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  1. Jeeves on Why Do We Name Servers the Way We Do? · · Score: 1

    My MythTV backend machine is named jeeves, so if there are any problems, I just blame the butler.

  2. Re:This doesn't surprise me at all on Court Rules GIS Data Can't Be Kept Secret · · Score: 1

    I guess am one of those arrogant self-important snobs that live in Greenwich. :) Everyone in town already knows where the famous people live and we nobodies stay clear of them. For as long as I can remeber you have always been able to walk into town hall and ask for any GIS data you wanted. And they would give it to you.

    In the end it has nothing to do with the famous people. For some reason people who live in Greenwich don't want to share any of Greenwich with anyone else. There was a another lawsuit trying to keep non-residents off of the beach two years ago. It was also knocked down by the Connecticut Supreme Court.

    People who live Greenwich just to lighten up.

  3. Sailing on What Ancient Tech Do You Do? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I try to get out sailing after work everyday in the summer. Yes there is a navigation computer on board, but basics haven't change since humans took to the sea.

  4. Any mistake on SCO's Biggest Investor Admits It Loves IP Lawsuits · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Any public mistake a hedge fund makes, usally means the end to the hedge fund. Their multimillion dollar investors won't stand for this and will start moving their money to one of the many other hedge funds.

    Hedge funds are in the business of making money, and I would bet the Baystar has same amount of money invested in Open Source companies.

    Hedge Fund don't lose money, they just make less.

  5. Great, but I won't get it on my Cable on TV For Nerds: Cable Science Network? · · Score: 1

    Who is going to make the cable companies add it to their line-up? Hell, I don't even get the NASA (I have been asking) channel. The cable company seem more incline to add another shopping network, then something like this.

  6. This is working for me in my Firewall on Blocking SiteFinder Service · · Score: 3, Informative

    I added this to my FORWARD rule on the Firewall:

    iptables -A blocked_sites -p TCP -d 64.94.110.11 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-unreachable

    Will be doing the DNS patch soon. But this works for now.

  7. Re:Glad I live in Tennessee! on Fighting Telemarketers with Technology · · Score: 1

    Connecticut also have a no call list. Like Tennessee's it is free and online. I have been on the no-call list for two years, I don't get telemarketers call. Here is the link to online-form.

  8. Re:Okay, now... on PCI Shortwave Receiver · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think most of the shuttle traffic is done up around the 1.2Ghz now these days. But all over the USA mission control re-broadcast on the amateur frequencies. Some shortwave is use during launch and landing.

  9. Re:Very Cool on PCI Shortwave Receiver · · Score: 1

    I think it is .6Mhz for lightning. I once read an article in QST about building an lightning detector, which was basically a receiver that was tuned to .6Mhz.

  10. Re:Quick and Simple on Meet the Spammers · · Score: 1

    I don't want to sound like an ad, but SpanAssasin is by far the best filter I have found. It filters about 99% of the spam I get a day (around 20-30 messages). But it does filter some message I want, but with a little editing of the config file, that has been solved.

  11. Lawyers sound nice. :) on Lucas Confuses ScummVM With Abandonware · · Score: 1

    At least the lawyers have a nice tone in there letter. Better then some other legal department's work that I have seen.

  12. Think about this? on Will CS Students Switch From Microsoft? · · Score: 4, Interesting
    You call Microsoft two years from now to re-activate your Outlook 2002. They tell you that they don't support that version and you need to pay for an upgrade to re-activate it. No company should have this power.

    Beside from Linux I use WindowsNT and Office 2000. I will never upgrade from there. I don't want to get caught in Microsoft's activation hell. It is only going to get worst.

  13. Re:What calc now? on Slashback: HETE, HP, Regression · · Score: 1

    I had the same thought, but my solution was to buy an extra HP48GX. FedEx dropped it off yesterday, and I put it away. When and if my current HP 48G dies, I will have another one on hand. My parents who have been using HP Financial calcs since the mid 70s, they have done the same.

    Why not keep using HP calc, not like they every need any service. :)

    I don't know if I could use a non-RPN calc everyday.

  14. Connecticut residents have a cheaper solutions on TeleZapper - A Way to Avoid Telemarketers? · · Score: 2, Informative

    If any of you live in Connecticut you can goto this web site and have you name removed from all telemarketing list. I put all my numbers on about a year a go and haven't had a telemarking call in about 9 months. It isn't very high tech but it works.

  15. Nara, another solution on Beyond The Cell -- Journalists' Video Phone · · Score: 1

    Nera have a family of products that provides the same band widths. But not as compact.

  16. Another article on the subject on Constants Not Constant? · · Score: 1

    Another article at SiliconValley.com.

  17. Re:Dail-up numbers on Is Qwest's ISP Deal Really Worth the Hassle? · · Score: 2

    You find the local numbers on this page.

  18. Dail-up numbers on Is Qwest's ISP Deal Really Worth the Hassle? · · Score: 2

    I just dail up the Boston access number and got dumpped into Concentric Network. I am wondering if Qwest is bumming bandwidth off of their partners? That is one of the problems I have had with ISP's. Everyone is using someone elses Network. My Earthlink account runs through PSI here in boston or Sprint, depending what number I dial. I have found that Sprint's dial up network is much faster then PSI to my servers.

    Start up minicom and check your local Qwest number. :) I would be interested if they are using Concentric everywhere.