Come on people let’s face it, software is getting more and more obese. Older software that works fine used to take up one thousandth of what their counterparts eat up today. I blame lazy corporate programmers and fancy frameworks. Anyways, a couple of months back I stumbled on a group of Russians that -apparently- haven’t [...]
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Because any system larger than 1.44MB is just bloat
Posted: 11th July 2010 by SIGTERMer in OS, RAND()Tags: 1.44MB, kolibriOS
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The Semantic Web: A.I. Food
Posted: 14th May 2010 by SIGTERMer in Exploring Computerism, TechnologyTags: AI, skynet, video, web3.0
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What is it? Why? Is it even possible? watch this: Web 3.0 from Kate Ray on Vimeo. skynet would have a field day if web3.0 ever went online
and sony got sued.
Posted: 1st May 2010 by SIGTERMer in News, PS3, Stupidity, Video gamesTags: class-action, lawsuit, playstation, screw sony, sony
I’m delighted to inform you that Sony got slammed by a class-action lawsuit For those of you who don’t know what’s going on, Sony released an “downgrade” last month removing a key (advertised) feature from the system; essentially making people choose between two key features they payed for. you can also find the previous posts [...]
Arabic domains are finally here.. sorta
Posted: 26th April 2010 by SIGTERMer in Announcements, NewsTags: arabic, not kuwait, saudi, top-level domain
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Today, the saudi non-profit organization SNIC, which is in charge of managing the country’s top level domains, announced the actual dates for registering domains under the new ‘.السعودية’ top-level domain. By doing this, saudi has become the first country in the world to announce a final date on which registration would proceed for a non-english [...]
Sony CUTS OFF PS3 balls, angry hacker responds!
Posted: 30th March 2010 by SIGTERMer in Hacks, Linux, News, PS3, StupidityTags: hack, otheros, PS3, wtf
As of the next system update (version 3.21), OtherOS will apparently be “disabled” from your system. You will no longer be able to install and run other operating system on your original ‘fat’ PS3. sony claimed it was done “due to security concerns”. Honestly, I think that is a steaming load of crap. I think [...]
Open source seminar tomorrow in the Chamber of Commerce building
Posted: 22nd March 2010 by SIGTERMer in Announcements, Kuwaitism, NewsTags: open source, oskw
We would like to invite you all to the Seminar “An opportunity to re-invent IT with open source in-between the current economical challenges” on March 23, 2010 in Kuwait Chamber of Commerce & Industry building the coming Tuesday from 9 am to 11 am. This seminar will be presented by Mr. Anuj Kumar (Senior Director, [...]
Real mice for real PCs
Posted: 10th March 2010 by SIGTERMer in Hacks, RAND(), Technology, WeirdnessTags: mouse, Mouse mouse
Yup, that mouse in the picture is a real mouse (part of it at least). some chick bought a mouse, ran a blade down its spine, pealed off its skin, and crammed a mouse inside of it. usually, I can stomach stuff like this, but this one is just plain sick (cool, but sick nevertheless). [...]
Fake Core i7s on the loose!
Posted: 9th March 2010 by SIGTERMer in News, Stupidity, WeirdnessTags: core i7, fake, i7, intel, lmao
A major computer hardware retailer has been reported selling fake intel Core i7-920 CPUs recently. Normally, This doesn’t hold my attention for long. but what really grabbed me this time was how incredibly fake the thing was. take a look: The next time you’re hunting for i7s in bin-khaldun, take the time to check if [...]
Internet Explorer Six has passed away
Posted: 5th March 2010 by SIGTERMer in Announcements, WindowsTags: funeral, ie6, RIP
On March 1, 2010, everyones’ most despised favorite browser passed away after almost a decade of loyalty and hard work. some might hate it for it’s lousy CSS support while others might loath it for it’s rather abundant security holes. but now is not the time to speak harshly about our late browser. A funeral [...]
Microsoft Installfest Tomorrow!
Posted: 10th January 2010 by SIGTERMer in Microsoft, News, OS, WindowsTags: 9kh, festival, install, KU, kuniv, Microsoft
Anxious Nut just tipped me off about a Microsoft install-fest taking place tomorrow. apparently Microsoft finally realized how screwed it is, and decided to give away most of there lousy software for free. the giveaway includes your choice of windows 7 or XP (both professional/pro) and an option of windows server, expression blend three (whatever [...]