Dr Wingnut

Category: Computer

  • DirectX

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    Microsoft Windows XP has a command line utility called dxdiag which allows you to test your video card for Directx compatibility.Charles Klopp

  • Programmer’s Cheer

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    Shift to the left!Shift to the right!Pop up, push down!Byte!  Byte!  Byte!

  • Business Savvy Is Key To IT Success

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    We need to stop seeking the impossible dream of business alignment.By Herbert W. Lovelace, InformationWeek, Secret CIO: Business Savvy Is Key To IT Success, Jan. 3, 2005 It’s once again time for the LVRA (Lovelace Verbiage Ratio Award), an honor presented each year to the product or concept with the highest ratio of buzz to…

  • Usenet archive

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    Google has fully integrated the past 20 years of Usenet archives into Google Groups, which now offers access to more than 800 million messages dating back to 1981.  This is by far the most complete collection of Usenet articles ever assembled and a fascinating first-hand historical account.  In addition, the link above has a fascinating…

  • In charge?

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    Who’s in charge of Microsoft, anyway?TV personality Conan O’Brien, ad libbing during Bill Gates’ keynote at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week (Jan 3-7, 2005), after a computer froze during one of Gates’ demonstrations

  • Information week item

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    Comcast Plans VoIP Service For Its 40 Million SubscribersPowerful telephone companies are serving notice on the cable-TV industry that its stranglehold over television programming will be coming to an end.  In response, Comcast plans to counterattack using VoIP, and its strength in broadband cable is expected to serve the cable TV company well.Information WeekThat’s all…

  • Technologically challenged?

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    Take heart, anyone among you who believes you are technologically challenged, you “ain’t seen nuthin’ yet”.  This is an excerpt from a Wall Street Journal article: Compaq is considering changing the command “Press Any Key” to “Press Return Key” because of the flood of calls asking where the “Any” key is.AST technical support had a…