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  1. Re:Knoppix on The Best Linux Distro for a New User? · · Score: 1

    THANK GOD FOR PORTAGE! Man, APT is so hard to use.

    apt-get update; apt-get install yourapplication

    Geez, I think I just blew a microchip or something.

  2. Re:You better patch them first on Linux Admininstration Resources? · · Score: 1

    Did you get any errors? Did your computer catch on fire? If at first you don't suceed, try, try again! All I had to do to get debian to install was toss a compatible kernel and install root from a colleague's webpage (one of the first hits on google for "debian sparc blade 100") onto a TFTP server, and point the blade 100 to boot from the server by a nice old boot net:dhcp.

    http://toolbox.rutgers.edu/~amurphy/fai

  3. Re:Why is no one going to jail? on NEC Admits To Ripping Off Schools Through E-Rate Program · · Score: 1

    ... Bribing school administrators to suspend the open bid process? No, that's totally legal. I forgot Bribery was legal.

    You suck for not comprehending the article.

  4. Re:68533687 on The World's Most Dangerous Password · · Score: 1

    why would cracking software start at 00000001?

  5. Re:This is odd on Circuit Boards + Soldering Iron == Terrorist? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They asked because they didn't have any evidence. It's an old cop trick. When in doubt, ask if you can violate the subject's rights to fish for evidence. When the cops say "Now, we will either have to get a warrant to come into your house or you can let us in peacefully..." What they're really saying is "We don't have anything on you, please please be stupid enough to let us in to fish for evidence!"

  6. Re:You better patch them first on Linux Admininstration Resources? · · Score: 1

    I got debian to install fine on my Sun Blade 100. Funny what a little effort and reading can yield you.

  7. Re:"just do it" on Weight Loss through Dance Dance Revolution? · · Score: 1

    What picture? That anecdotal evidence means absolutely nothing?

  8. Re:Port blocking on Comcast Thinks About Stopping Zombies · · Score: 1

    You are correct... Many larger industrial sites have their own cogeneration plant, and the excess power, steam, etc can be sold back to the utility company. You can do that at home too with large enough equipments.

  9. Re:Port blocking on Comcast Thinks About Stopping Zombies · · Score: 1

    Actually, the electrical grid IS bi-directional, in a way. Just like you can take power from the grid, you can also feed power back into the grid. Instead of thinking of the grid as a network of pipelines, which it really isn't, sometimes it is useful to think of it more like a grid of streets. Traffic can flow in both directions, and just as you can take traffic off the street when it is destined for your location, you can also feed traffic into the network to go to other locations...

    Does this make sense? I hope so.

  10. Re:Port 25 on Comcast Thinks About Stopping Zombies · · Score: 1

    ... Relaying is bad? OPEN relaying to everyone is bad. Relaying when you know the sender is not bad. My ISP (optimum online) lets me send mail through their service using whatever email address I want. This is how it has been for every other ISP I've had over the years.

    Punish? What are we, in grade school? Just make it impossible to do what they do. If people abuse the smtp server, ban them from the smtp server. "Punishment" is no way to solve this problem.

  11. Re:Same argument with electric cars on Fusion Plasma Plant in The Future · · Score: 1

    Are you serious? A coal plant produces more harmful emissions than the 1000's of cars it would replace? Facts, please. Otherwise, I call bullshit.

  12. Re:A friend of mine was scizofrenic on Schizophrenia Experiences and Suggestions? · · Score: 1

    You might want to consider reading these articles a little closer. They're typical anti-drug BS, put into neat, short, pseudo-science articles.

    In any case, here's the gist of the articles:

    They studied people who smoked pot and people who didn't. The researchers claimed people who did smoke pot were more likely to experience depression from the people who don't. They found no physiological link between pot and depression, only the casual relationship between using pot and depression.

    Let me repeat this again: the researchers found no direct physiological link between pot and depression. For all they know, pot smokers might get nervous or depressed because they're persecuted by the government, their parents, at the workplace, whatever.

    For extra credit, why not look at inner city african-americans and their succeptibility to depression. You will see similar increases in depression and other mental illnesses.

    Sorry, this is not as cut and dry as those pseudoscience articles attempt to convey.

  13. Re:How will being electronic solve anything? on Device for Taking Travel Notes? · · Score: 1

    Additionally, I've never had a pen & paper crash on me.

    You must have a magical pen that does not run out of ink, and a magical notebook that has an unlimited number of pages...

    If you've ever written with a fountain pen, you'll understand how pen and paper can crash.

  14. Re:Corvette on Swedish Carbon-Fiber Stealth Ship Runs NT · · Score: 2, Informative

    $60k? Try $44k, corvettes aren't that expensive. Even fully decked out, you're only talking $53k or so.

  15. Lovage? on New E3-Shown Games Push Sexual Envelope · · Score: 1, Informative

    Who the hell is Larry Lovage? C'mon, folks, it's Larry Laffer.

  16. Re:Not better than Diesel on Hybrid Cars Don't Live Up to Mileage Claims · · Score: 1

    I don't see anything in Title 39 or 40 about these restrictions. Where did you hear about this?

  17. Re:A message I posted to a friend a while back... on Hybrid Cars Don't Live Up to Mileage Claims · · Score: 1

    They did this in the 70s or 80s with a caddilac 8. Big failure. I am very skeptical of these sorts of systems...

  18. Re:It may happen, but then again on Work No Longer a Place but an Activity · · Score: 1

    You also have many jobs where being at home is not an advantage, like if you have to meet clients.

    C'mon, take the opportunity to take the client out to breakfast/lunch/dinner to close the deal, secure financing, etc... Might as well make your client happy rather than going into a crowded, usually noisy office.

  19. Re:Two words: on Projected 'Average' Longhorn System Is A Whopper · · Score: 1

    ... how can a "Mac", that is, let's say, the set of all computers made by Apple Computer, be "more better" at video editing?

  20. Re:So what? on Bill Gates Fined $800,000 Over Stock Purchases · · Score: 2, Funny

    What? The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is philanthropy in the same way that Oscar Meyer handing out periodic tables with "bolognium"... Wait, that was on the Simpsons. But it's the same thing.

  21. Crappy website on Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ugh, worst website feature ever: flash navigation bar. Who came up with that one? Ok, let me wait 5 seconds each time I navigate a page!

  22. Re:So what? on Open Park Project Gives Free Wi-Fi to Capitol Hill · · Score: 2

    Stop whining. Get a job. Steal a laptop. Do something about it.

  23. Re:It's who you know, and what you know on Moving Up the IT Ladder in a Poor Economy? · · Score: 1

    Just personal anecdotal experience here... Every job that I've gotten, I've gotten through networking. I've never applied cold for a job. The industries I 've work in (University IT, Urban Planning) are very close-knit. Everyone knows everyone, so if you don't know anyone, you're at a disadvantage. Obviously, if you don't have the skills, you're not going to get the job. If you know someone, however, they'll be more likely to take you with less experience.

    Networking isn't that hard. Just be friendly and talk with coworkers. If you're a guy, anything about sports or the hot (or lack of) women in the office are good places to start. Just watch out for the sexual harrasment nazis!

  24. Re:SPELLING NAZI on Video Projector for Home Theater? · · Score: 1

    No problem. What else can I do during work besides correct people's spelling?

  25. SPELLING NAZI on Video Projector for Home Theater? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Discreet. The word you wanted is discreet. There is a difference.