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  1. Unlocked Phones? on Motorola Unveils Phone Vending Machines · · Score: 1

    It sounds like these will be unlocked phones(at least the GSM phones). Makes me wonder if people will pay $200-$300 for a phone when t-mo will give them one for $50 with the 2 year contract subsidy.

  2. Re:Whats Up on What Do You Use for SNMP Monitoring? · · Score: 1

    I agree with you.I can setup an entire set up network maps in (WUP 300+ nodes) in less than 2 days. You can monitor nearly everything with it. The SNMP trending is flexible but clunky so I usually setup Denika

  3. Somix WebNM on What Do You Use for SNMP Monitoring? · · Score: 1

    I use WhatsUp and a suite of products called WebNM from Somix.
    I can monitor and alert on ANYTHING I want with this this package. If I have questions, the support is AWESOME.
    I used to use a lot of free tools like but the administration was time consuming (see MRTG).

  4. Re:Wow... on PS3 Cell Processor 'Broken'? · · Score: 1

    It'll be a hell of a Token Ring machine though

  5. Disk drive? on Apple To Unveil iPod Cellphone Next Week? · · Score: 1

    I wonder if this will have a disk drive, Edge and WiFi? If not, I hope there are miniSD expansion slots.
    If they do that and allow me to sync with outlook.

    If it can do all that, it'll be a smartphone killer

  6. I just won't buy anything from them on Spam Haters Given Right of Reply · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What an idea!
    Why OH WHY do people buy from them?

  7. Asterisk reporting on Asterisk Breeds A Cottage Industry · · Score: 1

    I've been using a new reporting engine for asterisk and love it! Our old PBX is going to be a boat anchor in a month. It's from a small company called Somix and it's called Plumtrack (I have no clue what the "plum" means :))
    Our company luckily has a geek that knows whats up.
    http://www.somix.com/products/plumtrack.php
    Asterisk ROCKS!

  8. Re:Funny ... on Intel Researchers See Moore's Law Becoming Obsolete · · Score: 1

    100MHZ pentium pro?
    Funny. I though they only came in 180 and 200MHZ.
    Was there really a 100 MHZ one? Did it have diamond transistors?

  9. In other news... on RIAA Sues the Wrong Person · · Score: 3, Funny

    a kid with a laptop was sighted nearby and appeared to be eating pringles.
    his IP address was 192.168.1.101 so it couldn't have been him right?
    Maybe the RIAA will go after THAT IP next....

  10. Re:Could we feed this puppy hemp? on Home Biomass Power Generators · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hemp has higher concentrations of cellulose than Rosy O'Donnells ass. This makes it a very attractive.. unlike rosy O'Donnels ass.
    Burning hemp-extracted fuel carries another benefit. It processes the same amount of CO2 (into Oxygen)that it emits when burned. It also creates a "closed loop" against greenhouse gas buildup in the atmosphere. Rosie's ass just emits large amounts of methane.

  11. Change in funding strategy for the FSF on SCO: FSF Reply To GPL Claims, Conference Sponsors Back Off? · · Score: 1

    I think that what this has taught us is that even our best intentions may not go far enough to insure free software stays free and gets better as time goes by. I just thought of a simple funding method for the FSF. Makes sense and is a win-win-win for developers, end users and open source software in general.
    The SFS which could be called the "father" of the GNU should broker open source development between developers and the ever growing corporate adopters of OSS. Contracts for functionality in opensource software could be made and the code released to the GNU upon approval from the corporate entity. The FSF could take commission from these deals and developers get the rest. Heck maybe cut the project lead in on some dough.
    At the end of the day, we tould all win. We and the FSF wouldn't have to worry quite so much about a$$holes like SCO.

    my $.02

  12. Gates Foundation on Microsoft's Software Philanthropy: The Goodwill Ploy · · Score: 1

    Can you guys just leave it alone for once. If there is one thing Bill and friends shouldn't be accused of, it's PR-Philanthopy.
    Even when the company does something good, /.'ers jump on some angle of how it is shameless self promotion.

  13. Oh is that all?? on Intel Demonstrates 220Mbps Variant of UWB · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was all excited when I saw the MBPS. Now I'm only 1/8 as excited.
    This isn't Fox News guys.
    You all need to sit down in a room and go over the (b)bits and (B)Bytes thing....

  14. Reminds me of.... on Hello Kitty May Be Key to 3G Survival · · Score: 1

    ISDN. Did the telco's ever make any money? It was a massive forklift upgrade but almost nobody came to the party.
    Well... ISDN didn't have a mouthless japanese cat on it's side. So it HAS to work, right?

  15. Iridium II on Satellite Radio in Fiscal Trouble · · Score: 1

    Maybe the satalites will wind up floating around in space like Iridium. Maybe someone will snap 'em up and sell the service for $2 a month. That, I would pay for. If there was a data link on XM I would buy it yesterday

  16. Re:Bad news... on Undersea Deposits of Frozen Methane Found · · Score: 1

    Blame Canada!
    It's not as far away as Iraq. Why not invade? Bush can keep up his approval ratings without risking actual troops.
    Then we can steal thier vast fart deposits beneath the sea!

  17. Never leave one in your car on Build Your Own Tesla Coil · · Score: 3, Funny

    I built a medium sized Tesla coil for a school project. I put it in my car the night before and someone moron my complex parked next to me and thought it was a bomb.
    I was awoken by a phone call from the police at 1AM with no less than 4 police cars and 3 firetrucks in my condo development. They actually were trying to shield nearby condos from an explosion with the firetrucks. The bomb squad was being dispached.
    I had to leave my condo in only my boxer shorts and give an oral report on how a Tesla coil works.
    I cover it with a blanket now when I move it.

  18. 12 months- 60 lbs -stays off on Scientific Battlegrounds in Diets · · Score: 1

    Ok like everyone I know in this business, I was overweight. I needed help.
    Low carb-High protien-Moderate exercise

    I did this plan for 12 months. I lost 60lbs and have reached my target weight. I have added beer back into my diet.
    I have tried everything and this is what works.
    I lost 20 lbs on a low fat diet and gained 30 back.
    This "diet" is not something that can change after you finish. You must modify what you eat.

    It's not what's in the Whopper, it's what that whapper is in. Bread...and of course fries.
    I used to love whoppers....mmmmmm whopper.

  19. If there were ever an example.. on Raisethefist.com Update · · Score: 1

    of an asshole who can use the 1st amendment to destroy our country, he would be it. He has no fucking idea what this country is. If there was ever such a thing as karma, this kid would die choking on a ham sandwich today.

  20. What aboiur broacast storms? on In NZ, Sharing Ethernet With A Whole CIty · · Score: 1

    Considering that this net is huge and flat. Isn't it a bit silly to leave it up to the end user to not flood this network. I'd love to see the broadcat rate on this one...

  21. ISPs cant be as dumb as the RIAA...can they??? on Comcast Gunning for NAT Users · · Score: 2, Insightful

    OK, we've established that we can hide NAT from the cable companies if were saavy enough. Squid/Socks Claiming you have multiple stacks on one machine. They should look at this and realize we will keep right on top of thier technology and won't be detected if we dont want to be.
    What these ISPs need to realize is all they are doing is pissing off thier good (technical)customers. At last glance my provider (AT&T) was selling linksys routers at a discount and didn't restrict NAT. Good.
    I would prefer to see a bandwidth abuse policy. After all, thats what the ISP is trying to conserve here. If you go over 200MB download a day on average for example...then it may be a reason to investigate. Maybe they are really trying to quash the neighborhood 802.11b service provider.

    If they outlaw NAT, only outlaws will have NAT.

  22. Degree I dont need no stinkin.... on On the Differences Between MIS/CIS/CS Degrees? · · Score: 1

    OK, I am a person who has no degree. I have been in the IT field for 8 years and have had great jobs. Only because I have found people willing to take the chance on me. What if I lost my job now? I'd be screwed. So having that piece of paper is a piece of mind. It's reality and I'm sad to say I'm one of the exceptions to the rule.

    I love the guy who said it was to enforce the class system. This is a person who is afraid of work. These are the type of people that give those of us without degrees a bad name.

  23. Isn't this already happening. on The Fiber Age Meets The Power Grid · · Score: 1

    TYCO or Tycom makes cable to do just that undersea. The cables just happen to power the repeaters on the line instead of homes. There are 5 to 10 fibers woven in the middle of the steel core which is then sealed in plastic. So I wouldn't call this an earthshattering breakthrough.

  24. VNC on Remote Administration vs. Phone Support? · · Score: 1
    I a big VNC supporter. VNC helps our company do complex configurations of software over the Internet. This saves on huge phone bills for support as well as support engineers time. If the network is not working we always have dialup( painful). For an added boost try the tight encoder.

    http://freshmeat.net/projects/vnc-tight/