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  1. Re:The Bradley on US Army Scraps Comanche Helicopter · · Score: 1

    Lots of americans have insurance, its just they pay for it instead of expecting others to pay for them (personal responsiblity, its a wonderful thing)

  2. Re:How about read my E-MAIL?? on Energy Company Refutes Windows TCO Claims · · Score: 1

    The latest Outlook preview pane comes with scripts turned off and does not download external content by default. That should solve the previous security problems. Honestly, I have used Outlook for the last 6 years or so, and never had a single virus or such. It is amazing what staying on top of patches and keeping an up to date antivirus running does.

  3. Re:You don't have to look at China... on China Releases Cyber Dissident · · Score: 1

    Sorry those aren't tanks, as tanks don't have wheels :) The reporter misidentified (something that happens alot when reporting on police/military equipment). If they were firing tanks on the protesters you would know it, as those 120mm shells leave quite a memory.

    Now I must say I am biased against most left leaning protesters after seeing the anti-war protests in my home town last Spring. See these really nice and peace loving protesters were running into the main roads and banging/jumping on cars. Oh, and they were also kind enough to tell children that their daddies were child murders.

  4. Re:You don't have to look at China... on China Releases Cyber Dissident · · Score: 1

    Ok, your supporting web sites don't look to accurate in their reporting. Especially since they report that "tanks" were seen on the streets in Miami. I can garauntee you that there was no tanks, mainlky because they would have messed the street up to much(treads are hell on pavement)

  5. True Value of Certification on Novell's Certified Linux Engineer · · Score: 1

    The true value of certification from an employer POV is that during the interview process it let's me know that I can skip the basic questions and go for more detailed questions off the bat. Also, it is good for certain vendor kick-backs (Compaq was great about this) and lets me know that the person is at least trying to improve themselves instead of sitting back on their laurels (if the cert is fairly recent). For all those who tell me that they don't need certs because they already have such great knowledge, I ask them why are they afraid of taking the relevant cert test? Most are relatively cheap ($100-$200 range), and if you pass most companies will reimburse you (FYI for vets out there, the GI Bill will now reimburse certs also).

  6. Re:Overkill on Experiences w/ Drive Imaging Software? · · Score: 1

    One of the advantages of Ghost and similar products over dd is the ability to go into the image and remove large files that you do not need from the image ( like the page file ).

  7. Re:You don't understand Free Speech. on DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn? · · Score: 1

    "Free speech means not only that the government won't throw you in jail, it means that it won't treat you differently from others based on your political viewpoints."

    There is bounds on freedom of speech however, you are not allowed to say anything and everything in all situation. Also, I should hope the goverment has enough sence to treat people differently based on their political viewpoints.
    For example, do you really want the goverment giving a bomber pilot position to a guy who believes that the US should become an Islamic state at all costs? Or allow a guy who espouses thet greatness of N. Korea to be in the CIA?

  8. Banyan on Novell to Make Linux Robust and Reliable · · Score: 1

    Banyan died on the vine...

  9. Re:Why did he plead guilty? on Man Jailed for Selling Modchips · · Score: 1

    AC - you are thinking of the wrong kind of trial. This was a criminal trial which means (technically), that corporate money had nothing to do with the length of trial. He was going up against a prosecutor who is funded by state/fed. He plead guilty instead of fighting. Personally, I think he had a horrible lawyer to plead guilty to this. Now his chances of appeal are next to none.

  10. Re:Don't forget about Kapital - OT on Moneydance - Cross-Platform Personal Finance · · Score: 1

    Just a note, you may want to reconsider paying off your house so quickly. If you can think of any way to make a return higher than 6%, extend your mortage and invest the money elsewhere. The low interest rates plus tax benefits of mortages might make it worthwhile to do so.

  11. Re:3 Million Years of Human Civilisation... on Germany Places Command & Conquer on Restricted List · · Score: 1

    Depends on how you define recent, biological warfare has been in use for the last 3000 odd years. Oh and whole civilizations have been wiped off the map for longer than that(cause killing every man, woman and child by spear is just as effective as a nuke, though it takes a bit longer)

  12. Re:Do you remember Kosovo? on Germany Places Command & Conquer on Restricted List · · Score: 1

    1. Big differences, the only pictures of Guantanamo prisoners you see are either smuggled or from a far distance. Have you ever seen any Guantanamo Bay prisoners (Or GW I POWs) being forced to do interviews for the news?

    2. I think there is once again a difference between sleep deprivation and white noise treament that US does and the rape / beatings / other torture that Iraq does(Check the GW I POWs that Iraq took, yes they did that).

    3. Bush's religion isn't against the US action. Some practitioners and preachers maybe, but the religion as a whole, no.

    4. The issues we are having is not them fighting from the woods or hiding. The issue we are having is when they use civilians to hide behind (hiding in hospitals, etc.). Now if we weren't as nice as we are, we would be killing them all without worring about descriminating.

    5. The bitch here is that the winner gets to set the laws, soooo, when the US gains control the Iraqies will be prosecuted.

    6. I'm an American and I tell my children murder is wrong, but war is not nessicarily(sp) wrong. Sometimes it is better to attack than to make concessions (see Chamberlain in WWII).

    Also for those who like a bit of history, read about the condemnation of Israel back when they blew up a nuke power plant that was being built(by the French) in Iraq. Everyone bitched then, but now we are thankful that the Israelies stopped the nuke program before it started (think carefully why an oil rich nation would need a nuclear reactor).

  13. Re:Colt M1911 on Technologies that Have Exceeded Their Expectations? · · Score: 1

    You forgot the military did not issue cleaning kits with the M16 till after the hearings. After the military started issueing the cleaning kits and also chromed the chamber(prevents build up) teh # of jamming issues went down dramatically.
    BTW my personal preference after having fired both the AK and the M16 is by far and away the M16. The AK feels very loose when firing.

  14. Defective ammo - accidental discharge on New Jersey Enacts 'Smart Gun' Law · · Score: 1

    Defective ammo can cause a round to misload into a firing chamber and the then bolt can hit it causing a nasty explosion and sending shrapnel into you and those around.

  15. Re:Here's an *idea* on The Pentagon, MMORPGs, and Catching Osama · · Score: 1

    hate to break it to ya, but some of the worse massacres in History were done by extrememly secular states. Example - Stalin in Russia & Mau in China

  16. Re:I never thought I'd say this... on AOL Awarded Millions in Spam Case · · Score: 2, Funny

    I love AOL, they send me their great cds which can be really useful as scarecrows and they also make great shotgun targets(really they do).

  17. Nintendo and Kids on Miyamoto vs. Everyone Else · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Personally I hope Miyamoto and Nintendo keep making kid oriented games. I am a father of 2.5 kids and my two oldest like playing video games with dad ocassionally. Now I would much rather have a nice and happy light themes of Nintendo's usual fare than the hard core action/destruction that Xbox seems to be focused on. However, I do like the more mature oriented games when the kids have gone to bed, etc, which is why I will prolly end up having both a game cube and Xbox eventually. I bet MS would sell a heck of lot more Xbox's if they made a few more family oriented games.

  18. Re:Tablet PC's on Examining a Tablet PC · · Score: 1

    Because it is Microsoft! Gees, you call yourself a slashdot reader?

    Everyone knows that the Newton had the best hand recognition software and everything else in the last 5 years has progressively de-evolved.

  19. Also bugs... on Motorcyclists To Get Wearable Airbags · · Score: 1

    I used to ride a small sportbike down in Georgia and I have always wondered how people can ride without a face shield. Sometimes after just about 45 minutes of riding I would have to clean the visor to see. Also the sound of a Junebug hitting your helmet at 80+ mph is like a rifle shot.

  20. Re:I am pleased with the Lindows aspect... on Wal-Mart Lindows PCs Selling Well · · Score: 1

    Its called capitalism, I sell a service that is worth more than assembling a computer in a factory. My service is worth more because I "invested" my time early on in training and I am now getting a return on my investment.

    FYI - these are assembled in the USA, so the assemblers are at the very least getting minimum wage + all the .gov benefits(earned income credit, etc.)

  21. Paypalwarning.com is a scam on PayPal Founder Wants To Launch Satellites · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Paypalwarning.com is a web site that appears to be on the same servers as http://www.jacobylawyers.com and and appears to be administered by the
    same person. Jacoby and Meyers are the lawyers pursuing the class action suit against Paypal.
    I question the integrity of any site sponsored by a bunch of lawyers looking for a big payoff.

  22. In other news... on Hospital Brought Down by Networking Glitch · · Score: 1

    BIDMC just recently announced they had job openings in the field of networking...

  23. Re:Um.. on Hospital Brought Down by Networking Glitch · · Score: 1

    Netware servers aren't that great, I worked for a company that had its credit card processing databases on mirrored Novell 4.* something servers. They never went down accept once, and when they did it was catastophic. One dropped, the mirror one took over, and then after our netware guy brought up the first one back up, the mirror died (same issue on both, was an overload on the I/O we later found out). Well since the first one didn't have enough time to resync(this all happened in about 30 minutes) we had a corrupt database and had to pull from backups. Lost about 3 hours of transactions(which was a lot of orders) so stuff was already getting shipped but no CC was ever charged.

  24. Re:Problem was with an application, on Hospital Brought Down by Networking Glitch · · Score: 2, Informative

    You sound a bit old school, routing now days can be as fast as a switch, course routers that fast will cost a hell of alot more. The reason why is most routers nowdays don't actually do a per packet inspection and routing. They route the first packet of stream and then switch all following packets in that stream. Also, if your statement the lower on the 7 layer model you are the faster you go is wrong, otherwise hubs would be faster than switches(layer 1 vs layer 2).

  25. Moving on to greener pastures... on Microsoft Responds to Leaked Memo · · Score: 1

    Excellent advice... all my competition, there is no future in IT, choose a different field. Also all you guys out there dating cute girls, you really don't want to do that either.