26. April, 2003 - Virtual PC grumbles

I discovered yesterday morning that Virtual PC for Mac won’t let you grow a HD over 2GB if you created it as a DOS 2000 disk, even if you later reformatted it. The thing that bugged me most about it is that there’s no indication in the app why the thing won’t grow any bigger. A call to their tech support offered no help except to say that it was mentioned in the manual. Well, fine. I ended up just creating another virtual hard drive to put a bunch of crap on, but how much trouble would it be to have another dialog: You seem to be trying to grow a DOS 2000 disk beyond 2Gb. Continued attempts to do so will make the drive size go negative and will implode your computer. Are you sure you want to continue? Heck, I probably would have clicked Yes anyhow, but it would have been nice to know before I spent an hour searching through their knowledge-base and FAQ and then finally calling in to find out why it wasn’t working.
Florida spammers sue anti-spam groups. It might just be a distraction, and it’s probably related to an upcoming conference being held by the FTC, but it’s still a pretty slimy thing to do.
How to Make Money on the Net. Pretty much the same way you made money before the net.
Zeldman says it may be a good idea for many blogs to Unsyndicate. He’s got a point. [zeldman]
Ashcroft authorizes indefinite detention of aliens, both existing illegal aliens, and asylum seekers from certain countries. [strib]
Mr. President, please attack Appalachia