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  1. 1337! on Lego Loses Its Unique Right To Make Lego Blocks · · Score: 1

    I always knew lego was 1337

    1337 billion is uber-1337!

  2. Total Access Analyzer on How Do I Make Sense of Microsoft Access? · · Score: 1

    This product, Total Access Analyzer,
    http://www.fmsinc.com/products/analyzer/index.html
    has helped me get my head into new db's on several occasions.

    Also by FMS, their Detective product
    http://www.fmsinc.com/products/detective/index.htm l
    is great for figuring out where tables/code have diverged.

  3. SLURM!!! on An Energy Drinks Roundup? · · Score: 1

    Surprised nobody has mentioned Slurm ;-)

    Here in Australia my favourite is Red Eye (Extreme, Platinum, Classic, Gold, Passion)

    Also recently found Bickfords "Double Shot Cafecino" cans of iced coffee are quick easy and highly caffienated.

    But yeah, use them in moderation, and not at all if you are pregnant.

  4. vtiger on Exchange Alternatives Round-up · · Score: 1

    Haven't tried it myself, but has anyone tried Vtiger?

    Open source Outlook synchronizer plugin:
    http://www.vtiger.com/products/crm/microsoft-outlo ok-integration.html

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/vtigercrm
    http://www.vtiger.com/

  5. Vista in company name == big buck$ on Windows Vista Faces Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    It's obvious Microsoft is going to buy them.

    Companies with the string "Vista" in their company name are prime targets for lucrative acquisition based on trademark overlap.

    Anyone remember the company Alta Vista getting bought for 3.3 million by compaq just so they could have a better URL for their search engine?

  6. CD3 on CD Storage Advice? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    CD3

  7. Inflation on FCC to Fine Curses More Than Nuke Violations · · Score: 1

    Well if fines for indecency are going up in price then so should fines for the other "more serious" matters. A company that has a nuclear accident through negligence (just one example) should not be $60,000 --- it should be more like $6,000,000.

  8. About Time on New York Times Buys About.com for $410 Million · · Score: 4, Funny

    If it was a merger, they change their name to "About Time New York". It sounds better than AOL Time Warner

  9. Cricket? on A Strange Streak Imaged in Australia · · Score: 1

    From the headling I expected this story to be about an exhibitionist at a cricket game.

  10. Re:Free eBooks on Upbeat on E-books · · Score: 1

    Nice link! But no need to include the sessionID on the end.
    http://www.archive.org/texts/texts.php
    will do just fine

  11. Re:Chernobyl...18 Years Later on Interview With Chernobyl Engineer · · Score: 1

    Hmm interesting.

    Also, your link has a space in it, try again:
    http://www.boingboing.net/2004/05/26/girl_photoblo gs_cher.html

    Preview is your friend ;)

  12. Re:Chernobyl...18 Years Later on Interview With Chernobyl Engineer · · Score: 1

    Ah ha found it... domain name was kidd with a double d

    Kidd of Speed's photo journal of Chernobyl

  13. Chernobyl...18 Years Later on Interview With Chernobyl Engineer · · Score: -1, Redundant

    For those who missed it the first time, The story on the photo journal by the Ukranian woman "kidofspeed" is deeply moving. One of the most amazing stories and photos I've seen.

    However where has her site gone? The pages are showing different content now...

    I did a quick search but can't find any mirrors... Anyone know if the original site was mirrored anywhere?

  14. website for QuickPatch and IPFilter scripts on BSD Hacks · · Score: 1

    My good friend Michael Vince had two of his scripts included in the BSD Hacks book, including Quickpatch which was also featured as a sample chapter

    His projects website is here at ROQ.COM and also has the very useful IPFilter script.

    As an aside, he said that in his bio in the book, OReilly credited him with different hacks than the ones he actually wrote... editorial snafu.

  15. Prosumer cams + hardware device are better value on 70 Megapixel Webcam · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Buy one of the latest prosumer camera's like the Coolpix 8700
    then attach a Panoramic Optic from 0-360.com
    and you have and 8-Megapixel panoramic solution for about $1500.

  16. VOIP companies will move overseas on Senate Mulls Internet Tax Ban - VoIP Exempt? · · Score: 1

    If VOIP starts being taxed in the USA, I predict VOIP companies will move their operations overseas.

    Joe Consumer and his buddies in the USA will then download their VOIP software from Europe, Asia, Australia, and route their calls through VOIP servers located overseas.

    Wouldn't this make it a bit more difficult for the USA to impose a tax on VOIP?

  17. Re:thank god for FreeBSD on Red Hat Recap · · Score: 1

    Plus FreeBSD has QuickPatch - a source based patch update system for FreeBSD security updates

  18. Movieoke in Melbourne on Move Over Karaoke...Hello Movieoke · · Score: 1

    If you live in Melbourne Australia, come to the opening night of
    Glitch Cinema this Saturday the 6th of March.

    Movieoke will also be a regular event on Thursdays from 15th April.

    MOVIEOKE
    Ever get the urge to act out your favorite movie scene? Well now is your chance to grab that 15 minutes of cinematic fame. With a little bit of subtitled help you can try anything from Taxi Driver's "You talkin' to me?" to Love Story's "Love is never having to say your sorry", all with the option of recording your performance for entry into the annual Glitchy Movieoke awards.

    8.30 THURSDAYS FROM 15 APRIL

  19. Spoofing SPF? on Microsoft Releases 'Caller-ID For Email' Specs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I guess the Joe-Jobbers will be hard at work trying to find all the ways of spoofing SPF.

    Zombie writers will be in even greater demand from the spam factories.

    Apart from spammers using zombified users email accounts, are there any other possible ways around SPF?

    Having read the executive summary and skimmed a few pages, the general precepts make sense.

    At the very least, the transitional phase of mass implementation of SASL or similar (which IMO should be mandatory for mail servers anyway) is a Good_Thing_(tm)

    Granted it will take a lot of time and effort for the second phase to be reached, but anything which cuts down on spam gets my vote!

  20. What about AL00666? on How We Knew AL00667 Would Miss Earth · · Score: 4, Funny

    If it was AL00666 the doomsdayers would've been going nuts about how this is the event that will wipe out all of humanity.

    AL00667 reminds me of that "neighbour of the beast" joke ;)

  21. United File Sharing Defense Fund on Innocent File-Sharers Could Appear Guilty? · · Score: 1

    The UFSDF was setup to help fight the RIAA

  22. United File Sharing Defense Fund on 2191.78 Years for the RIAA to Sue Everyone · · Score: 1

    If you want to help, contribute to the United File Sharing Defense Fund

  23. The new RMS on World of Ends · · Score: 1

    RMS = Repetitive Mistake Syndrome

    "We have nothing to lose but our stupidity"

  24. Not many cpu cycles for sale in Australia... on Gateway Puts Wasted Cycles to Work · · Score: 1

    ... since Gateway closed all of their stores over here about a year ago

  25. Checkout Daves Robotic Operating System on Windows-based Robot and Development Platform · · Score: 1