YouTube – The Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever Taken
This is a great video that uses images from the Hubble Space Telescope to illustrate just how big the universe really is. If you’ve never seen Hubble’s deep and ultra-deep field images, you should check this out. It’s hard not to be humbled by the sheer size of the universe and our relative insignificance by comparison.
Windows Vista Team Blog : News: Revision to Windows Vista retail licensing terms
Several reviews (SecurityFocus, InfoWorld, HEXUS ) of the EULA for Microsoft’s forthcoming Vista OS have been so scathing as to cause MS to rethink their intent. The company released a reworded version of the EULA on the Vista Team Blog which drew a collective sigh of relief from the computer enthusiast community. However, a number of issues still remain. MS still restricts use of Vista within a virtual machine except on the $400 Ultimate edition. It is also unclear how the various upgrade options will effect a users ability to transfer Vista to another machine. Clearly MS needs to iron out some of these issues before Vista goes RTM.
Bot nets likely behind jump in spam
The more I looked at the spam problems I was experiencing, the more I noticed my initial theory was wrong. The same spam posts were coming in from everywhere from Asia, to Africa, Europe, the Middle East and South America. Blocking IP space isn’t entirely effective either. I’ve already got some ideas for real solutions I can implement on my end, but what about the source? Vulnerable machines are at the heart of the issue. Automatic updating has helped, but obviously falls far short of a solution.