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Hemp

Today, I was trying someting with the du command on unix. I gave an invalid option so it asked me to look up the help by typing
du --help
I tried to cpoy it but ended up typing this
du --hemp

I guess Amsterdam is getting to my head :)

Sun Pranksters

Really hillarious

Sun Microsystems Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Virgin warns illegal internet music downloaders

Virgin warns illegal internet music downloaders - Telegraph

In many cases, these are likely to be received by the unsuspecting parents of a generation of children who have come to see music as a free commodity, thanks to so-called 'file sharing' services.

I really liked this sentence from the article. Its ironic, and true.

Top 10 Most Pirated Software

According to The Software & Information Industry Association (SIAA) list of top 10 most commonly pirated software, three are Adobe products. Photoshop, Acrobat and DreamWeaver.

Top 10: Most Pirated Software | adamwhiles dot com

I can't fix stupid

I have always liked this blog Off The Record for their tech related WTF-filled stories (another one is TheDailyWTF.com). Here is their latest entry. If you go back theirthier archives, it has enough meat to take away one week of productivity.

Off The Record | Anonymous | InfoWorld | I can't fix stupid | May 27, 2008 03:00 AM

Penny wise, pound foolish

This is what I call penny wise, pound foolish. If the BTW (Value Added Tax in Dutch) on energy saving bulbs is reduced, would it not give more incentive to people to buy them? I see that the price difference between conventional bulbs and energy saving ones is quite remarkable in Holland, especially in large wattage bulbs (like 75 watt and 100 watt equivalence bulbs). If the BTW is reduced (or better, eliminated for a couple of years), it will give people more incentive, as the break even period will be reduced.

Lowering the btw tax on energy-saving light bulbs is a possibility but is not yet an option...

The minister was commenting on recommendations from her Lighting
Taskforce which says traditional light bulbs of 60 watts and above
should be phased out by 2011 and energy-saving versions be made much
cheaper through lower btw and a scrapping of the import tax.

DutchNews.nl - No tax cuts on energy-saving bulbs

Awesome, tiniest Bluetoth USB Adaptor

Its small, its functional and its (relatively) cheap. I'd love to buy this one, given the fact that I don't have bluetooth in my laptop and that I could use it in office too! Its sad I don;t live in the US.

Buy the Kensington Bluetooth USB Micro Adapter and other Computer batteries & travel accessories at circuitcity.com

Cheapest, Coolest Video ever seen....

Caught it on Reddit.

Got a band but cant afford to shoot a video? Use public CCTV cameras and then demand the footage!