, which is still a popular product today, was developed by Paul Fisher the founder of the Fisher pen company. An engineer who improved ball point technology, he created his "bullet pen" in the 1940's, which became one of the best-selling pens of the Twentieth Century. Later, he perfected a pen that was sealed with pressure inside of the cartridge that made the ink to flow regardless of gravity. It also worked in high and low temperature extremes, underwater, and wrote on many kinds of surfaces. According to the Fisher Pen company, after extensive testing, NASA chose the pen in 1967 for use by Apollo astronauts and it's been a part of space travel ever since. The company says it took Fisher about 2 years and $2 million to develop the space pen. Prior to 1967, there were no pens that worked in space so there were pencils used, but there were concerns about pencil dust floating around the space capsules as well as fears that if the tip of a pencil broke off and drifted into the electronics, there would be problems.
I love my space pen. Let's see how long works *grins*
The message says that the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration spent ten years and $12 million developing a pen that writes in zero gravity for use by astronauts. The pen will write upside down, underwater, on almost any surface and is functional at extremely hot and cold temperatures. The Russians, however, filled the need for a space writing instrument by simply using pencils.
bullet The Truth
For some people, it's sport to point out government waste and bureaucratic stupidity, but this story about the space pen won't provide ammunition for it. The government did not fund the development of the pen, it did not cost $12 million to perfect, and neither the Americans nor the Russians consider it desirable to use pencils in space. In fact, both Americans and Russians use the space pen for their flights.
The famous space pen, which is still a popular product today, was developed by Paul Fisher the founder of the Fisher pen company. An engineer who improved ball point technology, he created his "bullet pen" in the 1940's, which became one of the best-selling pens of the Twentieth Century. Later, he perfected a pen that was sealed with pressure inside of the cartridge that made the ink to flow regardless of gravity. It also worked in high and low temperature extremes, underwater, and wrote on many kinds of surfaces. According to the Fisher Pen company, after extensive testing, NASA chose the pen in 1967 for use by Apollo astronauts and it's been a part of space travel ever since. The company says it took Fisher about 2 years and $2 million to develop the space pen. Prior to 1967, there were no pens that worked in space so there were pencils used, but there were concerns about pencil dust floating around the space capsules as well as fears that if the tip of a pencil broke off and drifted into the electronics, there would be problems.
I love my space pen. Let's see how long works *grins*
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