Monthly Archives: November 2005

All things transparent

Posted on November 30, 2005 by Arthur

Hey: ME TOO. There are far better images over at this FlickR set of pictures. Mine is not the desktop, which I could have made out of it I suppose.

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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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Ice core cold

Posted on November 25, 2005 by Arthur

A team of researchers found pretty damning evidence that humans affect the climate. The main portion of their findings: [it] describes the content of the greenhouse gases within the core and shows that carbon dioxide levels today are 27% higher … Continue reading →

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Good for you

Posted on November 25, 2005 by Arthur

I‘m surprised, utterly surprised, to hear that they had a snowstorm in The Netherlands (Dutch). Shocked (Dutch again), I might add. It’s too early in the season for snow, plus, the last 15 years I lived there, I never saw … 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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Usenet (and other things)

Posted on November 20, 2005 by Arthur

Earlier, I noticed that a Canadian ISP will stop serving UseNet to its customers. The Globe’s Kapica noticed: I recall one incident, in which a bunch of high-spirited kids decided to invade another newsgroup as a prank. The prank effectively … Continue reading →

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Birds then.

Posted on November 20, 2005 by Arthur

With the killing of a house sparrow in The Netherlands (English speaking people go here), I was suprised to find out that in Holland, the common house sparrow had been put on the endangered species list. They are? Yes, these … Continue reading →

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The Red.

Posted on November 20, 2005 by Arthur

There’s a couple of posts sticking in the back of my mind: Alfons’ short reminder of Spain’s political duality (and the younger generation’s push to break the silence) and Alan’s (gigantic) effort to host the Carnival of the Red Ensign. … Continue reading →

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Your fog doesn’t suck as bad as ours

Posted on November 18, 2005 by Arthur

Forget about foggy London, foggy Amsterdam, foggy New York, foggy Sydney and foggy Where-ever-you-live. Your fog doesn’t suck as hard as the fog in pittoresque Peggy’s Cove. Yeah, it sucks that bad, you have to see it to believe it. … Continue reading →

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Misc.

Posted on November 18, 2005 by Arthur

Assorted thoughts: Google Base was released earlier this week. It’s a bit of everything, but mostly it’s supposed to be a ‘database’ (base) for everything or something. All, nice and well until the spammers come out. I honestly expected Google … 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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The Star (Toronto)

Posted on November 17, 2005 by Arthur

Earlier, reading (and watching video) Crooks and Liars, I found out about the Toronto Star blogs via this item and the one with video of mrs. Zerbisias adequatly fending off O’Reilly’s daily whine. Good stuff: a newspaper that lets its … Continue reading →

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