- Twitter Posts for week ending 2010-11-19 http://goo.gl/fb/clo9C ->
- If you don't sin… http://yfrog.com/7enscshj ->
- IN CAPITALISTÂ AMERICA – Very Demotivational – The Demotivational Posters Blog: 0 reviews http://bit.ly/96r2qM ->
- Code Comics: 30 reviews http://bit.ly/bzaXJk ->
- Just nominated waze for Best Location-Based Service http://mash.to/2ImZn #MashableAwards ->
- Dune 2: The Golden Path Blog (formerly, The Sleeper Has Awakened): 1 reviews http://bit.ly/aBm3RM ->
- My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: OutKast (1), System of a Down (1) & Rob Zombie (1) #tweeklyfm http://bit.ly/aowaxr ->
- I favorited a YouTube video — Simpsons http://youtu.be/DX1iplQQJTo?a ->
- I favorited a YouTube video http://lnk.ms/D26m2 ->
- Beautiful Digital paintings – Girls (13 pics) | Omg! It's awesome!: 1 reviews http://bit.ly/bfAMyU ->
- OpenTTD 1.0.5 Released http://goo.gl/fb/ITvih ->
- Wallpaper female super nerd (#404138) – Wallbase.net: 4 reviews http://bit.ly/bSXCxh ->
- DrawerGeeks: Star Trek: 3 reviews http://bit.ly/9XMxon ->
- Just nominated waze for Best Location-Based Service http://mash.to/2ImZn #MashableAwards ->
- Haali Media Splitter: 1 reviews http://bit.ly/febZ9R ->
- I favorited a YouTube video — The Story of Bottled Water (2010) http://youtu.be/Se12y9hSOM0?a ->
- http://disinfo.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DontTouchMyJunk.jpg: 0 reviews http://bit.ly/hlfZ2J ->
- RT @lif_au: Dear Oprah: Here’s Some Advice On Your New @Telstra Gear http://bit.ly/dPNrQ6 ->
Archive for November, 2010
Twitter Posts for week ending 2010-11-26
Friday, November 26th, 2010OpenTTD 1.0.5 Released
Monday, November 22nd, 2010OpenTTD 1.0.5 has been released to fix various bugs, copy of change log is below:
1.0.5 (2010-11-20)
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1.0.5-RC2 (2010-11-14)
- Fix: Reading (very) recently freed memory [CVE-2010-4168] (r21182)
- Fix: Default service interval for ships/aircraft got switched [FS#4222] (r21155)
- Fix: Size of sort buttons for save/load and build vehicle list gui could be too small [FS#4221] (r21151)
- Fix: [NewGRF] Crash when disabling static NewGRFs (when joining/starting a server) [FS#4208] (r21130, r21129, r21128)
- Fix: Upper limit for snowline was too low [FS#4203] (r21078)
- Fix: Wrong (maximum) value shown for generation seed in the in-game console [FS#4192] (r21075)
- Fix: [Windows] Make sure to be upgraded openttd is not running when installing [FS#4212] (r21146)
- Fix: Under some circumstances the file handle of the downloaded savegame would not be closed, and validity of the handled was not checked in all cases (r21027)
- Fix: [NewGRF] Crash when getting an industry ID at an offset that uses some ‘old’ style industry tile [FS#4157] (r20912)
1.0.5-RC1 (2010-10-31)
- Change: Make OpenTTD aware of XZ/LZMA compressed savegames so loading those gives a proper error message (r21047)
- Change: Make it possible to make .tar.xz bundles (r21042)
- Fix: Missing default values for the custom town number in the world generation options (r21034)
- Fix: Dropdown menu glitched in small screenshots, when issueing them from the menu (r21031)
- Fix: Do not let the resize button go past the bottom of the screen [FS#4176] (r21015)
- Fix: The detailed performance rating window could be too narrow [FS#4102] (r21010)
- Fix: For the compact notation 1.000.000k and 1.000M would be shown depending on the initial (and later rounded) value. Make everything that would round to 1.000.000k be drawn as 1.000M as well (r21009)
- Fix: Do not consider the text direction character when searching for missing glyphs (r21007)
- Fix: Chat/console messages got sometimes messed up due to LTR names in RTL translations and vice-versa [FS#3746] (r21006, r21004)
- Fix: Size of sort buttons for order and vehicle list gui could be too small (r20997)
- Fix: [NewGRF] The X and Y offsets in the parameter for industry vars 60, 61, 62, 63 are unsigned instead of signed (r20996)
- Fix: When removing a rail station, do not leave track under non-station tiles (r20990)
- Fix: [NewGRF] Ignore the variable for Action7/9 condition type 0x0D and 0x0E as documented (r20979)
- Fix: Crash when, while the ‘go to’ cursor is active, you open the order list of a vehicle of another company and then select a ‘go to’ destination [FS#4159] (r20916)
- Fix: Helicopters fired a bit too late [FS#4155] (r20910)
- Fix: Road/water toolbars did not get updated when the first vehicle of their type becomes available [FS#4141] (r20856)
- Fix: Smallmap legend buttons must all be equal in size, even if their contents is not (r20851)
- Fix: Deadlock when aborting map generation on Windows [FS#3707] (r20822)
- Fix: Be a bit more lenient with invalid savegames; do not crash on saveload related NOT_REACHEDs, just show the user an error that the savegame is corrupted [FS#3714] (r20819)
- Fix: Make the crash-on-saveload message clearer and more correct [FS#3791] (r20818)
- Fix: [NewGRF] Clamp/convert some vehicle variables so NewGRFs get their specified range (r20800, r20799, r20792)
- Fix: [NoAI] Document that AITile::HasTransportType does not work for TRANSPORT_AIR [FS#4117] (r20798)
- Fix: [NewGRF] Disable houses without a size that are available according to their building flags (r20797)
- Fix: [NewGRF] Make sure all houses in the house spec array are valid. It was possible that part of a multitile house was not copied because the array was full (r20796)
- Fix: Building 2×2 houses did not work for 2×2 road layouts on all map sizes (r20791)
- Fix: [NewGRF] Remove a check which is wrong for NewGRF houses and serves no use for original houses [FS#4118] (r20790)
- Fix: Spelling mistake in Slovak real town names (r20787)
- Fix: Do autosave-on-exit as well when using kill/CTRL-C to terminate a dedicated OpenTTD (r20783)
- Fix: [NoAI] AIEventCompanyAskMerger was disguised as AIEventCompanyMerger (r20765)
- Fix: [NewGRF] Assert when an industry previously build on water was flooded because its NewGRF changed/is missing [FS#4112] (r20754)
- Fix: Do not use new game settings when creating many random towns/industries in the scenario editor [FS#4094] (r20712, r20711)
- Fix: Graphics glitch when switching to a different-sized font while the chat message box was visible (r20705)
- Fix: Vehicle lists of non-trains could not resize horizontally causing truncation of texts [FS#4123, FS#3955] (r20174)
Twitter Posts for week ending 2010-11-19
Friday, November 19th, 2010- Twitter Posts for week ending 2010-11-12 http://goo.gl/fb/8Z0sk ->
- Just reported a hazard. My mood: happy, http://bit.ly/baXtZR using @waze – Social GPS. ->
- Just reported a jam on Shirley Street, Byron Bay. My mood: happy, http://bit.ly/apIEhh using @waze – Social GPS. ->
- I uploaded a YouTube video — Sol Survivor – Forklift Seal Location http://youtu.be/t2yb2LCRYmI?a ->
- I've downloaded 536 gigabytes in the period 1st November 2009 to 31st October 2010 ->
- Sol Survivor on Steam: 0 reviews http://bit.ly/chVQwC ->
- Ahh, so accurate http://is.gd/h1nSu #apple #osx #windows #linux #lol ->
- Someone should tell Samantha Amjadali @smh_multimedia that 1 IP address can host many websites #IPv6 @SMHFail http://is.gd/hbew3 ->
- Mandatory ISP filtering stalled until mid-2013 – Networking – Technology – News – iTnews.com.au: 0 reviews http://bit.ly/aNoT1D ->
- Filter pushed back to mid-2013 – Communications – News: 0 reviews http://bit.ly/c98d51 ->
- This http://yfrog.com/51mwgqj was the look on my face when I saw the new @Internode plans, I save $10 a month & have 200GB instead of 50GB ->
- BallDroppings: 30 reviews http://bit.ly/d2ZMtQ ->
- Just nominated waze for Best Location-Based Service http://mash.to/2ImZn #MashableAwards ->
- Apparently Sonicwall thinks that the @aussexparty website http://www.sexparty.org.au/ is Adult/Mature content ->
Twitter Posts for week ending 2010-11-12
Friday, November 12th, 2010- Twitter Posts for week ending 2010-11-05 http://goo.gl/fb/aRRJW ->
- Just nominated waze for Best Location-Based Service http://mash.to/2ImZn #MashableAwards ->
- Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2010 http://goo.gl/fb/rrTzB ->
- New "The Australian" article ( http://is.gd/gUXJC ) Regionally-based RSPs' have to haul their traffic to the capital citys now anyway #NBN ->
- New "The Australian" article ( http://is.gd/gUXJC ) is under the delusion that their is competition in Regional areas now #NBN ->
- It's Over 9000! http://is.gd/gXkLM #lol @LiberalAus trolling us all http://is.gd/gXl9D #MyLiberal #auspol ->
- RT @delimiterau: #NBN Co picks Global Switch for datacentre: http://bit.ly/9sXxA5 ->
- 21 Hilarious Examples Of Unintentional Porn: 3 reviews http://bit.ly/bAIXfJ ->
- I favorited a YouTube video — Cyanide & Happiness – Ted Bear http://youtu.be/FD7PB-6TWrg?a ->
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2010
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010Microsoft Have released a small number of updates for the month, the following are the issues patched:
Twitter Posts for week ending 2010-11-05
Friday, November 5th, 2010- Twitter Posts for week ending 2010-10-29 http://goo.gl/fb/K1TRq ->
- What’s your favorite &programmer& cartoon? – Stack Overflow: 14 reviews http://bit.ly/dgy8jQ ->
- Plugin Check: 1 reviews http://bit.ly/bn17H1 ->
- Firefox 4 stalls – Software – News: 0 reviews http://bit.ly/ariqTG ->
- The Australian has been caught out misrepresenting the views of the richest man in Japan http://bit.ly/9xBW6X #NBN ->
- Dump your copper network, says Japan IT mogul&-&the story you weren’t told | Crikey: 0 reviews http://bit.ly/cCp0NQ ->
- Didn’t win anything in the office Melbourne Cup sweap ->
- RT @giz_au: #NBN “$400 Per Room” Installation Fee Is A Load Of Crap http://bit.ly/d9erwB ->
- Nice caring guy: 10 reviews http://bit.ly/9s5QGF ->
- Just nominated waze for Best Location-Based Service http://mash.to/2ImZn #MashableAwards ->
Fedora 14 Released
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010Fedora 14 has been released, replacing Fedora 13. Fedora 14 includes the following enhancements:
- libjpeg-turbo Users can load and save images faster in Fedora 14 than in previous releases
- Spice Spice (Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments) provides users with an enhanced remote desktop experience. Currently, it provides the rudimentary foundation to take advantage of things like Accelerated 2D graphics, encryption, and “hardware” cursor support
- D Fedora 14 introduces support for D, a systems programming language combining the power and high performance of C and C++ with the programmer productivity of modern languages such as Ruby and Python
- Python 2 upgrade The system python 2 stack has been upgraded to 2.7
- GNUStep A GUI framework based of the Objective-C programming language which is part of the gcc
- Memory Debugging Tools The new “gdb-heap” package adds a new “heap” command to /usr/bin/gdb which allows you to get a breakdown of how a process is using dynamic memory
- Rakudo Star An implementation of Perl version 6
- Support for Milkymist Developers can enjoy developing for Milkymist, an open hardware embedded board, on Fedora 14. Thanks to the Fedora Electronic Lab for their work in this regard
- Fedora is now available for users of the Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud service, released concurrently with the traditional release
- virt-v2v assists in the easy migration of Xen virtual machines to KVM virtual machines
- A Virtualization Technology Preview Repo allows users to test the very latest developments in virtualization related packages
- Varnish has been updated and includes improved scalability and a new log function
- Apache has been updated and includes a number of mod and security fixes
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