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  1. Re:Lysol on What Is the Best Way To Disinfect Your Laptop? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Honestly, this is the best suggestion. Your body JUST fought off the infection, which involved destroying billions of individual pathogens. Your helper T cells have the pathogen stored in thier memory so that if the pathogen is detected again, the proper antibody will be deployed and the pathogen will be distroyed.

    Congratulations! You are IMMUNE to that particular pathogen.

    I would recommend you Lysol your cubemates and tell them to keep thier grubby hands to themselves!

  2. Re:F5 IRule on AVG Fakes User Agent, Floods the Internet · · Score: 1

    Yea, I thought so too, until I uninstalled it. I *think* that it might be uninstallable if you have SP3 installed.

  3. Re:Nostalgia on Dial-Up Users "Don't Want Broadband" · · Score: 1

    I just set the startup sound to a modem recording. That way everytime the computer starts, it "connects" to the internet.

    *Click*toooooooone, BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP, ring, ring, SCREEEEEEEE SCROOOOOOOO KERCHUNG KERCHUNG, SCREEEEEEESCROOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

  4. Re:F5 IRule on AVG Fakes User Agent, Floods the Internet · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There is an error with your logic. Just because I *could* delete all our site data (for example), does not give me permission to do so. Companies have standards to keep everything somewhat similar. I was actually impressed that someone was actually monitoring what people have on their systems.

  5. Re:F5 IRule on AVG Fakes User Agent, Floods the Internet · · Score: 4, Informative

    I am typing this comment into IE6 right now. At my company IE6 is the standard. I had upgraded to IE7 a while ago (TABS!) and someone came up and asked me to uninstall it.

    Sometimes the choice of browser is beyond the user's control.

  6. Re:Which is why... on Latest PS3 Firmware Update Requires Hard Disk Wipe to Fix · · Score: 1

    I, personally, like the fact that the fall 2007 update to the xbox360 added mpeg4 support. Updates deliver free stuff to the consumer, and add value to the product. The spring 2008 update now allows users to transfer downloaded content licences from console to console, something that people have been complaining about day one.

    The Xbox does just work. All I do is power it on, it says update available, then downloads, and reboots. A retard couldn't fuck that up.

    Oh, and nothing is guaranteed, explicit or implied with regards to the workability of the xbox, it is warrantied.

  7. Re:You know who I feel sorry for? on North Pole Ice On Track To Melt By September? · · Score: 1

    I wonder how much longer skiing/snowboarding will be a sport. I feel sorry for future generations that may never have the chance to fly down a mountain at mach 3 with a board strapped to thier feet.

  8. Re:Good. on Intentional GPS Jamming On the Increase · · Score: 1

    "Road Pricing" = Gas Tax. They don't need to track you to get money from you.

  9. Re:It may be small... on Only One Quarter of the Planet To Be Online By 2012 · · Score: 1

    Here in Canada, we have a provider called Infosat that provides both data and voice VIA sat links. They have two systems, a Geostationary satellite, and thier "Iridium" system that uses multiple LEO sats.

    The company I work for currently uses the geostationary satellite (with a paribolic dish) for data and get speeds of 128k/500k (but > 500ms latency). We sometimes have problems getting that dish alined properly, and as a result, the connection drops. We were looking into a backup system for when that happens and asked if the Iridium network would be able to fill that gap.

    The Iridium network is a dishless solution and uses either an antenna attached to the phone, or an XM/Sirius type of exterior antenna for fixed setups. The speed, however, is horrid. While I have never used it personally, the sales rep with Infosat indicated that we would be getting 1200 baud speeds over that link. (for those few here that don't know 1200 baud is REALLY SLOW BALLS!)

    Needless to say, it was not worth it, especially concidering the cost associated with it.

  10. Re:Pittsburgh for University..... on The World's 10 Dirtiest Cities · · Score: 5, Informative

    Forbes rated it (Pittsburgh) in the top ten cleanest cities:

    http://www.forbes.com/2007/04/16/worlds-cleanest-cities-biz-logistics-cx_rm_0416cleanest_slide_16.html?thisSpeed=30000
    I hope this link works for you guys :/

  11. Re:Photos? You mean people use FB for photos too? on How Facebook Stores Billions of Photos · · Score: 5, Funny

    I find it funny that you start by defending FaceBook from the following statement:
    I thought it was created just so that you could have all your spam and silly forwards in one place.

    Then proceed to futher prove the GP post by saying:
    The best thing I can compare it to is AOL

  12. Re:'boring'??? on New Grads Shun IT Jobs As "Boring" · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You laugh at the shiny object joke, but I bet most of the poeple in this forum like shiny objects. I became a computer nerd because I NEED to know how everything works, from the toilet, to the dishwasher to the phone, to the RC car.

    When I got my first computer, I poked around the software, but was afraid to take it apart for a long time (I was good at taking things apart, not as good putting them together again). Eventually I took it apart and was disapointed with what I found. All I could see was chips, some big, some small, but it was impossible to see how they actually worked.

    After I finished High School and decided that if worked at Burger King for any longer I would kill myself, I went into computer so that I could learn how a computer actually works. Now that I know how a computer works, by job is to figure out why it's not working.

    People in the industy like Shiny Objects. We tend to gravitate toward complexity to feed that desire to know how everything works.

  13. Re:Sweet on The Beginnings of a TLD Free-For-All? · · Score: 1

    If you create the .1 subdomain, then your example address of http://3.2.1/4/5 could be a legitimate address.

  14. Re:HD unreliable on Best Way To Store Digital Video For 20 Years? · · Score: 1

    Really? I have a 75meg HDD from a 386 that I would love the data recovered from. It's been powered off for 15 years, so there is NO way that the data is gone! I'll send it your way! kthanksbi!!

  15. Re:How about print on paper? on Best Way To Store Digital Video For 20 Years? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh are we allowing theoretical products? In that case I would back up to a specialized bacteria. I would encode the data in it's DNA and allow it to replicate regularly. Even better news, after 20 years, I'll have billions of copys to give to fanily and friends! It's win-win!

  16. Re:Nope. on Revitalizing an Aging Notebook On the Cheap · · Score: 1

    "You've spent at least $600 and have a laptop that smells like a chemical factory.

    I like that smell you insensitive clod!

  17. Re:The best way to not get caught on Inside the RIAA and MediaSentry · · Score: 1

    Thank you for your reply. Very well thought out.

    When you commit a crime, you are in debt to the community. The sentance is your repayment of that debbt.

    At what point does societies desire to protect itself from you breaking the law infringe on your right to "break the law".

    When my freedoms are taken away.

    we put locks on our doors to prevent invasion, tresspass, and theft

    We do, and you can do whatever you want with your stuff. If you were to put handcuffs on everyone just in case they might B&E, we have a problem. Filtering the internet is similar to handcuffing everyone.

    We have all manner of anti-counterfeiting technology in our currency.

    We do, yet I can still study it and if I'm good enough (really good!) duplicate it. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't be sold tools that MIGHT be used to counterfit currency.

    The FDA audits labs to ensure hygenic conditions and proper quality process controls are in place...

    Yet you can still ignore them should you choose. If they assign a FDA person to watch over every worker 24/7, we have a problem.

    I'm really not trying to comtinue a flame war, and really do appreciate your point of view. I'd add you to my friends list if I could figure it out. Basically i'm just sick and tired of the gov't telling me what I can and can't do. I'm sure that you can appreciate that. Good day to you good sir!

  18. Re:The best way to not get caught on Inside the RIAA and MediaSentry · · Score: 1

    Not legal, no, but my argument still holds. If I were to beat someone to death with a baseball bat, the penaly would no longer be $35, but 5-25 years in prison (depending on the charge). Depending on the person I am sh*t kicking, it may, or may not, be worth 5-25 years of ass pounding in jail.

    Also you are comparing civil actions, to criminal actions. The $35 dollar parking ticket is unlikely to come back and haunt me, while a murder charge carries significantly more baggage.

    I, personally think that it should be a human right to be allowed to break the law. After you break the law, you should be hunted down like a dog, and prosecuted (or for a parking ticket, pay the $$$).

  19. Re:The best way to not get caught on Inside the RIAA and MediaSentry · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Similar to parking ticket - it's not a fee for the parking space, payable to the state. It is a fine for doing something that is not allowed under the law.

    Call it what you want, I can still park under a stop sign every day if i'm prepared to pay the $35 fee. Oddly similar to paying $18+ to park in a real parking spot, just you pay at the end, not the beginning.

  20. Re:Verizon on WWDC '08 Sees Slimmer, Improved, 3G iPhone · · Score: 1

    I was talking to my local Cellular provider (Telus) and was asking about things, and it came up that Telus is working on a 3G network that is based on W-CDMA. The guy that worked for Telus said that new phones designed to work on W-CDMA would also work on GSM based systems.

    I don't know if that means that GSM phones will also work on W-CDMA, or even if he was correct at all. If anyone knows though, it would be someone here. If you know, enlighten us, or at least correct me :)

  21. Re:Canada on Leaked ACTA Treaty to Outlaw P2P? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wear a condom. I think whatever he uses in his hair is toxic.

  22. Re:Excellent idea on Illustrated Guide To Home Chemistry Experiments · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually Air is not nitrogen, it just contains nitrogen. It's like saying Coke is water.

    Air has Oxygen, water vapor, evil CO2, methane, helium, hydrogen, nitrogen oxides, dust & smoke, and FSM knows what else in it.

    I stand by my statement that sulpher is the easiest element to collect.

  23. Re:Excellent idea on Illustrated Guide To Home Chemistry Experiments · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Sulphur is the easiest element to collect. Just walk along train tracks and look for the yellow pebbles that fall through the sulphur cars. I was able to collect maybe 10 grams in about 5 mins.

  24. All I can say is: on Illustrated Guide To Home Chemistry Experiments · · Score: 1

    Awesome! I want my own lab so bad.

  25. Re:Is this a joke? on Apple Releases Mac OS X Leopard Security Guide · · Score: 1

    Was that a Joke? If so, it wasn't funny.