Turbo Gears have put out a movie (text version too) on the 20 minute wiki. It looks pretty cool, a few new ideas to incorporate, bit of learning. It’s all good. Thanks to the Slashdot article (of course).
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Ha ha, I’ve just read a few of the comments on the Slashdot article. Ouch! It’d make you think programmers can’t imagine two sides to a point of view? Imagine that!
I don’t have enough knowledge to know if they’re right or wrong …
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Admin :: Although I love the amount of hits this post is generating, I’m locking it, and will remove it shortly. Apologies to one and all, but seeking out hacks to commercial software is not what this site is about. Cheers.
From the web;
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Microsoft “Genuine Advantage” cracked in 24h: window.g_sDisableWGACheck=’all’
AV sez, “This week, Microsoft started requiring users to verifiy their serial number before using Windows Update. This effort to force users to either buy XP or tell them where you got the illegal copy is called ‘Genuine Advantage.’ It was cracked within 24 hours.”
Before pressing ‘Custom’ or ‘Express’ buttons paste this text to the address bar and press enter:
javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck=’all’)
It turns off the trigger for the key check.
Link (Thanks, AV!)
Microsoft blocks pirated copies from Windows updates - Comments (61)
posted by [myg0t]OldManPeterson on Wednesday, July 27 @ 9:12 AM
** UPDATE **
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/28/microsoft_genuine_ad.html
Has presented a fix for this.
Also one of our forum users posted a even easier fix:
1. Open IE
2. Click on Tools
3. Click on Internet options
4. Click to the Programs tab
5. Click on the Manage Add-ons button.
6. Select Windows Genuine Advantage
7. Click Disable
8. Done, now you can do Windows updates again.
Microsoft has now offically started blocking pirated copies of Windows from using the Windows Update feature. With the latest Windows update it forces a new installer and new validation tool, once this is installed, when you try to do a Windows update again, you get the message ” [ Support ID: 0×8DDD1003 ] To get updates, you must first validate your Windows software. Validation assures that you are using an authentic and fully licensed copy of Windows.”
Now I don’t know the figures, but I’d assume there are probably more pirated copies of Windows out there then there are legit, specifically in Asian countries like China. So now we have a very unsecure Operating System that constantly needs updates/fixes to prevent millions of computers from being taken over by viruses/worms, that can no longer update. I’m sure those kiddies who run botnets are happy.
Good job Microsoft. 
More from the morning Slashdot peruse.
Google has confirmed that they’re going to allow Open Office apps to be opened from their toolbar. This, in my opinion, must be part of the much larger *Take Over The World* plan. I can just imagine a team of dedicated goblins with hammers and stacks of gold coins sitting around planning this. We are seeing the development of something akin to the rise of MS. Except this will be bigger. I think they would believe that they can be bigger. In more control. Over everything. Not just the desktop.
(Keep going with me here) The Desktop is old news. Real Power is controlling the airwaves, so to speak. The information that passes through each of our lives, wrapped up as it is over the internet.
At least, that’s what I imagine the goblins are thinking. Cause they’re little guys who love to get rich. Crafty. At least, JK Rowling thinks so. And every Tolkein-esque book/crpg that ever lived.
Anyway, back on track. The Forbes Article gives the side that says it’s not going to be that cataclysmic. TechWatch responds with the opposite.
Again, I come back to the purpose. What purpose does Google have? The Google Goblins (should be trademarked) must have a purpose in giving a portal for Sun to get their stuff onto more computers. People who would normally not even know Sun existed might give Open Office a try if Google said so. Google Says (as in Simon) … there’s another thing. The power. If Google says it’s okay, then it is. That’s real goblin power. Making people believe something is worth a look.
Anyway, enough babbling. The clarion call of work is … calling.
Posted to the Clarion Newsgroup re this site.
Hello to any Clario-Newcomers! Thanks for visiting. May your stay be profitable and/or interesting. Well, really, you’d like it to be and. I’d like what I do to be profitable and interesting.
Hopefully for you, this site is both. Development is what we are about.
Anyway, digressions aside … welcome!
Flickr is a product I missed the link for from the Jesse James Garrett essay on Ajax. But I just found it.
And what a find.
A mass search engine for photos, which goes beyond simple searching. I haven’t explored it that much yet, but just the fact that you can watch a slideshow of all photos in your search is pretty dang cool.
Nice.
Modified the site visual-ality a little. Brought it back to a <1000 width, which is better. I’d been testing it on my laptop thinking “Everyone will be okay with a massively wide webpage … why not? I like it. I can see it.
Stupid design flaws.
Bugzilla, which some of us use, has a sibling. This Slashdot article points out that Deskzilla has been released.
Here’s a new file system. Actually, you guys probably already know about it, or about something along these lines, but for a newbie like myself … it’s pretty cool.
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