There is a post at Slashdot with the link to an excellent article on DRM. Actually, it’s not an article per se. It’s a talk that Cory Doctorow of EFF gave at Microsoft. A must read.
Month: June 2004
Do you like online tests?
I know a lot of people who enjoy taking tests online. I do like those sometimes too. There are plenty of subjects to test yourself in.
There are plenty of tests at Fuali.com. They have a huge variety for you to enjoy – ‘Hippie test’, ‘Evil Genius test’, ‘Grunge test’, etc. It’s fun and it is ‘A complete waste of your time online’ as their motto says.
Good luck. :)
Death to SPAM
All you wanted to know about SPAM but was afraid to ask is covered at “Death to SPAM“. Everything from how you get into SPAM lists, through how to find who is spamming you, to SPAM laws.
Another excellent resource on the subject is “The SPAM-L FAQ“.
How much Data Is That?
How much of data can fit on a floppy, CDROM disk, or a hard drive? Kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes… What can one store in one megabyte? How much storage one needs to store all Shakespear’s work?
There is an interesting attempt of visualizing storage data sizes here. It’s worth pointing one’s grandma here. :)
Starsky & Hutch
We just came back from the cinema after watching “Starsky & Hutch“. I guess this is a refreshed version of the original 1975 “Starsky and Hutch“, but I am not sure because I haven’t see that one.
The year 2004 version sucks. Vladimir is very lucky that he couldn’t make it to the movie. :) This film is so lame that I cannot even remember the last time I’ve something that bad. Very bad.
Advertised as a comedy, action, and crime; being directed by Todd Phillips (the guy behind “Road Trip” and “Old School”), with Owen Wilson in it – I expected it be somewhat funny and entertaining. I didn’t go to see a megahit, but at least something. Pity.
There were few jokes, but most of them were old and overused. There were 70s, but more like a look through the prism of 2000. There were good guys and bad guys, guns and shots, but there was no action. There was an excellent car, but there was no driving. There were beautiful ladies, but there was no sex. Not even boobies.
Overall it was a very boring slow going bit with nothing in it to see except for the trailer maybe. Owen Wilson – was the only reason I didn’t put this movie on the absolute bottom of my film rating list. He was not enough for the 4 pounds though.