Cable Management Gone Wrong
If you thought the cabling behind your computer was messy, then check out these disasters.
Entries for September, 2007
Miracle Beer Diet
Sep.28, 2007 in
Funny, Funny videos, Stupidity, Video
If you think that drinking beer will make you thin, then you are an idiot.
Stanton T.90 USB Turntable Review
Whether you’ve got a few boxes of records collecting dust in your basement or you’re an aficionado with a valuable vinyl collection that you’d prefer to keep in as pristine a condition possible, you’ve no doubt wondered whether or not it might be possible to digitize your albums to make them as easy to play, sort and arrange as any of the other music you’ve collected on your computer in the past few years. Fortunately, science has heard your silent pleas, and there are now a few different USB-based turntables out on the market that not only play your records, but let you record them into your computer so you can turn them into whatever type of sound file suits your fancy. The Stanton T.90 USB turntable, the subject of today’s review, makes the same claims to quality as any other USB turntable, and brings a few other interesting features to the table, but we’re interested in the truth, not marketing.
Excel Can’t Multiply
Sep.28, 2007 in
Computing
We all learned how to multiply with pencil and paper, even great big numbers and decimals. But when it comes to something important like a blueprint or a scientific formula we reach for a calculator - or a spreadsheet. That’s much more reliable, right? Well, not if the spreadsheet is Excel 2007. Over the weekend a member of the microsoft.public.excel newsgroup revealed that Excel 2007 thinks that 850*77.1 is 100,000. What’s the correct answer? Anybody? Anybody? Bueller? Anybody? Right, it should be 65,535. Other members verified that the error carries over into some (but not all) calculations based on the incorrect result. Microsoft has been informed of the bug and said:
Microsoft recently learned of the flaw in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 that affects some calculations where the product should equal 65,535. We are currently in the process of developing and testing a fix for the flaw. Microsoft places a high priority on quickly responding to customer feedback and we are committed to finding ways to provide a better software experience.
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