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When all you have is a law degree, everything looks like a legal question: The legal issues that arise on Gilligan's Island.
In the category of dubious vulnerability, I submit the following (paraphrased) report: I discovered that if I take an EXE file and corrupt its header, then when I try to run the EXE file, the process starts up and then crashes. I used the information in the crash dialog to direct further investigations, noting that the specific crash location co...
With the loss of the Weekly World News, I'll have to rely on the trustworthy Internet to keep me informed of government conspiracies. I happen to be partial to 4/29truth.com, which uncovers the strange coincidences and inconsistencies in the "official" explanation of the tanker crash and fire on April 29, 2007 that destroyed a highway overpass ...
Back in 1993, there was an internal presentation discussing the various new features that were being added to that fancy new version of Windows that ultimately came to be known as Windows 95. In the GDI section, one of the new features was listed as "Enchanced metafiles". When the slide went up, you could hear the scattered titters of laught...
Last week, I arranged to meet a friend downtown to see the latest Harry Potter movie. Traffic across the 520 bridge during the evening rush is always a disaster, so whenever I have to head into the city by myself after work, I usually take the bus, and today is no exception. It is a sunny day, which makes for pleasant weather but horrible traffi...
Somebody wanted to append an extension to all files in a directory and couldn't find a way to do this type of bulk rename in Explorer. On the other hand, it's pretty simple from the command prompt: The person then asked, "Can we get this and other multi-file operations added to Explorer?" "There should be a way to rename a large number of fi...
It has been reported that everybody's favorite mock tabloid The Weekly World News is ceasing publication. Seeing as this is The Weekly World News we're talking about, I'm not sure how much of this I'm going to believe, but people seem to be taking it at face value. I remember seeing a WWN article clipped out and posted on the door to a geology p...
When you're installing your shell extension, you need to know which progid to hang it off of inside . We'll start with the title question and then move on to other predefined (but perhaps not well-known) progids.
In downtown Bellevue there is a mall named Lincoln Square, but I hear people refer to it with some frequency as Lincoln Center. Just a reminder: Lincoln Center is in New York City. Nitpicker's corner There are many other places in the world with the names Lincoln Square and Lincoln Center.
Ah, the Alpha AXP.