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  1. Millionaire!!! on Microsoft Tech Suport vs Psychic Friends · · Score: 5

    Me Regis, I would like to use a lifeline.
    Regis And who would you like to call?
    Me The Psychic Friends Network please.
    Regis Our friends at AT and T will gladly connect you...... Hello! This is Regis from Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and we have your friend thrillbert here and he has a question regarding Microsoft Windows 2000 Enterprise Server.. thrillbert, you will have 30 seconds and they begin now...
    Me How do you secure a Windows 2000 Enterprise Server?
    Psychic Put it next to Jimmy Hoffa.
    Me I will make that my final answer
    Regis Congratulations!!! You just became a Millionaire!!!

    sigh.. back to the real world now...

  2. Re:Name that tune on Napster Licenses "Acoustic Fingerprinting" · · Score: 1

    "What's the song that goes mmm-mmm-m-mmm?".

    That's the Cambell Soup commercial you dummy! ;)

  3. Re:Something I learned a long time ago... on Judge Refuses to Reveal Anonymous Posters · · Score: 1

    Yes, but Hustler could afford attorneys to point out the obvious fact that it was just the editor's opinion. In a David vs. Goliath battle, I think you'd be better off ensuring everyone knows that it was just 'your opinion'.

  4. Something I learned a long time ago... on Judge Refuses to Reveal Anonymous Posters · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter what you say, but it does matter how you put it. Everyone in the United States of America is entitled to an opinion.

    With that said, if I were to say "Bill Gates is an asshole", he could sue me for defamation of character, however, if I add those three precious words "in my opinion", he cannot touch me no matter how many attorneys he can afford.

    That of course, is just my opinion based on sentiments which I do believe I am still allowed to have.

  5. Re:2038? on The Quickly Descending Unix Timestamp · · Score: 2

    Flamebait? Did the moderators eat paint chips this morning or something!?

    Either that or they're upset at the Depend Undergarment remark because it reminded them to change their own.

  6. 2038? on The Quickly Descending Unix Timestamp · · Score: 2

    I thought the Mayans predicted the world would end in 2021.. But if I'm still alive in 2038, I think I'll be more concerned about my next change of Depend Undergarments than what my Unix clock is doing...

  7. How stupid can they be? on MPAA Goes After Gnutella · · Score: 1

    When I read this yesterday I thought to myself "does this mean that the MPAA is going to ask the Mayor of San Francisco to better police music and film traders around the streets of San Francisco?".

    What the MPAA is doing by asking the ISPs to monitor their users is exactly the same thing. The ISPs do _NOT_ have the resources to monitor thousands of users on a 24/7 basis, and why should they?

    In case the MPAA does not know it, ISPs provide a SERVICE to the user, hence the S.

    Should the CHP ask Ford Motor Company to monitor speeders and drunk drivers too?

    If we catch someone drinking and driving in a Ford vehicle, we will hold you personally responsible for having provided this individual a car!

    Get real..

    Maybe now that K-Mart has brought back the "Blue Light Specials" back, the MPAA and their attorneys should go looking for a clue on sale.

  8. "if" opened by force... on This Laptop Will Self-Destruct · · Score: 1

    Okay, so just make sure you got your tools before you proceed to disassemble #5..

    Or is the British government saying "All your tools are belong to us!" ??

  9. "if" opened by force... on This Laptop Will Self-Destruct · · Score: 1

    Okay, so just make sure you got your tools before you proceed to disassemble #5..

    Or is the British government saying "All your tools are belong to us!" ??

  10. What happened... on Apple Threatens Open Source Theme Project · · Score: 1

    To the days when companies tried to get the people to embrace their product?

    The days when the Apple founders were part of User Groups all along the Bay Area.

    The days when "Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery"?

    It's a good thing the Yugo car company didn't have a EULA like that of Apple. Otherwise anyone who buys a butt ugly car, or whose car becomes butt ugly due to aging, would have to pay them royalties.

  11. Open Source eh? on Getting Good PR for A Small Company? · · Score: 1

    So can I get a copy of that backend so I can develop on it? Or do I have to sign a contract with you guys? Is it free for personal use? Where's the download page for the source?

  12. I want... on Educational Consortium Will Control .edu Domains · · Score: 2

    www.HardKnocks.edu

    Alumnists include just about everyone. And we have campuses all around the world. Although, not a 4 year college, more like a lifetime one. Credit transfers are automatic, and you do not need a thesis to graduate!

  13. NewsFlash on SGI Versus "Open*" and All Things "GL"? · · Score: 5

    SGI vs. California

    In a recent SlashDot story, users of the popular website were made aware of SGI's attempts at closing down sites with the words "Open" and "GL" in them. Siting violation of Intellectual Property, possible confusion of one of it's name brands, and lost revenue.

    This apparently was not enough to ensure SGI's survival during this tumultuos time for Tech Companies. In a press conference held just a few minutes ago, SGI's spokeperson Richard Cranium (Dick Head for short) stated that letters have been sent out to millions of businesses who use the "We are Open" signs. Apparently, the letter states "SGI holds the trademark for 'Open', and unless a licensing agreement can be reached, you are hereby required to cease and desist the use of your 'We are Open' signs".

    When asked about possible options to small business owners, Mr. Cranium stated "This is California, you better learn to read Spanish and just use 'Estamos Abiertos' instead of our trademarked 'Open' sign."

    California Governor Gray Davis was quoted as saying "I am abierto to changes in our culture".

  14. Re:isn't.... on Attack Registry And Intelligence Service · · Score: 1

    Hey, dumbass. Only ISPs with peering have "border routers". Perhaps you were trying to come up with a cool word for "external router".

    Boy, you sure are smarter than your average pet rock. Maybe you should take that Netopia router back to where you bought it and let them know that you finally realized that having it != you being a network admin.

    It'd be hard to run a global network with multiple links to the net and multiple campuses running on that single router eh?

  15. Re:isn't.... on Attack Registry And Intelligence Service · · Score: 1

    Can I be geeky like you.

    Sorry to tell you, but I work for a very large organization in which I use this command on a daily basis to monitor our border routers' logs. This allows me to keep an eye out on different ports being probed and allows me the ability to create ACLs to block those ports..

    Why don't you go right click something and upload your logs to have the analisys done for you.

  16. isn't.... on Attack Registry And Intelligence Service · · Score: 1

    cat /var/logs/security | awk '{print $2 " " $3 " " $4} | sort | uniq -c | sort

    doing the same thing except that it's not in pretty html format?

  17. Re:maps? on Free Wireless For Fun And / Or No Profit · · Score: 1

    However, many ppl don't know their lat/long

    If you are the type that knows your lattitude and longitude at any given point in the day without the use of a GPS, I'm worried for you! ;)

    However, I did check if there were any networks near my work and home.. didn't find any.. :(

    Thanks for the info though!

  18. maps? on Free Wireless For Fun And / Or No Profit · · Score: 1

    Maybe the guy at http://www.toaster.net/wireless/aplist.php would be willing to include other cities in his list.

    Might be worth asking...

  19. Comment for McCain on Congress Reconsiders Internet Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    Six easy steps to figure out Internet Taxes:

    1) Remove head from a$$.
    2) Open eyes.
    3) Go to www.k-mart.com
    4) Find "Blue Light Specials"
    5) Add 1 "Clue" to shopping cart
    6) Check out

    Repeat as often as needed.

  20. Re:Looks like a bunch of monkeys to me too! on Security Hole In TCP · · Score: 1

    The saying does go:

    It is best to keep your mouth shut and appear ignorant, than to open it and remove all doubt.

    Someone should have made them aware of this fact.

  21. Re:AUP's don't trump dumb users on Peer-To-Victim File Sharing · · Score: 1

    And you are thinking that these people who could not figure out how to close their shares are going to be smart enough to know that they're being sniffed? If that is so, I might have a bridge I can sell you.

  22. Just a quickie... on SDMI Cracked Too Soon · · Score: 1

    "If man can make it, man can break it"

  23. Can you spell B-A-N-K-R-U-P-T-C-Y? on Microsoft Buys into Corel · · Score: 1

    Corel should now file for bankruptcy and take that nice M$ money and start a Linux (only) Office Suite company. And for kickers, call it LinuxSoft RealOffice Suite, with the logo "Do you want to work today?"

    Although, Sun might say something about the logo...

  24. Who is the PR manager??? on Privacy Concerns and The CueCat · · Score: 1

    I think DC hired jp to be their PR manager.. There's no other reason I can see how they could manage to make so many enemies in such a small amount of time...

  25. flashback.... on Microsoft Making Internet Appliance Chips · · Score: 1

    This really reminds me of the old days when M$ first came out with Winblows... Back then they were competing with yet another giant who people thought would never be brought down... IBM.. Needless to say, winblows won the market over the DosShell looking OS/2 GUI even though OS/2 was way more stable.

    Back in those days M$ did not have the working capital they have now, which of course is the scary thing. They could build a company the size of Intel in a matter of weeks and throw in yet another ton of money into hiring the right people to research and develop the next generation X86 chip. And in about 5 years time, it'd be M$ 76%, Intel 18%, all others 6% of the chip market....

    But then again, maybe not.. The InteLinux relationship will grow stronger and M$ will go the way of Atari... ;-)