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  1. I second Spring Street... on Online Dating Advice? · · Score: 1

    Spring Street personals... via salon.com, nerve.com, onion.com, etc.

    Good crowd. Fewer folks than the others, but the ones that are there are smarter, more ecletic and more interesting than yahoo or match. And I met my fiancee there! :-)

  2. Lik-Sang to the rescue (Was:Just annoyances any..) on MPAA Sues DVD Chip Manufacturers · · Score: 2, Informative

    Among other choices... Provision+ DVD Decoder I have it on good authority that it works like a champ, although I personally would never own anything like this that would allow me to circumvent a content protection system. :-)

    On-on!

  3. Re:I always thought... on Running for Geeks · · Score: 1
    Absolutely!! Hashing was my gateway into 'legitimate' running, some 2 years ago. And I'm running my first marathon (a trail marathon w/ no roads!!) this summer.


    Our hash group would give you a down-down (or three) for showing up with an iPod and GPS.


    On-on!!

  4. Re:Did you check out Fujitsu--Offline? on Apple-Quality Intel Laptops? · · Score: 1
    Another Fujitsu vote from me.

    I have a S-4542 that's pushing 3 years old and I could not have been happier with. I've beat on it a lot and it hasn't skipped a beat.

    I'm planning on replacing it with another Fujitsu S-series in the fall.

  5. Check out ASUS laptops? on Buying a Small, Light Linux Notebook Computer? · · Score: 1
    I sent an inquiry - here's the response (from notebooktsd@asus.com):

    Hi,
    We do not sell direct, but we have started selling our notebooks without an operating system to our distributors, so you may be able to specify this from your store.


    Sincerely,


    Albert

    ASUS Notebook Support

  6. eBook availibility on Manning's Struts in Action · · Score: 2
    These folks seem to take eBook publishing seriously.

    Dead tree ver. from publisher: $44.95 +s/h
    eBook version from publisher: $22.47
    Dead tree ver. from B.A.M. $33.49

    Publisher site is here.

  7. Re:This is great! on In Stores Soon: Perishable DVDs · · Score: 2

    They pick up drink boxes (and other similar containers as part of our curbside recycling program. Our guys are pretty vigilant about leaving anything that's not recyclable in the blue curbside bin (ie empty quart motor oil bottles), but they've never left juice boxes.

    Maybe I'll try an AOL CD and see what happens. :-)

  8. GeekTels on Hotels with Broadband? · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the geektools website, check out the GeekTels section. They have over 2000 listings for the USA.

  9. Hashing!!! on Geek Outdoor Hobbies? · · Score: 1
    Go do a Hash Run, the main activity of the Hash House Harriers. They're a self described 'drinking group with a running problem...' and there are local chapters world-wide.

    Around here, a hash run is a 4 mile (give-or-take) hounds-and-hare run, that can go through woods, neighborhoods, office parks, fields, etc., usually w/ just enough time to rest if you're not one of the strong running front-runner types. There are usually a couple of beer breaks (with non-beer too, if that's your thing). It's a pretty geeky, very fun crowd. So go find a local chapter and go for a run.

    On-on!!
    -Bill

  10. Re:First bit of "3G" cellular on Verizon High Speed Wireless · · Score: 1

    Sorry! Moderating this parent to 'troll' was a mistake. Picked by accident! Sorry!!!

    -Bill

  11. Re:IBM ServeRaid on Dependable SCSI RAID Controllers for Linux? · · Score: 1

    Ditto on the ServerRaid's. I've got one running in a Netfinity box doing Oracle and it's been problem free since it arrived.

    -Bill

  12. Time for Quark! on Space Station & Shuttle Evade Debris · · Score: 1

    Anyone out there remember the TV show from the 70's (around the time of Star Wars) called Quark, with (I think) Richard Benjimin. (http://www.tvparty.com/recquark.html) He flew a intergalactic garbage scow around and collected garbage. What a show....

    -Bill

  13. MOD THE PARENT UP!!! on Would You Pay A Penny Per Page? · · Score: 1

    Everyone's griping about the idea without reading the article (hey, it's Slashdot. What's new?)

    I personally think it sounds pretty reasonable with the cap in place.

    Thanks!
    -Bill

  14. Targus universal adapter on Replacing All of Those Pesky Power Adapters? · · Score: 4, Informative
    About as close as I've seen is this. You can buy other power tips that change the voltage and connector as appropriate. The list of compatible devices and their appropriate adapter tips is here for phones, pda, & printers and laptops. As a bons, the same tips work with their airline adapter.

    No affiliation with them, just a customer.

  15. Re:Why it's no good for me (& many others) on Satellite Radio Is Officially Here · · Score: 4, Informative

    DeLorme's Street Atlas, at least V7 and the newer Road Warrior edition, let you pull up radio station listings (am & fm, w/ freq and genre) for any location along a given route. Does that help?
    -Bill

  16. Red Cross Tech donations needed too! on More WTC News · · Score: 3, Informative

    From: http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/showtell/story/ 0,23008,3347294,00.html

    The New York American Red Cross is in dire need of technology equipment and services. The field workers and sites have little, if any, means of communication and the central office is processing way too much on completely paper systems. Your help in acquiring these resources would be greatly appreciated.

    If you can help, please contact:

    Joe Leo, Assistant Director, Business Applications, IT
    American Red Cross in Greater New York
    phone: 212.875.2409
    email: jleo@arcgny.org
    150 Amsterdam Avenue
    New York, NY 10023

    PLEASE NOTE: His email is slammed, so don't resend your messages over and over again.

    Following is the list of equipment that the Red Cross needs for its field workers and expanded Emergency Operations Centers. It also needs certified Citrix engineers and Microsoft-certified consultants.

    40 IBM computers and laptops (with NICs)
    Monitors (with desktops)
    Any storage solutions
    25 10/100 hubs (8+ Ports)
    100 Cat5 cables (All lengths)
    50 power strips
    Any IBM-compatible memory
    Any 3Com wireless NIC cards and LAN products
    30 desktop-size UPSs
    15 LaserJet printers (HP 1100 or faster) and printer supplies
    20 external Zip drives and disks
    Any diskettes and R/W CDs
    5 external CD burners
    5 duplex document scanners
    25 extension cords
    any colored tie wraps
    any Velcro cable wraps
    50 Citrix client licenses
    12 PCMCIA LAN cards for IBM P20 ThinkPads, preferably 3Com (in addition to those in the new PCs)
    50 Microsoft Exchange CALs
    35 Microsoft SQL CALs
    50 Microsoft Office Professional licenses
    15 PC Anywhere licenses
    DSL lines
    PDAs with wireless capacity and service
    Nextel cellphones and service

    Thanks in advance for your generous assistance. Any donation will help greatly.

  17. In the trash? on Bionic Human: 1st Fully Implanted Human Heart · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one who thinks that tossing active nuclear material, regardless of how decayed, in the trash is not the best thing for the environment? Even if it goes into the biohazard waste to be incenerated, that's not much better.

    -Bill

  18. Yes, they do, but its for 2U (and better) on Fitting 2 PCI Cards into a 1U Case? · · Score: 2
    See: http://www.intraserver.com/products/intel2135riser .html

    The ITI-2135, ITI-2147, and ITI-2150 riser cards are new products that IntraServer-LSI Logic introduced to enable OEMs, System Integrators, and Resellers to build systems where vertical space and PCI slots are at a premium.

    ITI-2135, ITI-2147, and ITI-2150 use one PCI slot and create three 64-bit PCI slots at a 90 degree angle to the motherboard surface. These adapters are ideally suited to OEMs, System Integrators, and Resellers who require more PCI slots or have space constraints. These cards are ideally suited for 2U form factor system enclosures.

    YMMV,
    Bill

  19. Well, here's a leftie ergo mouse. on Left Handed Peripherals - Where are they? · · Score: 3

    A left handed mouse in 3 different sizes.

  20. I shared a cube with one... on Are There Blind Programmers? · · Score: 1

    I spent a year as a cubemate with a great visually impared programmer named Marcel. He did programming mostly on an HP mini, and was very good at it. He had a speech synth card in his PC (running a dos-based terminal emu) that would read characters and words to him, and had a large, loud braile printer that with it's even larger sound enclosure, took up lots of our collective cube space. He was a great guy, and had the best collection of blind jokes.

    He was also second in command of the IT group, and occasionally had to sign authorizations of various types (vactaion, purchase, etc.). To do this he had trust in everyone that worked for him, and a little signature template (think credit card-sized piece of metal with a rectangular hole in it) that he'd ask people to place over where he needed to sign. Never had a problem.

    The only thing we weren't able to come up with a good solution for was a pager.

    Marcel was a really great guy - don't think I've had a better cube-mate since.

    -Bill

  21. Seen on Junkyard Wars? on Seven League Boots · · Score: 1

    Didn't they have a guy running around in one of the junkyard wars in a set of these? Not part of the challenge for that episode, but either the judge's 'expert' brought them along or they belonged to one of the team members.

    -Bill

  22. Book Shopping services on Online Bookstores for Technical Books? · · Score: 1

    I've run most of my purchases through http://www.bestbookbuys.com/ It'll point you to several sources for that title (search by author, title or isbn) along with estimated shipping. More often than not, bookpool.com turns out being the most affordable. I've never had any problems with them. YMMV. -Bill

  23. 'sweatshop' won't fit. There's only 8 characters. on Nike: Just Don't Do It · · Score: 1

    FWIW, I just went and tried it and the ID field is size-limited to 8 characters, so the nearest I could do was 'SWEATSHO'. I suppose Nike could've changed it.

    -Bill

  24. Re:Amazing... - Pilot Pay on Dot-Coms Say 'Unions Not Welcome!' · · Score: 1
    Look at pilots - they're less bright than coders by a lot, (I speak from USAF experience), but they're highly skilled and unionized - most airline pilots bring in $100,000+ for doing a job that's substantially less challenging than writing complex code.

    Actually, no, very few professional pilots bring in $100,000. The seasoned vetrans with 25+ years of senority might, but the vast majority make at or less than public school teachers. (Coming from someone who has friends who are pilots). It takes 5-10 years for most of them to break $30,000. And it's kinda apples to oranges to compare coding creativity to the potential for stress and the responsibility that comes with being an airline pilot.

  25. Free HTTPS alternative to HotMail on CNet On Online Freedom · · Score: 1

    Hi all,
    Check out http://www.ziplip.com
    It's a completely https alternative to hotmail and other public email services. There may be others - this was the first I found.
    Kungaloosh!
    -Bill