http://www.engineering.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/deanshonourslist
In the top 5% list, I’m under Software Part II. Kenley is also on the list, under Part I (surname Cheung), as is William, under Chemical & Materials Part II.
Interestingly, Ronald Chan isn’t on the list, as far as I can see (or Firefox search can find).
I posted this a day late.
Meanwhile, xkcd has much to say about my birthday (though it’s one day off).
A really big thank you (and a hug) to those who contributed to the PS2! =D
I recently wanted to format my Vista partition and use it for extra storage when I discovered that the Windows Boot Manager, responsible for starting up Windows, actually resided on the Vista partition rather than on my W7 partition. This meant that if I simply formatted the Vista partition, Windows 7 wouldn’t start and the BIOS loader would complain about a missing boot manager.
After searching through heaps of sites and not finding anything useful (with the possible exception of this forum post), it turns out that both the Windows Vista and Windows 7 installation DVDs contain a tool specifically for repairing system boot problems.
A quick deletion of the Vista partition followed by 2 (yes, 2, not 1) repairs from the Windows installation DVD essentially “moved” (actually recreated) the Windows Boot Manager on my Windows 7 partition. The first repair recovers the “lost” Windows 7 partition and requires a reboot. The second repair recreates the boot manager.
Of course, I still recommend you clone your entire disk before trying something like this. Memory is cheap, but data is priceless.
Another computer for my home, this time for my sister. For $600 it’s not a bad deal.
Intel Pentium Dual Core E5300 @ 2.6GHz
MSI G41M4-F
2GB RAM
500GB Samsung HDD
Galaxy GeForce 9600GT OC
Every computer in my house has been upgraded/replaced, so I’m going to stop buying computers for another 5 years.