Have you noticed that Windows applications these days all like to keep their data in a particular place? That place being C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data.

So your vital information is, by default, stored in a hidden folder on the system disk. This is absurd. Admittedly, most people only have one disk, and only one partition on that disk (not that this is a good idea, just that it's the way things are). But why in Hell's name is my data - my data - automatically hidden from me by the operating system?

Anyway, I told Mozilla that no, my email folders aren't in C:\Documents and Settings\PixyMisa\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\deh0sa9r.slt\Mail any more; they're now in E:\Mail. (Hey, I didn't notice that before! E:\Mail! Haha!)

And the second time I did it, I got it right and it worked. So the next time I have to shoot Windows XP through the head and reinstall, I won't need to backup and restore 4 gigabytes of old email first.

Yeah, 4 gigabytes. See, Steven den Beste was right when he said that there is much data.

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Slashdot

Oldest Planet Ever Discovered: Hubblesite reports on the discovery of a 13-billion-year-old planet. Imagine the candles on that cake!
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ZDNet

Reviewed: The Magicolor 2300DL colour laser printer. If you don't want a colour laser printer, it's because you've never had the chance to play with one. For speed, reliability and convenience they blow inkjets out of the water. Until recently, they've been too expensive for home use. ZDNet review one of the cheapest models available.

Madville

An interactive tour of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. What more could you ask for?
How about an in-depth discussion of how quicksand works complete with Flash animations?

Kuro5hin

(That's pronounced "corrosion", by the way.)

Copy-controlled CDs: Is the end in sight? I sure hope so. They certainly suck.
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LinuxHardware

Linux on the XBox: All the details on how. Also why.

Designtechnica

Metallica Disses Apple iTunes: Metallica continue to whine. Discerning people continue to not listen to them anyway.

Neowin.net

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Risks Digest

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Dead-pregnant-men software failure: No, the computer system didn't actually impregnate or kill them. Whatever happened to truth in advertising?
The risk of assuming things: The assumption in point being No-one can be that crazy...

Internetnews.com

The WiFi hotspot market ispicking up. Which can only mean that WiFi is set to go bye bye.

Wired News

Yet another bunch of wankers lawyers wankers claim to have an absurdly over-broad patent on basic internet functionality. Can't we just shoot these people?

(Thanks to freshnews.org for their automatic Geek News aggregator.)

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