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A dear john letter to Windows Home Server


It can be emotional when a relationship with a piece of software doesn't work out. There's bad feelings all around, everyone is hurt, and often, things get said in anger that you wish you could take back. Why not collect your thoughts and write it down in a letter?

That's exactly what one Windows Home Server user did. Brad Bell writes, "I guess I need stability in a relationship. Yes you're very flashy and you made me a lot of promises. "Hassle free file and folder level mirrored RAID!", you said. "Automated image backups of all networked computers!", you exclaimed. "Add and remove drives to your storage pool on a whim!", you seductively proclaimed. But like a bunch of other 'firsts', performance was lacking and ended prematurely."

We hear ya Brad. You can crash at our place while you figure things out.

Filed under: Windows, Microsoft, Commercial

Windows Home Server Beta 2 open to the public

Windows Home Server
Announced back at CES, Microsoft is holding an open beta for Windows Home Server Beta 2, given of course that you meet their criteria. As long as you have 2 or more PCs, a broadband connection (with a router, of course), and a spare PC kicking around, you may very well qualify as a Windows Home Server guinea pig.

Windows Home Server is a very interesting concept, and I'm curious to see how it will play out in the market. Maybe I'm just a jaded, cynical, communist Linux user, but I can't see any compelling reason for someone to drop a few Benjamins on WHS when they could easily turn that doorstop of an old PC into a robust file server (and much more) with Linux. Granted, Linux in many cases is not as 'user friendly' as Windows, however I would assume that someone who is of adequate skill level to setup and administer Windows Home Server could handle setting up Fedora or Ubuntu. However, I'm still curious to see what Windows Home Server holds--it may just prove me wrong.

The beta is only open to a limited number of testers, so if you are itching to get your hands on WHS, I suggest you sign up quickly.

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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