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Posts Tagged ‘sucks’

Apple pulls out of Black Hat security conference

In Freedom on 2 August 2008 tagged Apple, engineers, security, sucks with no comments

Black Hat Director Jeff Moss, “nobody at Apple is ever allowed to speak publicly about anything without marketing approval.” So engineers at Apple don’t get to talk to anybody? Ever? That kinda sucks. MacNN | Apple backs out of Black Hat security conference

Lian-Li PC-V600

In Computing on 13 July 2008 tagged case, Computing, dicks, gear, Hardware, lian-li, ncix, Photos, sucks with 4 comments

About a month ago, I upgraded the graphics card in my PC to a BFGTech 8800GT. I’d been experiencing some glitches on my two year old Nvidia 7900, probably due to the Zalman cooler I added to it not providing the VRAM with enough heat transfer combined with not enough air circulation in the case. [...]

Faceless on the Internet

In Web on 30 November 2007 tagged anonymity, facebook, invasiveness, online, privacy, sucks, Web with 4 comments

or, “I’ve quit facebook and I want everyone to know about it”. I was going to do my usual, post a link to a google search for the phrase, “facebook sucks” and then talk about a few of the links therein, but I think this time, I’m just gonna write it up. This is an [...]

keyboard music

In Computing on 30 October 2007 tagged Apple, bluetooth, Computing, Hardware, keyboard, logitech, logitech_control_center, sucks with 2 comments

I’ve been struggling with my Logitech keyboard and mouse combo for months now. Maybe years. The good people at Logitech make some nice products, but unfortunately, they can’t write Mac drivers to save themselves. The Logitech Control Center is a well-documented piece of shit and I’ve suffered long enough. Most recently, every time I load [...]