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Don’t buy 1TB disks, kids

They are not worth the trouble.
Fortunately I was able to fix the 33mb vs. 1tb problem with my WD HDD, using the HDD Capacity Restore tool linked in this article. Data was not damaged, everything still there after the fix.
Cheers
-Richard

June 4th, 2008 · Tags Hardware, Rant | No Comments »

Linus too

Appearently, I am not the only one:
Linus says:
No, the problem I’ve seen in gcc
is that _some_ of the developers seem to be total d*ckheads when it comes
to “language definition”, and seem to think that it’s more important to
read the language spec like a lawyer than it is to solve actual user
problems.

April 28th, 2008 · Tags Software, Development, Rant | No Comments »

Pathetic

I’m not entierly sure, but this could be meant as a joke, read through the following quotes from the OSNews Entry: Dvorak: Vista’s 11 Pillars of Failure:
I am a happy Windows Vista user.
he brought me a new Quad-core processor and high-end Intel motherboard.
But perhaps my greatest reason for not having a problem with Vista is […]

April 24th, 2008 · Tags Rant, Geek Documents | 1 Comment »

Mac Ware again…

Since Apple Macs ship without Crapware, it seems as if you need to buy that stuff yourself.
Sounds like a fair deal, right?
PS.: Also known as Shovelware.

April 13th, 2008 · Tags Software, Rant, Geek Documents | No Comments »

Doomed if you do, doomed if you don’t

So, if you compile without “-std=c99″, then I get this warning:
warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘lrint’
And if I enable that switch, M_PI is suddenly undefined.
‘M_PI’ undeclared
Can anybody explain me how I am expected to write software without rounding and PI?
And no, I can’t be bothered to define PI in all my sourcefiles myself!
Cheers
-Richard

April 3rd, 2008 · Tags Development, Rant | 2 Comments »

Apple Update

Jeez, it seems as if I am not the only one to realize that there are certain disturbances in the Force.

March 18th, 2008 · Tags Rant, Geek Documents | No Comments »

propirate brand: worth $257 USD

Today I recieved a generous offer, that is so hilariously comical that I just have to post it here.

Recently, propirate.com expired and went into a
domain name auction. We acquired it and, since you
own the .net version of this domain name, we
wanted to provide you with the opportunity to own the
preferred […]

January 28th, 2008 · Tags Rant, Geek Documents | No Comments »

Dear Shareware Developers on the Mac

Dear Shareware Developers on the Mac. Has it ever come to your mind/attention, that I would need to buy an over 100 $/€ upgrade from Apple, before I could run your under 100 $/€ Software?

January 24th, 2008 · Tags Rant, Geek Documents | No Comments »

Making the web so much more pleasant to use!

Jeez, I just can’t take those toolkit-fanboys seriously. I don’t want to dismiss or offend anyone, and I respect that people work on stuff they have fun with, and I recognize that a little polish for an app every now and then is totally ok and welcomed, but sometimes I feel that some opinions are […]

January 3rd, 2008 · Tags Rant, Geek Documents | 1 Comment »

Why I use Linux

Others might not agree
Common Movie Players for Windows:

Common Movie Player for Linux:

Another rebuttal
Have fun,
-Richard

October 16th, 2007 · Tags Rant, Geek Documents | 10 Comments »