Sean McNamara

Student / Programmer / Game Enthusiast

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Komplett.ie are not responding to emails

So I ordered 2gigs of RAM of “Komplett.ie” there two weeks ago. The order went through, I got my email confirming my order number etc. etc. I watched as the order changed to “processing”. *POOF* Order Gone. Checked with the credit card company, charge gone through. Odd I thought, so I sent them an email. [...]

Students to get "Windows 7" for $30

The deal is completely live yet but it is confirmed by Microsoft as you can see on Twitter here.. Students in USA and UK will be able to get Windows 7 for only $30 by using their college email! This is a nice step by Microsoft. Emailing them now to see if this will be [...]

Programmers Day

Interesting Fact: Today, it is “The Day of the Programmer”. Since yesterday this has been made an official Russian holiday! The Russian president only made this yesterday as seen here.. The day of programmer will be noted on September 13 (in 256- y the day of year), if year is bissextile – on September 12. [...]

P2P Websites: Database Self-Destruct

While reading over TorrentFreak and the whole did the Oink server database self-destruct or not, it really got me thinking on how simple it would be for these torrent website’s to protect their users! Database self-destruct. Its in-genius really, if your server connects up to another IP it auto self-destructs. Otherwise it has a set [...]