How often do you use CDs and DVDs? Maybe you use them to burn music CDs or perhaps you use DVDs to copy your favorite movies. I’m sure some of you use them to back up all the data on your computer too, right? No matter what you use them for, have you ever thought about how long they’ll actually last? I mean, they can’t last forever, can they? Well, keep reading to find out!
Over the years, there has been a lot of discussion on just how long CDs and DVDs actually last. It’s gone from 100 years to 40 years and so on, all from the time they were first invented to when they became more popular to consumers, etc. This also varied once new uses for them came about (burning and back ups, for example). So, in this day and age, with all the new technology that keeps coming out, what do you think the final say is on the longevity of these discs? Read More»
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Students at the University of California Irvine are working on some new technology for understanding and categorizing source code. They’re using it to power two projects, a source code visualization tool and a source code search engine. You can check it out at: sourcerer.ics.uci.edu - They’re just getting started, but click on the submenu items under the “Fingerprints” tab to get an idea of the heuristics they’re looking into (control structures, attributes, and micro-patterns). Read More»
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February 15, 2007 by
Jason Windows Vista includes a great little utility that allows users to finally make soft and hard file system links in the file system. This can be very useful from a software compatibility standpoint as well as a great way to organize your computer. Unlike a shortcut, a link is at the file system level and can be used to create an alias for a file or folder that is in a different location. For example, you can create a hard link (Directory junction) called c:\win that points to c:\windows\system32. After the link is created, you can open up command prompt or explorer and browse to c:\win and you will see the contents of c:\windows\system32. This is not a new technology, it has actually been a core Linux and Unix feature for as far as I can remember but it is nice to finally have it in Windows Vista. Read More»
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