Microsoft Lies?
Maybe Microsoft sucks, but they have deep pockets and they keep up their reputation with advertising. I had thought false advertising is illegal; but something is wrong here.
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Kismet beats Netstumbler
… so I read. I haven’t actually tried the software. Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic. Kismet identifies networks by passively collecting packets and detecting standard named…Continue Reading…
Gmail
I’ve gotten a Gmail account. It’s far better than any other free email service out there. I’m surprised by the speed – it doesn’t always actually access the server when you go to a different page – very clever. If possible, it seems to cache all the data you’ll need at your fingertips, such as…Continue Reading…
Google Bug Skews URL
There’s a little bug with Google where if your search term contains the letter b, the display URL may have broken bold tags. Here’s my post in reply to a topic at another site called Webproworld. Why are you all getting mixed up in checking out spacing, tabs, degree symbols and whatnot? It’s fairly simple…Continue Reading…
USB Piezo Ionizer Air Purifier EPI 585
I bid on one of those USB Air Purifiers on eBay and won it for $11 + $7 shipping. Here’s a quote from the auction description: This ionizer purifies air, kills bacteria, removes smoke, emi free, improves immunity. The new technological is brilliant and unique usb plug based ionizer, which by the consistent release of…Continue Reading…
a Joke
The pessimist says, “this glass is half empty.” The optimist says, “this glass is half full.” the engineer says, “this glass is exactly twice as large as it needs to be.” Source: Slashdot