Is YouTube's bandwith free?

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/10/youtube-bandwidth/

the lack of a monthly bill in the mailbox doesn't mean Google's internet connection is free - it's just that it has purchased unused fiber optic cable known as "dark fiber" - and uses it to carry its traffic to other networks where it "peers" or trades traffic with other ISPs. Its costs for bandwidth are then amortized across the life of its fiber and routers.
[...]
Traditionally the net has been shaped like a pyramid with small ISPs at the bottom, connecting up to regional carriers, that connect to backbone and transcontinental carriers. It's much more complicated now with the top 30 websites serving up 30 percent of net traffic, either from their own sets of pipes or from data centers around the world that connect much closer to your computer - and for much cheaper - than ever before.
[...]
In 2007, the majority of the internet's traffic came distributed by 30,000 blocks of servers around the net (technically Autonomous System Numbers).

In 2009, 150 blocks served up half of the net's traffic.

"What we mean by the internet is changing and it's happening really quickly," Labovitz said. "I was blown away to find out that one-tenth of the internet is going [to] or coming from Google."

Activate Windows 7's Hidden 'God Mode'

Handy trick if you're setting up a machine for the first time and need to access many settings:

1. Create a new folder
   
2. Name it: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
   
3. That's it
   

http://www.osnews.com/story/22691/Activate_Windows_7_s_Hidden_God_Mode_

GPL Enforcement

Don't Jump to Conclusions, But Do Report Violations:
http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2009/11/08/gpl-enforcement.html

A Practical Guide to GPL Compliance:
http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/compliance-guide.html

Install languagepack in Windows 7 Professional

http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?/topic/25539-how-to-enable-mui-language-pack-in-windows-7-professional/

MUI można również zainstalować w wersji Professional znajdującej się
w MSDNAA, wystarczy:

W trybie administratora w CMD wpisać:
DISM /Online /Add-Package /PackagePath:(ścieżka do lp)

Następnie kolejną komendę:
bcdedit /set {current} locale pl-PL

oraz:
bcdboot %WinDir% /l pl-PL

potem w regedit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MUI\UILanguages
usunąć en-US

Restart systemu i mamy polską wersję RTM Pro.

Additional info:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/ee461121.aspx
  
• http://www.free-download-blog.com/windows-7-mui-all-language-packs-download-links-official-32-bit-64-bit/
  

Defeat stupid quotes on web forum

Once in a while someone writes a smart (in his own opinion) rebuttal, but inside puts one of the stupid quotes. Here's how to cleverly defeat that:

"What's the point of this operating system?"

Say you and your wife decide to have another baby. After a lot of hard work, she gets pregnant. After nine difficult months and the troubles of childbirth, you bring a new beautiful little person into this world. You could not be happier. This is the best moment of your life.

Then imagine me walking in, and saying: "What's the point in yet another human being?"

Other annoying quotes are at the original site: http://www.osnews.com/story/21944/The_10_Most_Annoying_Things_in_Internet_Comments

Linux is for smart people

This is precious, so far I have never read such a nice post like this:

It's hard to convince Joe and Mary User to convert to Linux when the first things you hear from them are: "Where's my <insert stupid application here>?" "Why can't I just have <insert ridiculous thing here>?" or the ever-popular "This doesn't work like <insert overpriced application here>?" Honestly, it's enough to make me want to tell them to "just buy a Mac and stop calling me." Linux, after all, is for smart people and I really don't find any reason to "dumb it down" for the general population.

http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4605.html

Microsoft Office formats are insecure

http://blogs.computerworld.com/insecure_by_design_ms_office_formats