http://simonwillison.net/2009-03-05T09:50:12+00:00Simon Willison2009-03-05T09:50:12+00:002009-03-05T09:50:12+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Mar/5/drplokta/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://drplokta.livejournal.com/109267.html">Imminent Death of the Net Predicted</a></strong></p> Well, maybe not, but the way Windows Vista deals with round-robin DNS A records (using a new IPv6 algorithm from RFC3484 backported to IPv4) means that domains that serve up multiple A records to load balance between data centres will find that the IP nearest to the 192.168.* range will get the vast majority of Vista traffic. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dns">dns</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/microsoft">microsoft</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/networking">networking</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vista">vista</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/windows">windows</a></p>

2009-01-17T21:48:49+00:002009-01-17T21:48:49+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Jan/17/ico/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/1287/">Load Windows ICO files</a></strong></p> Apparently PIL has trouble with the most recent versions of the windows .ico format (Vista now embeds PNG images in them)—this clever function deals with the differences and gives back a PIL Image object. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ico">ico</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/images">images</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/pil">pil</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/png">png</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vista">vista</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/windows">windows</a></p>

2007-08-20T15:58:50+00:002007-08-20T15:58:50+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Aug/20/joel/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/08/18.html"><p>I've been using Vista on my home laptop since it shipped, and can say with some conviction that nobody should be using it as their primary operating system - it simply has no redeeming merits to overcome the compatibility headaches it causes.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/08/18.html">Joel Spolsky</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/joel-spolsky">joel-spolsky</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/microsoft">microsoft</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vista">vista</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/windows">windows</a></p>

2007-02-02T17:29:28+00:002007-02-02T17:29:28+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Feb/2/linux/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.linuxgenuineadvantage.org/">Linux Genuine Advantage</a></strong></p> As with all the best parodies, this one ships with source code. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/funny">funny</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vista">vista</a></p>

2007-02-01T17:19:13+00:002007-02-01T17:19:13+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Feb/1/microsoft/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=418">Microsoft confirms Vista Speech Recognition remote execution flaw</a></strong></p> “I have verified that I can create a sound file that can wake Vista speech recognition, open Windows Explorer, delete the documents folder, and then empty the trash.” <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/funny">funny</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/microsoft">microsoft</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/security">security</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/speechrecognition">speechrecognition</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vista">vista</a></p>

2007-01-31T09:36:11+00:002007-01-31T09:36:11+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Jan/31/wow/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/01/wow.html">Wow!</a></strong></p> Fantastic photo. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/funny">funny</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/seth-godin">seth-godin</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vista">vista</a></p>

2006-12-24T10:34:12+00:002006-12-24T10:34:12+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2006/Dec/24/vista/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt">A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection</a></strong></p> Vista’s content protection is a nightmare for hardware manufacturers and consumers alike. It’s far worse than even BoingBoing readers would expect. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/57243">MetaFilter</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/contentprotection">contentprotection</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/security">security</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vista">vista</a></p>