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    Nathan Ernst

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  1. Review - Odigo

    3.0 Final (Nov 28, 2000)

    3.0 Final? HA! Look at the about dialog. 3.0 Beta build 356. Get it straight.

    To Jim: Getting your old ID back is simple. Go into the Odigo folder, delete the new ID #'s in the DB folder, and restore the old ID #'s from the oldDB(?) folder. You may want to back up any files first, before you delete them. It worked for me a while back.

  2. Review - nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows 2000/XP (32-bit)

    7.17 (Nov 10, 2000)

    Caused anything half-life related (CS, HL 1-p, TFC) to crash right after precaching resources was done. Running in 1280x960 in OpenGL w/ Directx 8 retail on Win2k svr. Reverted back to 6.4.7 and the game played fine again....(this is w/ GeFore2 MX 32 MB).

  3. Review - ICQ Pro

    2000a Beta v.4.29 Build #3140 (Apr 24, 2000)

    1. Could be better. Bloatware is the only term that applies. I don't mind the 6 meg download, but 5 megs of RAM ? Come on. There's alot of features that alot of people do not want and do not need. All these are doing is hogging valuable resources (and yes, even with 256 megs of RAM, resources can still a problem due to my heavy load...). What they need to do is allo the user to select what features to install and what not to. i.e. I don't need a calendar. That's what I have Outlook for.

    2. Something that's always annoyed me: There needs to be an option to exit by right-clicking on the systray icon. It can be very annoying to have to open the window to exit the program.

    3. Definite improvement over last build. Wouldn't even run after install over a previous build of 2000a on my comp. Oh well. At least this time it worked....

  4. Comment - 'Stinger' Beta Improves DB2 Database Management

    2000a Beta v.4.29 Build #3140 (May 6, 2004 - 12:03 AM)

    I'd appreciate it if IBM focussed less on features and more on functionaltiy. As a developer who has been subjected to DB2 UDB and DB2 Connect V8, in the last 4 months, I averaged finding 3 bugs a week. They're already up to Fixpack 5, and I'm still routinely finding bugs just from routine use as a developer. I'm still finding bugs in V7. Its just absolutely rediculous. With new fixpacks they break things that used to work in earlier versions. Its gotten to the point where we have to choose the subset of advertised functionality. An entirely frustrating experience.

  5. Comment - Interview: Alex Halderman Upsets Copy Protection

    2000a Beta v.4.29 Build #3140 (Oct 12, 2003 - 9:59 AM)

    I was wondering about this myself. I mean, unless the user is somehow asked to agree to a EULA (and come on, most of us don't actuall read those damned things anyway), this would be inhibitting the use of the computer. Also, I'm curious - is this permament, or temporary. i.e Once the CD is removed from the drive, does it unload the "driver"? Or does it remain resident after the disc is remove? Does it interfere with the ripping of other CDs, as well? These are all questions that I'd like answered.

  6. Comment - Microsoft Shutters Free MSN Chat

    2000a Beta v.4.29 Build #3140 (Sep 29, 2003 - 2:33 PM)

    You apparently didn't read comments by MS's spokespeople. This was one of the reasons they cited - to make the service [more] profitable.

  7. Comment - RIAA Sues 261, Including 12-Year-Old Girl

    2000a Beta v.4.29 Build #3140 (Sep 13, 2003 - 1:14 PM)

    That'd be more like a $148,000 discount. IF she'd only downloaded ONE song.... One thing that may come out of this is that current copyright law may be thrown out. I think one may construe a $150,000 fine per song as cruel, if not unusual. I mean, on a given CD, there's on average about 10 tracks, say. Given current CD prices approaching $20, that's $2/track, right? So, you've ripped off a $2 track, and they're going to fine you $150,000 for it? That's an order of magnitude of 75,000x greater than the damage done. What have the RIAA done to deserve such a great reward?

  8. Comment - MSDN Library CD Trio Slips Out

    2000a Beta v.4.29 Build #3140 (Apr 24, 2003 - 12:53 PM)

    This is wonderful. I do a lot of dev work on Windows, both Web & App, and there's hands-down no better place to look for relevant info than MSDN. Its nice to keep a local copy than always having to go online (if disconnect or remote, etc). Thanks, MS!