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  1. Re:Message queuing on Internet Communications While At Sea? · · Score: 1

    I hear they come in 64GB flavour now.

    There, fixed that for you.

  2. Re:Pfft... on Storm Worm Botnet "Cracked Wide Open" · · Score: 1

    Tomorrow's headline:

    Security specialists have reported that the storm botnet has ceased DDOS attacks on all known targets.
    In other news, Stanford has reported a 200% increase in FAH clients overnight.

  3. Re:What about the rest of us? on USB 3.0 Is Ten Times Faster; Get It In 2010 · · Score: 1

    Whooosh

  4. Re:Stupid spin on 6-Year-Old Says Grand Theft Auto Taught Him To Drive · · Score: 1

    Yeah, if only he could find the "w" key...

  5. Re:games don't create accidents. on 6-Year-Old Says Grand Theft Auto Taught Him To Drive · · Score: 1

    No the game does not teach you how to drive, but that's not what matters.

    1) The kid (being 6), plays the game.
    2) The kid is late
    3) The kid thinks "Hey, driving is easy, I can hit every hooker on the block in GTA"
    4) ???
    5) Profit!

  6. Re:Pole Position on 6-Year-Old Says Grand Theft Auto Taught Him To Drive · · Score: 1

    That's why he was confused when the car moved "backwards" down the hill!

  7. Re:Even better reason on 6-Year-Old Says Grand Theft Auto Taught Him To Drive · · Score: 1

    If a kid can unlock a door, they can probably start a car. And yes, most 6 year olds can unlock a door.

  8. Re:Customer information sharing on Blu-ray Update Sent To User Via Credit Card Records · · Score: 2, Funny

    Note to self: "Always keep small stick in wallet."

  9. Re:Quick! Stop all forms of communication! on Researcher Says Social Networks Link Terrorists · · Score: 1

    Can we do it anyways?

  10. Re:Does merely requesting it red flag you? on A Peek At DHS's Files On You · · Score: 1

    But what if ordering it twice raises a red flag?

  11. Re:A Moose... on Volvo Introduces a Collision-Proof Car · · Score: 1

    Not sure how much this applies specifically to moose (due to their height), but one of the things they taught us in driving school (which I recommend for EVERYONE) is to break hard (pumping if no ABS), then to let OFF the brakes just before you hit an animal. When you let off the break (preferably hitting the gas slightly), you raise the front of the car, minimizing the chance of the animal coming over the hood and hitting the windshield. Next time you are coming to a stop sign or red light, note how much your hood moves when breaking and accelerating.

  12. Re:Good luck with that. on Volvo Introduces a Collision-Proof Car · · Score: 1

    I'm also from Canada, and I've actually eaten moose. We had moose-tacos when we were camping, and DAMN those were good!

    I've also had moose-sausages and deer-sausages.

  13. Re:Constitutionality on Sex Offenders Must Hand Over Online Passwords · · Score: 1

    That was kind of my point (and the main reason for my disclaimer). There needs to be a BIG difference in how the 2 groups of people are treated, yet due to stupid political agenda's anything having to do with "underage", "sex", "exposure", "peeing", "crapping", etc is all put in one big "SEX OFFENDER" category. It's wrong, illogical and stupid.

  14. Re:Leap Day... on Microsoft Zunes Committing Mass Suicide · · Score: 1

    Don't forget that extra leap-second!

  15. Re:Kill!!! on Tales From the Support Crypt · · Score: 1

    I'm sure you know this, but there are 2 reasons why you don't get complaints while performing "on site" or "drop off and pickup latter" repairs.

    1) They are not doing the work, you are!
    2) You most likely do it so fast (not total time, but clicks/minute) that even if they were paying attention, they would never be able to tell what the hell you were doing anyways...

  16. Re:Kill!!! on Tales From the Support Crypt · · Score: 1

    Well, maybe once...

  17. Re:Rouge CA? on CCC Create a Rogue CA Certificate · · Score: 1

    I both self sign a CA and manage a .ca you insensitive clod!

  18. Re:Constitutionality on Sex Offenders Must Hand Over Online Passwords · · Score: 0

    I'm sorry, but anyone who can perform an act as vicious and evil as rape (especially those few who do it to children) are not only second-class citizens, but second-class humans.

    Disclaimer: I do not include streakers, flashers, or public urinators in this group of people, only those heartless bastards that are morally corrupted enough to perform the above-mentioned horrific crimes against their fellow man/woman.


    Side Note: Linux/Firefox does not recognize the word "urinator"...

  19. Re:Constitutionality on Sex Offenders Must Hand Over Online Passwords · · Score: 1

    Wow, I can't believe it took 3 tries before someone actually knew what J-Walking was...

    Granted you probably get charged with j walking for any of the 3 offenses, but the original term came from starting to walk across the intersection (legally) for a few feet, then turning to the side and walking to the opposite corner (in a "J" motion).

  20. Re:That's because there DONE! on Michael Meeks Says OO.o Project is "Profoundly Sick" · · Score: 1
    Here's one for ya.

    If I have a 6 page document with 1 inch borders, and I want to change page 3 to have a 3/4 inch bottom border (my paragraph didn't quite fit with 1"), I have to
    • add 2 page breaks (one above, one below page 3)
    • create a new page style (specifying the borders)
    • apply that page style to the current page (between the 2 page breaks.

    In M$ Office (2000), you just go to the page settings, and increase the margins for "current page." Why the hell can't OO do that???

  21. Re:But isn't that the idea? on Michael Meeks Says OO.o Project is "Profoundly Sick" · · Score: 1

    > man winword

    No manual entry for winword

  22. Re:But isn't that the idea? on Michael Meeks Says OO.o Project is "Profoundly Sick" · · Score: 1

    You seriously missed the point there. He is referring to not realizing that the "logo" is a button.

    When you mention the "start" button, you are proving his point. Pretty much everything that has ever been a button in windows has had some kind of "text" on it. It's the fact that they used something that, instead of looking like a button, looked like a decoration as a button.

    For example, every web browser I've used has had some kind of animated image in the top right when loading a page. Most people have never tried to click on THAT, so why would they click on one that is on the other side of the screen?!?

  23. Re:Great, needed this as of last week.. on VirtualBox 2.1 Supports 64-Bit VM In 32-Bit Host · · Score: 1, Informative

    The main reason that people don't like running the 64 version of windows is actually not really due to drivers at all. It is mostly due to the 64 bit code that Microsoft put into it being a complete pile of shit. The operating systems itself (excluding drivers) is much buggier than its 32 bit counterpart.

  24. Re:Solution: Public Key Auth on The Slow Bruteforce Botnet(s) May Be Learning · · Score: 2, Interesting

    look at all the attempts for "Root".

    Well, that's why nobody got in. Every OS with a root account is also CaSe-SeNsItIvE!

  25. Re:Solution: Public Key Auth on The Slow Bruteforce Botnet(s) May Be Learning · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually no. Most port scanners (read: almost all of them) only scan up to 1024. This is because that is where 99% of vulnerable machines open their ports. The only people that scan higher than that are the ones with a list of specific targets. If you are on that list, chances are you are going to see some incoming traffic no matter what you do.