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If I lived 10 kilometers south of where I currently live, Rogers would likely be my ISP. That news there would have pissed me off severely.

Canadian ISP tests injecting content into web pages

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This is one of those "Why didn't I think of that?" idea and a "Why doesn't Windows already do that?" idea at the same time.

When you look at a list of pictures in Windows explorer. Why is dog10.jpg shown before dog2.jpg. This is the kind of ordering that only makes sense to programmers. This is why your digital camera adds all those extra zeros when you import files and your dog pictures are called dog0001.jpg.

David Koelle proposes an alternative ordering algorithm that makes more sense to non-programmers.

DaveKoelle.com | The Alphanum Algorithm

Update: Jeff Atwood points out that Vista's explorer uses a more natural sort order. I double checked on my XP machine at work and it still does the "ASCII sort". I was smoking crack. The explorer in Windows XP does it right.

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During World War II, the British secret service arranged for real money, maps, file and other tools to be hidden inside monopoly sets that were distributed to POW through red cross aid packages. These special Monopoly sets allowed many of them to escape German prison camps.

The Informed Reader - WSJ.com : World War II Weapon: Monopoly With Real Money

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I have been using a wireless keyboard at work for while now. I picked it because I liked the shape of the keyboard, not because it was wireless. It turns out that I am sending my password over the air every morning... you just need a good enough, well placed antenna and some software to gain access to all my online identities.

Wireless keyboards easily cracked - Hack a Day

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