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  1. The client was denied access by configuration rule on How Should an Application's Logs Work? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    To paraphrase an Apache (1.x) error I recently encountered, was: "The client was denied access by configuration rule.".

    First of all: which rule did the denial? Second: does the program recall the file or line this rule was in or on? Simply having the text or location of a rule would be a huge help in debugging.

  2. Re:from my own experience... on Are 'Monster' Cables Worth It? · · Score: 1

    A good hi-fi store will also let you audition those cables. Bring in good source material that you're very familiar with, and if you can't see/hear a difference, it's not worth it. Also bring in your current cables for a reference.

    I have a pair of $80 (or was it $120?) RCA interconnects, but switching between it and another very high quality pair, there was a difference. A very small difference, but I did prefer the sound. Wire is not wire, there are differences, but don't read the box or look at the price, just ask the salesperson to put them on and not tell you and pick the one you like.

  3. Re:Disaster Averted, US Business Community Saved on Harvard Business School: You Peek, You Lose · · Score: 1

    Maybe it was just a test to filter out those too dumb to smell a trap. Gotta catch those twerps before they go on to get caught with their hands in the jar and spoil it for the rest of us like those jerks at Enron.

  4. Re:Uh, the details are in the link on Integrating Microsoft's AD into Apple's OD? · · Score: 1

    I can't be sure, but I also believe that X will use, at a maximum NTLMv1, which is susceptable to man-in-the-middle attacks. That might not be an issue if you are implementing this in a small office, but you'd likely want to set up a VPN for anyone who connects from out of office. Also make sure that you pay attention to any documentation on Lan Manager hash style passwords. You want to avoid those as they can be cracked with trivial effort. This project might be easier with Mac OS X 10.4, I hear the AD integration will be improved.

  5. Re:front projection on Engineers Devise Invisibility Shield · · Score: 1

    a super weapon that can hit an enemy anywhere -- provided he stands right here on this spot marked X

    I think it's called a mine.

  6. Re:OT: "restrict to" is weird. on GA Proposes Restricting Game Sales to Minors · · Score: 1

    {heh} that was my first thought, too: "But adults like to buy video games, too!"

  7. what about personal growth games on All Games Banned From MO Prisons · · Score: 1

    Theoretically, such as Wild Divine. Learning self knowledge and control could be an enormous benefit.

  8. Re:Not quite right on All Games Banned From MO Prisons · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think it's rather ignorant that you believe people mentally messed up enough to kill or rape will be dissuaded by the death penalty... even that it crosses their mind that they will eventually be caught, or if they even expect to live long enough to get caught and executed. That threat may stop a mostly functional person, like yourself.

    Also, please remember that we are still reversing sentences via the efforts of groups like the Justice Project. Do you really want to be responsible for the deaths of innocent people wrongfully convicted? There's no way to undo a wrongful execution, but we can always release someone sentenced to life with no parole.

  9. Re:I speak for the entire human race when I say... on One Last Campout for Star Wars Fans · · Score: 1

    Exactly! If you've got that much free time on your hands, why not go work in a soup kitchen or hike the Appalachians or take a semester of school or spend that time poking yourself with a sharp stick?

  10. first there was MUDs, then MMOGs, now MSTGs on EA Considering Sims TV Show · · Score: 1

    Massively Schizophrenic TV Games ... just imagine hundreds of people trying to control one character...

  11. Re:Cost analysis on Where Do You Shop for Server Components? · · Score: 1

    Are you using the server? If so try using adduser.

    adduser replacement for Darwin (found after a quick Google)

  12. Re:It is actually interesting on how you "tap" a s on Safecracking for the Computer Scientist · · Score: 1

    One could weld up around the bearing so that it was at the lowest point of metal. But if you have a torch anyway, just cut the bearing out. There is also a hollow diamond-tip bit shown in Mr. Blaze's paper which might also work well.

  13. Re:Am I too late... on ICANN Approves Two More Top-Level Domains · · Score: 1

    You're even too late to make the joke (see above).

  14. Re:Password Expired on Password Security Not Easy · · Score: 1

    500 employees = somewhat less than 500 lists of pets/family members + their birthdays.

  15. Re:Simple Way To Counter Lycos Threat on Lycos Anti-Spam Site Compromised [Updated] · · Score: 1

    even better

  16. Re:how many? on 66.3 Million Domain Names Registered · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah... I was gonna say something like that: 60 million of those are probably spamvertised sites.

  17. Re:Install it anyway on FireFox as a Security Risk Compared to IE? · · Score: 1
  18. How do you get paid? on How Do You Deal w/ User Induced Stress? · · Score: 1

    How does your boss know how much you work? Is there a ticket tracking system for all these little requests? Who do you bill for the stupid user questions? Which department is the worst?

    Being able to show how these little problems use up time that you could be spending doing important maintenance or security tasks may encourage management to help you out a little.

  19. Re:Simple Way To Counter Lycos Threat on Lycos Anti-Spam Site Compromised [Updated] · · Score: 1

    If you're in control of the list of targeted spam sites, you can 1. make sure it never points back to your sites, and 2. alert a human whenever the DNS entry gets changed and verify before your spam fighting techniques take action against an innocent party.

  20. Re:Install it anyway on FireFox as a Security Risk Compared to IE? · · Score: 3, Informative

    If they use a system like M$'s Systems Management Server, they can create an automated query for Firefox binaries that will inform them of who has it installed. The data is collected with the default inventory schedule of the individual machine's SMS agent.

    I think there would be a Control Panel called "Advertised Packages" on your machine if this was in use. There is another, but I'm not certain what it's called; it would show you information on the SMS server and the schedule it uses to check in.

  21. stolen guns, em pulse on Hardware That Recognizes You · · Score: 1

    I think that this will help with the trafficking of stolen guns.

    Can the gun be disabled by an em pulse or microwave interference?

  22. Re:Didn't RTFA... on World's First Single-Atom-Thick Fabric · · Score: 1

    Maybe a better application would be a very sensitive microphone.

  23. Re:Wow on A Dual Monitor Experiment · · Score: 1

    Cooperative multitasking's severe shortcomings aside, if you could afford the RAM, classic Macs generally did fine with multiple applications running at once in everyday use.

    This is true... the troll also betrays his ignorance by referring to "Two instances of photoshop?".

    Troll, on Mac OS, only one instance of a program is used. Application windows are divided/organized by content, not by instances of the application. Which means you can switch between whole groups of "instances" (a program's windows), or just select a window of content you wish to use. You don't have to switch between all instances of, say, IE to find the window you want, you would simply switch to IE and use it's "Window" menu to find the appropriate content or use other means to select the window, such as cycling through them with command-`. So there is a hierarchy of windows, not just a flat mass of various windows or the terrible "document window interface" where the instances windows can only be within the main window (which precludes the use of layering content of multiple applications in your workspace and makes multiple monitor usage within one app more difficult).

  24. Re:Wow on A Dual Monitor Experiment · · Score: 1

    I remember that you could put multiple video cards into a Windows NT 4 machine, but they were used as a single desktop. IIRC the start bar extended across both, and centered dialogue boxes popped up divided in half between two monitors... it was ugly. First I saw it was in a $50k video editing solution (Avid, maybe?).

    I've used multiple monitors on my Mac for many years before WinNT 4. It's very useful to have reference/tools on one screen and data on the other... sort of like the difference between /bin:/usr/bin and ~/Documents.

    Gentlemen, I welcome you to the '80s!

  25. Re:More on sinks on Unexplained Leap In CO2 Levels · · Score: 1

    I believe you are correct in this... the scientific viewpoint tries to consider all possibilities, while the "other side" is biased. This pulls the "balanced" viewpoint toward bias.

    In other words, giving equal time to two viewpoints when one is already a balanced viewpoint and the other is strongly biased creates bias.

    This journalistic system of simply (lazy) presenting seems to have failed us by not being critical and researching each viewpoint.