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Member since November 8, 2001

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    dan bright

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  1. Review - Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (VM)

    5.00.3810 (Apr 11, 2003)

    I find it funny that people even use the MSJVM. donpacman mentions above that when MS is forced to stop distributing it's VM then we will all have to use Sun's "garbage"...

    You do recall that Sun invented Java don't you?

    That would be like Sun piecing together a half-working, non-compliant distro of the .NET Framework & offering it for download. It's just silly.

    Oh, and thats not to mention the fact that when MS licensed the code from Sun way back in 98 (was it?) one of the provisions of the license was that MS could not update the VM any other than to provide security updates.

    So this means that all of the bugs that are fixed in this release of the VM were probably fixed X years ago in the "real" Java VM.

    It's also common knowledge among Java developers (of which I am one) that the MSVM is one of the reasons that Java is looked upon so poorly. Having to handicapp your code to work in it is horrible, and BTW, Java code runs MUCH more reliably (and a bit faster too) on the true Sun JM.

  2. Review - CDex

    1.40 (Mar 24, 2002)

    Good app, works great (even in 2K), but I want to know when someone will develop a wav-whatever fomat converter that will spawn a thread for each system CPU... Just a wish here.

  3. Review - ZoneAlarm Pro

    3.0.091 (Mar 24, 2002)

    Ok, I understand that you guys are complaining about this proggy being bloated, thats fine.... All I can say is WHY DONT YOU UPGRADE YOUR SYSTEM@?!?! I run this because it integrated perfectly with my router (Linksys) and I havent seen ANY hourglass icon EVER with it. I feel for you guys running the pentium 166 mmx chips that make it "seem" slow... I love it@! You all know you should have upgraded to Athlon YEARS ago...

  4. Review - DVD Decrypter

    3.0.0.10 (Jan 24, 2002)

    Great app. First time that I have tried to rip a DVD and this program did it perfectly even for a beginner. Now if I could only find a decent program to convert the .vob files to mpeg/avi.... Nothing I have tried will work in XP with my system... Any Ideas?

  5. Review - Geforce Tweak Utility

    3.2t13 Beta (Jan 18, 2002)

    I suppose this program works well for what it is, but with my Geforce3 Ti 500 its almost useless... in fact the "speed" setting slows my machine down... and i dont get slowdowns, my dual Athlon MP 1.33(1500+)'s with a gig of pc2100 ram makes sure of that. All in all, ok i guess...

  6. Comment - Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 Begins Testing

    3.2t13 Beta (Nov 8, 2001 - 4:18 PM)

    Try ftp://hotfix.microsoft.com/winnt/Windows_2000/sp3/. Apparently there will be at least 736 issues addressed in the pack. The above site is the MSDN ftp site, but for some reason it is no longer password protected... Maybe we should tell MS.... Not!