Comments for The Technical Exorcist http://etherealland.com/exorcist Technology and Science Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:51:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on WordPress MU Merge by Rundy http://etherealland.com/exorcist/2010/01/24/wordpress-mu-merge/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Rundy Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:51:15 +0000 http://etherealland.com/exorcist/?p=41#comment-535 There may not have been a decent "announcement" but that may be because it was in nerd land--ie, "everyone" already knew. I saw it a number of weeks ago in the Wordpress Dev blog, or something like that. I haven't looked at the technical details, but from a support point of view it seems a very good thing. I think the Wordpress Team has discovered MU was even more popular than the basic WP There may not have been a decent “announcement” but that may be because it was in nerd land–ie, “everyone” already knew.

I saw it a number of weeks ago in the Wordpress Dev blog, or something like that.

I haven’t looked at the technical details, but from a support point of view it seems a very good thing. I think the Wordpress Team has discovered MU was even more popular than the basic WP

]]> Comment on McCain Campaign sells Info for $20 by McCain Campaign sells confidential info for $20 » The Ethereal Voice http://etherealland.com/exorcist/2008/12/14/27/comment-page-1/#comment-23 McCain Campaign sells confidential info for $20 » The Ethereal Voice Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:11:55 +0000 http://www.etherealland.com/exorcist/?p=27#comment-23 [...] _uacct = "UA-1202685-1"; urchinTracker(); Map of the Ethereal Land The Ethereal Voice Front Page - Politics - Money - Knowledge - Art - Food - Fun Masthead About McCain Campaign sells confidential info for $20 By Exorcist | December 14, 2008 - 12:09 pm Posted in Category: Knowledge, Politics The McCain campaign really fouled up the selling off of their surplus IT equipment. When we charged them up in the newsroom, we found one of the $20 Blackberry phones contained more than 50 phone numbers for people connected with the McCain-Palin campaign, as well as hundreds of emails from early September until a few Click Here to continue reading. [...] [...] _uacct = “UA-1202685-1″; urchinTracker(); Map of the Ethereal Land The Ethereal Voice Front Page – Politics – Money – Knowledge – Art – Food – Fun Masthead About McCain Campaign sells confidential info for $20 By Exorcist | December 14, 2008 – 12:09 pm Posted in Category: Knowledge, Politics The McCain campaign really fouled up the selling off of their surplus IT equipment. When we charged them up in the newsroom, we found one of the $20 Blackberry phones contained more than 50 phone numbers for people connected with the McCain-Palin campaign, as well as hundreds of emails from early September until a few Click Here to continue reading. [...]

]]> Comment on Western Digital's DRM Infected Hard Drive by Western Digital’s DRM Infected Hard Drive » The Ethereal Voice http://etherealland.com/exorcist/2007/12/08/western-digitals-drm-infected-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Western Digital’s DRM Infected Hard Drive » The Ethereal Voice Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:53:21 +0000 http://www.etherealland.com/exorcist/?p=25#comment-22 [...] _uacct = "UA-1202685-1"; urchinTracker(); Map of the Ethereal Land The Ethereal Voice Front Page - Politics - Money - Knowledge - Art - Food - Fun Masthead About Western Digital’s DRM Infected Hard Drive By Exorcist | December 8, 2007 - 12:19 pm Posted in Category: Front Page, Knowledge Western Digital makes a huge Network-Ready hard drive that blocks all music formats from being shared with other users. This means you can pull music files off your hard drive, but you can’t let anyone else pull music files off your hard drive. There are legal, legitimate reasons why I could want to share my Click Here to continue reading. [...] [...] _uacct = “UA-1202685-1″; urchinTracker(); Map of the Ethereal Land The Ethereal Voice Front Page – Politics – Money – Knowledge – Art – Food – Fun Masthead About Western Digital’s DRM Infected Hard Drive By Exorcist | December 8, 2007 – 12:19 pm Posted in Category: Front Page, Knowledge Western Digital makes a huge Network-Ready hard drive that blocks all music formats from being shared with other users. This means you can pull music files off your hard drive, but you can’t let anyone else pull music files off your hard drive. There are legal, legitimate reasons why I could want to share my Click Here to continue reading. [...]

]]> Comment on Acer using Lenovo Images??? by Acer using Lenovo Images??? » The Ethereal Voice http://etherealland.com/exorcist/2007/10/14/acer-using-lenovo-images/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Acer using Lenovo Images??? » The Ethereal Voice Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:39:48 +0000 http://www.etherealland.com/exorcist/?p=24#comment-21 [...] _uacct = "UA-1202685-1"; urchinTracker(); Map of the Ethereal Land The Ethereal Voice Front Page - Politics - Money - Knowledge - Art - Food - Fun Masthead About Acer using Lenovo Images??? By Exorcist | October 14, 2007 - 10:45 am Posted in Category: Front Page, Money I was working on some new Acer PC’s at work, when I noticed something that struck me as rather suspicious. The default profile is named “Acer User” as you might suspect, but in the Windows Directory structure, it is named “Lenovo User”. As you might already know, Acer and Lenovo are fierce competitors in the Click Here to continue reading. [...] [...] _uacct = “UA-1202685-1″; urchinTracker(); Map of the Ethereal Land The Ethereal Voice Front Page – Politics – Money – Knowledge – Art – Food – Fun Masthead About Acer using Lenovo Images??? By Exorcist | October 14, 2007 – 10:45 am Posted in Category: Front Page, Money I was working on some new Acer PC’s at work, when I noticed something that struck me as rather suspicious. The default profile is named “Acer User” as you might suspect, but in the Windows Directory structure, it is named “Lenovo User”. As you might already know, Acer and Lenovo are fierce competitors in the Click Here to continue reading. [...]

]]> Comment on Sony VAIO customer service by Exorcist http://etherealland.com/exorcist/2007/07/07/sony-vaio-customer-service/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Exorcist Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:32:18 +0000 http://www.etherealland.com/exorcist/?p=21#comment-20 Should be fixed now. She seems to have an odd track back system, so I had to find a different way to link. Should be fixed now. She seems to have an odd track back system, so I had to find a different way to link.

]]> Comment on Sony VAIO customer service by The Silverware Thief http://etherealland.com/exorcist/2007/07/07/sony-vaio-customer-service/comment-page-1/#comment-19 The Silverware Thief Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:48:05 +0000 http://www.etherealland.com/exorcist/?p=21#comment-19 Bad link Bad link

]]> Comment on Google Maps Own by The Silverware Thief http://etherealland.com/exorcist/2007/06/29/google-maps-own/comment-page-1/#comment-18 The Silverware Thief Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:11:53 +0000 http://www.etherealland.com/exorcist/?p=20#comment-18 It might not be practical, but it is facinating so I don't know how short a life it will have. Also, how an intersection is controlled by lights, stop signs, etc doesn't change all that often. I would find it very useful if it actually did become more prevalent. I sure wouldn't mind a sneak peak drive through of all the intersections I would need to handle on a drive through a busy city. It gives you an idea of what to expect. The real amusement is in the possibility for the armchair tourist. You can see all of LA that you want from google maps now. Cruse the golden gate bridge, see the ocean, you name it. It might not be practical, but it is facinating so I don’t know how short a life it will have. Also, how an intersection is controlled by lights, stop signs, etc doesn’t change all that often. I would find it very useful if it actually did become more prevalent. I sure wouldn’t mind a sneak peak drive through of all the intersections I would need to handle on a drive through a busy city. It gives you an idea of what to expect.

The real amusement is in the possibility for the armchair tourist. You can see all of LA that you want from google maps now. Cruse the golden gate bridge, see the ocean, you name it.

]]> Comment on Google Maps Own by Exorcist http://etherealland.com/exorcist/2007/06/29/google-maps-own/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Exorcist Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:33:53 +0000 http://www.etherealland.com/exorcist/?p=20#comment-17 I saw that as well. As you pointed out though, it's not very useful for the vast majority of people. And since those city's are changing all the time, the information in those images will quickly become out of date and useless to everyone. To be honest, I think it's destined to have a short life. I saw that as well. As you pointed out though, it’s not very useful for the vast majority of people. And since those city’s are changing all the time, the information in those images will quickly become out of date and useless to everyone. To be honest, I think it’s destined to have a short life.

]]> Comment on Google Maps Own by The Silverware Thief http://etherealland.com/exorcist/2007/06/29/google-maps-own/comment-page-1/#comment-16 The Silverware Thief Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:15:25 +0000 http://www.etherealland.com/exorcist/?p=20#comment-16 I think I heard about that. A fantastic ability, of course. Something that is more boggling, is the "Street View" option. Of course, it isn't widespread enough to be of pratical use to most of us mere mortals, but go to maps.google.com and zoom out until you can see all of the USA. Then you will see an additional option in the upper right corner that says "Street View" Click on the "Street View" option and then zoom in on, say, NYC. Click and drag your little guy around on the highlighted streets. You can pan and zoom on the pictures for a 360 degree view. Pretty nifty huh? If you ever want to check out an intersection you can do it. I think I heard about that. A fantastic ability, of course. Something that is more boggling, is the “Street View” option. Of course, it isn’t widespread enough to be of pratical use to most of us mere mortals, but go to maps.google.com and zoom out until you can see all of the USA. Then you will see an additional option in the upper right corner that says “Street View”

Click on the “Street View” option and then zoom in on, say, NYC. Click and drag your little guy around on the highlighted streets. You can pan and zoom on the pictures for a 360 degree view. Pretty nifty huh? If you ever want to check out an intersection you can do it.

]]> Comment on Combining Hardware and Software Firewalls? by Exorcist http://etherealland.com/exorcist/2007/04/17/combining-hardware-and-software-firewalls/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Exorcist Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:48:05 +0000 http://www.etherealland.com/exorcist/?p=18#comment-15 It does now. It does now.

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