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As I mentioned in my previous posting, I am currently in the process of converting my main desktop from Windows XP to Linux. One of the main things I know I will struggle with (unless I just give up and live with an annoying dual-boot situation) is support for computer games. In many ways I am sick of PC gaming anyway. Don’t get me wrong: I still love computer games. The only thing I am increasingly annoyed with are the constant upgrades that are required in order to be able to run the latest games, as well as the amount of tweaking that is often necessary to get a game working acceptably using particular hardware (particularly the video card, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro in my case)....

Martin Fowler shares some thoughts on JUnit, mostly about why JUnit instantiates a new instance of the test class for each test case. As usual, he has some good points. The posting also contains some information on JUnit’s TestSetup feature, which allows several test cases to share a single setup and teardown routine.

This BoingBoing entry mentions a new product designed to block BitTorrent packets. Apparently the developer (Akonix) is getting companies to buy and deploy this product by spreading lies about the BitTorrent application and protocol, saying that it causes users to inadvertently share sensitive files. Sounds like a silly product in the first place, as a few simple firewall rules would accomplish the same feat. Anyway, I wish I only had to worry about BitTorrent being blocked....

Here is a nice article on Freeware suggestions under Windows. A lot of good stuff in there, as well as in the comments.

Wired News has decided to no longer capitalize the “I” in “Internet”, which will now simply be spelled “internet”. At the same time, “Web” becomes “web” and “Net” becomes “net”. I wonder if this sets a big enough precedent that other people start adopting the new spelling. It kind of makes sense to me.