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  1. The NTI ST-4U switch box works very well on Keyboard Video Mouse (KVM) Switches · · Score: 1
    We have about a dozen or so Network Technologies Inc's ST-4U switch boxes. This model supports up to 1600x1280 resolution -- without flicker, no less -- which at the time was better than anyone else out on the market that I evaluated. It also supports the use of a 3-button mouse. Ran kinda steep:


    1 ST-4U $740.00 $740.00 4-port switch box
    1 VKTINT-1 8.00 8.00 pigtail adapter (one per switch box)
    2 VKTINT-6-MM 6.00 12.00 pigtail adapter (one per host)
    2 VEXT-6-MM 25.00 50.00 6m compound cable (one per host)


    ... but they were well worth the money, as they work slicker'n heck.
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    Mark Conty
    mdc@isd.net
  2. Yeah, me too on Dilbert Hole now Closed Down · · Score: 1
    I thought it was one of the Founding Fathers who said:

    I may not agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death [the speaker's death, presumably!] your right to say it.

    I can't find it in Bartlett's, though, so I'm probably misquoting...
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    Mark Conty
    mdc@isd.net
  3. "N articles found" ... out of how many? on Assorted Slashdot Changes · · Score: 1

    I'd find it somewhat interesting to know not only how many messages I'm going to see, but also how many I'm filtering out.

    F'rinstance, set to +2, it tells me that there are only 8 comments [so far], but set to +1, it climbs to 54. I realize you there are space issues -- I'm not asking for a detailed histogram on the Preferences bar! -- but it'd be interesting [at a very high level] to see "N articles found out of X posts", where X is the total number of posts in the current thread. In some cases, as in this thread, one might want to change their threshold ... in either direction, even.

    Just a thought...
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    Mark Conty
    mdc@isd.net

  4. Scoring. on Hyperbolic Trees · · Score: 1

    In the preceding article about flexible keyboards, there was a reply by Anonymous Coward that included prices, and its score was set to 2. Haven't seen too many of those...
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    Mark Conty
    mdc@isd.net

  5. Available again ... or not? on Hyperbolic Trees · · Score: 1

    Ohhh, I thought the "500 ... hard limit reached" msg was originating from my employer's [stupid] firewall (on account of my having downloaded the Trailer2 and such! :-), but I'm logged in on my personal login, and I just got that msg when trying to get to this site.

    {Sorry if this is a stupid question. I'm not too well-versed on web admin stuff. Actually, to be honest, I'm pretty damned ignorant of it! :-}

    Anyway, when you see that "500" msg, is it just a matter of trying again repeatedly, or does it mean that the server panicked* and there's no point in trying again for a while?

    * I hate spelling that word that way. It really oughta be "paniced", but that doesn't look much better! *sigh*
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    Mark Conty
    mdc@isd.net

  6. Thats why sensitive computers are not networked on Pentagon Cyber Wars · · Score: 1

    Reuters retracted that news item. There's another story here in /. about it...
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    Mark Conty
    mdc@isd.net

  7. Thats why sensitive computers are not networked on Pentagon Cyber Wars · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but I wonder if articles like this are red herrings to give hackers [and foreign powers?] the impression that the gov't is "really worried" about this, when there perhaps they feel that they really have no reason to worry. I mean, it would lend authenticity to the perceived "threat".

    Then again, now that I've brought this up, maybe the cat is out of the bag and I'm going to mysteriously disappear in the middle of ...
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    Mark Conty
    mdc@isd.net