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  1. The subject is subjective on Death Threats In the Blogosphere · · Score: 1

    > "The Internet used to be a university. Then it became a shopping mall. But now, it's a war zone." It still is an educational tool to me...yes disagreements are the norm but the only internet war I know of is those kiddies playing FPS games.

  2. Not new...and perhaps a maintenance nightmare on New Inkjet Technology 5 To 10 Times Faster · · Score: 3, Interesting

    OK, so let me get this obvious marketing monster straight. They are re-inventing the old mainframe line printer (dot matrix that printed a line at a time) as a inkjet printer. Thats all well and good, cause all us old timers know that a line printer can really slam out the pages...but the inkjet part is scary. I have enough trouble with the little heads on inkjet cartridges drying out, how have they tackled that real world problem on this full width head? Also since its obviously going to need a new head from time to time, isn't this full width head gonna be much more expensive? If you print a lot of text, I say get a decent laser printer for fast printing and use cheaper standard inkjet for what little color you do. if you print huge amount of color, look at dye sublimation, solid ink or color laser printer. If you print very little, then just get the standard inkjet. IMHO of course.

  3. Re:Worlds most secure cipher meet ... on Seagate Ships World's Most Secure Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Well for one ... Your credit card info might be stored even if you told it not to ... then the person who guessed your ultra secure password of 'password' can go to your profile and get that info on some sites...some its obscured. Or better yet, even if the credit card is obscured, maybe they can order something and send it to the abandoned house down the street from them. Getting caught for mail fraud might slow them down, but the possibility of getting a shiny new computer at the expense of your laziness might be worth the risk. Try this, use one really secure password for all those sites, maybe with slight variations...say at newegg and zipzoomfly use neweggMySecureTypePassword zipzoomflyMySecureTypePassword Its not hard to remember that one additional password for ordering sites...and with its variation added, you will be in pretty good shape security wise.

  4. Not surpising... on Dell Censors IdeaStorm Linux Dissent · · Score: 1

    Looks like they deleted the comment because it was off topic to me. Its an idea website, not a place to bash a companies bad marketing decisions. He could have been smarter about the way he posted his comment and it would have stayed and probably actually improved the situation as apposed to being deleted.

  5. Not String Theory but on Pthreads vs Win32 threads · · Score: 1

    Seems to me that during the three years between the article he had a change of heart. I wonder if he is comparing old and slow linux pthreads instead of the newer nptl stuff in both cases?

  6. Re:I run telnet.... on Solaris Telnet 0-day vulnerability · · Score: 1

    same here...of course I have it tcp wrapped to my ip I am using at the time also...so if I did forget it would not be a real issue...unless of course tcp wrappers is broken too

  7. Re:Bolshevism vs. Fascism on Chinese Official Vows to "Purify" the Net · · Score: 1

    Actually there is no confusion here at all, I know the stories are embellished, however some events and locations have been found and verified...much is based on fact...how much I cannot say. Again your beliefs are your own...I have not tried to convert anyone that I can recall, I dated an atheist for over a year, and never once tried to convert her. I just don't want anyone stepping on my toes and trying to push their non-beliefs on me. I get it that you don't believe and I really hope for your sake you are right (I have nothing to loose if I am wrong), but I will stand up for my beliefs when they are publicly challenged. This is the modern day for Christians...I have not killed anyone in any religious wars because their beliefs were different than mind, those crazed fundamentalist groups give us all a bad name. One such group is those over in the middle east that decided we were evil and not religiously correct so they can over and crashed plans into one of our buildings. Did I rush over and try to save their souls...um no I stayed home and said...damn it would suck to be them right now...I hope they get their 20 virgins and all.

  8. Re:I remember when... on HP Accused of Spying on Dell · · Score: 1

    HP's workgroup class printers (4xxx series) are pretty darn good. We have 3 4000(t)n I got in 1998, a 4050n I got in 1999 and a 4300n bought in that are rock solid. Just put new maintenance parts like pickup rollers every 100K pages or so, fusers every 200K pages and they keep going ... very few jams, etc. Of course these are in the $2000 range (which is cheaper than the original $2500 price tag of the laserjet III). We replaced laserjet III and laserjet 4 printers with those...the III started jamming and parts got expensive, the 4s just did not hold up to expectations. I also like the oki color C7550N printer we have for color printing...it was much more cost effective than other companies color models...and is solid as a rock too...definitely beats our old solid ink textronic (now xerox) phaser 840 printer.

  9. Re:Bolshevism vs. Fascism on Chinese Official Vows to "Purify" the Net · · Score: 1

    your = you're

  10. Re:Bolshevism vs. Fascism on Chinese Official Vows to "Purify" the Net · · Score: 1

    That would be the christian "one". Of course the story wont be the same from all accounts. For one thing it was passed down to decendants as stories...hence me calling it a story (adam and eve did not document it) so you can't expect it to be 100% the same from every source, its been embelished and modified to keep the childrens interest. And even if others had been there to document it right away, take a look at your average car accident, 20 people can see it and you *might* get two that agree exactly as to how it happened. And I myself believe that all the religions have common beginnings and hence the similar stories that vary again...some are more correct than others I am sure. I can't tell you which is more accurate...ask me after I have passed on. I have to feel mine is close enough to the facts to get me to the afterlife but I unlike some do not have a problem with anyones religion.

  11. Re:Bolshevism vs. Fascism on Chinese Official Vows to "Purify" the Net · · Score: 1

    I will assume you mean sister in the religious sense of the word...but yes...I almost hate to admit it, even you cowards are part of my religious family. At least I do have the balls to post as myself related to my beliefs...your just a coward.

  12. Re:Bolshevism vs. Fascism on Chinese Official Vows to "Purify" the Net · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Garden of Eden a Myth? I think not...that is the story of your direct ancestors...unless of course you are from another planet.

  13. Re:*yawn* on Nokia Developing Diamond-Like Gadget Casing · · Score: 3, Funny

    You can't say what it really is or the diamond cartel will invite you to swim with da fishes.

  14. Re:It would be cool if.. on Vista to be Downloadable (Legally) · · Score: 1

    Except for those say behind a real firewall...in which case they would not be clueless at all.

  15. Re:MSFT Development Cycle on Some 'Next-Gen' DVDs May Not Work With Vista · · Score: 1

    What? What does what he said have to do with his Prostate? Oh nevermind :P

  16. Re:MSFT Development Cycle on Some 'Next-Gen' DVDs May Not Work With Vista · · Score: 1

    The wireless media/tv hub is probably not gonna be considered full quality due to wireless latency and possible losses....so they can play it through that I would think.

  17. He needs to open source it... on Pegasus and Mercury Circling the Drain · · Score: 1

    cause it needs some extra hands on deck. It is awfully buggy and likes to crash with bigger attachments. BTW conversion tools are available, you just have to look for them. Or you can just create a unix format mailbox under pegasus, move your files you want to that, and convert it to what you want from there.

  18. Re:Wager on Copyright Tool Scans Web For Violations · · Score: 1

    If they dont honor them, I will bet that the new startup's ip address blocks are filtered at most routers though.

  19. Give me one of those on Fastest Waves Ever Photographed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I want me one of those tabletop accelerators for my shop, oh and a tabletop nuclear fusion reactor would be nice too.

  20. Re:it has been done before on USB Batteries · · Score: 1

    My usb cable for my phone will charge the phone battery while I hack it...I never knew how much on the edge my cheesy little samsung phone is.

  21. Enough for now... on USB Batteries · · Score: 1

    OK, no more about batteries unless its something like new AA cell is rated at 1200may. (note thats years, not hours).

  22. Re:Vinyl sounds amazing on Analog Revival Means Vinyl Will Outlive CD · · Score: 1

    Um, actually on the telarc recording, the cannons are not real cannon shots, they are digitally produced ones...but yes the mastering was digital also.

  23. Re:Vinyl sounds amazing on Analog Revival Means Vinyl Will Outlive CD · · Score: 1

    I dont think digitally enhanced cannon fodder was what this listener has in mind...but good point, some titles should never be mastered in vinyl, but those that come from a true analog source will sound better in vinyl than a standard cd (dvd-a and sacd might be exceptions).

  24. Re:Vinyl sounds amazing on Analog Revival Means Vinyl Will Outlive CD · · Score: 1

    Um, no, he wont. CD's cannot re-produce what vinyl can.

  25. Dont Pay that bill! on Has My Cell Number Been Cloned? · · Score: 1

    Call them back, demand that they remove the charges...its that simple. If they indeed have no idea who called, and they can't prove you received the calls...then they cannot charge you for them.