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  1. Re:Yes and no. on Are PTR Records Important? · · Score: 1

    I completly agree, just because a reverse lookup doesn't work doesn't mean that possibly valid mail shouldn't be let through. I've frequently looked at spam and very often the @name.com doesn't even exist!!! I mean the URL is not valid. BUT why has nobody tried enforcing forward lookups? My IP officially is dynamic and the reverse lookup is basically MYIP.MYISP.com BUT my forward lookup WILL resolve to my current IP. I would prefer that mail servers if spam is such a problem, check the forward lookup, it would stop a ton of spam and not screw people like me with the disadvantage of an offically dynamic IP.

  2. EXAMPLE on Build Your Own Database-Driven Website · · Score: 1

    You can see an example here I just started a small website that is all static, and it does something like what you say. you enter your body message in a text file and run the script(see link for script) and it regenerates that page. Also you can change another file the change the menu and run the script to regenerate all the pages. So here is a perfect example of what you are saying to do, minus the fact that it doesn't do the uploading. But I do belive I'll take a look at that book my meathod for parts and the books meathod for parts of a site would expand options.

  3. there is a safer way to do that. on Sprint DSL's Security Hole Easy As 1,2,3,4 · · Score: 1

    First of all access to admin from a public IP is bad...just bad. In that case I would be setup to ssh into my linuxbox and then telnet to the router. My setup is actually a bit different, my router requires a web interface from the private side so I use ssh and vnc throught my linux box, using Wake-on-lan to startup my windows box and VNC through the linux box to access the router setup through IE on my windows box. If you follow that or just the first meathod if telnet works on your router the only key is a good password on ssh on the inside box....which if you know your setting up to access from the outside you should have a good password. And those not smart enough to do that won't need to and hence no port forwarding for ssh to work at all.

  4. Yes but nobody is willing to buy the boxes on Cable TV A La Carte Part 2 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The big full function cable boxes here(Time Warner in WI) are able to be programmed over the wire...which is what happens to rented boxes. If you wanted to buy the box you get an auth. card from TWC. Cable company doesn't care if you buy or rent the box, there profit is about the same either way. But the problem is nobody wants to buy the boxes at 500 a pop, many people have more than one and that gets expensive quick. And how long before the tech changes and you need a new box anyway. (OH and if you want an HD box that costs a lot more to buy, but the rental price is the SAME!!!)

    On the main topic. TWC in WI does allow you do get just the basic package and a box with whatever premium channels or packages you want.

  5. Yes its real VOD on Video Streaming Goes Peer-to-Peer · · Score: 1

    you pause play rewind...Time Warner is rolling the tech out in all markets. It works like a VCR...I'm tired of people making a big deal about it I'm going to write up a paper on it and submit it for a main story, for something so geeky, and appealing to lots of people on the user end, I'm supprised not more people here know that.

  6. Re:Hehehehe... on Aussie Uni Dumps Dual-Boot In Favor of Linux · · Score: 1

    Wow your school must have had money to burn...there are software versions that do exactly what you describe in a piece of hardware. The software version works as long as the "sheriff" software is not damaged. We fixed that by installing the app really deep in the windoews directories, in a folder in a folder, and so on. But the software rocked, screw up the C: drive all ya want and all ya have to do is reboot and presto all back to normal.

  7. Re:A bit OT: The Holy Grail of Interconnectivity on Turning Your PC Into a LAN-based Intercom? · · Score: 1

    Quad-shield??? why bother..your wasting money for nothing. You can run all the services you want over regular RG6 with a 60% braid. I hate quad-shield.

  8. Re:not with twisted pair but with coax on Phonelines: Not Just For POTS And High-Speed Internet? · · Score: 1

    This is basically what most cable companies do now, its called Hybrid Fiber Coax. Long runs with fiber and neighborhood runs with coax. They are just also offering phone service, which with IP phones is really not a big deal. That and they are doing an inital rollout, unlike cable companies just adding cable modems to there services.

  9. Re:It's all about routing on Phonelines: Not Just For POTS And High-Speed Internet? · · Score: 1

    The next upgrade for cable is to start broadcasting video-on-demand over the existing system. Essentially it'll work like your cable modem; you'll be sharing a local loop with a bunch of people, but you'll get one or two customized on-demand channels. This won't save them a dime in bandwidth-- in fact, it'll probably cost them a lot to upgrade their networks to the point where there is enough bandwidth to run this kind of solution (too many houses currently on the local loops.) But they'll do it because people want those services and DSL tech could easily get there first.

    Ummm, Time Warner is already doing this in Wisconsin. Channnel 1000 is MOD(movies on demand) and above that is HBO, Cinemax and TMC on demand. And I know that this is not the first area to have the service avalible...But don't worry their not about to run out of bandwidth, I don't have the specs next to me but they still have at least 1/4 of the avalible bandwidth unused.

    Also you won't get one or two customized channels, What the hell would 1 or 2 be for??? You can only watch one thing at once. What happens is when you order any ondemand service you get allocated a "channel"(not really a channel cuz the number doesn't change but its the bandwidth of one channel) And when you stop watching the VOD for a few minutes the "channel" is released for someone else to use. Also like I said before they have allocated more than enough bandwidth for VOD and still have much unallocated.

  10. What keyword is that?? on Microsoft PR Rep is the Switcher · · Score: 1

    I wonder what keyword it is that you use....I'm guessing its 'Linux' ...unfortunatly that doesn't work, http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF -8&q=site%3Amicrosoft.com+linux I cant think of any word that you'd be using besides linux.

  11. But they where different versions on 37 Operating Systems, 1 PC · · Score: 1

    They where different versions of DOS if i remember correctly. Win 95 had like DOS 7 or something. So IF your counting different versions of DOS then they are still seperate for sure. Read the post above that explains how 95 did not run on DOS it just had DOS in it.

  12. Holy repeat of a post on Wayback Machine Purged of Scientology Criticism · · Score: 1

    is this post exactly the same as above

    http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=40629&ci d= 4323709

    http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=40629&ci d= 4323749

    Note one is 09 and one is 49, Is that the way I'm supposed to get my Karma to max out, keep reposting the same stuff untill somebody mods it up enough???

  13. Re:It's not a lack of confidence. It's economics. on Maxtor Announces 80GB Platters · · Score: 1

    "things like Sun notebooks" Is this a dumb joke or something? Sun doesn't make notebooks to my knowledge. Or are there sun notebooks, just not Sun(tm) notebooks?

  14. In WI there are 3, soon to be 4 cable modem Compan on Why You Don't Have a Broadband Connection · · Score: 1

    In south eastern WI Time Warner Cable has road runner, you can also get AOL through their lines(same parent company different service, very different) earthlink(i think) and soon you will be able to get Inter Dot Net. And that doesn't include andy of the DSL providers in the area, which I belive there are several, 3+. So you talking around a 1/2 dozen providers. Yes the wires are owned by one of the two companies, the Bell or TWC, but the choices are there. Only problem I have is the price could go down a bit $45 month now is average. But even $45 is not that much, dialup+phone line is 22+15=$37. It is only $8 more a month for broadband than dialup. I feel it is worth it.

  15. Some may say don't sign it, but... on Company Ownership of Employee Ideas · · Score: 1

    What can you realistically say to not sign it. I've signed them in industries I don't care about, but what about when I see one in the IT field???

  16. I agree...headline sucks on All We Want Is Whatever's On Your Machine · · Score: 1

    there goes my karma...oh well

    I've only had one full beer, usually it takes a 6 pack or more for me to have to read the headline/intro muiltable times.

  17. You called them, but didn't tell about problems!!! on Feds to Require Digital Receivers In All New TVs? · · Score: 1

    First of all the amount of bandwidth allocated to a channel is the same for all channels. I don't remember exactly how much each gets but is more than enough, and all are the same. Also why did you call them and ask about BBC America when your cable TV is f#$@ed up??? You are odd.

    To fix you TV problems do this. Make sure you know what your problem is. It is called "Blocking and Tileing" And in the digital cable realm all problems show up as Blocking and Tileing, no matter what the actuall problem is with the signal. This is different than analog cable where different problems look different on the screen. Call TW and tell them you have Blocking and Tileing. And/or check all your cables, do you have chitty radio shack cables with crimp on connectors, throw those out. All cables should be 60% braid or better, and connecters should be pre-made or pressure fit connectors(NOT CRIMP ON) Next all your splitters should be 5-1000Mhz(many don't go up to 1ghz) Next tighten all your connections, very tight by hand, and all those not on TV/VCR/CABLE BOX/etc should be tightend with a 7/16 wrench turn 1/4 turn past tight by hand.
    If you are unable to fix it yourself call TW they will be able to fix it, if the blocking and tileing won't go away talk to a supervisor, its NOT acceptable.

  18. Of course you want to advertise your job... on HP: Rival Printers Mean No More HPs Through Dell · · Score: 1

    Especially how good the extended warrantys are, Circuit City give you like $2 for selling the monitor but on the CSP you get like $25. You can't just sell the computer, you have to sell the extended stuff...if you want to keep your job. Of course strictnein knows that. And as far as quitting your job goes...do it, I'd find a new job first, but do it. Even if you have to take a small pay cut it is worth it, unless you think you can become a store manager(who doesn't make all that much for the amount of work most of them do) quit ASAP. If you have to take a pay cut its ok cuz you have a 9/10 chance the abiltiy to increase your pay will be much higher, CC there is little to no chance of really increasing your pay.

  19. Holy Sh*$ on Real Will Include Ogg Vorbis Support · · Score: 1

    I really never bothered learning much about ogg vs. mp3...I got a few mp3 around of songs I have to have, singles basically. I'm not like some with 1000+mps ......BUT the page you linked to with the comparison between ogg and mp3 WOW!!! Am I impressed, I have both ogg .wav's and the MP3 .wav looping in winamp.....(the .wav's are decompressed from each file format) If these examples are real....I'm going to start burning and moving everything over to ogg.

  20. You mean increase the standards on FBI Arrests 4 College Interns For Stealing Lunar Materials · · Score: 1

    Decreasing the standards would have nothing to do with preventing this from happening, however increasing them might. As for your second idea, increasing compensation may have the desired effect.

  21. Sorry but Black and Decker no longer makes.. on Blender Fund Raises EUR18,000 In Three Days · · Score: 1

    ..any kitchen appliances. They do say black and decker on the side, but this is not supposed to be forever. applica inc. (http://www.applicainc.com) bought the household products line in 1998.

  22. Other replies talk about foreign cars....but GM, on Handspring Hides Flash ROM in Handspring Treo · · Score: 1

    GM also does this. The motor and tranny in the newer TransAms WS6 is the same as the corvette, BUT has like 15?? less HP because it is like 1/2 the price....supposedly it is just detuned. Can anyone dis/prove this statement, i'm not 100% sure about it.

  23. Digital boxes already are IP based on Cable Boxes with 802.11 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Two things:

    ONE, If you know how to put the box in diagnostic mode you can check the IP of your DIGITAL cable box. It is usually in the 10.x.x.x range. I guess they could just put twice the hardware in dual IPs. That private IP is needed for the communication of digital boxes with the local hub(not ethernet hub its the cable office hub) They have to have the private IP private because of communications needs also if it was public people could hack your cable box.(i doubt it would be hack proof) The second IP would be for the public for the net...you know what thats for.

    TWO, people are talking about the cable co wanting people to have a $200 bill. well I'm not sure about that...of course they wouldn't complain about that profit. BUT if you knew all the sevices that they are going to start offering it is impressive all the stuff you could get from one provider. (telephone video on demand, free demand stuff which is really neat if you know what it is) Your charge per item is often fair, just cumulative up to $200, not to bad considering all the stuff you get. Ask me if you want to know more about the potentially cool stuff coming out.

  24. Is it me or are the moderators taking FP now? on Why Mandrake is Too Cool for UnitedLinux · · Score: 1

    I mean comments like "I use the best disto [debian link here]" or "I think...." my point is I thought the point of CmdrTaco and others modding the story clip are to place updates, corrections, or more links. NOT to claim FP!!! And yes I do see the irony in me saying this and being very offtopic at the same time. But before modding take a look at the story at the top of the page.

    Another point about that is, I Belive on one of the recent BSD??? pages they noticed that the editors changed a link without placing a note of the change. And how a recent /. story people where bitching about other sites changing the stuff and not posting a note that stuff was changed. Think about it.

  25. the problem is also with people like you.. on Whither 802.11a in Linux? · · Score: 1

    ....who say hey I don't want to, you do it.

    OK I will.

    Just provide me(a person with some experince programming and some electronics) with the information on how to start writing drivers. How do drivers in linux work? How does one start probing a piece of hardware to figure out how to interact with it. How do I write the driver once I have that info? Give me an example of how someone took a new piece of hardware probed it and figured out how the driver should be written, a step-by-step example and the thought proccess involved. Not just the I probled these memory addresses and wrote this line of code to do this and this line does this...I mean the whole friggin thought proccess that one could read and use to learn to do it on other hardware.

    And for that matter keep going once you start documenting, explain how to write everything for linux so people like me who only got tought MS programing in school can help The Cause(TM). [OK so I also learned shell scriptin, but thats not really programming] And while your at it GPL the documenting and post it as HTML, and link to it when you rant like above. At least with Windows if I can't find a piece of software I HAVE to have, I can write it up....and I suspect I'm not the only one in this position. Hey being real for a second, MS shitty as they are, VB is easy to use. So is their C++ in studio 6.0

    One of the best /. discussions I have read is this where posters actually said how to do shit, or linked to how to do shit. I mean your asking people to be part of the solution not the problem, and you don't say how to be part of the solution, gee wiz man!