Well, that was a disappointment. It was retracted nearly as quickly as it burst onto the scenes. Crud. A reasoned, level-headed analysis of the problems that current copyright law creates rocked Slashdot yesterday. The amazing thing is, this thing came from Washington. Here’s the highlight reel:
All posts tagged myths
A reasonable analysis of the current copyright mess (updated)
Posted by Dave Farquhar on November 17, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/11/a-reasonable-analysis-of-the-current-copyright-mess/
Checking quotes
“The problem with quotes on the Internet is that you never can know if they are genuine.” –Abraham Lincoln The death of bin Laden prompted a couple of quotes attributed to Mark Twain and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to be repeated endlessly on social networking sites. Neither quote was accurate, as it turned out. [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 4, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/05/checking-quotes/
The 15-second rule and other (non) myths
Cnet investigated some computer wise tales, myths, conventional wisdom, or whatever else you want to call it. The one I take the most issue with is the 15-second rule. They asked Geek Squad, and, as a long, long-ago Best Bait-n-Switch employee, the answer they gave to the 15-second rule is, well, what I would expect.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on December 21, 2010
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2010/12/the-15-second-rule-and-other-non-myths/
SSD myths
SSDs, like most disruptive technologies, face some questions and resistance. People will grasp at any straw to avoid adopting them. Here are the myths I see repeated over and over again, and the truth, based on my experience actually using the things. 1. Mechanical HDDs are more reliable than SSDs. Not really. The reliability of [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on October 12, 2010
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2010/10/ssd-myths/
And this is why I don’t drink
Early in the morning of April 9, 2008, just hours after pitching six shutout innings, 22-year-old Nick Adenhart was killed when a repeat-offender drunk driver ran a red light and plowed his minivan into the Mitsubishi sports car Adenhart was riding in. He died in emergency surgery a while later. Two other passengers died at the scene.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on April 9, 2009
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2009/04/and-this-is-why-i-dont-drink/
A big time test for Nlite
I saw an XP Myths page this weekend, and although I don’t agree with its assessment of XP’s security, most of it seemed credible. It said XP can do fine on as little as a 233 MHz Pentium with 128 MB of RAM.
I whipped out a P2-266 with 192 MB of RAM to see.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 1, 2008
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2008/02/a-big-time-test-for-nlite/
Myths about the 1904 World’s Fair
I just spent some time over at Wikipedia attempting to demolish the myths that the ice cream cone, hot dog, and hamburger were invented in St. Louis at the 1904 World’s Fair. Hey, one does lots of things when there’s a big pile of stuff needing to be done that one would rather neglect.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on January 13, 2004
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2004/01/myths-about-the-1904-worlds-fair-2/
Thinking on Compaq Presario upgrades
I’m going to be upgrading a Compaq Presario 7360 here pretty soon. It should be fun to shatter some of the myths surrounding recent Compaqs. It’s a standard microATX PC, nothing more, nothing less. With a $20 replacement power supply (Newegg.com calls the form factor used by low-end eMachines, Compaq, HP, and Gateway PCs “mini ATX”), it’ll handle any modern microATX motherboard.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on December 27, 2003
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2003/12/thinking-on-compaq-presario-upgrades/