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  1. text, cause the site is TOAST on RadioShark Is Vaporware No More · · Score: 2, Informative

    The radio airwaves will never be safe again. The RadioSHARK adds an AM/FM radio to any Mac or PC -- but that's just the beginning.

    The RadioSHARK can record any AM or FM radio broadcast in real time. You can also program it to record a scheduled show, or to 'pause' live radio so you can return right where you left off moments or even hours before (See 'What is Time-Shift Recording?' sidebar above).

    RadioSHARK includes a full-featured application that controls all radio and recording functions. Favorite station presets can be set with the click of a mouse, and new stations can be scanned and tuned with ease. The application is also where you program Time-Shift Recording, either to take a break without missing any of a show or to record your favorite broadcast to listen to later.

    The RadioSHARK connects to and is powered by USB. The fin-shaped device acts as an antenna and can be positioned for best reception and recording. Any recorded broadcast can be transferred to an iPod or any other AIFF-compatible digital music player to replay on the go.

    RadioSHARK gives you control of how and when you listen to your favorite radio shows. Dive in today and take a bite out of the airwaves!

  2. Dave Chappelle on Unsung Heroes of Open Source Software? · · Score: 1

    no, seriously. He mentioned Linux on his late night gig. A popular entertainer mentions Linux, that is a major step towards bringing the ideas of OSS to the mainstream, non-IT culture.

  3. Ignore the $$$ on CA's Greenblatt Answers re Ingres $1 Million Bounty and Other Matters · · Score: 1
    just for a moment...

    A large company, trying to understand and work with the open source community, takes a database that they have and use, and provide the source code. Developers can extend, improve, learn from (both good and bad) the lessons of other professional developers. Wouldn't you say that this is a good thing?

    Now, they also provide up to 1 million dollars to fund an open source project to work on and learn from/about said code.

    Last I checked, the code and the $$$ was a donation, a gift. I know CA will benefit from the project, JUST LIKE EVERYONE CAN BENEFIT from OSS. Except it's costing CA a lot of cast. I know that commercial development isn't cheap, but $1000000 is a HELL of a lot more funding than most open source projects get.

    And as for all the people talking about how there are no feature comparisions, do you really expect a VP to geek out and do a comparison with PostGres vs. MySQL vs. Ingres replication methods? Come on.

  4. NX and LTSP.. on NX - A Revolution In Network Computing? · · Score: 1

    might be really interesting. The 100Mbs link to power terminal servers just got fatter in comparison. In fact LTSP is already talking about it I believe. FOr those who haven't checked it out, your should. And think about their work combined with NX...

  5. Re:Why is Apple's encryption so weak? on Johansen Cracks AirPort Express Encryption · · Score: 1

    MOD PARENT UP PLEASE!

    When you distribute both key in a public key system, then you can kiss security goodbye.

    Not to mention that the encrytpion is not cracked! Jon's prog simply encodes the stream in a manner that the AEx can decode. End of story.

    ps. Aristotle-dude...your namesake used a reasoning method that has proven to be faulty. Perhaps you have might want to study more about your moniker.

  6. RCS and Bastille-Linux on Top Ten Linux Configuration Tools? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Bastille after I have the server built. The interactive mode also provides a great security tutorial.

    RCS to provide rollback and change control.

    No professionally administered Linux box should be without it.

  7. Remember that information... on School Teaches 'Ethical Hacking' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    is never good or evil. If the students are atttending for the right reasons, then this will help them understand the basics of how script kiddies work. And what do the current stats tell us about most attacks? That they are unsophisticated and are run by people who have little deep knowledge of systems. So this course wil (theoretically) allow them to better protect against the majority of attacks. If the students are attending for the wrong reasons, then they spent $4k for what a day or two of googling and reading would have gotten them. BFD.

  8. By that argument on BIND Is Most Popular DNS Server · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Windows is the most popular desktop environment!

    Here at /. we all know how THAT article would go over!

    Seriously, I have nothing against BIND. But you should always that there are liars, damn liars, and statictians.

  9. Re:So saying that spammer get jail time.. on "Buffalo Spammer" Gets 3.5 to 7 Years · · Score: 1

    Not dead. I always try to reply to people who answer while signed in. AC is for Air Conditioning, cause all that wind sure causes a breeze.

    Anyway, I actually laughed at your comment. Especially since my spelling is atrocious most of the time. Good luck coding and have a good day.

  10. Re:So saying that spammer get jail time.. on "Buffalo Spammer" Gets 3.5 to 7 Years · · Score: 1

    I'll agree that your argument has merit. I really hadn't considered that perspective.

    Now, as for the theives typo....I don't worry about spelling on /. It's a big enough stretch to think that most of the readers can read.

  11. So saying that spammer get jail time.. on "Buffalo Spammer" Gets 3.5 to 7 Years · · Score: 1

    isn't really accurate...it's identity theif get jail time. No news here...move along folks.

  12. what would I do? on What Would You Do With a 92 TBps Router? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Route traffic.

  13. He misses the point of OSS on Tocqueville Blames U.S. IT Troubles On Free Software · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I got started with Linux and OSS for two reasons.

    1) I'm a cheap bastard (I was anyway...I was a college student with little extra $$$).

    2) I hate piracy (My family owned a software business.)

    I appreciated the usage of the software, sent thank you letters or meager donations when I could, and never claimed the work as my own. If Ken Brown is de-crying the theft of IP, then my example helps to refute his argument. I did not have any incentive to steal. This prick wouldn't understand generosity or community if it slapped him in the face.

  14. All comments on hygeine aside on Growing Teeth with Stem Cell Technology · · Score: 1

    My wife had an accident when she was younger, and now has a large bridge on one side of her mouth. She would like to have real teeth replace a bridge. This might help. Remember that not all teeth are lost through poor dental hygeine

  15. Re:Do you trust the system administrator? on Worried about Digital Evidence Tampering? · · Score: 1

    Damn, you got me. Boy my brain must've had a bad memory stick that day.

    Doug

  16. Re:fcc on Former FCC Chief Touts "Big Broadband" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Very true. OTOH, that figure of 1000+ seems a little high. Here in Alabama, we can usually get a T line dropped for 5-700 a month. If T lines or frame circuits are all tied to a central location, and then an outbound pipe is connected, managing bandwidth and monitoring traffic requires a single set of resources. More economical in the long run. Makes Websense easier to pay for too. Dsl can be hard to get in some of the more rural locations, but I've always been able to requsition a T. And I've personally has multiple DSL carriers drop from under me on 1-2 months notice.

    As an aside...the eRate money used to fund a lot of this for schools can't be repurposed for non technology needs.

    My .02

  17. Re:Do you trust the system administrator? on Worried about Digital Evidence Tampering? · · Score: 1
    Computer Assiciates makes a product that will prevent root from altering logs. It's called eTrust Access Control. It implements role based security, among other tricks. Kind of like SELinux. Or direct the logs to a remote host which other the system admins do NOT have root access on. Or copy the logs to write only media.

    I recognise the issue...but it can be and has been addressed in both the open source and commercial world.

  18. partial answers to issues raisedin articles on Worried about Digital Evidence Tampering? · · Score: 4, Insightful
    changelogs

    modify ONLY copies

    originals all go onto read-only media

    checksum religiously


    WRITE GOOD POLICY for maintaining digital evidence...and post it before you start using digital media. Review it once a year, or more often to revise for unforeseen issues. Educate your detectives, and your Asst. DA's.

    Rinse, later, repeat.

  19. Re:Astounding. on Reviving the Firewall Design Program? · · Score: 1
    RTFM. IT WAS NEVER OPEN SOURCE.

    It costs him personal money to host the script. He changed the page, and the word moocher is NOT anywhere on the statement.

    He offered a free service (damn useful one too) and had a bunch of ungrateful ingrates pestering him about questions that were of a nature obviously so technical they should have been doing their own research, rather than trying to leech off of a guy whose done his own research.

    And before anyone spouts off to me, I bought his book over a year ago, and it's one of the most thumbed texts on my shelf.

  20. Re:Although it sounds interesting to play around w on Review - Mac OS X Server 10.3, Part 2 · · Score: 1

    MQ,

    I'm not picking...but I do feel it's not a valid comparison between an Xserve (NAS) which gives file level access, and a SAN which give block level access. SAN can provide boot volumes. NAS is a large shared harddrive. SAN can provide serverless backup, or run a database, or house an exchange mailstore (and no damn comments about Exchange all you ACs. Some of us actually WORK in the corporate world). NAS is great...and the Xserve is a NICE NAS. But it's NOT the same tool as SAN. Not knowing your environment, I can't say which is the right choice. But to compare them is comparing (pardon the pun) Apples to oranges.

  21. Re:No offense, on Linus Says 2004 is the Year for Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    Even a toilet has a learning curve. The parent poster is correct. As long as the mime types work, then all will be OK.

  22. Mentioned in Sysadmin too on Home Directory In CVS · · Score: 1

    This was mentioned in Sysadmin in the last year or year and a half. I don't remember when exactly. It might be worth looking if you are that interested in recreating this concept.

    Doug

  23. Paper receipts might not matter on E-Voting Companies Answer Critics With ... Spin · · Score: 1

    Remember that a reciept is JUST A PRINTOUT. And unless something is funny enought to force a recount of receipts that were collected, no one will ever know if the printer matched what was recorded by the machine's tally.

  24. oldest hradware on What's the Oldest Hardware You are Still Using? · · Score: 1

    vintage IBM keyboard...still cant beat the feel

    as for old apps...I work with a hospital still using a DOS scheduling app...When XP is finally forced on eveyone it was gonna die...instead they are looking at VMWare with DOS to continue using the damn thing.

  25. Re:Completely cocked "review" on Linux Users Try FreeBSD 5, Windows · · Score: 1

    Nothing, repeat NOTHING is below the editorial bar of /.