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  1. I could store that mirrored... on What Corporate Email Limits Do You Have? · · Score: 1

    ...on my home PC. And then some. What are you worried about?

  2. Code Red Vigilante model is more prudent. on RPC DCOM Cleanup Worm Appears · · Score: 1

    This worm causes the same problem as the original, increased network traffic and an impact on non-vulnerable machines. The tactic I employed against Code Red, waiting to be attacked and then reversing the attack, would be much simpler, more effective, and more prudent. http://crazybob.org/codered/index.html

  3. Are you sure you have SonicMQ configured properly? on What Java Message Service Implementation? · · Score: 1

    How do you have it set up? This doesn't strike me as a particularly heavy load. Commerce One uses Sonic and you don't get much higher/more distributed Tx rates than that.

  4. Used IMac on Lunchbox Computers for Live Music Performances? · · Score: 1

    Cheaper than a laptop, and it has a handle.

  5. YDL 2.1 Server on Two Shots In The Arm For PPC Linux · · Score: 1

    I my e-mail, tomcat, ssh, and ftp servers using YellowDog on a headless G4 450. It is by far my favorite distro (including any for the i386).

  6. Hard Luck on The Joys Of Losing Your Cooling Device · · Score: 1

    I got a kernel dump blue screen in Win2k two weeks ago. I looked down at my computer to find that the fan clip on the processor socket had broken off and the fan was hanging loose. I had just finished putting the bitch together and it had been running like a top for a few hours. One word: baked. I wasn't even getting beep codes. The worst part is that I was running VisualAge for Java at the time and it dumped my repository.

  7. UML Modeling Tools on Are GUI Dev Tools More Advanced than CLI Counterparts? · · Score: 1

    I am a huge fan of command line development when it comes to getting down and coding, however there is no CLI substitute for UML modeling. A good model and design is essential to success and maintainability on a large scale, distributed project.

  8. Neo Art Deco??? on Where Is The Line Between Programmer And Artist? · · Score: 1

    So if programming is an art, and it obviously has its practical/utilitarian purposes--would the genre be neo art deco? ;)

    Hell throw the concept of a digital divide in to the mix and the neo existentialists will really have a field day tearing it apart as a means of expression.

  9. Re:Proof that Geeks Don't Understand Art. on Where Is The Line Between Programmer And Artist? · · Score: 2

    You obviously have issues with your own inability to get laid and feel the need to vent your frustrations on an undeserving and often socially inept class of programmers.

    For the sake of humoring you, it's not so much the media that an artist chooses that enables this [in]famous ability to pull gine--it's the artist's passion that has a tendancy to bleed in to other aspects of their life and personality that really boosts their attractiveness.

    I find a lot of pleasure in good code and I do believe that it's a safe assumption that I pull roughly ten or so times more puss than you. ;)

  10. Attitude man, attitude. on Does Age Really Matter? · · Score: 1

    I just turned 21, and I've been working at a big 3 consulting firm for almost a year. Before that I worked at a global ad agency. I don't exactly broadcast my age.

    (Unless you look 12) respect really boils down to attitude and reputation from my experience. I loved the looks on my co-workers' (and clients') faces on my birthday when I said we should all go out after the meeting for my first "legal" drink. ;)

  11. Q Drivers on IBM's New USBKey Device · · Score: 1

    I ordered the 16mb version about a week and a half ago. It hasn't come yet.

    So far as I know, there are no Linux or Macintosh drivers as of yet. I actually read about the predecessor to the q, the Thumb Drive in Mac Addict. The article stated that the Q would be coming out and would support platforms other than Windows. I guess I'll see if they kept to their promise.

    You do have to admit that, given it's a 100%plug 'n' play device, it makes for one hell of a way to keep a multi platform root kit in your pocket at all times.

  12. Robotic Cock Roaches on Smallest Autonomous Untethered Robot Ever Created · · Score: 1

    Those mysterious alien robotic roaches from the X-Files are only a year or so off. ;)

  13. Re:Sweetest spot? on Michael Abrash on Games Programming · · Score: 1

    More spiritually fulfilling? Most likely not. But more involved, demanding and challenging--undoubtedly. I'm working on a distrubted medical case management application and I can honestly say that I'd swap it out for a great game graphics programming job in a second.

  14. I'd been wondering where he went. on Michael Abrash on Games Programming · · Score: 2

    I remember reading his articles religously in DDJ--talk about some incredible stuff. They got me to the point where I wrote a real-time free directional 3d texture mapping engine in Pascal! (With a bit of inline assembly of course.) Of all people, I'd have to say that he's had the most profound effect on my coding style; what an edge.

    Seeing his name on the X-Box team was a sort of blast from the past. It may even pursuade me to set aside my contempt for M$ and buy my first console since the nintendo.

  15. Re:Slashdot still has its own webbugs, of course on Fox Says Web Bugs = Virus Risk · · Score: 1

    Are you an idiot? That's a page counter, not a web bug. The difference is that you choose to access slashdot, whereas in the case of a web bug, you are secretly forced to visit someone's site through an unsolicited e-mail.

  16. Didn't Mcrosoft already do this? on Eye-based Navigation Research From IBM · · Score: 1

    If I recall, there was a story a few months ago about similar research at Microsoft.

  17. Patent Shadiness on Top Ten Intel Slipups · · Score: 1

    Does leveraging their corporate powers to hijak the initial patents on microprocessors from an unsuspecting Texan count as a slip-up? ; )

  18. What's the status of Java support? on Developer Tools For MacOS X · · Score: 1

    Speaking of portability, MacOS has always been lacking in the Java arena. Being a Java developer, I'd like to see things a little more integrated and stable. Does OS X install the JRE by default?

  19. GPLed Web Sites. on Copyrights on Web Interfaces · · Score: 1

    From now on I'm releasing all of my sites under the GPL license. It'll be great. Use of the site in any way will be testiment to the user's acceptance of the policy, and they will, under law, have to give me credit for anything they gank.

  20. Now my whole family can run Linux! on AOL For Linux Leaks Out · · Score: 1

    AOL for Mom, DOS for Dad, and Quake for the kiddies. Boo ha ha ha ha!

  21. Dammit! on AOL For Linux Leaks Out · · Score: 1

    Cripes, there's something about the idea of AOLer's and Linux that just doesn't mesh. Isn't it enough that they did a number on the newsgroups?

  22. Anybody try things the other way yet? on Java Security Hole Makes Netscape Into Web Server · · Score: 1

    I suppose this works on outgoing connections to; youd could connect to servers other than the one that served up the class file. Anybody try it yet?

    This [Client-Client Sharing] could be the Netscape killer app. A killer app to revive the original killer app!

  23. Passion Drives Productivity on Overcomming Programmer's Block? · · Score: 2

    I am really, really glad to hear that I'm not the only one who experiences this problem. I was really starting to worry.

    I think motivation and passion for what your doing is a big key.

    I'm a consultant and I've been brought in by another company to help salvage an ASP project they have. The project just needs to be scrapped; the other programmers have the same opinion, which doesn't help things.

    I look at how much money they pay for me to be here, and I feel so bad, but I just can't bring myself to be very productive. I read Slashdot, I instant message, anything to get away from programming -- and when I do sit down to program, it's like I zone out.

    You know what the sad thing is? I'm only 20 and I already have this problem; I'm terrified by that.

    The Solution - What I've Discovered Anyway.

    Money isn't enough. Wealth doesn't drive people like us -- it's the challenge, the thrill we get from programming. I remember when I finally "clicked" with Java; my hands just sort of "took off" on the keyboard, and I pulled an all-nighter, something I hadn't done in a long time.

    You need a vested, genuine interest in what your doing. It's time for a change of scenery. Personally, if my next project (only 3 weeks to go!) is in the same boat -- I'm out of here. I'm way too young to be this drained. I'll either devote my time to my business or go back to school and become and "academic".

    This is part of the reason Linux and debatably Mozilla has taken off so well. You have all of these guys devoting their free time to something they normally get paid for. Why? For the love of the game.

  24. Does Anybody Else Feel Fucked by Apple??? on Apple Punishes ATI For Leaking The Cube? · · Score: 1
    So are these damned new cubes not as expandable as the larger G4's or something? No fan, 1/2 sized case, practical shape, usable mouse and keyboard -- I need something to justify this monster G4 I bought just a couple of months ago.

    They could at least send me a free keyboard and mouse to make up for these iMac toys they tried to pawn off on me. I suppose they'll expect me to fork out another $120 for these revolutionary input devices. It doesn't even have a scroll wheel! Bahhhhhh!

  25. Re:Uhm.. So they won't require apple displays now? on Apple Punishes ATI For Leaking The Cube? · · Score: 1

    The Rage 128 in my G4 has the special studio connector in addition to the good ol' vga plug. New, but not first time released. ;)