In a video game, a cheat code is a character combination that is entered to change the game's behavior. It may move the game to the next level or cause some other action to take place. See Easter Egg.
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- Blog posts 2008-08-29
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- Blog posts 2008-08-28
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- Public policy and open sourceGovernments should tread carefullyBy all means they should use OSS if it is the most cost-effective use of the taxpayers' money. But that's as far as it should go. There shouldn't be any 'affirmative action' for OSS.NoneGovernment should have a policy of using public funds in...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- An IE8 Beta 2 Q&A
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- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Why does Safari stink?
- Why does Safari stink?Safari on iPhone is even worseSafari on a Mac should work at least as well as Firefox. but on the iPhone it crashes regularly or locks up the iPhone. And it appears Apple's licensing is designed to preclude any competition:"Apple's software requirements for the device are too...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Resurrecting E-voting
- Resurrecting E-votingDifficulty of subverting voting machinesIt seems to me that any system can be tampered with to render the vote dishonest. However, some configurations make such tampering very hard while others are much easier to subvert. You should talk about the relative difficulty and not whether or not...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Beginners HTML (msi)
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- Software downloads 2008-08-28
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- Software downloads 2008-08-28
- Shopping Companion (exe)
- Shopping Companion allows you to keep a database of items and print out shopping lists. The database-driven system allows you to manage multiple shopping trips. Changes are automatically saved preventing data loss if computer shuts down or locks up. The database has fields for store, aisle, product, brand, category, size,...
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
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- Software downloads 2008-08-28
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- Software downloads 2008-08-28
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- Software downloads 2008-08-28
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- Product reviews 2008-08-27
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Palm Treo: The reviews are upbeat; Can a device turn Palm around?
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- Blog posts 2008-08-27
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- A (Microsoft) Codename a day: Rouge
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Intel ships BIOS fix for Rutkowska's Black Hat flaw
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- Blog posts 2008-08-27
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