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  1. Re:What does "RV" mean? on Amphibious RVing for the Masses · · Score: 2, Informative

    Recreational Vehicle

  2. Along the same lines. on Open Source Microsoft Exchange Replacements? · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know of a project that allows storing of Evolution's data inside of a MySQL or Postgres database? If something like that existed, it would be pretty easy to code up a web-based frontend.

  3. Sounds good. on The Bug · · Score: 1

    Any ideas where can I find a book that's 'zany' and 'hypercharged'? That sounds pretty sweet.

  4. Re:RH9 Galeon won't start?! on Ximian Desktop 2 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    I had this problem as well, read this for the fix.

  5. Changing default browser. on Ximian Desktop 2 Reviewed · · Score: 4, Informative

    I searched for quite a while, trying to figure out how to change the default browser for XD2 from Galeon to Opera. I always like to write up tutorials on little things like this when I come across them, so you can find that info here.

  6. Re:Oh, give me a break on Cable TV Ruins Bhutan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah! I watch Playboy TV all the time, but that doesn't mean I actually have sex.

  7. Money? on I, Spammer · · Score: 1

    Just how much money are these guys making? According to the story linked here, the spammer who was sued by Earthlink recently sent "...more than 10 million spams over a three-month period generated a mere 36 sales - $360 in commissions for efforts."

    I'm not sure how much most of you guys make, but where I'm from, $360.00 over three months doesn't sound like a get rich quick scheme. I guess some of these spammers are making big bucks though. *shrug*

  8. Tutorial on Distributed Filesystems for Linux? · · Score: 5, Informative

    I just went through this process a few weeks ago and I must say I'm really glad I went through the trouble of setting it up...it's very cool. I actually wrote a tutorial about how to accomplish this by using NIS and NFS. I hope you find it helpful.

    The only trouble you might run into with the setup I used is some file-locking issues with programs wanting to share the same preference files.

  9. Spamassassin plugin on Spam Meeting Wrap-up · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've been using Spamassassin along with the Razor and DCC plugins and it works very well, 99% of the spam that enters my Inbox is clearly labeled as such. However, does anyone know of a piece of software that will automatically add the IP address of the mail server that sent the spam to my sendmail access.db reject list? If there isn't such a thing, already, I could probably write one myself, but I don't want to go through the effort if it's already been done.

  10. Re:Just explain... on Starting an After-School Computer Club? · · Score: 1

    a big wiener?

  11. Technical Writer? on The Clueless Newbie's Linux Odyssey · · Score: 1

    I'm not going to say much about this article, but I found the following quote very odd indeed: "I'm a lousy typist, and text mode is not an efficient way for me to interface with an operating system..."

    She's a "lousy typist"? How in the world can she hold down a job as a technical writer, if she's s lousy typist? Wouldn't that be like a pro football player claiming to be a lousy athlete?

  12. I need a new machine. on Gateway to Ship PCs with Pre-Installed DRM Music Files · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is there an option available to pre-load my machine with porn instead?

  13. So on Investigating Chronic Wasting Disease · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They don't know how it's spread or if it will hurt me, but I shouldn't worry about handling items possibly contaminated with the disease? Makes sense...

  14. Asian Pacific network on The Measured Effectiveness of Blocking Asian Spam · · Score: 5, Informative

    I started blocking off all Asian Pacific networks about 6 months ago. I wrote a quick Sendmail tutorial about it right here.

    How well does this work? Extremely well. I've gone from receiving 20 pieces of SPAM a day to only 1 or 2 (which Spamassassin typically catches. I realize that this method won't work for everyone, but it has worked out quite well for me.

  15. Linux efficiency on Browse All You Want At Work · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I run WindowMaker on Linux and I hot-key the switch workspace command to ALT-1 (next workspace) and ALT-2 (previous workspace). It's extremely efficient to simply leave terminal windows and applications maximized in their own workspace and just hop between the screens when you need to switch to a different app. It's like tabbed browsing, once you get used to it, it's hard to go back to the old way.

  16. More episodes on Slashback: ClonesMAX, Animation, Dislaimers · · Score: 2

    You can check out Episode #404 right here.

  17. The scoop on Bero Quits Red Hat Over Treatment of KDE · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Here is RedHat's take on this issue, which makes a lot of sense to me. If you're interested in trying an alternative to Gnome or KDE, check out WindowMaker, it's fast, stable, simple and has some nice themes.

  18. 280 lbs. on Scientists Discover What Makes Geckos Stick · · Score: 5, Funny

    The 280 lb gecko they used for the experiment simply asked for more donuts when questioned about the validity of the scientists claims.

  19. What exactly are the fees today? on Broadcasters Appeal Royalty Ruling · · Score: 2

    Can anyone detail for me exactly what the fees are today? I run a small station with a handful of loyal listeners and if the fees are very small, I'm not opposed to paying them.

    Who exactly gets the fees? Where do I send the money? And should I even bother with it when I only have a few listeners? Are there any other fees besides the .02 cents per song listed on this page?

    If I pay these fees can I pretty much stream any music I want to no matter what?

  20. Re:How to block 90% of SPAM on Collateral Damage in the Spam War · · Score: 2

    A start would be to take this list of IP address info (including country) and parse out just the IP's. I quickly scanned thru it and it looks like it only contains a handful of US entries, that you could easily remove.

    I believe APNIC offers a similar list (I saw this last week, but forget the exact link) that you could scan thru as well.

    Another option would be to grab the ARIN database of US entries (if it's even offered, and create a white list from that).

  21. How to block 90% of SPAM on Collateral Damage in the Spam War · · Score: 2

    I'm not sure about everyone else, but a good 90% (or more) of my SPAM comes from Asia Pacific networks. In order to combat this, I have used the access_db feature of Sendmail to block these off.

    Over the past week since I've done this, I've blocked in excess of 100 pieces of SPAM from my INBOX. It seems to be working very, very well. You can read the article I wrote on how to accomplish this right here. The article just discusses the access_db file, but the comment right below lists the networks that I blocked.

    I'm well aware this solution will not work for everyone, but for my needs, it has been a godsend.

  22. Link me, but don't frame me. on Blogspace vs. NPR · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have no problems with linking to my site from anywhere, but when other sites frame my site and try to present my information as their own, I don't particularly enjoy that. Here's how you can prevent "framing":

    <script language="JavaScript">
    <!--
    if (self.location.href != top.location.href) {
    top.location.href = self.location.href;
    }
    // -->
    </script>

  23. Back what? on Slashback: Gopherectomy, Portacinema, Disunity · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good thing my name's not Bob.

  24. Re:More Lawsuits Now? on MS Cites National Security to Justify Closed Source · · Score: 2

    I'm willing to volunteer for this. I wasn't really doing anything anyway, so if somebody wants to hit me over the head really hard with a Windows box...

  25. Here's a constant astrophysics are free to use: on More on the Fine Structure Constant · · Score: 3, Funny

    The number of dates I've had in the past year. Of course this tends to cause some division by zero errors.