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  1. Re:"Daunting" on Become a Linux Kernel Hacker and Write Your Own Module · · Score: 1

    Take mine too.

  2. http://supergenpass.com/ on Google Working On Password Generator For Chrome · · Score: 1

    http://supergenpass.com/ It's hella easy to use. Portable and device/application independent. Been using it for quite awhile. Every site has a unique password based on a passphrase. You can have as many passphrases as you can remember. I tend to use a different passphrase based on the type of site. It's pretty cool since I don't technically know the password to any site. So even I can't be compromised.

  3. Turning in my slashdot card on The A-Team of IT — and How To Assemble One · · Score: 1

    Wow, when did this site become news for middle management? Sadly off to reddit. Kbythx, Ummon.

  4. Re:sucky DVRs on Revenge of the Cable Customer · · Score: 1

    What the hell are you babbling about? I've been using MythTV with Comcast HDTV via Firewire and the commercial autoskip works great. I agree the content tends to be lacking but I'm stuck since Comcast is the only ISP who can get me decent speeds. I'm still pissed that I'm unable to get any thing other than cable Internet despite being located between two major tech hubs.

  5. Do I pay twice on ESPN's Play To Make ISPs Pay · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So what if my ISP is my cable provider (effing Comcast)? Am I effectively paying twice for this content?

  6. target disk mode on What's The Perfect Balance For a Budget Laptop? · · Score: 1
    One reason I've been reluctant to give up my 12" Powerbook is that I can't find any non-Apple laptops that have a target disk mode.

    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583

    Does anyone know of any non-apple laptops that can do this?

  7. config:about on Password Vulnerability In Firefox 2.0.0.5 · · Score: 1

    set signon.prefillForms to false

  8. If you have to ask ... on Which IT Careers Are Hot and Which are Not? · · Score: 1

    You shouldn't be in IT. Please pack up your A+ and MS certs and get the hell away from anything remotely technical.

    Thanks to lazy and ignorant people like you who keep feeding cash into the black hole of the major vendors who are making it hard for people like me to get anything serious done.

    I'd like to tell you and following companies to frak off:

    IBM

    Hewlett Packard

    Verizon Communications

    Dell

    Microsoft

    Intel

    Motorola

    Sprint

    Canon

    Ingram Micro

    Cisco Systems

    EDS

    Xerox

    Computer Sciences

    Apple

    Texas Instruments

    Oracle

    Sanmina-SCI Corp

    Arrow Electronics

    Sun Microsystems

    Nortel Networks

    Solectron

  9. Best phone ever on Plain Cell Phones Fading Away? · · Score: 1
    Maybe not, but it sure is small.

    Panasonic GD-55. It is tiny, has pretty decent reception, speaker phone, super loud ringer. Got it off ebay a few months ago. Get comments all the time about how small it is.

    Panasonic has a similar phone with GPRS and a color screen that I'm eyeballing.

    For a while I gave up carrying a phone with me since I was getting bat-belt syndrome and needed to loose a few pounds in the gadget department. Now I can carry the phone in my jeans pocket and forget it is there most of the time. Nice basic phone. Get it.

  10. Re:Ride a motorcycle. on 4 Tons Of Plants per Mile to Ride In Your Car · · Score: 0, Troll
    True, but if everyone had to ride a motorcycle they'd end up like cars. A million safety feature to protect the idiots.

    I'm so bummed it is such a pain in the ass to import some of the very high efficiency compact cars from europe because they don't meet the dumb ass american safety standards. They should levy a safety surcharge on cars based on gross vehicle weight. Not everyone needs a fscking tank to protect their 2.4 kids.

    By the way I found that enclosed bike (http://www.peraves.ch/turboe.htm)

  11. Re:Ride a motorcycle. on 4 Tons Of Plants per Mile to Ride In Your Car · · Score: 2, Funny

    Except it sucks to ride a motorcycle in the snow. And the rain. I'd love to ride my motorcycle ('02 VFR800) 365 days a year, but here in Colorado the weather only cooperates about half the year. I saw a vehicle in Europe that was an enclosed 2 person motorcycle and haven't been able to find out who manufactures it. If I could get one of those, I'd ditch my car.

  12. Safari coming soon? on Apple Releases iTunes for Windows · · Score: 1

    Since, Safari and iTunes both use webcore as the backend on the Mac. Does this mean we might see a port of Safari on Windows? Anybody heard anything?

  13. Re:= a new security method? on Office Surveillance: Locating And Tracking 802.11b · · Score: 1

    If you get a tmobile phone then the hotspot is only $20 a month

  14. Mac OS X Labs on Massively Updating to Mac OS X? · · Score: 5, Informative
    http://www.macosxlabs.org/

    From their site:

    Welcome to the web site for the Higher Education Mac OS X Lab Deployment Initiative. Our goal is to simplify the task of installing and maintaining Mac OS X in a computer lab. We will find and document solutions to a host of challenges that commonly arise when deploying labs in a higher education environment. The result will be a roadmap for others to use as they plan to roll out Mac OS X at their institutions.
    I personally use ASR to deploy systems. Setup a base image and roll 'em. More info at http://www.bombich.com/mactips/index.html
  15. Re:Sony was in Neuromancer. on Pattern Recognition · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but sony was not, at the time Neuromancer was written, the ubercompany they are now. That and the only only sony reference I can remember was the little robot that guided Case around at the end.

    His new book seems saturated with brand name dropping. I couldn't stand it. He's trying to create an atmosphere with niche products (read iCube). And in a few years it is just going to look silly.

    Neuromancer has really held up well considering it was written in the early '80s.

  16. The book is already dated on Pattern Recognition · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Gibson is so focused on microcultural events that the book was dated before it was even published. Which is really funny considering that the main character has a deep revulsion to trademarks. I really got tired of seeing trademarks in the text, especially that damned iBook. At least in the Neuromancer series the trademarks were made up.

  17. Re:Spoilers?? on Star Trek Nemesis Preview Online · · Score: 1
    The Doctor rules. Everyone else is a poser.

    'nuff said.

  18. Re:So many possibilities to cover... on Software Product Liability? · · Score: 1
    Politely give them there money back and thank them for their past business and tell them that you are no longer interested in having them as a customer.

    If they're not smart enough to realize that they incure some responsibility as owners (i.e. own a car, change the oil) then they shouldn't be owners.

    I'm seriously sick of people trying to pass of responsibility when they're too ignorant or lazy.

  19. Definately college on System Administrators - College or Career? · · Score: 1

    I've been doing systems administration for the last six years after dropping out of college. I've been seriously regretting it for the last two. Don't get me wrong I love my job, most days it's a lot of fun and I get to play with all kinds of stuff. However, I am quite certain this is NOT what I want to do for the rest of my life (ever seen a 30+ burned out tech, it ain't pretty). The hardest part is trying to make time to go back to school. Really, really difficult to do if you're on-call or required to on-site during business hours.

    If you really want to system admin, find out about working in the computer labs (they always need people). That way you'll get a taste while working on your degree. Just don't let it interfere with your studying. Draw a line and stay focused, otherwise they'll suck the life out of you (there's always a problem that needs attention now!!)

    Good luck and don't get tied to proprietary or legacy systems, there might be good money in it for the short term, but long term it's a waste of time.
    Ummon

  20. SSH is your friend on Colleges Work To Block Net in Class · · Score: 1

    If your checking your mail in the clear in a classroom environment, you're just asking for trouble. I'd like to see a professor try to eavesdrop on a SSH session.

  21. Re:I have a defense for this. on Sony Sells Defective, Damaging CDs in Eastern Europe · · Score: 1

    No, it's called optical out. Most high end (and quite a few cheap) CD players have it.

  22. Jamming on Using GPS To Catch Speeders Found Illegal · · Score: 1

    Couldn't you just jam the GPS receiver? Some tinfoil in the right spot on the car and no worries.

  23. Re:Uneasy about Britannia and Lord British on Lord British In The New Yorker · · Score: 2

    No, we'd just make fun of you.

  24. Re:Sneakers == Mission Impossible on Hollywood and Hackers · · Score: 1
    One massively skilled dude who does everything single handedly and ends up saving the day for all the weaklings around him.
    Sounds like what I do at work everyday!