Friday, January 2, 2009

hyper-v bootcamp bios efi imac OR macbook windows server 2008

http://theinquisitivegeek.com/blog/?p=3

http://blogs.msdn.com/volkerw/archive/2008/03/19/turning-a-mac-mini-into-a-virtual-windows-hpc-server-2008-compute-cluster.aspx

http://www.jowie.com/blog/post/2008/02/24/Select-CD-ROM-Boot-Type-prompt-while-trying-to-boot-from-Vista-x64-DVD-burnt-from-iso-file.aspx

http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:H4KgOENOdxgJ:www.jowie.com/blog/post/2008/02/24/Select-CD-ROM-Boot-Type-prompt-while-trying-to-boot-from-Vista-x64-DVD-burnt-from-iso-file.aspx+hyper-v+bootcamp+bios+efi+imac+OR+macbook+windows+server+2008&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2

Apple's EFI has a number of bugs regarding VT activation. On some Mac systems, VT is only enabled on some processor cores. On some Mac systems, VT is not reactivated after waking the system from certain sleep states. Since it is a Mac-specific product, Fusion has workarounds for these issues. The ideal solution is to get an updated EFI release from Apple that fixes these bugs.

In the interim, you can try the following: 

Add "hv.enableIfUnlocked = TRUE" to your system-wide VMware configuration file. On Linux hosts, this is /etc/vmware/config. On Windows hosts, try 
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware Workstation\config.ini
or
C:\Users\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware Workstation\config.ini

If the firmware leaves VT disabled but does not lock it in this state, this setting should enable VT for you.

(In the interest of full disclosure, I have never tried this, since I have no systems with broken firmware.)

http://communities.vmware.com/message/932302#932302

http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:DjxAdVB2UGwJ:discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa%3FthreadID%3D1427832%26tstart%3D29+hyper-v+bootcamp+bios+efi+mac&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6 (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1427832&tstart=29)


Thursday, January 1, 2009

Vmware Time (and Date) Sync (synchronisation)

WS 6.5

Disabled all time synchronisation via both the VMTools applet and the VMX file itself.

Set the rtc.starttime parameter so it always starts in Oct 08.

I have also disabled the Windows Time synchronisation .

Relevant portion of VMX file reproduced below.

tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
rtc.startTime = "1224871200"
time.synchronize.continue = "FALSE"
time.synchronize.restore = "FALSE"
time.synchronize.resume.disk = "FALSE"
time.synchronize.resume.memory = "FALSE"
time.synchronize.shrink = "FALSE"
time.synchronize.tools.startup = "FALSE"

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1103292

http://sanbarrow.com/vmx/vmx-always-start-tonight.html

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/115436


Saturday, December 27, 2008

LCDs

DELL ULTRASHARP 2709W
http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=it&l=it&s=dhs&cs=itdhs1&sku=170552


26'' LG W2600HP-BF (forse IPS, forse HDMI) - Da verificare.
27'' LG - LG ELECTRONICS M2794D (con HDMI e prese SCART, sembra quasi una TV).
Monitor 26" sotto i €500:

Samsung 2693HM
Samsung T260
IIYAMA ProLite E2607WS-B1
LG W2600H-PF
Asus VK266H
-----------------------------------------
LG W2600HP-BF (tecnologia IPS)
Viewsonic VP2650wb (TN?)
Viewsonic VX2640w
Viewsonic VX2835wn
Samsung 2693HM
Samsung T260HD
Asus VK266H
Eizo SX2431W (tecnologia S-PVA)
HP W2558HC (TN?)
-----------------------------------------
Asus Vk266h (con web)
Asus Vv266h (senza web)
Iiyama e2607ws-1
Novita 2602whd
Samsung 2693hm
Samsung t260 (senza tuner)
Samsung t260hd (con tuner)
Viewsonic va2626wm
Viewsonic vx2640w (senza dvi)
--------------------------------------
Iiyama Prolite E2607WS

LG M2794D




Friday, December 12, 2008

VMware ThinApp / Thinstall

VMware ThinApp / Thinstall GUI:
http://thinstallhelper.cis-group.nl/

Application Troubleshooting Tools and Tips for VMware ThinApp:
http://blogs.vmware.com/thinapp/2009/05/app-troubleshooting.html

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Friday, November 7, 2008

Osx86 ZD7000 Go5600 HP ZD7000 Nvidia FX Go5600

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=61773

I have an HP ZD7000 with an Nvidia FX Go5600 that always had a problem with black vertical lines every other column.

Gotoh over at the OSx86 forums (formerly MacVidia) has come up with a solution using his NVinjectGo.kext by changing the NVCAP values.

I now have a fully working internal laptop display with QE/CI and full resolution to 1440x900.

Check out:
http://forum.osx86scene.com/viewtopic.php?...;p=13272#p13272

This is still in development and my external display is not working yet (but it will).

Just wanted to share the good news. biggrin.gif


Update:
Both internal and external displays are now working. Thanks to gotoh.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Search Engines

http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/
http://searchenginewatch.com/
http://searchengineland.com/

WEB:


http://www.google.com/
http://search.yahoo.com/
http://www.live.com/
http://www.ask.com/

http://www.gigablast.com/
http://www.exalead.com/
http://www.cuil.com/
http://www.entireweb.com/

http://www.hakia.com/
http://www.powerset.com/

http://www.mahalo.com/

http://search.wikia.com/

http://clusty.com/

http://a9.com/

http://www.surfwax.com/

http://www.baidu.com/
http://www.yandex.ru/

http://www.dogpile.com/

http://www.alexa.com/

http://www.blekko.com/ (by skrenta creator of www.topix.net)

Vertical:

http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/ http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/
http://dblp.uni-trier.de/
http://www.elsevier.com/ http://www.scirus.com/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/
http://scholar.google.com/
http://www.nlsearch.com/
http://www.questia.com/

Deep Web:


Human search engines;

http://www.mahalo.com/
http://www.chacha.com/

Social search engines:

http://www.oneriot.com/ (based on Yahoo index)
http://scour.com/
http://www.qitera.com/

News:

http://www.topix.com/
http://techmeme.com/
http://searchenginewatch.com/2156261

Blogs:

http://technorati.com/
http://www.icerocket.com/
http://www.bloglines.com/
http://www.blogdigger.com/
http://www.blogscope.net/

Video:

Encyclopedias and Magazines:


Online Communities - Professional Knowledge About Information Technology:

http://www.ittoolbox.com/

Wikipedia Search Engines:

http://www.wikiwax.com/
http://wiki.lumrix.net/en/

Categorization:

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

New good LCDs to buy

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HP LP2475w

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Dell 2408WFP (new revision)

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Hazro HZ24Wi
Hazro HZ26Wi

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Monday, May 19, 2008

Prestiti tra privati senza banche Boober Zopa

http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q=boober+zopa&btnG=Cerca+con+Google&meta=lr%3Dlang_it


http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_lending


Social lending
Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. 

Per social lending (in italiano prestito sociale) si definisce un prestito da parte di privati ad altri privati su Internet a titolo di prestito personale. Viene anche chiamato prestito peer-to-peer, in analogia ai sistemi di diffusione dati tra utenti diretti.

Peculiarità [modifica]

Le peculiarità di questa forma di prestito rispetto, ad esempio, a quella offerta dalle banche è un duplice vantaggio per gli utilizzatori: chi presta denaro e chi lo riceve percepiscono mediamente una quota di interessi più favorevole rispetto a quella proposta dal mercato bancario attuale. Ciò è possibile perché i costi di intermediazione sono ridotti, in quanto il prestatore e il contraente del prestito vengono messi in comunicazione diretta. Questa forma di prestito è solitamente un servizio erogato da una società online, che dispone strumenti di sicurezza per evitare casi di morosità. Ad ogni utente che richiede un prestito viene assegnato un rating, cioè un livello di affidabilità dell'utente, in modo del tutto simile a quello assegnato dalle banche. Più il livello è basso e più i tassi di interesse dovrebbero, in teoria, essere alti per compensare il rischio assunto dai prestatori. Comunque, in caso di morosità, la società intermediaria attiva velocemente un programma di recupero crediti.

Social lending in Italia [modifica]

In Europa sono presenti da tempo società che offrono servizi di intermediazione online tra privati. Recentemente alcune di queste si sono espanse in altri paesi, in particolare in Italia, la quale è considerata un mercato molto promettente. In Italia infatti i tassi bancari sono più alti rispetto alla media europea e quindi ci sono le condizioni favorevoli per lo sviluppo di questa forma di prestito.

Collegamenti esterni [modifica]
Boober Italia
Zopa

Saturday, February 23, 2008

INFO ABOUT ISO OF VISTA DVD SP1

From http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6471447



Build: 6001.18000.080118-1840
Platform: 64-bit
ISO Name: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_en-us-FRMCXFRE_EN_DVD.iso
DVD Label: FRMCXFRE_EN_DVD
Size: 3,930,677,248 bytes
Size on disk: 3,930,677,248 bytes
CRC: 0x5CC5BE14
MD5: e4ce0b193d94279e4dce1098d6b5afeb

Build: 6001.18000.080118-1840
Platform: 32-bit
ISO Name: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_en-us-FRMCFRE_EN_DVD.iso
DVD Label: FRMCFRE_EN_DVD
Size: 3,086,147,584 bytes
Size on disk: 3,086,147,584 bytes
CRC: 0xCE4CB528
MD5: b09267740ddd1a08d80b04ec6bbc232a
__________________

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Best Forum Search Engines





Google is good, but there are very good forum search engines which can get you the information you want. And the best ones are…

  1. Omgili
  2. Board Tracker
  3. Board Reader


Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Mac OS X Serials

Serial Box / Serial Seeker (Mac OS X)

http://www.serialz.to/serialbox.html

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Sme Euronics Expert Trony Mediaworld Saturn Eldo Unieuro

Volantini e offerte dei Centri Commerciali e megastore di elettronica e informatica
http://www.bestofferte.com/volantini_offerte_megastore_centri_commerciali.html

http://www.airesitalia.it/

Aires (Associazione Italiana Retailer Elettrodomestici Specializzati), costituita nell’ottobre 2005 (dal 2006 aderente a
Federdistribuzione), associa aziende e gruppi specializzati che operano nella distribuzione di elettrodomestici, audio/video, informatica,
telefonia, foto digitale e climatizzazione. Gli associati sono il Consorzio Elite (insegne Carretti, Comet, Cove, Disalvo, Disalvo & Della
Martira, Grancasa, Grande Migliore, Jumbo Master, Sme), Euronics (insegne Euronics e Euronics Point), Expert, GRE (insegne
Trony e Sinergy), Mediamarket (insegne Mediaworld e Saturn), TLC (insegna Eldo), Unieuro (insegne Unieuro e Unieuro City). I punti
vendita degli associati sul territorio italiano a novembre 2007 sono 2200 con 22.000 addetti e un fatturato 2006 di 9,5 miliardi di euro.

http://www.airesitalia.it/

LCD Monitors

--------------------------------------------------------------
24" LCD Monitors Roundup (10/23/2007)
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/24inch.html
--------------------------------------------------------------


Good Models:

1) Samsung SyncMaster 245T

2) Eizo FlexScan HD2451W / HD2441W
(EIZO Flexscan HD2441W: per comprarlo -> http://www.hwupgrade.it/forum/showthread.php?t=1566135&page=11)

3) BenQ FP241WZ / BenQ FP241VW

Monday, November 26, 2007

Apple Mac OS X US English keyboard layout

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304933#US

Keep your Mac OS X Apps always updated

VersionTracker Pro: http://versiontracker.com
MacUpdate Desktop: http://www.macupdate.com/desktop
AppFresh: http://metaquark.de/appfresh

Monday, September 17, 2007

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

BitTorrent over SSH

http://whalesalad.com/2006/08/27/tunneling-bittorrent-over-ssh/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_account

http://jaguar.garofil.be/  <-- This really works! It accepts SSH connections on port 443! If you are, like me, behind a MS ISA Server on a corporate network, you cannot use port 22 to SSH.

Friday, August 24, 2007

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Non-TN 24" LCD PC monitors

BenQ FP241WZ (Yes HDMI)

Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP-HC (No HDMI)

LG Flatron L245WP (Yes HDMI)

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Mimmo97 Favorites on Live.com

http://favorites.live.com

Italian price comparison services (also known as shopping comparison or price engines)

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servizi_di_comparazione_prezzi

http://www.sconti.it/

http://www.techeye.it/

http://costameno.it/

http://www.migliorscelta.it/

http://www.mrwallet.it/

http://www.trovaprezzi.it/

http://www.kelkoo.it/

http://www.buycentral.it/

http://www.ciao.it/

REFERENCES:

http://www.businessonline.it/stampa/4/E-business/1430/se-vendi-online-devi-investire-motore-comparazione.html
(Web Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20070513181131/http://www.businessonline.it/stampa/4/E-business/1430/se-vendi-online-devi-investire-motore-comparazione.html)

http://www.businessonline.it/stampa/4/E-business/1278/comparatori-di-prezzi-italiani-01072006.html
(Web Archive:
http://www.furl.net/search?search=cache&id=23935052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessonline.it%2Fstampa%2F4%2FE-business%2F1278%2Fcomparatori-di-prezzi-italiani-01072006.html)

http://www.i-dome.com/flash-news/pagina.phtml?_id_articolo=7570-I-siti-di-comparazione-prezzi-si-danno-battaglia-sotto-Natale.html
(web Archive:
http://www.furl.net/search?search=cache&id=23936841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.i-dome.com%2Fflash-news%2Fpagina.phtml%3F_id_articolo%3D7570-I-siti-di-comparazione-prezzi-si-danno-battaglia-sotto-Natale.html)

Google Web Search:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=trovaprezzi+kelkoo+buycentral+costameno&btnG=Google+Search

Usenet Post:
http://groups.google.com/group/it.economia.e-commerce/browse_frm/thread/c6680b46da9b8fa9/956d2d84835be6f9?tvc=1&q=trovaprezzi+kelkoo+buycentral+costameno&hl=en#956d2d84835be6f9
(Web Archive:
http://www.furl.net/search?search=cache&id=23936050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fgroup%2Fit.economia.e-commerce%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2Fc6680b46da9b8fa9%2F956d2d84835be6f9%3Ftvc%3D1%26q%3Dtrovaprezzi+kelkoo+buycentral+costameno%26hl%3Den%23)

Usenet Post:
http://groups.google.com/group/it.economia.e-commerce/browse_frm/thread/14c3520bb1a9ae8b/cf8004e491463ee3?tvc=1&q=trovaprezzi+kelkoo+buycentral+costameno&hl=en#
(Web Archive:
http://www.furl.net/search?search=cache&id=23936178&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fgroup%2Fit.economia.e-commerce%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2F14c3520bb1a9ae8b%2Fcf8004e491463ee3%3Ftvc%3D1%26q%3Dtrovaprezzi+kelkoo+buycentral+costameno%26hl%3Den)

Friday, August 10, 2007

Good Adult Film Databases

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