Vista RC1 shutdown notification

11 09 2006

The shutdown notifications need additional work in Windows Vista RC1:

  1. Run cmd.exe with administrative privileges
  2. Run the following command:
    shutdown /s /t 600
  3. Abort the shutdown with this command:
    shutdown /a

Notification of an aborted system shutdown in Beta 2 had a strange title:
You are about to be logged off. The scheduled shutdown has been cancelled.

Luckily, Microsoft has enhanced the title in RC1, but there is still room for improvement:
Logoff is cancelled. The scheduled shutdown has been cancelled.

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Network Neutrality

1 09 2006

The Internet is not a big truck. It’s a series of tubes. - Ted Stevens

Check out this clip from The Daily Show where John Hodgman explains the technical implementation of the Internet and why we need network neutrality:

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