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  1. Re:One way street... (it's an all-way-street) on Army Plans Overhaul of Infantry Gear · · Score: 1

    After the first bomb was dropped the Japanese tried to pass a message through the Russians that they wanted to talk, however the Russians did not pass the message along to the rest of the Allied forces, because they wanted some on thier troops in theater in order to claim a portion of the spoils(territory lost in thier earlier war with Japan, and part of China/Korea).

    That being said I think the US was wrong to drop the second bomb with or without getting this message.

  2. Outside marketer on Why You Should Choose MS Office Over OO.org · · Score: 1

    I'd almost bet that the work to create the document was contracted out, explaining the product used.

  3. Re:Obligatory BeOS Reference on How Do You Organize Your Data? · · Score: 1

    I'm surpristed that MS didn't buy BeOS. Then WinFS would be an embrace and extend of BeOS file system.

  4. System is FIne voters are the problem on How Would You Design the Voting Technology? · · Score: 1

    Just post really big signs everywhere explaining how to mark your votes(punch card, scantron, whatever). Next to it post sign that says, "If you mark it incorrectly(dimple, multiple marks, whatever), your vote doesn't count. So get it right! If you can't I don't want your vote to count.

    Ok, I calmed down a little whatever system you use should allow the voter to watch thier results read in and see the result, giving them the option to say. "That's wrong". Then they go back and vote again untill it is right.

  5. Aaaargh Spoilers!!!! on Decipher · · Score: 1

    Please give spoiler notices at the top of your next review if you plan on revealing the end of the book.

  6. That's why I only look at the negative reviews on Should You Trust Website Customer Reviews? · · Score: 1

    On Amazon or any similiar type of site I only read the negative reviews. When I read a book review on slashdot I read the intro, skip to the what's bad, then read what's good.

  7. Re:Now if they only... on Novell Releases PostgreSQL for NetWare · · Score: 1

    If the Netware box can be upgraded to Netware 6 it supports NFS with a few mouse clicks during the install/upgrade. Then you can ditch IPX and ncpfs.

  8. Re:SQL Anywhere for Netware on Novell Releases PostgreSQL for NetWare · · Score: 1

    I work in a mostly Netware shop as a net admin. We have one application running on a sybase backend, and to be honest it runs so well it is easy to forget it's there at all. The only time I have even had to think twice about it was when some bug in the app screwed up a bunch of transactions and I had to bring the db down to resore a backkup.

    Works great as long as you don't mind the closed source. Disclaimer: I am not a database admin these are just my impressions based off of the one db running on the boxes I'm responsible for.

  9. Re:Don't people pay attention? on Fully Endowed FW Olin College of Engineering Opens · · Score: 1

    Wrong. Monopolies are products of free-markets. Think of the Laize-Faire economics of the 19th century. If memory servers there may have been a few monopolies durning that time especially the late 19th.

    If you decide that you believe that a completely free-market is the best form of economy you must be prepared for the inevitable monopolies.

  10. Wait somthings wrong with my DNS... on Hacking the Starbuck's Muzak Machine? · · Score: 0

    I've been redirected to the 2600 mailbag!

  11. Check novell first on Biometric/Token Authentication and Seamless Integration? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Most biometric devices will work with Windows, Go to novell.com and do a search for NMAS(Novell Modular Authentication Service). They have links to all thier partners whose products work with NMAS, you will have to buy NMAS licences incidently. You will need to be running at least Netware 5.0 in order to use NMAS, once you do it's pretty seamless.

    I've set it up in a lab environment and for demo's at a couple of tech shows.

  12. Re:man on Unix Command 'Cheat Sheets'? · · Score: 1

    Unless I'm missing something, you have to know the name of the command you want to know about to use man.

  13. Sports on Would Fonzie Sell You A Lexus? · · Score: 2

    In sports especially baseball they already do this. The next time you watch a baseball game on tv keep in mind that some of those ads on the fences and backstop don't really exist.



  14. A sticking point? on Contractor Discounts When Working With Open Source? · · Score: 1

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but what happens in this situation:

    Company A agrees on the discount, open source the code.
    You decide to reuse the code for:
    Company B, who does not want the deal. My point is how can you use the same piece of code as open source to one company and not the other? It could still work if some of the code you plan to reuse( e.g. some very common components) are just plain open source, just to save yourself some resure headaches.

  15. Re:give me opinions on Even Programmers Get the Job Search Blues · · Score: 1

    Now I just have to figure out how to finish school and work full time. I've got two years in, I checked the other day and I'm two GE classes short of an A.S. is math.

  16. give me opinions on Even Programmers Get the Job Search Blues · · Score: 1

    What do you think the chances of someone who
    a. Knows how to program(C++, Pascal, VB)
    b. has coded a few very simple VB app and a few perl scripts on the job.
    c. has no degree
    d. has a year sys admin experience, mostly netware though(have a CNA)
    Not good huh? That's what I thought...sigh




  17. Re:Would anyone use it? on MS To Work To Make .NET Run OSes Beyond Windows · · Score: 1

    What about all the users hitting your website, who want to .NET features? Tough? Don't need them? Users rarely need something, they just want it becuase it works everywhere else they go on the net.

  18. Re:SID Chips? on Synthesizers, Commodore 64 Style · · Score: 1

    I think everyone killed at least two Commodore's. Remember to turn everything on in the right order! Having a little sister who could never remember this probably didn't help.

  19. Re:Rubber Bands on Cube Farm Ordnance? · · Score: 1

    Yup mostly rubber bands. Strangley enough our office is a bunch of geeks and one the woman who saves our lives doing all the non geek stuff that has to get done is the one who starts all the rubber band wars. Oh I almost forgot, it snowed her last christmas err that is to say we had a marshmallow fight.

  20. I don't have statistics but... on Uncensored Media Considered Harmless · · Score: 1

    I think the reason for this sudden crisis is, although violent crime among teen has dropped, the violent crime that is occuring has begun to shift demographically. More of it is taking place in "nice neighborhoods" historically a problem isn't a problem to the media and politicians until it affects the white middle-upper class. I think that is what's happening in this instance.

  21. I like inaccuracy in search engines on Search Engines-Does Obscurity Prevent Exploitation? · · Score: 1

    I've plenty of useful, informative, and yes trival(but still interesting) sites becuase of the inaccuracy of search engines.

  22. ethernet runs on Where are the "Internet" Appliances with Ethernet Cards? · · Score: 1

    My roomate and I got lazy. We ran all the cat5 in the attic then put all the jacks on the ceiling so we wouldn't have to fish them down the walls. Doesn't look too bad that way.

  23. Megamania!!!! on Classic Gaming Gets Recognition · · Score: 1

    Anyone else remember this old Atari 2600 game? The first time I beat it it took four hours. And like all true games the only way to win is to max out the points. 1 million in Megamania. Remember no such thing as a pause botton, can't even stop to take a leak.

  24. Re:Data point on Hotmail about to collapse under load · · Score: 1

    The only Spam my hotmail account has ever recieved is some I accidently got myself into. That's zdnet update, and gamezone stuff mostly and that it. It ads up to maybe 8 email a week.