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  1. Re:I'll take... on Best Results From Bartering Computer Services? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I have one of those shirts, but oddly enough everytime i wear it, I actually get more requests from people to fix their computer problems..

    I've had waitress's ask me computer questions while I was waiting for food to arrive because of that shirt. All it does is tip people off that you know about computers.

  2. Re:Other models? on Redesigned iConsole for Ford Explorer · · Score: 0

    he does customs.. it'd prob be $$$ though.

  3. take the hint.. on How Should One Review a Distribution? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From the reviews I've currently read all distros seem pretty much the same

    That's because they are. Really there are only about 3 types of distros: those like redhat, those like debian, and those like gentoo.

  4. nope.. on Moving Up the IT Ladder in a Poor Economy? · · Score: 1

    Would it be worth it to get a degree in MIS or CS?"

    I have a degree in CS and still have the same kind of shitty job you got..

  5. if you are like me.. on NetStumbler v0.4 Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    and had no idea that netstumbler is..

    Q. What is Netstumbler?

    A. NetStumbler is a Windows tool that allows you to discover 802.11b (and 802.11a, if using Windows XP) wireless LANs. It includes GPS integration and a simple, intuitive user interface.
    Though primarily targeted at owners of wireless LANs, it has been the de facto tool for casual users such as "war drivers" since 2001.

    NetStumbler 0.3 won the eWeek / PC Magazine i3 award for Innovation In Infrastructure, 2002.

    I find it interesting that it isn't opensource.

  6. Re:My parents used to do this on Shifting From P2P To Stream Ripping · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hmmmm... maybe I should consider building a Line In for my car cassette deck, so I can hook my portable MP3 player directly into it.

    Mini jack to tape adapters only cost about $3 for a cheap one.

  7. Re:Well... on IT Workers Not Eligible for Overtime in New Rules · · Score: 1

    Your point is still valid, after taxes that's not a whole lot of money on which to live.

    I agree, that's prety close to what I make, and it's definately not easy to live on that.

  8. Re:Actually, this story is WRONG on IT Workers Not Eligible for Overtime in New Rules · · Score: 4, Informative

    There was, and still may, be a law that exempted some groups of workers from overtime pay. IT was, and may still be, in that group.


    IT in general wasn't in that group, very specific subsets of IT employees are in that group. Many employers would love to have you believe that every IT job is in that group, but that is simply not the case.

  9. Which Church Hierachy Would That Be? on SimChurch · · Score: 1

    Even with such a foolish name, the virtual church project has been approved by the church hierarchy.

  10. Re:Windows patches? on Free Software at the Local Library? · · Score: 1

    I've got one of those.. you can get them from microsoft for free sometimes. You can also sign up to get them on a regular basis for a small fee as well.

  11. Re:Stay on-grid while generating power on Off Grid Via Slow Moving River? · · Score: 1

    I wish I had graduated college in 99 instead of highschool.. It would have been a positive influence in my financial situation..

  12. Re:Constitutional rights? on Spyware Company Sues Utah Over Anti-Spyware Law · · Score: 1

    My guess is that will only happend after someone will insert a major virus/ddos software under "protection" of EULA and then sue Anti-Virus companies to prevent them to adding the virus to their definitions.

    That's the reason AV copies refuse to remove spyware now. There is no reason you should have to pay for norton av and then turn around a use adaware to remove spyware trojans. Most average computer users don't realize that norton doesn't protect them from this crap until they get bit in the ass by it and have to pay to have their pc reinstalled.

  13. Re:It doesn't affect law enforcement... on Save a Chatlog... Go to Prison? · · Score: 1

    I think the police oftain have to ask for "permission". Such as asking the person for a cup for used cigarettes.

    No they don't.

  14. Re:Stay on-grid while generating power on Off Grid Via Slow Moving River? · · Score: 1

    Wow, who knew fulton county had such technology.. What kind of work do you do there?

  15. Re:not an uncommon problem.. on iPod Mini Design Flaw? · · Score: 1

    You probably believe permanently integrated cables are a bad thing, but I've never had the socket's solder joints break on a monitor which has none. If you're in the habit of smashing your monitor directly up against a wall, integrated cables are a GOOD thing.

    I disagree, I've had integrated cables go bad, because the end that connects to the pc gets pushed up against the wall.. It would be trivial to screw a new cord to the monitor if the damn thing was integrated.

  16. Re:Well, it does work in the EU on Are You Reporting Your Internet Purchases? · · Score: 1

    Another interesting difference between VAT in the EU and sales tax in the US is that in the former, the VAT is included in the prices you see in shops. I've never really understood why Americans prefer to do all that mental arithmetic ...

    We don't prefer to do the arithmetic, retailer's prefer us to not think about the entire price so that things seem cheaper and we spend more $. There is no law that says they have to figure up the tax at the end. At flea markets and such tax is often include in the price we see.. or they just don't collect it.

  17. Re:*THUD* on Mac OS X Trojan Horse Infects MP3s · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    which exploits a weakness in Mac OS X where applications can appear to be other types of files.

    That noise you heard was all the mac zealots falling of their soapboxes. ;-)

    Exactly.

  18. Re:Good Idea on Death by Coffee? · · Score: 1

    That's not very convincing to me when an anti-alcohol site won't even come out and say that it is positively genetic.

  19. Re:Good Idea on Death by Coffee? · · Score: 1

    The addictiveness of alcohol is strongly dependent on genetics. Some people get addicted at a fairly low dosage, while the majority of people would have to make a real sincere effort to get addicted.

    Do you have any real sources to back that up?

  20. Re:Calling a spade a "spade" are we? on Air Canada Sues Over Misuse Of Employee Password · · Score: 1

    Novell could basically do that. I don't they the rights that SCO got from Novell are exclusive, so there isn't really anything keeping Novell from open sourcing everything they have rights to.. That wouldn't leave SCO with much of anything.

  21. Re:Yeah, never mind the long life branch on Mozilla 1.7 to Become New Long-Lived Branch · · Score: 1

    here do a control f for synet.

  22. Re:xml on CSS for the LDP? · · Score: 1

    Before you start whining that "it wont work in my browser," remember, there are several solution where the stylesheet is applied server side, and the page can be servered as plain old html.

    That's what they'd be doing with .css anyway. Sending the browser a plain old .css file and converting the doc book format they use to html and sending that to the browser.

  23. Re:What about Slashdot? on CSS for the LDP? · · Score: 4, Informative

    alistapart did complete transformation to css for slashdot a while back and I know there are some other efforts. noone bothers to send in patches to the slashcode people though. There needs to be a go between to coordinate between the webdesigners and the coders.

  24. why won't shoutcast work? on Streaming MP3s on Demand? · · Score: 1

    Not trolling or anything, but I am seriously interested in why shoutcase with perhaps a few addon's won't work.

  25. xfce is pretty cool.. on Cobind Desktop Reviewed, With Interview · · Score: 1

    I'd never really seen it before trying out the freesbie freebsd livecd. XFce combined with rox-filer for the desktop icons is a pretty slick combination.