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  1. Zaurus on Best PDA To Read e-Texts On? · · Score: 1

    The Zaurus with the QTReader (or Opie-Reader)

    http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app =5 9

    and a big SDCard and you can read ebooks to your hearts content.

    Don't forget to visit alt.binaries.e-book for your reading needs.

  2. Too Expensive on A Terabyte In A Cigar Box · · Score: 1
    Pricewth GB Cost/GB Cost Per TB
    $297.00 320 $0.93 $928.13
    $259.00 300 $0.86 $863.33
    $169.00 250 $0.68 $676.00
    $145.00 200 $0.73 $725.00
    $130.00 180 $0.72 $722.22
    $098.00 160 $0.61 $612.50
    $075.00 120 $0.63 $625.00
    $066.00 100 $0.66 $660.00
    $056.00 080 $0.70 $700.00
    $063.00 075 $0.84 $840.00
    $046.00 060 $0.77 $766.67
    $040.00 040 $1.00 $1,000.00
    $033.00 020 $1.65 $1,650.00
  3. It stands to reason on Global Dimming · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we make it easier for the stupid people to survive, then of course Global Dimming will occur.

  4. Re:As a real sysadmin on SuSE Going For Red Hat's Market · · Score: 1

    That is one thing I like about AIX and HP-UX - the LVM is integrated.

    HPUX LVM is a Veritas Product. Same with HPs onlineJFS.

    FS is just VxVM and VxFS bundled together.

    At a >30% discount.

    Veritas is a sick company.

    http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/tech/billsnyder/ 10 121547.html

    Veritas grew through the economic downturn. Most of those issues are growing pains.

    Veritas is just a software company, not the messiah.

    Amen to that :)

  5. Wire Up The Cows on Last-Mile Solution For A Rural Land Co-op? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Build a mesh network by stapling 802.11g access points to the backs of the cattle...

  6. Give Them The Feedback They Deserve Here: on The End of the Free PCI Device List (Update) · · Score: 1

    http://www.pcisig.com/feedback/

  7. You Get What You Pay For on Laser Vision Surgery for Developers? · · Score: 1

    I researched different doctors and asked each one how many surgeries they had done. The one with the most experience was also the most expensive ($5000). But, I have 20/15 vision, no bluriness (took about three months to clear up), great night vision and I am in front of the computer 4-12 hours per day. Don't get the $700 bargin...remember you only have two eyes.

  8. According to the web of wars... on Statistics of Deadly Quarrels · · Score: 1

    on should stay the hellp out of Denmark...

  9. The Way Around The Windows Problem on Rolling Your Own Business Desktops? · · Score: 1

    IANAL, but most windows EULAs are tied to the machine. The question is how much of the machine do you replace before it isn't the same machine. If push comes to shove, by the componenet for the new machines and stuff them into the same case. Or if you really feel daring, buy entire new systems and just use the PCI blanks from the old boxes. Whose to say you didn't replace the whole machine on piece at a time...

  10. Don't Focus on The Heat... on Home Server Rooms? · · Score: 1

    ...focus on the noise. The heat in cooling problems are easily solved by opening and closing the vents. The noise of rackmounted equipment is intolerable. My last rackmount had to have all the fans in the server *and* the power supply unit quieted just so I could think in my office. Heating and cooling are easy...focus on the noise.

  11. Re:Redundancy is key on On Call and Underpaid in IT/IS? · · Score: 1

    Obviously AYBABTU began life as a UNIX meme...

  12. Silliness... on On DDoS, SPAM, Telemarketing And Harrasment? · · Score: 1

    Do commercials block the possible "important" shows on TV? Do web banners keep you from surfing? DOS attacks are a denial of service. Unless a telemarketer is calling you 100 times a day and preventing you from using your phone, DOS attacks and telmarketing are not similar.

    There are several things you can do to stop telemarketers from calling:

    1. Call your local telephone provider and ask for anonymous call blocking
    2. Contact the DMA (http://www.the-dma.org/) and ask to be placed on their do not call list. This list is used by all of their members (the majority of telemarketers)

    Telemarketing, advertising, etc. are the price we pay for living under a capitalist system. Forcing more laws onto any industry only serves to curtail our own rights.

    ;)

  13. Check out Lego Robots Galore on Fun with LEGO Mindstorms Programming · · Score: 2

    I run a small website for Lego Robot (and general robotics) fans. Check out www.marsrobot.com for many interesting examples of mindstorms fun. How many toys are there that can be hacked to the level that the mindstorms kit has been?

  14. Another Mirror on Quake3 Demo Test Released · · Score: 1

    Check http://www.marsrobot.com and click the Quake 3 icon.

  15. Privacy is an illusion.... on Echelon Confirmed by Australians · · Score: 1

    Give it up. You have no privacy. If you are using a computer, credit card, ATM, telephone or cell phone (etc.) you gave up your privacy a long time ago. It is easy to plumb the depths of information about anyone...no one is protected. If you would just let go of the concept of privacy and focus on security of relevant information...you may have a chance of keeping your diginity. Outside of a few key peices of "secret" information about yourself, you are an open book.

  16. This I have known for years. on Legos for Hackers · · Score: 1

    My website has been a shrine to Lego for most of 1999. The only thing I find that I can focus on longer then programming is building with Legos.

  17. The Best Way! on Ask Slashdot: Privacy in the Workplace · · Score: 1

    Subscribe everyone in HR to pornography email picture lists. Turn them in. Work with the new HR folks for different policies. If they don't work out. Do it again. Information is power. You control the flow of information.

  18. Use An Old Mac on Ask Slashdot: IP Masquerading Drawbacks? · · Score: 1

    I have an old Mac running Vicom (www.vicomtech.com, I think) Internet gateway. It is way easier to setup than masq and give new life to that old 7200 you have lying around ;)

  19. Would a VAT make more sense? on US Internet Tax Committee Squabbles · · Score: 1

    Why not merely go the european route and employ a value added tax (VAT) to every step of the product creation process and stop trying to figure the taxation out at the consumer level.

  20. Time to move on US Internet Tax Committee Squabbles · · Score: 1

    I guess it is time to incoporate my company as an off-shore entity on a tax-free island. I will just have distribution in the states ;)

  21. But Don't You See The Logic? on Leo DiCaprio in next Star Wars? · · Score: 1

    Darth Vader is pure evil...who better to play pure evil than that evil bastar^H^H^H^H^H actor. This casting is pure genius...someone who we can really, really hate.

  22. A mirror on SETI Distributed Searching · · Score: 2

    Since I grabbed the client earlier before it was /.ed, I have posted it on my site:

    http://www.marsrobot.com

  23. These Things are Cool on Lego Mindstorms 3D Plotter · · Score: 1

    I have a whole website dedicated to them...http://www.marsrobot.com. Not only are there many alternative programming languages and firmwares(LegOS, NQC), but the support community for building and creating feels like the Linux community in many respects (maybe because the members overlap a great deal).

  24. Change your contact info.... on NSI sells registrant info. Again. · · Score: 1

    Well...go to internic and change all the contact info to @dev.nul. If you foul their database is it useful or valuable anymore?

  25. I mirrored this too... on South Park spoof of Star Wars · · Score: 1

    South Park is played out, but...I have a copy of this video on my site with the new Star Wars trailer.

    Rich
    http://rich.cmcsmart.com