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  1. Re:get friends and family to do PGP? - Yes on The Time Has Come to Ditch Email? · · Score: 1

    Well, just for the record, the PGP was used years and years ago. When it first came out.

    I think that the Apple mail uses S/MIME, but I'm not sure. I had to buy a cert for it, just like I do with SSL on web sites. It Outlook uses had a hell of a time reading my email, and encryption didn't work at all for them. This was just last year.

  2. Re:get friends and family to do PGP? - Yes on The Time Has Come to Ditch Email? · · Score: 1

    I once used the CERT stuff part of Apple Mail (signed and/or encrypted), but to my surprise, MS Outlook had problems displaying the email. I think that it was a error message, or something strange in the body. I actually think that MS makes it hard on everyone to use security. So after all the complaints from my MS friends and co-workers, I removed the CERT. I even tried to get co-workers to install PGP, but even if it was installed they wouldn't use it.

    It needs to be transparent!

  3. Re:Because it's a good idea on Do You Care if Your Website is W3C Compliant? · · Score: 1

    I not only validate every page, I also make sure there are not Javascript or CSS errors on every page that I develop. I use Firebug, Tidy, and a bunch of other programs to make sure that I'm good. I pride myself on building correct and valid code.

    Why would any programmer settle for substandard code?

  4. Optimus + Fingerworks on The Optimus Mini Keyboard · · Score: 1

    I would think that adding a OLED display to the Fingerworks Touchstream keyboard would be the most ultimate keyboard ever! Maybe they who purchased Fingerworks is thinking the same thing?

    Anyone notice how the Figureworks keyboard are selling for over $700 on eBay? Wow!

  5. Re:Missing something? on Microsoft Won't Offer Patch Before Worm Strikes? · · Score: 1

    Your missing it. "office documents" and "Office documents" are two different things. The first one refers to documents used in the office. The second refers to the MS Office product.

  6. Server solution on The World's Tiniest Power Supply Unit · · Score: 1

    I've been looking for a DC->DC converter so I can remove my inverter from my battery backup power to my servers. But I have yet to find an inexpensive DC/DC. Most are over $50 and I need six or more to do my rack. Is there anything out there for around $25?

    Going from:
    Charger 12v -> Batteries 12v -> Inverter 120v -> Power Supply 12v -> MB
    To:
    Charger 12v -> Batteries 12v -> DC/DC 12v -> MB

  7. Re:Optimus -- one step further... on Slashback: Dry Mars, Wet Doc, Keyboard Teaser · · Score: 1

    I'll take it a step further.

    Combine the Fingerworks zero force keyboard with the o-led display. Now that would be a serious keyboard!

  8. No Way on iBook Converts to iTablet · · Score: 1

    I would love to have an Apple Mac Tablet. But this isn't even close to what I'm thinking.

  9. Re:TypeMatrix on New Keyboard Has Just 53 Keys · · Score: 1

    The TypeMatrix is a great keyboard. Very well built and very comfortable. I had one for about a week. I wanted to learn the DVORAK format, but I just don't have time to be non-productive for a month. When I get done with my current projects I may return to it.

    The other problem that I had with it is that I'm a Mac OS X user. The keyboard is not very Mac friendly. No Apple Command key, not USB, and no extra keys for controlling the volume, eject, and sleep/power.

    If they build a Mac/USB version, I'll surly buy it again.

  10. Browser Stats on Google Zeitgeist '05 · · Score: 1

    I would love to see some web browser stats. Screen size would be a great one to see. Browser percentage would be the next.

  11. HD server costs too much on 50% of HDTV Owners Don't Use HD · · Score: 1

    I have a HDTV, but I don't have the HD service. Why, because it costs too dam much. Heck, regular Sat. TV costs too much. I'm paying $105 a month. What I really want is ala-cart TV. I only watch about 10 channels of my 100's. But I have to have the 100's to get the one channel that I like the most.

  12. That's way too long. on How Long is Too Long to Update? · · Score: 1

    Oh my gosh, you should through it away right now and go buy a Mac or Linux box. Don't even try to fix it because once you fix it, it will break in an hour.

  13. Re:Can AJAX finally bring us "push technology" on Ajax in Action · · Score: 1

    Actually, the problem is with MSIE. Mozilla does have a socket type connection that can provide push. But since MSIE doesn't do it... Another way is to create a socket with Java and use the Javascript gateway to update the DOM. This worked for me until I tested it on XP/MSIE. Then it failed. The current solution I'm using is AFLAX. it seems to work really well. Keeping a socket open to the server and pushing data over. I've had a connection up for a week without a problem. It works on almost all browsers that I've tested so far. The requirement is that the client needs to have Flash 8 installed.

  14. Re:Don't like it? Too bad on Austrian Town Sees the Light · · Score: 1

    I believe that most, not all, poor people are poor by choice. Even when I didn't have any money at all, I still was able to move to somewhere that I could make some money. The difference between me and them must be that I have greater will power. I remember begging for money on the street so that I could move to another town to get a job. I remember staying at friends houses until I was able to get a job and a place of my own. I guess the thing I really had going for me is that I've never been to jail and never did drugs.

  15. Re:Are we ready to surrender anonymity on the net? on IPv6 Still Hotly Debated · · Score: 1

    You can already do this now. What's the difference?

  16. Data can Execute Code. on Image Handling Flaw Puts Windows At Risk · · Score: 1

    I just don't get it. How does a data format have the ability to execute code? I know that they cause a buffer overflow, but why isn't all the buffer overflows fixed by now? I mean, it's been years now that we all have been told about them. You would think that by now everything has been sanitized...

  17. Re:Still no FULLTEXT indexes? on PostgreSQL 8.1 Available · · Score: 1

    You really should do a Google search first. Postgresql has had Full Text Indexing/Searching in Contrib for a very long time.

  18. Re:Power to the indy on Napster's Learning Curve · · Score: 1

    Actually, I was thinking more of using Apple iTunes store to actually sell the music on. Or even BT to release a few free songs. The web site is just the front end for information about the band. If the band is good, people will find them by word of mouth. If the band is really good, they will make millions. Gesh, look at how fast "Your Base are Belong to Us" and Jib Jab hit the net. If you do something good, people will find it. Also, if your good you can get your music played on radio. You will still have to go on tour and play as as many places as you can. I'm not saying your going to be rich over night.

  19. Re:If it's thicker than a pad of paper ... on IBM ThinkPad X41 Tablet PC Reviewed · · Score: 1

    A PDA is pretty thin, but if you take that PDA and put a 10x12 screen on it, couldn't the electronics be flattened out more? So the whole unit is about as thick as a pad... That would be nice. It would also be nice to have it Mac OS X compatible.

  20. Power to the indy on Napster's Learning Curve · · Score: 1

    Record Companies are going to be irrelevant in the years to come. Bands are going to start selling their own music over the internet. Why get pennies on the dollar when you can get the whole dollar? Sell your songs for 99 cents online. Pay your $20 hosting fee. Sell millions.

  21. Re:Portable TV never worked and never will on Network TV Downloadable Via iTunes · · Score: 1

    Unlike your family, my family would rather watch my home movies and see what I've been up to all year than sit around getting drunk.

    And also, since I only sleep four hours a night I would like to have something other to do while everyone else is sleeping than twiddle my thumbs.

  22. Re:I was excited ... on Network TV Downloadable Via iTunes · · Score: 1

    Your correct. It would cost me about $90 a month for 10 shows. I'm paying $100 a month for DirectTV+TiVo and I get 1000's of shows. Even if I only watched 10 shows a month, it's almost the same price.

    So, I'll just download the content from my TiVo (or if I can't, MythTV) onto my iPod and be done with iTunes.

    But still, the Free PodCasts and Video PodCasts are great!

  23. Re:Portable TV never worked and never will on Network TV Downloadable Via iTunes · · Score: 1

    Portable TV never worked, but this isn't portable TV. Here's what I'm thinking...

    It just before Christmas and I'm getting ready to go to my relatives house for a week. I upload all my home movies to my video iPod. Then I upload a few TV shows that I haven't had the time to watch.

    While at Christmas with my family I plug my iPod into their TV and show them my current home movies. Then that night I again plug it into the TV to watch a few shows. With 75 hours of video, I can store a lot of shows and movies on the iPod.

    Sounds great to me!

  24. Re:So what? on Poisoned Torrents Plague Mybittorrent · · Score: 1

    It's not the fact that it's the MPAA is poisoning movie downloads. The problem is that the Spammers and virus writers now have a way to get their spam and viruses to the top of the download lists. If that happens, then when you try to download your vintage TV shows, you will get Viagra spam and virus/malware installed on your crappy Windows system.

    BT will need to figure out a wait to fix this before it because a nightmare.

  25. Re:my mishap on 10 Computer Mishaps · · Score: 1

    One word: Transactions.

    begin;
    delete from users; where id=1;
    rollback;
    delete from users where id=1;
    commit;