Gmail: A Behind the Scenes Video

Google is making a video clip to show how an email message travels around the world where we can participate. The rules are simple:

* Keep it under 10 seconds
* Make sure the M-velope is clearly visible and make sure it enters from the left of the screen and exits from the right
* Don't worry about audio, we'll put music over the final video

You have to submit your clip on you tube by August 13th, 2007 to be considered for the final collaborative video.

I really think that this is a way to make user load videos on you tube (those who haven't load).

Just click this link

Dell announces the models for Ubuntu

starting next Thursday, 5/24, Dell.com will be launching a Linux based OS (Ubuntu) on the E520, 1505 and XPS 410.

Source:

Jeremy's Blog

FayerWayer.com (In Spanish)

Oracle SQL*Developer Plug-in : Insider4Raptor

For Oracle DBA's and Developers...

If you are using a SQL*Developer, there's an interesting plug-in Called Insider4Raptor. This plug-in is a little like Quest Database Monitor, but it's free, just like SQL*Developer.

This product is from www.fourthelephant.com [curious name for a company !!! :) ]

Acrobat Reader 7.0.8 Bug on Linux

Acrobat Reader 7.0.8 Bug on Linux

After installing acrobar reader on linux, you execute the acroread command, and get the following error: “expr: syntax error”

The work around is:

sudo vi /usr/bin/acroread

In line 418 change this line

and works fine ...


That's all folks..

Freeware and Open Source on Windows

This url is about a Freeware and open Source for Windows .. check it out !!1

The 10 Worst PCs of All Time

did you bought anyone of this PC's ???

OTN Forum Member Rule

If your're using or administering Oracle Technology, probably are familiarized with OTN (Oracle Technology Network), and its formus. This formus you can find and GIVE solutions. Shay Shmeltzer's Weblog has an intersting post with 10 Rules to follow if you are an OTN Forum Member.

Source: Shay Shmeltzer's Weblog



THIS IS FROM SHAY'S WEBLOG

Five rules to getting a better solution

1. Have a meaningful subject line
I'm tired of seeing a subject line like "I need urgent help". Your subject should specify what the problem core is and in what area

2. Give details about versions and technologies
Are you using JDeveloper 10.1.3.1 or JDeveloper 9.0.4? Are you using ADF BC or EJB?

3. Give detailed error messages
Don't say - it throws an error - tell us what the error is and give the stack trace.

4. If possible provide steps to reproduce the problem
If something doesn't work for you - I can't know why if you don't tell me what you did. Sometime you can even post code that reproduce the problem

5. Search before you post
It's for your own good - it brings you the solution faster. Search both the forum and Google for your question - you'll be surprised how many times you'll find a solution that someone else got.

Five rules to become a better member of the community

6. Get a name
In your forums preferences you can set up a name or handle that will help us recognize you (and even a link to your blog). Do you really want to be known as user5667847? Using your real name is even better - then when someone meets you in a conference or an event - They'll already know who you are.

7. Post the solution
If your issue was solved post the solution on the thread so others that run into the same error can fix it faster. Just writing "I fixed it" doesn't count.

8. Mark solved problems with [Solved]
Once you found a solution to a problem edit the thread and add [SOLVED] to the subject line. This will help people identify solved problems.

9. Track your threads
In your forum preferences check the option that alerts/emails you when your thread has been updated. This way you'll be able to get better response time and also answer follow up questions.

10. Don't just ask question - give some answers as well
The forum is a community - the community will only grow if you'll be an active participant. Posting question is just one side of the coin - actually answering other people questions is even more important. So go ahead and show off the knowledge you have gathered - it is the first step to take if you want to become an Oracle ACE.

Cracking Vista...

It's already done .. Vista can be cracked.

Source: Apcmag.com

A genuine crack for Windows Vista has just been released by pirate group Pantheon, which allows a pirated, non-activated installation of Vista (Home Basic/Premium and Ultimate) to be properly activated and made fully-operational.

Unlike cracks which have been floating around since Vista RTM was released in late November, this crack doesn’t simply get around product activation with beta activation files or timestop cracks - it actually makes use of the activation process. It seems that Microsoft has allowed large OEMs like ASUS to ship their products with a pre-installed version of Vista that doesn’t require product activation – apparently because end users would find it too inconvenient.



OEM Emulation

This version of Vista uses System-Locked Pre-Installation 2.0 (SLP 2.0). It allows the “Royalty OEMs” to embed specific licensing information into the operating system which Vista can activate without having to go back to Microsoft for verification. The licensing components include the OEM’s hardware-embedded BIOS ACPI_SLIC (which has been signed by Microsoft), an XML certificate file which corresponds to this ACPI_SLIC and a specific OEM product key.

Pantheon released a bundle which includes the certificate files from ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo along with OEM product keys for Vista Home Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate, and an emulator which allows the BIOS ACPI_SLIC driver for any manufacturer to be installed without requiring the system to be physically running that hardware. For example, you can install the ASUS certificate information on any machine, not just an ASUS.

And yes, the crack most certainly works. You end up with an activated, legitimate copy of Vista which passes all the Windows Genuine Advantage checks.

The release of this crack does make a bit of a mockery of the whole volume activation process. I was beginning to think the new activation process introduced with Vista might spell the end of easy and large-scale Windows piracy, and if the only way to activate Vista was to have it communicate directly with Microsoft, then that just might have been a possibility. But allowing such a workaround to OEMs just because their users might not like it has introduced a weakness into the system. Pirate groups are well known for exploiting any weakness no matter how small (as evidenced by the cracking of KMS), so once this activation process became known it was only a matter of time.

As the crack is tied to specific product keys, it remains to be seen whether Microsoft will be able to do anything about shutting out machines activated using this method. But their work will be made much more difficult now that such machines have completely bypassed the online activation process, and are connecting as legitimate copies of Windows.

Transition from Windows to Linux.

Just to make easier the transition from Windows to Linux, once you've decided to install Ubuntu, on dual booting probably, you should do a few things after installing.
I hope it helps .....
Source: Linux on Desktop Blog

Firefox's about pages

Firefox browser has an "about pages" where you can config, view plugins, caches and even find an eastern egg in firefox. There's an interesting special about:config area where you can adjust the browser's hidden settings.




about:config
You can adjust the browser's hidden settings.

about:cache
View the size and contents of the data Firefox has saved to disk (about:cache?device=disk) or in memory (about:cache?device=memory).

about:plugins
See all the browser plugins (like Flash and Quicktime) you've got installed in Firefox.

about:blank
Just a white page.

about:mozilla
A passage from the Book of Mozilla.

Source:

• mozillazine.org
• lifehacker.org
• lifehacker.org

¡¡ Linux Foundation !!

El Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) y el Free Standards Group (FSG) han decidido unirse eternamente bajo el nombre de Linux Foundation.

De acuerdo al sitio IDG :

“La idea es que Linux Foundation se convierta en una plataforma que dé unidad al desarrollo de Linux, realizando una función similar a la que desempeña Eclipse Foundation como centro para el desarrollo de herramientas, Apache Software Foundation para el de middleware y servidores Web y Mozilla Foundation para el de navegadores e interfaces Web.”



Fuentes:

• IDG
• FayerWayer

Youtube Videos, Firefox and Ubuntu

If you're using Fox and Ubuntu Linux, probable you're not able to listen Youtube videos, and worst of all, you won't see and listen the video that i will publish .... :(

So .. you have to do this simple steps ....

• sudo apt-get install alsa-oss
• edit /etc/firefox/firefoxrc and ensure that you have “FIREFOX_DSP=aoss”
• restart all Firefoxes

Si usas Firefox y Ubuntu Linux, probablemente no eres capaz de escuchar videos Youtube, y peor aún, no podrás escuchar y ver los videos que publicaré ... :(

Asi que .. debe ejecutar esto simples pasos

• sudo apt-get install alsa-oss
• edit /etc/firefox/firefoxrc and ensure that you have “FIREFOX_DSP=aoss”
• restart all Firefoxes

Messenger y Google Chat como herramientas de trabajo ..

Si no puedes vencerlas, únete a ellas.... Esa es la consigna usada en un estudio que demuestra que el uso de IM (Instant Message) como Messenger y Google chat son mejores herramientas en la creatividad que una comunicación via email.

Fuentes:

• Newscientist
• Smartmobs

Ok .. I'm a Linux User ...

Desde mi humilde opinión, creo que las personas son muy proclives a abanderizarse o aferrarse a un sector o bando en diferentes áreas de la interacción social, ocurre en la religión (catolicos y protestantes), en el deporte y los clásicos forofos de un equipo, en la política: izquerda y derecha, republicanos y demócratas; y así podemos seguir con ejemplos. Las motivaciones de las personas y la profundización en este tema me resulta muy interesante, pero debo confesar que nada sé.

Extrapolando esta idea de abanderizarse, creo que las tecnologías de información pasa algo similar con Windows y Linux. La mayoría de los usuarios de PC's tiene instalado Windows porque simplemente es un estándar y todo funciona a la primera, no siempre bien, pero funciona. Por otra parte, existen usuarios avanzados para Windows y Linux que declaran una Guerra Santa entre ellos.

El CEO de Microsoft Steve Ballmer dice que: "Linux es un Cáncer", mientras que los linuxeros entregan toda su batería para señalar por qué linux es mejor.

Para mí, el tema del fútbol o la política no me interesan en el contexto de incorporame a un bando, sin embargo, entre Linux y Windows es un tema que me importa porque me afecta directamente en el trabajo que hago....

Lo confieso ... Soy un usuario linux, y evidentemente que uso la mejor distribución que hay: Ubuntu (o Kubuntu ??)

Ahora, adentrandome al tema linuxero, he usado dos ambientes gráficos: Gnome y KDE. Actualmente uso KDE. Está en etapa de evaluación, pero hasta ahora me ha funcionado bien, excepto por la personalización, que me ha resultado un tanto compleja, particularmente Los Styles y Windows Decorations que debo compilar para instalar alguno...

Creo que la compilación manual, por muy transparente que sea el código fuente (configure.sh, make y make install) no deberían usarse si un software quiere masificarse..


Hasta ahora me quedo con KDE, pero puede que cambie de opinión y vuelva nuevamente a Gnome, pero tener ambos ambienes instalado en mi laptop usaría muchos espacio.

Reconozco que tengo Windows en otra partición, y es por dos motivos: Primero la licencia ya venía con el notebook, y segundo, existen algunos programas que vienen sólo para win y mac, como por ejemplo la sincronización con mi celular Nokia.

No soslayemos el hecho en el linux, configurar cualquier cosa puede se un problema muy complejo, así como habilitar el puerto infrarojo de mi notebook, o configurar la tarjeta Wireless, que en este caso es una Dell 1490 que la fabrica broadcom, y para ello tuve que usar ndiswrapper. No he tenido tiempo para configurar el puerto infrarojo en mi notebook.....

¿Quieres Instalar Windows Vista? .. Comprate un servidor

La mitad de los PC's en USA no tienen los requerimientos para instalar Windows Vista, mientras el 94% no tiene los requerimiento de sistema para instalar Windows Vista Premium..

Fuentes:
Vista : Why Bother?
Half of American Business PCs Can't Run Vista

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