High and Dry

Unbelievably, Microsoft have announced that support for Windows XP Home will cease at the end of 2006.

It's replacement, Windows Vista won't have been out for more than a couple of months by then (and that's if you take the optimistic view that the current schedule is accurate), which means that pretty much nobody will have it (especially considering that most people get their OS with their PC and never bother to upgrade.

Support ending will mean that there will be no more security patches available, which will mean that huge numbers of machines will suddenly become vulnerable, and be used by virus writers for all sorts of nefarious purposes (including sending spam and DDOS attacks).

I really hope that this is a fuck-up and that the Microsoft representative has mispoken on the issue. Support really needs to continue for at least two years - until the majority of users have moved onto the next version.

Reasons to stop whining about everything

Go here and enter your salary.  Then feel slightly guilty for outearning a large chunk of the population of the world.

For the record I'm 13.69% down the population of the UK, and 2.25% down the population of the planet.

(Oh, gnacked from missedith01)

The latest meme

I was advised to do this one as it covers the Big 5 personality traits'

Big Five Test Results

Extroversion (42%) moderately low which suggests you are reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and private. Accommodation (40%) moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly selfish, uncooperative, and difficult at the expense of the well being of others. Orderliness (30%) low which suggests you are overly flexible, random, scattered, and fun seeking at the expense too often of structure, reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment. Emotional Stability (46%) medium which suggests you average somewhere in between being calm and resilient and being anxious and reactive. Inquisitiveness (82%) high which suggests you are very intellectual, curious, imaginative but possibly not very practical.

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