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Month: June, 2006

Blistering expose on Cheney and the war in Iraq

26 June, 2006 (18:41) | general | By: Constantine

Frontline nails it again with a blistering expose on Dick Cheney and the war on Iraq

This is an absolutely incredible report that lays bare the inner workings of the administration in those days after 9/11 and the launch of the Iraq war. The depth and breadth of research is phenomenal, its a report that all should see.

Windows Genuine Advantage…

16 June, 2006 (11:16) | general | By: Constantine

Lauren Weinstein (via the Interesting People mailing List) has a great  post on problems with Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) along with a response from the Program Director of the Windows Genuine Advantage program.

I have run into similar problems (re-installing Windows XP on my laptop) and spending endless hours on the phone with Microsoft technical support is no fun ad they don’t seem to be able to resolve anything. The stock response I have gotten is that I could purchase a new key. Given the response post on Lauren’s blog it doesn’t sound like this is going to be resolved any time soon. I have had the same problem with Microsoft office, so frustrating….