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Jo - I have to say I'm torn on

2007-09-14T05:09:16.812+02:00

Jo - I have to say I'm torn on the whole copy-protection issue. On one hand, the speed and methods by which pirated games are spreading really leaves publishers with no option but to try and stem the tide somehow. And, of all the copy protection schemes, SecurROM is probably one of the less egregious options.. think StarForce and you know how bad it can really get. On the other hand, the sort of annoyance that early BioShock users faced, or even the pain of constantly having to keep the game disc in the tray sort of wipes out any compassion one has for the publishers. Overall I think the approach CoH took is a promising direction - no copy protection, but build such a compelling multi-player experience that people don't have the complusion to pirate. Obviously this won't work for Single-Player games like BioShock, but it's a start. Re: Bioshock itself - do listen to this episode of the PC Gamer podcast. In this, the designer of BioShock talks about what they have done to resolve the authentication issues, and also what is the future plan for such mechanisms.

What a beautiful sky.. interes

2007-09-09T09:28:29.228+02:00

What a beautiful sky.. interesting decision to tone the water and the sky differently. Nice touch. -- Seen in my RSS Reader

: Almost is the operati

2007-09-08T09:31:31.286+02:00

: Almost is the operative word. I remember the photographer telling me to "be cool" and I'm thinking "my friend, I am an IT geek.. I am most definitely not cool!" :P

: Ha ha, trust me this is a on

2007-09-06T04:24:00.109+02:00

: Ha ha, trust me this is a one-off :) : Yup it's exactly what I thought it would be :D : Heh, thanks - glad you like the story :)

Hey Scott! Thanks for stoppin

2007-08-30T16:45:04.157+02:00

Hey Scott! Thanks for stopping by. I had discussed the issues I had with Altiris SVS in an earlier post (linked in the article, but here it is). Broadly the issues are: 1. Inability to create different layers for different applications - My initial assumption was I could create one layer for every application I installed and then activate/deactivate all of them at one go. However, it turned out that only one layer could be active at a time and that defeated the purpose of virtualization as I saw it - being able to rollback one change/changes to a base install. 2. Startup - The version of Altiris I used would only run as part of my startup group. That meant that programs that added services (such as iTunes) or other programs in the startup group would fail till Altiris was running. I would have much rather seen preferred that Altiris run as a service, preferably one that launched very early in the boot to avoid any dependency issues. The version I tried out also significantly slowed some apps (typically apps that opened ports) but that issue is probably not a stand-alone Altriris issue.

Wonderful work Ed - feels like

2007-08-14T11:50:45.196+02:00

Wonderful work Ed - feels like a painting and the richness of the colours really adds to that. -- Seen in my RSS Reader

: Well said :) : Glad you thi

2007-08-10T04:49:36.436+02:00

: Well said :) : Glad you think so!

Holy cr*p.. that is f***ing am

2007-07-28T09:21:31.062+02:00

Holy cr*p.. that is f***ing amazing.. I have no idea how you pulled that off, but I salute you sir! PS: Came here from Ed's photo of the balloon :)

Good choice on using the low a

2007-07-19T08:30:06.671+02:00

Good choice on using the low angle - lovely leading lines. -- Seen in my RSS Reader

Congratulations!! I recently m

2007-06-21T12:27:42.761+02:00

Congratulations!! I recently moved companies.. while sitting in the exact same desk and doing the exact same thing I had done the day before ;) The excitement of settling into a new job is fun - make the most of it :)

Oh no!!! This is terrible news

2007-06-02T05:31:35.931+02:00

Oh no!!! This is terrible news =( .. The thought that we won't be able to see photos like this again is deeply saddening. -- Seen in my RSS Reader

Stunning reflection! And gorge

2007-05-23T04:18:29.236+02:00

Stunning reflection! And gorgeous colours too.. -- Seen in my RSS Reader

: Thanks for the invite, I've

2007-05-20T11:18:13.760+02:00

: Thanks for the invite, I've added my photo to the group pool.

I knew I was gonna fave this t

2007-05-16T10:19:20.689+02:00

I knew I was gonna fave this the minute I saw it :D Stunning shot - the expression on the monk's face .. I also love the way our curiosity is piqued by the fact that your son has his back to the camera... making the viewer wonder about his expression. If you ask me, a wonderful example of the "decisive moment" photography that you have been aiming for.

Cool - thanks a lot! Now to se

2007-05-07T09:51:27.552+02:00

Cool - thanks a lot! Now to see what all the fuss is about! :)

Eh I don't think the geeks at

2007-04-17T13:02:43.073+02:00

Eh I don't think the geeks at the back of the office have anything to worry about - we will still be using plain ol' telephones for years to come.. all this will be the preserve of sales folk and other such spiffily-dressed folk. Our ability to flip the bird at unbelievable statements made by the other side shall remain safe :) Of course by the time something like this finally makes it way to the IT guys, "everyone else" will be using Virtual Reality or something like that.

Stunning detail - and I like t

2007-04-17T09:47:29.646+02:00

Stunning detail - and I like the choice of B&W as well. What lens did you shoot this with? -- Seen in my RSS reader.

vick - methinks your boss is t

2007-03-07T09:45:05.497+01:00

vick - methinks your boss is the average kiasu singaporean :D

Well that's exactly what i des

2007-03-07T03:26:32.417+01:00

Well that's exactly what i described how it felt - "mass nausea" (maybe cuz I'm sitting on the 21st floor?). Though my boss decided it wasn't worth waiting another hour or so for the "all-clear" after the aftershock and told us all to "work from home" :P

@jun - Also what program are u

2007-02-28T10:00:49.907+01:00

@jun - Also what program are using to create your PDFs - Adobe Acrobat tends to create huge bloated PDFs (why is that not surprising) whereas Ghostscript generates smaller PDF files. Obviously downscaling picture resolutions, resizing rather than just copy-pasting (like vicki has mentioned above) would help as well. @vicki - I think the answer is that there are different buckets at different points of times in the relationship. At first, there's the whole fizz of being together phyiscally and discovering each other. As time goes by, it becomes more like a pair of old jeans - not glamorous, but comfortable and reassuring. The trick is knowing when to dip into which bucket.

Ooh nice. thanks for the linky

2007-02-23T10:50:44.126+01:00

Ooh nice. thanks for the linky.. at work without much to do and stuck cuz I have to go out for dinner.. i think i'm gonna watch all of them :P

Hey whoa.. wtf just happened h

2007-02-23T10:44:37.983+01:00

Hey whoa.. wtf just happened here *grumbles*... okay okay I'll try and settle in for the new look.

vicki - The k810 was the phone

2007-02-16T04:26:41.968+01:00

vicki - The k810 was the phone that I lost =(.. the camera on that phone is surprisingly good and can easily become an 'go-everywhere' camera; here's an example. I won't recommend it for night shots; but it's can double as an PnS in all other circumstances.

Oooh I feel your pain. I recen

2007-02-14T10:51:53.386+01:00

Oooh I feel your pain. I recently purchased a 3G phone and I had it for all of 2 weeks .. and then it was gone =(.. Hopefully the sight of shiny new gear should help :).. whatcha planning to buy?

I sympathize with you - I've b

2007-02-14T10:48:41.335+01:00

I sympathize with you - I've been _meaning_ to rework my blog for close to 6 months now and am still to get around to it. I'm telling myself I should do this along with the move to WP 2.1; but somehow I don't think it's gonna happen. Anyhoo, good luck with the move and all that :)

Came here from dubdew's blog -

2007-02-08T05:45:05.924+01:00

Came here from dubdew's blog - hope you don't mind me over in that corner :) Anyway since I'm a geek I had to comment on this one - detailed readme's of instructions aren't that surprising. The warez groups that make these "releases" pride themselves on making complete releases, as better working "releases" fetch more points on the topsites ( See this wonderful article on wired for more info - http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.01/topsite.html). I have seen readmes for warez-d games that comes with instructions on how to get around copy-protection for games - some of which can involve having to unplug your CD-drive :O

umacer - thank you!

2006-12-25T10:30:27.606+01:00

umacer - thank you!

Jennifer - thanks for adding m

2006-11-17T14:34:52.368+01:00

Jennifer - thanks for adding me to your contacts. Glad you like this.. .though now I wonder if I've made it a little too dark.

Ronnie - very true my friend.

2006-11-17T03:33:12.161+01:00

Ronnie - very true my friend. I am soo glad the haze is gone and as a bonus, the light just seems to get more and more spectacular over Singapore every day :D

Thank you for the fave electri

2006-09-08T17:34:55.063+02:00

Thank you for the fave electric soup!

Good analogy especially with t

2006-05-24T10:41:22.849+02:00

Good analogy especially with the greenish tint.. except for that blue cloth(?) right at the bottom of the image.. I wonder if cropping that part would improve the effect?

Hi Richie! As I've admitted b

2006-05-18T08:04:18.699+02:00

Hi Richie! As I've admitted before earlier, I am a plugin whore :P. I didn't realize that this was affecting page load times though :(.. Thanks for the tip - let me see if I can *gasp* disable a few...The first step is always admitting that you have a problem :D

Very nice angle on the shot.

2006-05-14T09:07:07.029+02:00

Very nice angle on the shot.

This is very nice pfong! The c

2006-05-11T05:09:44.259+02:00

This is very nice pfong! The combination of alternating light and dark on the lines looks nice :)

I salute you for carrying arou

2006-05-04T04:19:02.205+02:00

I salute you for carrying around a tripod - I generally cheat by using my flash in backfill mode :)