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  1. Think outside the "box" on The Clueless Newbie's Linux Odyssey · · Score: 1

    or window if you like. I can't recount the times I have been introduced to the local "Windoes Expert" only to find they are educated within a very narrow/shallow box. They have either been taught in one of those expensive useless classes were the trainer shows a presentation that matches the handout page for page ( gee, just mail me the ^&$% class dude). Or they are self taught (yaaaa) but only as much as they need for the enviroment they are in and no more. This enviromental need is through out the business they are involved in and is usually shielded from the big iron in the glass room. It is simply what the masses around them need. So can you be suprised to find that they can't think or have not learned anything past this point.

    They don't need to and in fact anything outside their expertise is a direct threat to it.

    I for one enjoy computers and the challenge of NEW THINGS at really it is the only reason I put up with 98se, XP, 2000 adn Linux. They all over a challenge at some level. Today the biggest challenge is Linux like Gentoo and similiar distro because I need to try a bit harder to get them doing what I want. The big point for me is capatability with apps like Peachtree and a real good CRM app like Goldmine get that and windows is gone!!

    That all being said, I got Linux running 4-5 years ago, dual booting on a toshiba laptop with Mandrake and Redhat. Did have to do a bit of READING though :-)

  2. My 4-stroke on Does My Bike Induce Electricity? · · Score: 1

    used to act funny on foggy days near the high tension lines on powerline trail in Gorman Ca. Splutter, splutter, cough, choke, brrrrrrrrrrrrr, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

  3. Ref Number: 0459529A on Office Depot: Windows XP Apps Must Be Microsoft-Approved · · Score: 1

    Dear Sir or Madam: We are in receipt of your E-mail and thank you for your interest in Office Depot. The article you mention in your E-mail contains inaccuracies in both the information presented and the conclusions drawn. Office Depot will continue to carry a broad array of products in its stores. In addition, through our website, www.techdepot.com, we stock over 60,000 different technology items and will continue to stock them. In fact, the broad assortment stocked by our www.techdepot.com website is accessible in all of our stores via our Internet kiosk. We trust this fuller explanation addresses the concerns that you expressed. Sincerely Customer Relations Office Depot, Inc.

  4. Dark Star on What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? · · Score: 1

    "In the far future, mankind is spreading out in the galaxy, in great colony ships. But before a region of space can be settled, it must first be made safe from the scurge of "unstable planets". So a new breed of space men is required to destroy them. The crew of the space cruiser Dark Star, are just such men - hardy, dedicated... bored. They've been on their mission for over a year now, and they're getting a little frazzled around the edges. Plus, their ship isn't exactly in top working condition. Oh... and their commander was killed when his seat exploded during hyperspace. They're also out of toilet paper. Did I mention there's a mischievous alien on board?"

  5. This is nothin on Dealing with Employers Who Perform Credit Checks? · · Score: 1

    Try companies wanting your hand writing analyzed! Now theres science at work!

  6. Hey I enjoy on Sen. Feingold Reintroduces Radio Competition Bill · · Score: 1

    listening to right wing hate radio or as I like to call it... things I can agree with.

  7. In a word on Lifetime Careers in IT? · · Score: 1

    no

  8. These people reeeeealllly bore me on Slashback: Bankruptcy, SUVdiving, Singalongs · · Score: 1

    what is it to them if my blownen 350 84 Suburban sucks gas, I paid for it. Now consider the cost of each flight, the waste of fuel simply doing this. Bet they wouldn't complain to loadly if they needed to hitch a ride from me if they ever landed of course in the middle of no where! God help them if they hit a Desert Turtle.

  9. Imagine a series on New Generation of Cases? · · Score: 1

    of these on selves. One feeding heat to the next, to the next, till we have a meltdown!

  10. $500 for 10mb on Hard Drives Down To A Dollar A Gigabyte · · Score: 1

    big deal I sold 10mb Micropolis and CDC drives for real profit! 1500.00+ and 5mb fixed with 5mb cartridge drives for even more!!!

    Heck, I just found out the 2 Ampex (?) 50mb washing machines I turned into welding carts are worth a couple of grand a piece.

    Waaaaaaaa.....

  11. Don't be greedy on Generation Wrecked · · Score: 1

    Work hard, save, leave the big screen IQ sucker at Best BUY. Don't dump your money in the next big stock. Drive a beater for a few years. Cover your debts. Moonlight at something you enjoy. Second think the bigger house. Re-use, re-build, re-cycle. Wait to get the toy you reaaaaaaaaaaally want. Build a nest egg. Enjoy it. Spend it all before you die.

  12. Wake-up you dumb-ass American comsumers on Microsoft Shuts Down Lik Sang · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The chips typically allow a game machine to play legally and illegally copied discs, run unauthorized software and play game discs intended for other geographic regions.

    What the hell is "unauthorized software", when did Micro$haft get the right to tell me what LEGAL sw I can run on MY bought and paid for hardware.

    Wake-up you dumb-ass American comsumers your about to get the big one up your shaft!

  13. Oh Boy, TOYS! on PCI Shortwave Receiver · · Score: 1

    Um honey you know that baby thing we're saving for... I was kidding, oh it turned blue, darn.

  14. Lets get this right . on Why Software Piracy is Good for Microsoft · · Score: 1

    P2P hurts RIAA, RIAA hurts artist, P2P helps artist.
    Sort of a twisted version of the old enemy of my enemy thingy.



    :-) - So what if I have a happy face for a sig.

  15. Re:Let it watch your car. on LAN Camera Review · · Score: 1

    30 fps , no maybe 25 on a good day with small image size and medium compression. Besides the 2120 is dead I'd use the 2420 and select a better lens if I was going with and Axis

  16. They tested the "toys" on LAN Camera Review · · Score: 1

    We've been selling the real thing for a couple of years now. If you'd like to look they are at www.brightnoise.com.

    I call the tested on the toys due to their plastic construction, low power cpu and weak optics. Usually they will not last in bright sun light due to the lack of an auto-iris.

    The IndigoVision IPcam is cool as it can perform either mjpeg (stills) or H.261 (streaming.

    The IQInvision has a PowerPC cpu (wooHooo) and a 1.3 megapixal cmos for BIG images.

  17. Simple on Electronic Voting's Fundamental Flaws · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Let me check my vote with a key via the net after the poles close.

    Let me download all the votes and tally them for myself.

    Response swiftly to any reported inconsistancies between a voters actual vote and recorded vote, if you get enough then something is fishy (see next line).

    AND smack any voter falsely reporting an incosistancy with a large frozen pike, south florida exempt and ignored.

  18. Re:yawn on When Shipping the Big Iron...? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    so quit reading, you dink.

  19. OOps watch the door... on When Shipping the Big Iron...? · · Score: 1

    Not exactly Big Iron but several years ago I was helping install Video eleconferencing eguipment for a large Telco here in the southwest.

    We received 5 pallets about 7' tall unfourtunatly for the equipment on the top of the pile the warehouse door was only 9' and the driver sorta had the forks too high...... 5 times.

    Can you say 1.5" tall VCR?

    Almost as much fun as the pissed off trucker that showed up at a mid-west military base with our VERY expensive A/V rack. Guess they fired him just before our delivery.

    Bad timing.

    Up went the door and out went the rack without benifit to ramp or litfgate.

    Do you know you can diamond an equipment rack if you drop it 4'?

  20. Get Stuffed on EU Plans to Tax Internet Sales · · Score: 1

    When the EU ships me

    Qty.(1) EU tax accountant $0.00

    I will be happy to comply, otherwise they will be treated like any other out of state customer were I have no office and be charged NOTHING in the way of tax. My product, our laws get over it.

  21. Re:I remember something like this... on Traffic Cameras in D.C. · · Score: 1

    Bet you there some sweet optics in those boxes. heh eh heh

  22. I can understand this on Recycle Fee For Each PC? · · Score: 1

    if the PC is running Windows, all those resets and forced power cycles will wear down a PC. Not to mention the machine you bought last week has no hope of runnig the bloat-ware coming out next month.

    But what about the people running real OS's that don't need to upgrade hardware every week ? Why should they be punished for the sins of Redmond?

  23. Re:Hydrogen is not free on Hybrid Powertrains and Hydrogen Fuel Cells · · Score: 1

    Just set these bacteria loose in your swimming pool!

  24. With the cost on IEEE Building Automotive Black-Box Standard · · Score: 1

    of new cars today the chance of me having to worry about this is about as good as the "FIX YOUR CREDIT" spam actually fixing my credit!

  25. Re:Is it me... on Gates: Say No to GPL, Yes to the Microsoft Ecosystem · · Score: 1

    SNAFU -- sounds like our goverment :-)