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  1. And when you do change your preferences: on eBay : Where "Opt-out" Means "Keep Trying" · · Score: 1

    "Thank you for letting us know which types of eBay communications you'd like to receive.
    Your preferences have been saved. Please note that changes to your preferences may take approximately 14 days to be reflected in our communication to you."

    Ah, 14 days... This is internet time, eh?

  2. Nary a censor in this house... on Censorware to be Mandatory in Schools, Libraries · · Score: 5

    My children and Grandchildren won't understand filters, because I sure as hell won't filter their home access.

    And I'll go through the process of having their sites signed off at libraries and schools. Most schools provide a "authorization" policy if the child requests a questionable policy.

    I'll make it as difficult as possible for the schools and the libraries.

    I encourage others to do the same. The first amandment guarantees this.

  3. Re:What would REALLY do Tolkien justice... on Tolkien Reading From The Two Towers · · Score: 1

    napster has it. just search for tolkein

  4. Re:I'm fed up of this windbag on ESR: Microsoft Could Collapse In 6 Months (updated) · · Score: 1

    heheh... "without any problems" tell that to the people beta testing SP2 and SP3.

    Here's the latest SP2 list, bringing "admitted" NT2000 bugs up to well over 2,000

    http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?q= Y& amp; a=tpc&s=50009562&f=12009443&m=33609927 4

  5. these search companies... on A Pair of Google Bits · · Score: 2

    Well, they assume that we spend the web searching all the time. That it's natural to put our start page on a search engine, or portal hub.

    It isn't.

    Most people I know pick news sites, or even something to make them laugh. I search when I need too, and I use different engines for different needs. I use google for something technical like Motherboard BIOS updates, I use Yahoo for something local, I use IE's integrated search for other things. I use Ask Jeeves for amusement...
    The point is that why should we dedicate our real estate to a tool that doesn't get all the searching done for us? Where does this business model fit into gathering the millions of users, and a service that other search engines don't have?
    And they wonder why the market is crashing, it's because the companies still don't understand the consumer...

  6. Re:Once again, this just goes to show .. on Pentium 4 Systems Recalled By Some U.S. Stores · · Score: 1

    YOu should get a 'thlon. better price/performace ratio and you support a winning company.

  7. Re:Poor Linus on Transmeta Confirms Recall · · Score: 1

    Sell your stock. This thing is going nowhere. Yeah this is a troll. But an accurate one. And YOU think amazon is overvalued?

  8. How about verification on eLection '04 · · Score: 1

    I'd love electronic just to verify that my vote counted. There'a always a nagging feeling in the back of my head everytime I vote anywhere where I don't feel like it actually counted. It would be great to receive some sort of response that my vote did count and I contributed.

  9. Re:Getting JAVA + SSL to work in Mozilla (Windows) on Netscape 6.0 Released · · Score: 2

    The Sun JRE breaks other browser's support for Java. I would highly recommend against it.

  10. Re:escalation of defenses on Hacking Oracle's $199 Net Appliance · · Score: 1

    Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.....

    Pooor business architects.

    Can you hear the violins playing???

  11. Could Microsoft Ask for worse press/marketing? on Microsoft Cracked again? · · Score: 2

    It seems that with these hacks Microsoft is losing more than their renound ability to market and spin themselves around. Usually their Marketing does all the work and the technical side of their product is kept to a whisper. But now with these hacks their Admins are admitting their faults and it seems the marketing is coming back to "clarify" things so we the public don't panic.

    Let me guess... A few days from now the story will be cleared up as a minor breach and that no data was modified nor seen...

  12. Not so good so far... on How Will Electronic Patents Affect the USPTO? · · Score: 4

    The applications are MS-Only based, FYI. I work for a small Patent/IP firm and we're testing out the process and it's not running so smoothly so far.

    It's basically templates integrated within Word. So far run into the issue of the user has to install the software the,self or it doesn't work correctly. If I install as Admin it borks it up...

  13. Re:Password? on Yup, Somebody Cracked Slashdot · · Score: 1

    took you(them) three minutes to type "yup"?

  14. Re:My FCC Comments on FCC to Require Anti-Piracy Features in Digital TVs · · Score: 1

    I also filled out a comment and never received a confirmation or any acknowledgement from them. Perhaps they have filters of negativity go "straight into" the void?

  15. Re:Glad they did this on Amazon Refunding The Overcharge Experiment · · Score: 1

    WHat if, as you were pulling away from that gas station, you noticed they changed the sign on the gas station to .20 less per gallon. Then you noticed this happened every day.

  16. Re:DeCSS won't last if outlawed... on MP3.com Nixes Decss.mp3 · · Score: 1

    Off the money. DeCSS *will* last forever. People are placing the source in unadvertised places. People hide it and let other's know otherwise. People distribute it through e-mail. 0-day Warez is getting even more popular than IRC Warez. Bring a site up for a day. Host a file. Bring it down. It will always be amongst the Warez circle. Always, until DVD's are no longer used.

  17. Re:Come on taco, that's an easy one. on MP3.com Nixes Decss.mp3 · · Score: 1

    I must have a sucky DVD player... I cannot fast forward through the FBI Warning. SOmetimes I've seen a preview latched onto the FBI Warning and there is no way to not see this or even fast forward through it. One reason I never buy DVD's... ALways rent through NETFLIX

  18. Re:Do some legwork before posting these stories on Possible GPL Violation from Compaq UPDATED · · Score: 1

    Carbon Monoxide can kill you without warning. I would stick around.

  19. Re:Preventing this on Microsoft Word Documents That "Phone Home" · · Score: 1

    That wouldn't work. You've most likely already had IE set up to work which word uses already. ZOne alarm would just see it as another IE request. Unless you are really strict, which I doubt, because Zone ALarm can get really really annoying

  20. The anarchist's solution? on More On Kaplan's Ruling Making Links Illegal · · Score: 1

    Post one link (inline or not) to DECSS, to a random message board, daily. Create anonymous accounts if you have to. Post the source, if you have to. Fight it! http://dvd.coolpeople.dhs.org

  21. games? on The New Linux Myth Dispeller · · Score: 1

    I notice nothing in the "dispiller" about gaming sucking for Linux. This is why I don't bother with it, anymore, because the games just aren't there.

  22. Re:Cablevision on Houston DSL users File Lawsuit Against SBC · · Score: 1

    You wasted your money. Most DSL routers (external anyway,) allow you to set NAT up so you can have almost unlimited internal addresses. the DSL newsgroups have tons of FAQ's on this. Even without an external router, you can setup a gateway on your machine (included in W98 and above, and of course linux...)

  23. how do I ping now? on Windows ME - The End Of UMSDOS And BeOSfs Over Vfat? · · Score: 1

    Ummm... just one question... How do I ping sites to check connectivity/lag? Is there some sort of built in util that can do this?

  24. comments on ABCnews.com? on Linux Sux Redux: A Rebuttal · · Score: 2

    Another nice feature of this site is a complete lack of a forum system to give feedback on articles or discuss with peers... Is this intentional? msnbc.com and cnn.com both have had these features pretty much from their inception. Perchance ABCnews.com should rethink their user participation.

  25. Most DSL Providers offer this already on Some Customers Can Roll Their Own DSL · · Score: 1

    Most DSL Providers already offer this option when you sign up for their service. It's usually cheaper and they also offer other options than the W9x variety. USwest, for instance, offers support under NT as well, and the DSL newsgroups you can find easy FAQ's on Linux setup as well. Basically all you're doing is setting an internal IP or using DHCP, so I'm not sure where the "One Hour" setup even comes in...