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  1. Re:Live by the Search, die by the Search on Google Blacklists CNet Reporters · · Score: 1

    "Fom TFA:

            Google representatives have instituted a policy of not talking with CNET News.com reporters until July 2006 in response to privacy issues raised by a previous story.

    Sorry, Eric, but 'privacy' isn't the issue here. All the information Cnet obtained about you was freely available on the Web, and you have no reasonable expectation of privacy there."

    Just because it's available on the internet doesn't mean that's a reason to publish it.

    I support Google's ability to not report to whoever they like. If cnet wants to continue to act like a supermarket tabloid, it would be in Google's best interest not to speak w/ them.

  2. Re:NASCAR!! on FCC Approves Sprint-Nextel Merger · · Score: 1

    Aren't Sprint cars an entirely different class than those in the Nascar Nextel Cup?

  3. Re:Huh? on Successful Strategies for Commenting Your Code · · Score: 3, Funny

    "The code was hard to write. The code should be hard to read."

    Was that some form of early DMCA or IP lockdown?

  4. Depends on their licenses on 125-Mile WiFi Connection · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hams get the neat ability to modify their equipment to pump out more power and use better/stringer/faster toys. (Legally)

    This is also true when using cantennas.

    Read up here for the commercial aspects:
    http://www.michwave.com/bbnetwork/faq/fcc.htm

    Here for the amateur side:
    http://www.qrpis.org/~k3ng/ham_wisp.html

  5. Re:The first? No... on LinuxCare Resurfaces as Linux Device Vendor · · Score: 1

    Not to burst your bubble...

    It's very hard to make out what your software actually does from your website. Is it a nagios frontend? webmin?

    If you're in your 6th generation, provide an online demo or at least some screenshits w/o having to squint to see them embedded in a PDF. I'm not talking about a 'demo' where a salesperson shows me some screenshots that have been selected for their marketing value. I want to see how the software actually works.

    I doubt the software RLX came up w/ is any closer to being "the first". rsync? cron? expect?

    c'mon man, stop trying to pretend your comment is anything but an ad for your software.

    OBTW, I _really_ love the part about how your ticketing software is watched 24 hours a day. right.......

  6. It has to do w/ gain. on Possession of Cantenna Now Illegal? · · Score: 1

    The FCC places limits on the allowable gain that an antenna used on "public" frequencies can have.

    It's not that the FCC doesn't like reformed potato paste, it has to do w/ keeping the freq you use from interfering from others trying to use the shared medium.

    Get your license. It's a piece of cake. It allows for using less congested freqs and to pump out more power.

    Mike Coles
    'bluelip'
    kc2ciw

  7. Re:14,400bps on What Are Your Favorite Computing Memories? · · Score: 1

    I enjoyed the new sounds of the handshake sounds that I got everytime I upgraded my modem.

    Getting modems to rspond to my whsitling was cool also.

  8. Re:It's already a solved problem. on Fold 'n' Drop Window Interaction · · Score: 1

    don't know 'bout that. I'm a fan of sloppy mouse focus.

    You really don't need for the window to have focus for you to use it. (At least in a CLI mode)

    I could see the benefit for a full GUI though.

    In CLI, I can type commands in a partially hidden window and the results will show within the window that has focus.

    It is very useful for admins.

    Any others out there that use this approach? Image editors? Video folks? Financial field?

  9. Re:Culture is for Bacteria. on AI Allowed to Create Their Own Culture · · Score: 3, Insightful

    >>I would like to see your proof of this. Because, combining a finite series of neurons apparently produces conciousness in humans. Have you or anyone else proved that neurons are more powerful than "light switches"?

    When was the last time a light switch turned itself off?

  10. Re:Seperate and Monitor... on Freelance Programming Sites? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You're going to block ports to stop a developer from extracting code from your location?

    Any developer worth his salt would have no problem overcoming any such restriction.

    It the strictest sense, you may be correct. It will be harder to get a copy of the code. Harder in the sense that it may be harder to make a left turn by taking 3 rights, but in no way is it difficult.

  11. Real meaning of MCSE on Microsoft Books and Certifications? · · Score: 1

    I was told that MCSE really means:

    Mine-sweeper Consultant, Solitaire Expert

    -or-

    Must Consult Someone Experienced

  12. Re:Don't do this on Slashdot on Rugged Mini-DV Camcorder for the Road? · · Score: 1

    Anyone who uses the phrase "real deal" to describe themself, probably isn't.

  13. Re:my hobbies on What Ancient Tech Do You Do? · · Score: 1

    ohh.... how could I have forgotten that classic?

    I once tried hillybilly wine made from Welch's. It was starwberry flavor. I thought it'd be cute to do a peanut butter so as to be able to make a PBJ wine. Trust me PB doesn't work too well.

  14. Recipes for awesome wine/mead on What Ancient Tech Do You Do? · · Score: 1

    http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/

    This guy is great. Everything from mild to wild.

  15. my hobbies on What Ancient Tech Do You Do? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    hunt, homebrew beer/wine, tan animal hides.... you know.... the red-blooded american things.

  16. Re:A look into the past on Is There a Place for a $500 Ethernet Card? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've noticed a slowdown in computer response when using gig cards and moving lotsa' data. I thought the bottleneck may have moved to the file systems. Didn't seem to be the case as pumping dummy data throught the nic also caused issues.

    I didn't pursue it far enough to see where where the actual problem was. These cards may help, but my money is on a faster cpu.

  17. site blocked read below for directions on Google Map Hack & Chicago Crime Data · · Score: 1

    Not related to the topic, but needed if you want to get to the site.

    The admin has blocked people coming from slashdot. If you want to get there, you must reload the page or type it into the browser's address field.

    Again, the link is not broken, the admin just doesn't like people sucking up his bandwidth.

  18. Re:Unlikely on Is HTML E-mail Still Evil? · · Score: 1

    When someone is sending me information, I care about the content. If I have to look 'through' the html to find it, forget it.

  19. Re:Unlikely on Is HTML E-mail Still Evil? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I will not read an email that comes that arrives w/ HTML. Give me the information I want, don't try to impress me w/ color and glitz.

    HTML in email is annoying and distracting.

  20. Happy noises on 32-bit to 64-bit - Obsolesence Pains Again? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The happy noises heard are the coins falling into their pockets.

    AMd has been good to us lately. i think they'll continue to 'do the right thing'. Maybe they're the Google of hardware.

    Mike

  21. Re:Exactly. on Google Web Accelerator · · Score: 1

    They can insert ads into the pages. increases their revenue. Appears reasonable enough for me.

  22. Re:Fax Server Solution: on Fax Server Solutions for 2005? · · Score: 1

    Do they have a federal CA or must each organization pat verisign or the like? (Or are self-signed sufficient?)

  23. Re:WAY too expensive. on How Many Desktop PCs Can One Server Replace? · · Score: 1

    Being that none of my users would have that type of access to files that they wouldn't already have in our 'normal' current configuration, I don't see this as being a problem with this setup.

    This is a permissions problem, not a multi-seat issue.

  24. Re:Fax Server Solution: on Fax Server Solutions for 2005? · · Score: 1

    Is any organization openly accepting digitally signed electronic documents as binding contracts?

  25. Re:They used to.. on Bluetooth on an Airplane? · · Score: 1

    It doesn't need to be a harmonic (radio term loosely related to multiple) of the freq the transceivers are transmitting/listening on. The wavelength of the radiation emitted from the offending device just needs to match (or be a harmonic of) any length of electrical conductor used in an important system to cause noise.