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  1. Re:And how is on Australia To Legalize VCR Recording and CD Ripping · · Score: 2, Informative

    Job market is up and down just like everywhere else.
    Broadband is dependant on where you are living.
    Options are cable (10Mbit) where it's available, ADSL2+ (24Mbit) where that is available, ADSL2 (12Mbit) where that's available, or standard ADSL (1.5Mbit) pretty much everywhere in the capital cities.
    Availability of the faster ADSL is limited at the moment as the non Telstra telco's roll out equipment into the various exchanges across the cities.
    Cable is more available than ADSL2 in Sydney right now, not sure about the other cities.

  2. Re:Thank goodness for Konqueror on President of RIAA Says Sony-BMG Did Nothing Wrong · · Score: 1

    All you need to do to find the sony-bmg rootkit is to create a new blank file somewhere on the hard drive, rename it to $sys$filename, then see if you can still see it.
    If the file has vanished, you have the sony-bmg rootkit. If the file is still there, delete it and move on to the next machine.

  3. Re:Looking forward to Java JDK5 support on Mac OS X "Tiger" Enters Final Candidate Stage · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From what I have heard the JDK5 releases have been separate from the 10.4 releases. That implies that they will ship separately.

  4. Digital Audio out available over USB on Apple Releases Mac Mini · · Score: 1

    The even have it listed on the Mac mini accessories page http://www.apple.com.au/macmini/accessories.html

    Called the M-Audio Transit http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Transit-main .html it provides digital audio out and analog audio out for less than $100. Time to put your money where your mouth is?

  5. Re:I don't get it - doesn't effect Omniweb 5.1b4 on New Vulnerability Affects All Browsers · · Score: 1

    I click on the popup blocker link, and it tells me I don't have a popup blocker and to use the other link. First problem - I do have a popup blocker enabled.
    Then when I get the page opened and click on the image link, I get the citibank spoof warning page, not the secunia page.

  6. This has been in place in Sydney for years. on Self-Adapting Traffic Lights · · Score: 1

    I actually went on a tour of the traffic management facility back in 1992, they were doing adaptive remote control of traffic signals back then. There is some more information about the Sydney system in the following URL: http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/spring02articles/ gettingthere.html

    A small part of the article:

    Operating in real time, SCATS constantly adjusts signal timings in response to variations in demand and capacity. A tiered system enables it to automatically adapt itself to changing traffic conditions. Controllers located at each intersection measure traffic density through sensors embedded in the road surface. Regional computers analyze information from up to 128 local controllers and set optimal signal phasing times for an area based on the current traffic conditions. A central computer located at the TMC monitors the operation of each region.

  7. Re:VT spanked by NASA on Virginia Tech Supercomputer Up To 12.25 Teraflops · · Score: 1

    I don't know were you learnt your maths, but 42.7 doesn't get anywhere near 10 times 12.25, or 122.5 for the slow-at-moving-decimal-places. It doesn't even get close to 5 times the speed, or 61.25. If you do the maths, the factor is actually approx 3.49.

  8. Re:Waiting for the other half, but.... on Review - Mac OS X Server 10.3, Part 1 · · Score: 1

    Panther server actually has group policy of sorts. You can lock down MacOS X 10.3 clients in terms of system settings and what programs they can run and such like. It of course doesn't work for Windows or Linux clients, but then group policy in AD doesn't work for MacOS or Linux clients either ;)
    See Apple Documentation for more details...
    JT