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High-Tech outsourcing leads to more jobs in the US, WTF?!
Wednesday, March 31, 2004 2:43 PM

High-Tech outsourcing leads to more jobs in the US, WTF?!Even though I'm a firm believer that all systems equal out eventually, meaning that even though there is a dissapointing trend to outsource programmers and phone support out of the US, that new

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Driving automation is a farce
Friday, March 26, 2004 8:52 PM

Driving automation is a farceOn the way to my Defensive Driving Course yesterday I was thinking about the specials I've seen over the past couple years of driving automation where (if I remember correctly) there are magnets in the road and the vehicle

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Swiss army knife with 128meg USB drive
Friday, March 26, 2004 8:50 PM

Swiss army knife with 128meg USB driveNow here's something you don't see everyday, a Swiss army knife with a 128meg USB drive. And no this isn't a mockup or spoof. The official URL (with links to buy it in the future) is here.

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Manually populating a DataGrid
Friday, March 26, 2004 8:48 PM

Manually populating a DataGridI was coding an WinForms app and had to give a short presentation and needed to fake some functionality of populating a DataGrid of users. Unfortunetly I didn't have the time to figure out how to query and extract the

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Smallest desktop PC ever, and you can buy it in 2 months.
Wednesday, March 24, 2004 6:17 PM

Smallest desktop PC ever, and you can buy it in 2 months.I've been a fan of the Mini-ITV for awhile but this new design really takes the cake. I came across this tiny PC, It's a mere 12cm x 12cm (that's 4.7 inches). You can find the official

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Microsoft sends me cool Windows 2003 prizes
Tuesday, March 23, 2004 5:23 PM

Microsoft sends me cool Windows 2003 prizesI entered Microsoft's "Windows Server 2003 Challenge" where you enter a paper on how Win2k3 helped your company. Because I was one of the first 500 entries and got approved, they mailed me 3 goodies.

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Who needs coding when you have video games?!
Monday, March 22, 2004 6:29 PM

Who needs coding when you have video games?!I just bought an ATI 9600 AIW (basically a 9600 Pro with more speed), a Nostromo N52 gamepad and Unreal Tournament 2004 as well as downloaded a ton of ATI demos and game stuff. I'll be a bit busy for the

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Windows Longhorn on a Laptop
Monday, March 22, 2004 6:27 PM

Windows Longhorn on a LaptopIt seems people are so eager for Windows 2007, err I meant Longhorn that they forget about the hardware requirements. Fortunately they're not all that bad as you can get a DX9 video card now-a-days

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The most absurd thing I've ever heard on the net
Wednesday, March 17, 2004 3:25 PM

The most absurd thing I've ever heard on the netHere's an article of a guy who actually likes recieving spam, reads it all, and spends over $100 per week buying products from spam email. No he isn't doing some experiment like most catchy articles

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Stop receiving credit card offers for good with 1 phone call
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 8:52 PM

Stop receiving credit card offers for good with 1 phone callI read this article about opting out of CC offers but all you need to know...1-888-5-OPTOUT is an automated service run jointly by the four main credit bureaus. With one phone call you can opt

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Windows 98 SE Service Pack 1.2 (unnofficial)
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 3:41 PM

Windows 98 SE Service Pack 1.2 (unnofficial)Personally I hate out-dated OS (the whole 9x family and NT4 is a perfect example). But for those who are stuck with a 98SE box and want some improvements/fixes for it, I came across a user made

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Java, the first progamming language with a PR budget
Monday, March 01, 2004 2:10 PM

Java, the first progamming language with a PR budgetThis rant and rave is from Feb 5th but it's interesting to see people group together and babble why Java sucks. I don't have any problem with Java myself as it laid the groundwork for MS to create

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