Channel 9 - Discussions by shreyasonline

Coffeehouse - Microsoft has nowhere to run; Developers leaving Windows desktop

shreyasonline — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:50:23 GMT

JChung2006 wrote:

corona_coder wrote:
I predict in 2009 OS/2 will have more marketshare than Windows.

QFE. corona_coder has clearly lost his mind.

I second that... and predict that by 2015 there will be more birds swimming in ocean than the fish but, later by 2050 fishes will learn to fly as there will be no space left in the oceans for all of them!

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - Vista DHCP errors, why and how do I fix them?

shreyasonline — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:34:42 GMT

Try using any network packet analyzer like Wireshark or Ethereal and checkout whats hapenning. Most probably it may be a network problem.

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - Vista Security : This can't be true.

shreyasonline — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:44:23 GMT

ZippyV wrote:

Rossj wrote:So the name of the file triggers the UAC request?

Yes, because 99% of the installers need admin privileges. It's pure for backwards compatibility reasons.

Ya. And 90% of the common users would just click Yes to remove the annoying thing in front of them. Plain human psychology nothing else.

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - Free Software: Jealousy in Disguise?

shreyasonline — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:00:31 GMT

phreaks wrote:

sirhomer wrote:

phreaks wrote:

sirhomer wrote:

phreaks wrote:

sirhomer wrote: I support free software because I love computers, not toasters.

Do you get free bread for toasting?

I didn't have to sign a NDA or EULA to get a loaf of bread from the supermarket.

And you don't eat software or resell/re-share bread

I am gonna compare an orange to an Al Paca, doesn't make alot of sense; but I am gonna do it anyway.

Computers are becoming more like toasters everday.

How, exactly is that

Got it now ? !!!

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - IE7 favicon.ico Bug ?

shreyasonline — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:00:33 GMT

CannotResolveSymbol wrote:

nachbar wrote:
I am having the same thing on my website:

www.plastic.org/1

I have a 32 x 32 favicon.ico in the root (www.plastic.org/favicon.ico). I also tried adding the link tags, and have tried several versions without success. My IE7 shows other sites' favicons (including channel 9) in the address bar. I have also tried turning off IE add-ons, and have tried deleting my temporary internet files

I get the favicon saved when I save the site as a favorite in IE6 (that is true even the main site, at www.plastic.org, which doesn't have any link tags). However, with IE7 I neither get the favicon saved with a favorite nor get the favicon in the address bar.

Any ideas?

Your favicon displays fine in IE7 here:

I too can see the sites icon in IE7.

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - New SPAMing Technique ?

shreyasonline — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:20:28 GMT

Its too much in volume now !! 99% of all my mails sinle last 2 weeks is this bounce spam mails. Really frustrating. WTH SPF is not getting implemented fast!

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - New SPAMing Technique ?

shreyasonline — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:05:58 GMT

Since few weeks I have been experiencing unusual amounts of a typical kind of SPAMing technique.

What the spammers doing here is they send SPAM mails to any non existing email address on the net with the targets e-mail address. Due to this the email bounces back with the SPAM message to the target. Even having SPF record on the DNS does not help since there are many many e-mail servers who don't check SPF.

Have you been experiencing similar problem ?

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - Memory Address Obfuscation in .NET Framework

shreyasonline — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 13:40:11 GMT

Have you read about Execute Disable Bit in Intel Processors? Intel says:

Execute Disable Bit: This feature, combined with a
supported operating system, allows memory to be marked
as executable or non-executable. If code attempts to run in
non-executable memory the processor raises an error to the
operating system.

Also there is Data Execution Prevention (DEP) in Windows already which work well on Intel processors.

I have tried it myself on a Pentium D processor with DEP turned ON. When any attempt to execute data in memory is made, the program crashes.

Shreyas Zare

The Sandbox - Technitium MAC Address Changer v4

shreyasonline — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:59:41 GMT

Updated version 4.0 C4 now online. Bug fixed. Download here

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - Reject Vista because the FSF says so

shreyasonline — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:19:37 GMT

Bad Vista or Bad FSF Server?

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - Which is better Windows Live Custom Domains or Google Apps?

shreyasonline — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:27:15 GMT

Lambera wrote:

Live Domains is going to become so much more!

Sorry that I didn't post my reviews earlier... So here it goes...

Live Custom Domain except that you can have unlimited email accounts and users can automatically register (if the registration is open, which is not needed by me), there is nothing, absolutely nothing provided.

Google Apps (which I am using for my domain right now) allows not unlimited but as much as you specify during registration (I gave 1000 accounts). It provides a customizable login page which can have a customized domain, thats is you can CNAME your domain to point the login page. You can have your own logo in place of Gmails logo. Secondly it provides mailing lists. Also there is POP3 service. That is all the gmail services with your own domain name.

EDIT: Google Apps also provide catch-all-emails feature and same inbox for multiple domains can be used.

Now you decide! Live must do something to get in lead.

Shreyas Zare

The Sandbox - Technitium MAC Address Changer v4

shreyasonline — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:56:12 GMT

pbsb wrote:

Don't ask about source file????\

Is not a good ideea...
OpenBsd for example is a complex and large source..so the author give the source if u wan't//////
I think u hide somthing in u source if u don't wan't to share...so i will nor run u setup...Indian mind...

Thanks for your comments. I like all type of comments.

Basically, what the software is doing is just changing a registry value and using the IphlpApi.dll API calls to get all the interface related data. I think a programmer with some basic concept of calling API can write a software like this. All API calls are there in the MSDN library. What I have done here is that I made the software usable using my skills.

Secondly, I am not into open source. I believe that some applications can remain open source without trouble but not all. When I think about open source I always get one question in my mind which is never answered by any one and that question is What does the damn programmer get out of a software code give away? I had an experience where I coded an app and gave away code to a friend who needed some of it. What happened is that he re branded the entire software with the same code and didn't acknowledge my efforts into it. Since then I decided not to give away the code, instead, I tell what logic it has and ask others try to do it themselves. Even if the logic is same, the quality is always different and thats called experience.

Thanks again.

Shreyas Zare

PS: If you dont want to run my app, I wont insist either. Its finally your choice.

Coffeehouse - Youtube best invention of the year?

shreyasonline — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:52:47 GMT

littleguru wrote:

Yes. And it's older and I can't see why this is an invention. I mean what makes uploading videos an invention...

I second that

Shreyas Zare

The Sandbox - Technitium MAC Address Changer v4

shreyasonline — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:55:58 GMT

Updated version 4.0 C3 now online. Internal code improvements. Download here

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - Office Live Registration Page Script Error

shreyasonline — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:29:31 GMT

When will the Office Live Basics registration page script error be removed so that I can register for the service ? (I imagine if its delebrate attempt)

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - Ya knew they'd ruin WinAmp, but damn

shreyasonline — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:55:41 GMT

CannotResolveSymbol wrote:

ScanIAm wrote:So what could keep a webpage from coming up?

This is interesting: Obviously others are able to reach the page, but I am not.

So, I'll assume this is something to do with IE7 and reset my settings.

I can get to Winamp.com in IE7. Sounds more like an ISP issue to me.

Ya its working fine no problem with the site. Its just the ISP problem. May be they are using Proxy server which is having currupt cache.

And another possibility is that of Virus/Worm/Spyware.

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - What's your Personal DNA type?

shreyasonline — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:21:25 GMT

They say I am a Generous Leader

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - Need Investment Advice

shreyasonline — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:55:56 GMT

Larsenal wrote:

shreyasonline wrote:So, buy a company which had good fundamentals and forget about the stock for another 3-5 years. You will get good returns. Believe me!

Not as generally true as we woud like. There are countless counter examples.

Absolutely true though ... nobody can predict what happens in markets anyways. But this strategy has paid me at least when I invested in some good Indian companies.

When I was new in markets, I was just dreaming to do day trading and make huge profits. I would buy 1000 stocks at a time and sell it just in minutes. This was fun initially until I suffered huge losses when markets started correcting. So I am into long term investing since then.

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - Need Investment Advice

shreyasonline — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:49:41 GMT

You can even invest in companies which are investing in emerging markets around the world like in Asia. Or simply get into mutual funds.

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - Need Investment Advice

shreyasonline — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:40:12 GMT

Bad idea.

From my 4 years experience in stock market, I would say that if you buy stock of good company which grows steadily, you would earn more.

If you dream to invest in a dollar stock and dream that one day my money would double or triple, then this would be betting and not investing. Moreover if you plan to get in and get out of a stock just in days, its not investing but trading.

So, buy a company which had good fundamentals and forget about the stock for another 3-5 years. You will get good returns. Believe me!

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - Which is better Windows Live Custom Domains or Google Apps?

shreyasonline — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:18:37 GMT

Has anybody recently registered for Office Live ? I am trying to register but there is an script error on the registration page? Dont know why but I am using IE7 with *.microsoft.com added in trusted sites list.

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - Last post, bye bye Channel 9...

shreyasonline — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:32:49 GMT

Can all the time keepers resist posting on postings ?

Shreyas Zare

The Sandbox - Technitium MAC Address Changer v4

shreyasonline — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:23:21 GMT

Updated. Some improvement in code done. Download to check it out.

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - Which is better Windows Live Custom Domains or Google Apps?

shreyasonline — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 18:53:30 GMT

Zeus wrote:

Geez ... I saw this thread goind to the garbage can when I saw the first post from Darbacour.

Let's focus on the Google App and Windows Live Custom Domains (or whatever MS has named it's Google App rival).

As i said before, I use the Google Apps, but have no experience with WLCD. One think I forgot to mention is the calendar in GA, you can share contact between accounts, you can customize the URL's you use to access your mail and calendar (mail.yourdomain.com for instance). You can put your own logo on your mail page ... the list goes on and on.

The only thing is the size of your mailbox is fixed at 2GB (they donð't automatically grow in size as the usual GMail accounts), and you can't have any more than 25 accounts on the same domain. But i would no be surprised if they came out with a premium package where you could get larger email boxes and more accounts for a price.

Well, while registering Google Apps, it asked for max number of email accounts required. I entered 1000 and I got it. I should have entered 100000000000000000000 (like they write Gooooooooogle!)

Shreyas Zare

Coffeehouse - Which is better Windows Live Custom Domains or Google Apps?

shreyasonline — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:53:20 GMT

Darbacour wrote:

So I exaggerated. I can't find your Gmails. ...

Now you are on the right point.

Shreyas Zare