Month: November 2006

Replace in Clipboard: a regular expression based text replacement utility

Replace in Clipboard is an application which monitors clipboard usage and test strings copied into clipboard against predefined patterns. In case the clipboard string matches the pattern, a replacement is offered via system tray icon tool tip. User may accept replacement by clicking the tip, or reject it by ignoring the tip. For example, “C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\MyDirectory\Sample.jpg”…

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How to choose a name for a server?

It may appear to be funny, but it’s an RFC, RFC 1178 actually: In order to easily distinguish between multiple computers, we give them names. Experience has taught us that it is as easy to choose bad names as it is to choose good ones. This essay presents guidelines for deciding what makes a name…

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Britain is becoming ‘Big Brother’ society

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061102/tc_afp/britainsecuritycctv_061102140345 Britain is becoming a “surveillance society”, where CCTV cameras, credit card analysis and travel movements are used to track people’s lives minute by minute. […] The nation has up to 4.2 million CCTV (closed-circuit television) cameras, or about one for every 14 people.