http://www.rolloverplaydead.com Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:57:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After following the rest of the directions to transfer (a legal copy) of Dreamweaver onto a new system without reinstalling, you might get an error such as this: A problem was detected with your application. Please reinstall this software to correct the problem. If you've completed all other steps, you might still ... http://www.rolloverplaydead.com/2008/10/07/fix-dreamweaver-errors-where-a-problem-was-detected-with-your-application/ Among the many, many things this could be in your system, I (re)discovered that a Hauppauge WinTV PVR350 was installed in my computer after a recent mobo swamp and Windows reinstall! Grab the drivers, install, and the ugly yellow exclamation will disappear! http://www.rolloverplaydead.com/2008/08/19/multimedia-video-controller-unknown-device-in-windows-computer-management/ Great article from Bruce Schneier on anonymity, privacy, and how both are hard to come by on the WWW. Be sure to read page 2 of the article, where he discusses research on how you can be personally identified by your writing/posting style. Scary stuff indeed. http://www.rolloverplaydead.com/2007/09/21/anonymity-and-privacy-arent-the-same/ With two YUI menus on a page, often the top "main" nav is desired to overlay any additional menu in the page.  Unfortunately, items rendered later in the document take a higher z-index and the secondary menu will remain on top of the main nav.In the main nav, be sure ... http://www.rolloverplaydead.com/2007/08/01/yui-menus-overlap-each-other/ Does what happens in the Facebook stay in the Facebook?The answer, unequivocally, is no.Almost a year ago I touched on this same topic. http://www.rolloverplaydead.com/2007/05/08/facebook-and-the-government-is-watching/ I just couldn't figure it out:  after numerous attempts to install Win2k3 Service Pack 1, I continued getting the 0x8007F0F4 error through Windows Update.  I read a few newsgroup posts and decided to download the network installation SP1 package in hopes that I was just having trouble with the WU ... http://www.rolloverplaydead.com/2007/03/15/windows-2003-sp1-and-sp2-errors-with-windows-update-0x8007f0f4/ If you've attempted to install GNUMP3d on a Windows XP machine, there's a good chance you've made it to step 4 and received the following error message when running C:\gnump3d2\gnump3d-index.bat: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ... http://www.rolloverplaydead.com/2007/03/05/gnump3d-problem-uninitialized-value-in-concatenation-fixed/ The new Win XP-based computer I built was up and running for more than 43 days (over 1,043 hours to be exact) when it received an auto-update that forced its shutdown.Unbelieveable.  I haven't had a Windows machine run that long continuously since Win NT 4.0.  Too bad, too, because I ... http://www.rolloverplaydead.com/2007/01/11/windows-xp-43-day-uptime-foiled-by-automatic-updates/ Interesting article from the Cato Institute on how fake IDs are saving lives around the world: Cato-at-liberty » Fake IDs Save Lives http://www.rolloverplaydead.com/2006/08/21/fake-ids-save-lives/ Too many wrongly characterize the debate as "security versus privacy." The real choice is liberty versus control. Tyranny, whether it arises under threat of foreign physical attack or under constant domestic authoritative scrutiny, is still tyranny. Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy. Widespread police surveillance is the very ... http://www.rolloverplaydead.com/2006/08/18/wired-news-the-eternal-value-of-privacy/