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  1. Re:Simple on FCC/DOT Want High-Tech Cure For Distracted Driving · · Score: 1

    I win. I drove from Atlanta, GA to Dallas, TX with my laptop and wireless card, and stayed active in a chatroom for the entire 13hr trip.

  2. Re:It does not go too far on No Hand-Held Devices In Ontario Cars · · Score: 1

    They still tailgate, at least the ones without the license plate-reading systems in their cars.

  3. Re:They've taken a leaf out of the UK's book on No Hand-Held Devices In Ontario Cars · · Score: 1

    If I'm watching TV on my hacked Garmin GPS, bolted to the dash, am I still driving legally?

  4. Re:Don't shop amazon if you like artistic integrit on Amazon Patents Changing Authors' Words · · Score: 1

    Two words: Ted Turner.

  5. Anyone remember Cabletron? on How To Build a 100,000-Port Ethernet Switch · · Score: 1

    I wonder if these folks licensed SecureFAST? I only ever had a 3000 node LAN, but with the increase in bandwidth and chip performance since 1997, I'm sure 100,000 would be trivial.

  6. Re:The issue is simple on Mixed Conclusions About Powerline Networking vs. Ham Radio · · Score: 1

    It can if the cable guy doesn't disconnect the TV antenna connection when he connects the cable/satellite. I've lived in three places (MS, GA and GA) where I could pick up cable via rabbit ears. In the case of the interference in MS, we contacted the local cable company and gave them our address and a bearing of the signal (my dad knew the president of the company) and requested that they investigate. They did find that some old lady had an antenna in her attic and it had been left connected when she had cable installed. Once the cable company disconnected her antenna, the signal disappeared... This was a good thing because it was interfering with my reception of a FL station (2am sunday... Black Belt Theatre)

  7. Re:There are other abuses... on Domain Tasting "Officially Dead" Thanks To Cancellation Policy · · Score: 1

    You should be able to change the DNS settings for the domain to have it point where you want.
    A client of mine does that with NetSol. As long as they own the IP addresses they enter, everything works. I put in a wildcard DNS entry pointing to a 404 'are you lost' page for them to keep bad dns queries from landing on NetSol's ad page.

  8. Re:Who cares about HAM radio on Mixed Conclusions About Powerline Networking vs. Ham Radio · · Score: 1

    Yes and No. Some of the 'home network over power line' systems do have the ability to encrypt data between trancievers. of course it isnt enabled by default.

    This Belkin product page shows the encryption ability.

    http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=495008

    (i dont buy their stuff, it was just the first one i found that DID support encryption)

  9. No websense in AU on Yemenis Should Be Incensed At Websense · · Score: 1

    I guess they've terminated of the contracts with Australian ISPs then, right?

  10. Re:Serious question on Comcast the Latest ISP To Try DNS Hijacking · · Score: 1

    Here! Here! Here! I love it. You could use this as a business idea. You build a web server with ?tasteful?, low-bandwidth ad and a banner across the top that says 'You have reached a non-existent address at example.com' Click here to connect to www.example.com. Offer this as a service to example.com and 1) you get paid for ad presentation (and clicks). Example.com gets a free (with the service) 1/4 page ad, and a link for their typing-challenged customers to get where they presumably wanted to go. I'll take a measly 1.5% of the Net.

  11. Re:And yet I don't see it on Bell Starts Hijacking NX Domain Queries · · Score: 1

    No, not exactly. If i own domain thisismydomain.net and i have two hosts, www and ftp, and that's ALL that i have defined, anyone who enters wwww.thisismydomain.net or sftp.thisismydomain.net will get redirected, even though the domain (thisismydomain.net) does exist. The solution is a wildcard dns record so i end up with
    www 135.84.0.1
    ftp 135.84.10.30
    * www.thisismydomain.net

    All names other than www and ftp will resolve to my www server, but without it, they get hijacked and an internet user might just think that my site had gone offline.

  12. Re:And yet I don't see it on Bell Starts Hijacking NX Domain Queries · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they should be required to pay an appropriate registrar for each domain they simulate....call it a rental fee, the same as the purchase price, good for 1 response, non-refundable.

  13. losing contracts on Microsoft Redefines "Open Standards" · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Does this have anything to do with losing the ability to get government contracts because of FOSS requirements? Remember the stink ?last year? when M$ got their proprietary document format declared a standard so they could bid on contracts that required open document standards? They must have another contract coming up for renewal.

  14. Re:bankrupt then what? on RIAA Awarded $675,000 In Tenenbaum Trial · · Score: 1

    Thank you. you're the first person to even hint that people like me don't have to get treament. Seems like i should get some tatoos that say 'do not resuscitate' (chest) and 'do not re-attach' (shoulder, hip, knee, ?neck?) or perhaps 'do not open' (skull, chest)

  15. Re:Why does this matter? on Games Fail To Portray Gender and Ethnic Diversity · · Score: 1

    Actually, wasn't she from Pasadena?

  16. Re:FUD FOR THE WIN! on BIOS "Rootkit" Preloaded In 60% of New Laptops · · Score: 1

    That's what null routes are for. or proxy/firewall rules.

  17. Re:Unsigned BIOS replacement is the problem on BIOS "Rootkit" Preloaded In 60% of New Laptops · · Score: 1

    You forgot about IPv6 rendering that IP address meaningless.

  18. Re:No case on Student Suing Amazon For Book Deletions · · Score: 1

    Did Amazon print-on-demand 1984? If so, did they send UPS/FedEX to your house to pick it up?

  19. Re:Can't you... on Linux-Friendly Label Printer Recomendations? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I agree. I used to work at a facility that had more than a dozen of the zebra printers, of various models, all connected via ethernet to a Unix spooler.
    They would print 1 label at a time up to a couple of rolls depending on the application.

  20. Re:how ironic... on Therapists Log On To WoW To Counsel Addicts · · Score: 1

    I have not played WoW, the closest I have come was watching a friend play some MUD back in '90 or so.

    But, if a therapist identified themselves to a player, what's to stop the player from attacking the therapist???? Do therapists have 'more hit-points than Godzilla'?

  21. Re:The real mystery on Microsoft's Urgent Patch Precedes Black Hat Session · · Score: 1

    Did you forget Kernigan?

  22. Re:Not Rude in My Book! on Rude Drivers Reduce Traffic Jams · · Score: 1

    The last time I did that, I was following a old chevy pickup, 50mph uphill, and 65mph downhill, over and over again. When I worked out what he was doing, i dropped back, and when he crested the hill, i was about 5 car-lengths behind him doing 75.... over the crest of the hill, no oncoming traffic, ZIP. halfway around him, a state trooper came over the hill in front of me..... I had already pulled off the road at the bottom of the hill by the time he reached me, turning on his lights and u-turning behind me.
    I got out of the 20-over ticket and just got a warning after I told him what I had done. Of course, pulling off and sitting on the trunk with my license/registration ready probably didn't hurt either.

  23. Re:Doing their part to reduce traffic! on Rude Drivers Reduce Traffic Jams · · Score: 1

    Not on GA-400 in Atlanta. The right-shoulder is specifically reserved for MARTA (transit) busses.

  24. Re:car analogy... on America's 10 Most-Wanted Botnets · · Score: 1

    I dont have a 72 Pinto, but i have a very beat-up 94 mustang, and it's better if someone doesn't have to break out the windows to find that there is nothing of value (unless you count tacobell wrappers from the '90's) inside.

  25. Re:Internet Domains are under free market purview on Registrars Still Ignoring ICANN Rules · · Score: 1

    Excuse me, but BOFH ***IS*** a proper IT manager, anyone else is just a waste of salary.