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  1. Fine with me on Work No Longer a Place but an Activity · · Score: 1

    That would be good in a lot of respects. At my last job, I couldn't get my employeer to buy the right desk/chair combo for me. At home I have exactly the combo that I need. At my current job, I can't play music out loud and stuff like that.

    It's just more comfortable to be at home. Although it can be distracting. But less distracting than other employees coming back to your cube all the time to talk about nonsense.

  2. That's cool. on Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 Released · · Score: 0

    I was just getting ready to install it anyways.

  3. 3 times as many APs?? on Wi-Fi in the Sky · · Score: 1

    Anyone else find it amusing that there are over 3 times as many APs as there are clients. I guess the clients wouldn't be running all the time though so maybe it was bad timing.

  4. Interesting phone # changes on 1981 Personal Computer Catalog · · Score: 1

    Speaking of which, it's interesting to go back and call some of those old numbers (like for BBSes) and see who is there now. Make sure when you do that you ask them how much their Midwest Micro 486/DX4 is.

    I wonder if there is a site on the net somewhere that documents this kind of stuff.

  5. 1990 Computer Shopper on 1981 Personal Computer Catalog · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Somewhere in my parent's house is a 1990 issue of Computer Shopper with the world's only 4GB hard drive at the time (by IBM). price: $20,000

    I kept that around just to look back at times like this.

  6. What I'm wondering on MIT Student Grills Valenti on Fair Use · · Score: 1

    what is this "Zephyr" that he talks about wanking in? Is that some other tech news website?

  7. Otlichna! on Russian Music Site Offering Legal Songs By The MB · · Score: 1

    Saychas ya magy slysheet Gyst uz Bydeshevo.

    Like I can't listen to it already. mp3.ru already offers free music by the megabyte. Several Russian sites do.

  8. Sodipodi on Scribus 1.1.6 Reviewed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What's interesting is that Sodipodi (that other vector drawing program) means "to scribble" in Estonian.

  9. Re:CD Rot on The Myth Of The 100-Year CD-Rom · · Score: 1

    So then you must have scientific evidence to back this up then, right?

  10. Not if we breed more pigeons! on Data Transfer Has A Speed Limit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Infinite pigeons with infinite discs yields infinite data speed.

  11. BULLSHIT!!! on Linux's Achilles Heel Apparently Revealed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I had equally if not more trouble getting stuff like sound cards and modems to work properly with win95. In fact, those items always seemed to be what was causing it to crash.

  12. New meaning for PK on SimChurch · · Score: 1

    PK = Priest Kill.

    Religion is a thing of the past.

  13. Re:More on AmigaOs4... on AmigaOS 4.0 Developer Pre-release · · Score: 1

    It's like Agent Smith once said: "Millions of people living out their lives... Oblivious."

  14. Also what you can do next week.. on National TV Turn Off Week · · Score: 1
  15. Re:Purdue's VP of IT just spoke to my class on Tue on Intel Ranks Colleges with Best Wireless Access · · Score: 1

    Um, while that might be true, IU still has had a strong IT history. I'm sure Purdue does as well. But speaking as someone who goes to IU, worked as a sysadmin at the ISP that cooperates with IU for off-campus wireless in Bloomington, and someone who knows several IT people at IU, they are truely one of the frontrunners. Almost every building and room has wireless access. Most rooms even have their own AP. Plus, IU spends a lot of time and money on wireless research and development.

  16. Breaking the law on Paid To Spam · · Score: 1

    So now that Spammers are paying other people to do something that's questionable legally, aren't the spammers then breaking a law? It's like if they paid a hitman.

  17. How does it put out a fire? on Sapphire: A Liquid That Won't Get Things Wet · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I know that being wet might not be the only thing that puts a fire out, after all, look at gasoline. But I'm curious to know why Tyco Fire & Security came out with this. How does it put out a fire?
    Would be great for machine rooms.

  18. Tape recording on Save a Chatlog... Go to Prison? · · Score: 1

    I would think that saving an online chat would fall under the same category as tape recording a conversation.

    In Indiana, it is legal to tape record a conversation, even without having that beeping sound. I found this out from a law professor here at IU in Bloomington. Other states have different restrictions on it.

  19. Too many CDs on 2003 CD Sales Officially Down 7.6 Percent · · Score: 1

    I don't buy CDs as much as I used to. I have over 600 CDs now, but most of them where bought between 1990 and 2001. I still bought CDs even after I started listening to mp3s. I haven't bought any recently because I just don't need anymore right now. I have quite a few to listen too.

    So maybe it's the same reason with others, they are all saturated with CDs. A generation is growing up and has other expenses, likes cars, houses and kids.

  20. I already have that. on Google's Gmail To Offer 1GB E-mail Storage? · · Score: 1

    suso.org already offers multi-GB of email storage for its users.

  21. Fish have brains? on Buckyballs Kill Fish · · Score: 1

    I guess I never really thought about it.

  22. When I was in Vegas last week. on A High-tech Wheel of Fortune · · Score: 1

    I was in Vegas last week and played a few rounds of roulette. One thing I noticed when I went to several different roulette tables is that on the electronic boards that showed previous winning numbers is that there would be repeats. Not of the same number, but two side by side number repeats. So out of the 16 numbers displayed, it would look something like this:

    17
    35
    35
    1
    8
    2
    4
    21
    36
    0
    11
    14
    3
    3
    19
    9

    So these next-door repeats would come up more frequently than you would expect (which should be 1 out 72 times on average, ignoring the 0 and 00). It made me wonder if some physical characteristic of the roulette wheel or the dealer was causing the next-door repeats.

    So perhaps one strategy of roulette is to always play the last winning number. Since it pays out 35 to 1, and as long as you have enough to keep playing, you *might* come out ahead.

  23. Re:Why were they detained ? on A High-tech Wheel of Fortune · · Score: 1

    Right then, so why again, did they get arrested? Sounds like the casino is abusing it's power.

  24. Re:Like the saying goes on What Would The World Be Like Without Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    I like ice-cream with Ketchup, you insensitive clod.

    Yeah, and appearently so do hundreds of millions of other people. But only because they are told to like it. Or because others like it. Go jump off a bridge too.

  25. Like the saying goes on What Would The World Be Like Without Microsoft? · · Score: 2, Funny

    A computer without Microsoft is like ice-cream without Ketchup.