Restore Grub

clipped from ubuntuforums.org Solution: restore GRUB after Windows (re)installation or other MBR problem Looking into this forum there seem to be quit a few people that struggle with Grub after windows (re)installation or other MBR problem Here is a simple solution that will fix the problem in most cases: First you need to gain root access. 1# boot-up computer with Ubuntu Installation CD 2# At “boot:” prompt, add “rescue” to the argument boot: rescue 3# Follow the instructions on screen 4# Now, Assumed that /dev/hda is the location of /boot partition type: grub-install /dev/hda If all goes well Grub-menu is back. Just reboot and enjoy Ubuntu agian…

Windows.old

clipped from channel9.msdn.com To cleanup the Windows.old folder, you can click on the Vista pearl, type “disk clean” and hit enter to open the Disk Cleanup tool.  Choose “Files from all users on this computer” and choose the drive you want to clean.  After it lists what is available to “clean”, scroll down and select Windows.old from the list of choices.  Then delete as desired!

Google Flight Info

clipped from www.lifehacker.com We’ve long been fans of using Google SMS to fetch information from our phones. Now we can use it to retrieve airline numbers and flight status. Just text your flight number to GOOGLE (466453) and in short order you’ll receive a message listing arrival/departure times, flight status and even the airline’s phone number. If you need only the latter, just text the airline’s name. Of course, you can still use Google SMS to get driving directions, stock quotes and tons of other useful info. This is just a bit of extra icing on that already yummy cake. — Rick Broida Google SMS [via The Official Google Blog] Comment Read more: google sms, Google, SMS, Text Messaging, Travel, Flights

ATI Card

clipped from www.notebookcheck.net ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 is part of the lower middle class. The performance can be compared with an elder X600, but technically it is a X1300, which is scarcely 100 Mhz higher clocked. Specifications performance class: 3 series: Mobility Radeon X1000 codename: M54 pipeline: 4 pixel-pipelines and 2 vertex-pipelines clock: chip: 445 MHz, memory: 250 MHz memory: DDR1/DDR2/GDDR3, maximum upgrade: 256 MB, bus: 128 bit, HyperMemory up to 256 MB additionally from the main memory directX: 9c, Shader Model 3.0 features: Avivo video and display engine. PCI express x16-Bus; 90-nm application area: small and light-weight notebooks other infos: 105 million transistors Benchmarks Here you find a list with approximative benchmark values, which can be achieved with this video card. The values can strongly deviate due to different hardware (processor, memory).

Geforce Go 7300

clipped from www.notebookcheck.net The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 is part of the lower performance segment and the competitor card of the ATI X1300. Technically it is simply lower clocked GeForce Go 7300. performance class: 4 series: GeForce Go 7000 codename: G72M pipeline: 4 pixel-pipelines and 3 vertex-pipelines clock: chip: 350 MHz, memory: 700 MHz memory: DDR-3, maximaler Ausbau: 64 MB, bus: 64 bit, Turbocache, therefore up to 256 MB possible directX: 9c, Shader Model 3.0 features: PureVideo application area: small and light-weight notebooks other infos: 90nm, 112 millions of transistors, PCI-E

Dell Video Options

clipped from configure.us.dell.com 128MB ATI MOBILITYâ„¢ RADEON® X1300 HyperMemoryâ„¢ [Included in Price] 256MB ATI MOBILITYâ„¢ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemoryâ„¢ [add $50 or $2/month1] May delay your E1505 Dual Core ship date 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 7300 TurboCache* [add $80 or $3/month1] Dell Recommended for an enhanced Windows Vista experience Help Me Choose

Bill Gates 1989

clipped from slashdot.org “A 1-1/2 hour recording of Bill Gates addressing a crowd of university students in 1989 was recently found and digitized, and has been circulating in some IRC channels for the past few weeks. The speech has found a permanent home on the web page of the University of Waterloo CS Club, where the talk is reported to have taken place. Gates covers the past, present, and future of computing as of 1989. While the former two might be of interest to tech historians, the real fascination is Gates’s prediction of computing yet to come. Like the now-legendary ’640k’ remark, some of his comments are almost laughably off-target (‘OS/2 is the way of the future!’). And yet, by and large, he had accurately, chillingly, prophesied an entire decade or two of software and hardware development. All in all, a fascinating talk from one of the most powerful speakers in CS and IT.”

My Favorite Bush Picture

What is most amazing is that this photo is not doctored.

Kansas Board of Education

As part of the decision, the Board of Education also went so far as to redefine science itself, saying that it is ‘no longer limited to the search for natural explanations of phenomena.’

Paul and AJ