Archive: October 2005

In an article on the MSDN site microsoft shows you how to change the Volume Licensing product key on a Windows XP SP1-based computer. This is not a joke!

May be next time microsoft will publish the list of keys! :D

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q328874
I was stopped yesterday by an article in the Washington Post entitled "Sleuths Crack Tracking Code Discovered in Color Printers" that starts with:
It sounds like a conspiracy theory, but it isn't. The pages coming out of your color printer may contain hidden information that could be used to track you down if you ever cross the U.S. government.

What's all about?

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A keyboard of dream is a keyboard where every key is a stand-alone display showing exactly what it is controlling at this very moment. You will understand this great feature if you are using your computer with multi-language support, and if you are not, you will be happy if every shortcut of your favorit program is one key with picture on it that reflects the shortcut function. The same thing is true for games.

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Comments are in french. The translation befor the picture.

1-What the customer wishes
2- What the project manager understood
3- How the analyst modeled it
4- How the programmer wrote it
5- How the business consultant described it
6- How the project was documented
7- What has been installed at the client office
8- How the client was invoiced
9- How the technical support was
10- What the client really needs

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