AMD sues Intel

Posted Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at 09h58 in News

I never thought it would happen, but AMD is suing Intel for monopoly abuse. You can read more at ZDNet and AMD’s own website. The official 48-page complaint filed by AMD in federal district court can be found here (warning: pdf file). (Read on …)

The Supreme Court rules against software authors

Posted Monday, June 27, 2005 at 16h29 in News

The US Supreme Court today ruled that software makers are to be held responsible for what their users do with their software. That’s just total bullcrap. The RIAA might as well sue Microsoft for creating an OS that allows users to download pirated music and movies. And why not sue AOL and Verizon for providing networks of which over 80% of the bandwidth is used for illegal file sharing? (Read on …)

When power supplies falter

Posted Friday, June 24, 2005 at 11h54 in Computers

Never underestimate the importance of a good power supply. That’s the lesson I’ve learned over the past several weeks. This is my story. (Read on …)

NBA finals wrap up

Posted Friday, June 24, 2005 at 01h26 in Sports

I cheered for the Spurs this series, so I’m glad they won. But let’s get one thing straight. It was the refs who decided the champions by calling a close 7th game. (Read on …)

I must be losing it

Posted Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 17h05 in Personal

I just spent 20 seconds watching the cursor on my screen blink in perfect time with the music playing through my earphones.

En Français

Posted Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at 11h57 in Languages

Alors, j’ai décidé de commencer à écrire quelques entrées en français pour (1) réapprendre du français que j’ai oublié depuis le lycée, et (2) jeter quelque chose différent dans cet site web. Je sais qu’il y aura beaucoup d’erreurs (pourrait-on dire, “un bon nombre d’erreurs?”) avec mes posts français… mais ce doit être prévu (eh, comment tu dis, “to be expected?”), sois ainsi gentil avec moi, svp. :) (mais si tu vois des erreurs, corriges-moi svp!)

Ah, et écoutes bien– n’utilises pas le babelfish pour traduire mes posts (ou seulement pour le dernier recours), parce que leurs traduction est le suck! Mais, si tu peut comprends ce que j’ai juste écrit, il n’y a pas de raison pour employer le bablefish, ouais? Et les commentaires, ils peuvent être en anglais ou français, celui que tu préfères.