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Of the last 48 hours

Now you see it – now you don’t

Today was pretty boring – which wasn’t supposed to be the case since I got my powerbook back yesterday. But was pulled out again today.

Apparently when they said they’d do a full diagnostics check – they meant the opposite. I eventually opened up the laptop’s backplate and was staring down at two 512MB DIMMs – which is correct. So why do I mention it? Because the OS is only reporting 512MB of RAM instead of a gig! At least they were commited to replacing the logic board.

Once that’s done, I will now be able to enumerate the stuff that hasn’t been replaced:

  1. Superdrive.
  2. LCD shell (the LCD itself has been replaced)
  3. Keyboard.
  4. All inner-components except for the logic board.
  5. Battery.
  6. RAM DIMMs

Can’t help but wonder if I had just saved all of those, and just asked for a new MacBook or something hehehe – I can dream can’t I? Sobrang na-sulit ko na yung warranty. – and still got a whole year to go! Read More

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How evil the RIAA is

On a more serious note, here’s a an audio sample of Ray Beckerman talking about the RIAA law suits. DefectiveByDesign.org, as it’s name implies is also against DRM 1 Digital Rights Management itself, on grounds that I will not discuss in this post. But the bigger issue of the RIAA suing innocent people is what’s being discussed. You can skip the introduction by Peter Brown and go directly to what Mr. Beckerman is saying (at about a minute and 47 seconds into the clip)

In case you need it, the transcript’s available here. If you live in the United States, please spread the word. Hell, even if you aren’t, spread it anyways. Digital copyright laws are bound to affect us one way or the other no matter where we live. Read More

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⇡1 Digital Rights Management
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Jack Black is Computerman!

Ever wonder how Jack Black would be like in a low budget, awful (yet hilarious) home-made(ish) video? It even has its own theme song which incidentally, if you listen closely – he hums in one part of the movie School of Rock