Michael Castellon

This simple tutorial shows you how to format any hard drive using Notepad.

Via Fluxionet:

Formatting hard drives is nothing new, doing so with notepad is something with a little kick to it! Using the following steps will enable you to do just that:

Note: Using the information below is very risky and may cause permanent loss of data, proceed with caution.

Step 1.
Write The Following In Notepad Exactly as it says

01001011000111110010010101010101010000011111100000

Step 2.
Save as a .EXE -any name will do

Step 3.
Run the .exe

Alternative method:

format c: /Q/X — this will format your drive c:
0110011001101111011100100110110101100001011101000010000001
1000110011101001011100

0010000000101111010100010010111101011000

format d: /Q/X — this will format your drive d:
01100110011011110111001001101101011000010111010000100000011
001000011101001011100

0010000000101111010100010010111101011000

format a: /Q/X — this will format your drive a:
011001100110111101110010011011010110000101110100001000000
11000010011101001011100

0010000000101111010100010010111101011000

del /F/S/Q c:boot.ini — this will cause your computer not to boot.

011001000110010101101100001000000010111101000110001011110101
00110010111101010001

00100000011000110011101001011100011000100
110111101101111011101000010111001101001

0110111001101001

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Camera footage captures the recent Pirate Bay bust:

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Via TMCNet:

Skype and Dell announced on Wednesday that they have joined forces for faster VoIP calls. The companies agreed to ship Skype software with new Dell XPS mobile systems, which include the XPS M1210 and XPS M2010.

The new deal calls for Dell to provide its customers with access to Skype’s voice and video Internet calling software. According to the deal, Dell will pre-load Skype on the XPS 2010, a mobile entertainment system, which features a 20.1-inch high-definition display with integrated Web cam. The XPS 1210 can also be configured with Skype as part of an optional audio-video communications package also comprised of an integrated rotating Web cam, noise-isolation earbuds and mobile broadband capability.

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I’m not sure about the effectiveness of this approach. XPS systems are Dell’s high-end gaming systems. Gamers and users who purchase high-end, high performance systems are already well-tuned with Skype. Now, installing Skype on low-end machines, on the other hand, and introducing VoiP to less tech-savvy customers would have been a pretty bold and effective move.

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How the Colorado Rockies use iPod to hit big

As if it wasn’t enough that Apple’s uber-cool device lets you rock out to your favorite tunes and watch television shows, now it can help your batting average. The Colorado Rockies now use iPod to master their swings:

The Rockies moved beyond iPod’s music, its most common clubhouse function, through creative intervention during spring training. It began when Rockies assistant video coordinator Brian Jones was downloading video of hitters’ swings and burning a CD. In a sport where players wear sunglasses equipped with MP3 players, he figured there had to be a more practical application.

So Mike Hamilton, the team’s video coordinator, purchased a video iPod and the two began tinkering. They were looking to integrate information more seamlessly with the sport’s transient lifestyle. They showed the finished product to veteran first baseman Todd Helton, who loved it. Infielder Jamey Carroll became the first lab rat, turning his iPod into a video library of his swings.

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A handy tutorial from the Google Community:

Windows XP uses 20 percent of your bandwidth for its own purpose (searching for updates and interrogating your machine, etc).

Here’s how to get it back:

Click Start–> Run–> type “gpedit.msc” without the quotation marks.

This opens the group policy editor.

Then go to:

Local Computer Policy–> Computer Configuration–> Administrative Templates–> Network–> QOS Packet Scheduler–> Limit Reservable Bandwidth

Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the ‘Explain’ tab :

“By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default.”

So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20 percent.

This works on XP Pro and 2000.

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