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When an identifier becomes a keyword in the later versions of the language, boom! It’s time to Find and Replace All ! When a subprogram implements spaghetti, move your ass engineer! When a language becomes more strict in the later versions and the current code review metrics extends it, again, move your ass engineer!
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Soundskool

Soundskool - an inter-school battle of the band competition released teaser videos for this upcoming event, and the “announcement” of a link, going to this particular site ( http://www.handakanabangsumikat.ph/ ). [Download MP4s] [Download Reports] Fellow musicians, join now and help me spread the good news!
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Focused Group Discussion on FOSS

A research group from Ateneo de Manila University invited developers in a Focused Group Discussion(FGD) on FOSS development at BCD Pinpoint, 4th Floor Bloomingdale Building, 205 Salcedo Street, Legazpi Village, Makati. The FGD was divided into two, the first had it on Feb. 26 and the second on Feb. 28, which targeted freelancers and employees respectively. The topics were: 1. Software / Deployment stack usage 2. FOSS advocacy 3. FOSS community Technical discussions were already going on before the formal one started. Michael Cole, an I.T. Manager, who was one of the speakers during Software Freedom Day 2007, gave a lot of his insights regarding the use of FOSS on the desktop space. He also revealed some of FOSS’s limitations at its current state. Re Alvarez, a system administrator, laid out some of his plans for FOSS usage on the company that he is working with. He gave out a lot of tips for newbies. Archie Cortes, a FOSS advocate and a full-time user since 1998, clarified t...
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Removing virus services.exe and fservice.exe

The virus consists of the following. C:\Windows\system32\fservice.exe and C:\Windows\services.exe The virus is a key logger. It sends an email message every time a connection to the internet is made. It blocks the Windows XP Protect Shield and System Restore services. Removing the virus: 1. Kill fservice.exe - Use TASKKILL /F /IM fservice.exe - If it doesn’t work on the first attempt, use NTSD -P [PID of fservice.exe] then quit the debugger to kill the task. 2. Kill services.exe - Kill the bogus one not the genuine services.exe - Follow procedure in number 1. 3. Delete all occurrences of fservice.exe and the fake services.exe - Do not delete the real services.exe found in C:\Windows\system32 4. Clean the registry for entries containing fservice.exe and the fake services.exe
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