User: davebarnes

AT&T denies it

On: Why AT&T Killed iPhone Google Voice

AT&T told the FCC that they did not have it killed.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/21/att-to-fcc-we-did-not-block-the-google-voice-app-on-the-iphone/

1Password

On: Poor Passwords A Worse Problem Than Poor Antivirus

Strong, weak.
Your choice.
Use 1Password t manage them all.

If you going to cut & paste, then do it correc

On: Stopping Spam Before It Hits the Mail Server

The original is "The end result was a system capable of detecting spam 70 percent of the time, with a 0.3 percent false positive rate."

velcro, grrommets, custom cable lengths

On: Cable Management To Defeat Clutter?

1. http://cableorganizer.com/ This site is good for hours of fun.

2. Velcro cable ties are great.

3. Build your own custom-length Ethernet cables.

4. Label all your cables and transformers. See http://www.brother-usa.com/Ptouch/Ptouch_HandHeld/

Enjoyable reading.

On: Atari 1200XL Stacked Up Against a Dell Inspiron

I look forward to your IBM 1401 versus the Dell laptop comparison.

Not punched cards

On: Should Undergraduates Be Taught Fortran?

I love Fortran (or FORTRAN as we old folks spell it).
But, no one should be forced to use an IBM 026 Keypunch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keypunch#IBM_024.2C_026).

Sweatshop

On: On iPhone, Searching For Kama Sutra = Porn

Exactly.
And, they get sweaty thinking about sex all the time.

It is called signaling

On: Dell Indicates Windows 7 Pricing Will Be Higher

Dell is obviously unhappy with the price and they are signalling (Cards. a play that reveals to one's partner a wish that he or she continue or discontinue the suit led.) to Microsoft their discontent.

Since when are women allowed

On: Does Dell Know What Women Want In a Laptop?

to buy laptops without supervision by a male?

Firefox add-ons are a huge benefit

On: The More Popular the Browser, the Slower It Is

I ran Peacekeeper with both Firefox 3.5 and Safari 4 on my iMac. Safari was 3 times faster.
But, Safari does not have the add-ons that Firefox does.
So, Firefox is the only way to go for me.

The whole point of ABP is to NOT see ads

On: Adblock Plus Maker Proposes Change To Help Sites

I use AdBlock Plus.
I don't subscribe to any filters list as I create my own one-by-one.
I don't block ads served up by the local site.
I do block 3rd-party ads.

My statistics show that I can block more than 50% of all ads with just 3 filters:
*doubleclick*
*adserver*
pagead*.googlesyndication.com/pagead/*

Bingo!

On: What To Do When a Megacorp Wants To Buy You?

Perfect answer.
Just make sure you get paid in cash. Not stock or deferred earnings.
Be sure to buy something from http://www.zerohalliburton.com/business/aluminum.jsp and bring it to the closing to hold all the cash.

The #1 Cult

On: The Biggest Cults In Tech

Name: IBM
Established: 1896
Gathering of the Tribe: Share, Common
Major Deity: Herman Hollerith
Major Prophet: Tom Watson, Sr.
Sacred Relic: 80-column card
The Antichrist: Bill Gates

In short, as of now, NO

On: Watchmen 50 Days On, Was It Worth the Gamble?

BoxOfficeMojo.com says it cost $150M.
It has done $190M worldwide.
$300M+ would be breakeven.

A classic problem

On: Volunteers Recover Lunar Orbiter 1 Photographs

The oil industry has been dealing with this problem for decades.

We have the data, but there are no readers available.

The only solution that they have come up with is to re-record onto current technology. And, then, do again in a few years.

Re:bad law, not Kosher

On: Goldman Sachs Tries To Shut Down Dissident Blogger

Goldman Sachs Cheeseburgers.
Too funny.
Especially near Passover.

AirBook owner is confused

On: Dell's Adamo Goes After MacBook Air

We (my small, 2-person business) sold our our MacBook to buy an AirBook.
Just for travel.
Weight, for us, was/is really important.

I really like the appearance of the new DELL Adamo.
But:
1. 1 pound (.45Kg) heavier! Not what I seek in a travel computer.
2. More money. Oh, I know it has a SSD, but who cares? A regular, old-fashioned, spinning disk is "good enough" for me.
3. Slower CPU! Slower than my slow AirBook is just not acceptable.

Wrong Premise

On: Why Sustainable Power Is Unsustainable

"Although scientists are agreed that we must cut carbon emissions from transport and electricity generation to prevent the globe's climate becoming hotter"

They are NOT agreed.

Three letters

On: How Will Recent Financial Downturns Affect IT Jobs?

NSA
CIA
DIA

Re:The Old-Fashioned Way

On: Attempt To "Digitalize" Beatles Goes Sour

BitTorrent works for me. It comes in FLAC.

What if suicide is your goal?

On: Volvo Introduces a Collision-Proof Car

What if you deliberately want to crash into that bridge abutment and kill yourself?

I always thought

On: Smart Spam Filtering For Forums and Blogs?

Re-Captcha was fairly effective and easy to install and useful.

THE book for Design of Experiments is

On: Your Favorite Tech / Eng. / CS Books?

Statistics for Experimenters: An Introduction to Design, Data Analysis, and Model Building

by George E. P. Box, J. Stuart Hunter, William G. Hunter

For classics, I prefer

On: Your Favorite Tech / Eng. / CS Books?

Elements of Programming Style by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger

Structured Design: Fundamentals of a Discipline of Computer Program and System Design by Edward Yourdon and Larry L. Constantine.

Guide to FORTRAN IV Programming by Daniel D. McCracken

Re: The stock price

On: Final Judgment — SCO Loses, Owes $3,506,526

I still don't understand why the stock price is so high at $0.13 a share.
I would expect it to be at 1 cent.
What is keeping it up?