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  1. This is nice and all... on Risk Management For Electronics on Aircraft · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Who wants people to use cellular phones?

    I know that I do not.

    I find it VERY rude when I am forced to hear someone talking loud to someone that does not matter to me on a cellular phone in public. In general the worse the connection, the louder the person talks... I can only imagine that volume people will be yelling at when they are 35,000 feet above ground.

    Think of all the people reading, sleeping, or using headphones to provide peace to those around them.

    KEEP THE AIRPLANES PHONE FREE!

  2. Re:numbers are horribly way off... on Windows vs. Unix Revisited · · Score: 1

    You get what you pay for! I find that working with a good recruiter can help you find MUCH better talent and the cost is always worth it.

    You are also discounting additional cost associated with having a member on staff (401k, medical, etc).

  3. Re:Daily build=daily hack on Inside The Development of Windows NT · · Score: 1

    Hmmmm....

    Checking in code should be considered holy. If you check bad code in, you sure as hell better be ready to come back to work and fix it. I work on projects with developers teams that have about 5-10 coders. When one person checks in code that hasn't been unit tested it can have a severe impact on the rest of the team.

    The point is: test your code before you commit, nobody wants to look at your halfass implementation.

  4. Re:Possible fix on Remotely Counting Machines Behind A NAT Box · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Not really.. you could randomly assign a number to this ID field and then keep a mapping of which machine the return packets are assigned to. This would make it impossible for the next up to know the actual number of machines you have, making your node appear to have an unlimited number of machines

    I happen to really like this idea because it would prevent the next up from knowing which machine was doing what on the Internet, making you anonymous to your node number.

  5. Re:Passport competition? on Oasis Gives SAML 1.0 a Thumbs-Up · · Score: 1

    This is not a Passport competitor in the regards you would think. Passport is a service and a protocol whereas SAML is only a protocol.

    Vendors and OS projects will need to build an impl of this protocol before anyone can hope to take on the Passport service as a vendor.

  6. are you sure? on SQL Fundamentals · · Score: 1

    pages 800 Fundamentals?

    Mabye it should be called a Bible! SQL in a Nutshell is a book about fundamentals.

  7. Re:Have a honeypot on What Software Do Cable Installers Place on Your PC? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ha ha...

    This is why Linux isn't ready for the desktop.

    Linux is only free if your time isn't worth anything to learn it.

  8. Re:10'000 RPM on High-Performance Web Server How-To · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't know because I've had Katz blocked for over two years now!

  9. uhh.. wrong os/software on Distributions/Configurations For Specific Uses? · · Score: 0

    ...those who do not have a PC.

    To me it sounds like they need to learn how to use the computer too.

    Wouldn't it be in their best interest to learn something like Windows 95/98/ME? That way they will be well prepared when confronted with using a computer at a job or some other application?

    In my mind the best thing you could do is teach someone to use Windows/Word/IE/Excel. In the end the machines will get trashed, why not setup a simple restore setup for each box?

    My two cents...

  10. Please mod this up. on Ask Dr. Vinton Cerf About the Internet · · Score: 1

    I would like to see this answered... please mod this up.

  11. Re:what do you expect from big media? on Web Profits in the Gutter · · Score: 1

    I work for an advertising company (one of the largest) and we're doing great. What facts are you drawing on for this statement?

  12. Why would i switch over.. how about why WONT I? on Apple Wants Your Input · · Score: 1

    I have x86 hardware. I have spent money on this hardware over the years and do not want to start over. There is a large collection of hardware and I will make my investment work.

    If you were to offer OSX for the x86 platform I would fully support your OS, and *maybe* even buy your hardware in the future.

    Until then, Windows XP and FreeBSD will work just fine.

  13. Re:Ok, other web email services? on Yahoo To Try To Charge For POP3 Services · · Score: 1

    yahoo.com

    It's 19.99/year.

  14. Re:be honest on Blizzard, Bnetd Respond on Bnetd Shutdown · · Score: 1

    Yes is supports wc3.

    I have it running on a server as we speak.

  15. be honest on Blizzard, Bnetd Respond on Bnetd Shutdown · · Score: 1

    Can you people be honest.

    The recent surge of users to the bnetd server is to allow the illegal playing of WarCraft 3 Beta (upgrades to support wc3 specificly). If you say otherwise, just stop right there because you are a liar! There is in game support for multi-player with sc, wc2, and diablo 1/2.

    There simply isn't a need for bnetd unless you want to play with an illegal version.

    I support Blizzard.

  16. Aren't you all missing the point? on SourceForge Drifting · · Score: 1

    Yes, SourceForge has a right to develop their own version of the engine, and then sell that product.

    What issues here is, they are defeating the idea behind what they are supporting AND THEY WANT TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF FREE (BEER) CONTRIBUTIONS!

  17. Re:getting info for -1 servers on Multiplayer Test For Return To Castle Wolfenstein · · Score: 1

    Yes. We've only been able to play on the local network with three people and it hasn't been a riot.

  18. Re:Actually on FreeBSD an officially supported GNOME platform · · Score: 1

    This is the problem. People just don't understand. GNOME and just about every other package/application runs under FreeBSD w/ minimal effort compaired to GNU/Linux. Packages/library upgrades are one of the most easy things with FreeBSD. http://www.freebsd.org/ports/.

  19. ...duh?! on The Fastest Web Language On The 'Net? · · Score: 1
  20. The real issue on (Well Written) Essay Against Copyright · · Score: 1
    You all must remember the real issue regarding the DeCSS code and the MIAA is the 'fair use' laws. Currently the MIAA is twisting the law to remove YOUR legally protected fair use rights. Part of your 'fair use' rights are to use the product you purchase as your see fit.

    I encourage everyone to purchase this t-shirt from copyleft.net. These t-shirts contain some of the DeCSS. Printing the code on the t-shirt is exercising you rights to free speech. Part of the profits (4 dollars) go to help defend the people being sued by the MIAA.

  21. Re:Closed circuit video surveillance. on What Privacy? UK DNA Database Could Grow Fast · · Score: 1

    Well said, sir.

  22. troll on The Tightening Net: Part Two · · Score: 1

    JonKatz = Troll

  23. Security System on Learn From Robert Watson Of FreeBSD And TrustedBSD · · Score: 2

    Are there plans in the future to add an automated security update system? I see this as a database your system would check against to see if you are running any installation level security problems.

  24. Stopping overclocking is good... on AMD Ends Overclocking On Durons · · Score: 2

    Because AMD is stopping overclocking it's preventing vendors who are dishonest. Now you or I can not be sold a chip which is overclocked and be told a lie to which the real fabrication limits are.

  25. Re:Question on Loki And BSDi Team Up For BSD Games · · Score: 1

    Generally the the less popular OS will seek to run the binaries from a more popular OS. Support goes up (like gripes to management), not down.