Archive | April 25, 2007

Internet2 Breaks Another Speed Record

Apr25

With the Internet2 Consortium hitting a new
data speed record of 9.08 Gbps, the outer speed limits might be in
sight for this particular network. “These records are final for the 10
Gbps network era,” said team leader Dr. Kei Hikaki in a statement,
“because they represent more than 98 percent of the upper limit of
network capacity.”


Amazing.. now its just a matter of time before we see faster speeds at home.

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UltraSharp 2407WFP 24.0-inch Wide Flat Panel LCD Monitor

Apr25

Product Highlights

  • Watch DVDs in natural format and run multiple applications simultaneously
  • Wide aspect panel improves productivity with less scrolling and toggling
  • Supports advanced features like PIP (Picture in Picture) and PBP (Picture By Picture)
  • Delivers distortion-free, sharp images with 1000:1 contrast ratio
  • Panels pivot, swivel, and tilt to optimize viewer comfort
  • Add multimedia capability to Dellâ„¢ UltraSharpâ„¢ 2407WFP display with the optional AS500 sound bar
  • Dell-branded monitors undergo exhaustive testing for performance, reliability, durability and compatibility with Dellâ„¢ systems
  • Supported by Dellâ„¢ Tech Support

Dell Canada : $799 CAD

Dell US : $569 US

Little known extensions to using CMD

Apr25

How many times have you clicked Start > Run > CMD

Do you know that there are a lot more options to that cmd command, some of them quite useful:

In particular cmd /k “command” opens a command prompt, shows you the results of command and then leaves the prompt open.

On the other hand, cmd /c “command” executes the command and then terminates.

C:Documents and SettingsAdministrator>help cmd
Starts a new instance of the Windows command interpreterCMD [/A | /U] [/Q] [/D] [/E:ON | /E:OFF] [/F:ON | /F:OFF] [/V:ON | /V:OFF]
[[/S] [/C | /K] string]

/C Carries out the command specified by string and then terminates
/K Carries out the command specified by string but remains
/S Modifies the treatment of string after /C or /K (see below)
/Q Turns echo off
/D Disable execution of AutoRun commands from registry (see below)
/A Causes the output of internal commands to a pipe or file to be ANSI
/U Causes the output of internal commands to a pipe or file to be
Unicode
/T:fg Sets the foreground/background colors (see COLOR /? for more info)
/E:ON Enable command extensions (see below)
/E:OFF Disable command extensions (see below)
/F:ON Enable file and directory name completion characters (see below)
/F:OFF Disable file and directory name completion characters (see below)
/V:ON Enable delayed environment variable expansion using ! as the
delimiter. For example, /V:ON would allow !var! to expand the
variable var at execution time. The var syntax expands variables
at input time, which is quite a different thing when inside of a FOR
loop.
/V:OFF Disable delayed environment expansion.

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