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  1. Re:"Upgrading" on IBM Officially Kills OS/2 · · Score: 1

    In warp, there was a free app called threadkiller that worked 99+% to kill any thread. it was nice and took up very little space in WPS

  2. Re:Ok, but... on Invisible Malware Install 65MB Large · · Score: 1

    I don't have the docs in front of me, but I think you can just choose not to save the changes or even to have one base image and multiple diff files... this would save you from having to ever reinstall your virtual image.

  3. Re:Maybe it's because ... on Microsoft Posts Record Earnings · · Score: 1

    It is what Microsoft used to recommend ala NT 4 timeframe. Have you looked at WSRM? It will prevent this... http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/downloa ds/wsrm.mspx

    Also, regardless of OS, there are times where you need a single app per server for security reasons, particularly on publicly accessible hosts.

  4. Re:Doesn't add up on $1.5 Million Bar-code Scheme Bilks Wal-Mart Stores · · Score: 1

    it probably sounded fun, except there's a good chance for that to ruin someone... perhaps not in the UK, but in the US, anything that messes with your credit/criminal record (like being delinquent on a ticket that you never knew you recieved) can seriously cost you tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars come mortgage time...

  5. Re:open source on PeopleSoft Goes To Oracle · · Score: 1

    if they don't need oracle/sap/peoplesoft (largely regarded as tier 1) level functionality, then most organizations go to a tier 2 player like accpacc, great plains, peachtree, etc)

  6. Re:free replacements on The Future of Digital Audio · · Score: 1

    FWIW, I had a hard disk crash (memory controller issue) and the msn music store let me redownload the 20 or so songs I had purchased.

    Still, the sucky part was having to reinstall/restore/reconfigure the REST of my data (docs/mail/etc)... uggh, what a way to waste a weekend.

  7. Re:Why not release it? on Gates 'World's Most-Spammed Man' · · Score: 1

    http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/downloads/2003/i mf/default.asp

    they did

  8. Re:Prevention on Every 5th Call At Dell Is Spyware-Related · · Score: 1

    Obligatory simpsons comment

    "I run a small academy for crustaceans. We focus on tough love." - Sea Captain

  9. Re:Any other boys from Longview area on Mount St. Helens Alert Status Increased · · Score: 1

    RA Long, '91 Working in Seattle now as well. Not a lot of computer stuff in LV.

  10. Any other boys from Longview area on Mount St. Helens Alert Status Increased · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I clearly remember 1980. It was pretty neat and scary. Although it happened on Sunday, so we didn't get that day off of school. I think school was closed for several days afterwards. Some tidbits that you may find boring or interesting...

    Ash was so fine (there was several inches on the street) that it would ruin your engine. So everyone put women's pantyhose over their air cleaners to keep the dirt out. Also the local timber company bought out the auto parts stores of all the extra air cleaners to keep their trucks moving.

    people kept emergency supplies in their car trunks for years after that. probably until 86 or 87

    Also, their were some great slogans on bumper stickers and t-shirts that we'll revive if necessary.

    "Mt St. Helen's lost her ash in 1980, I saved mine."

    Plus the song about harry truman was popular.

    wow, amazing what you can remember...

  11. Re:This could be huge on Tivo and Netflix Partner For DVDs on Demand · · Score: 1

    i thought tivo lost money on boxes and wanted to make the subscriptions last as long as possible. Hence why they'd rather have your unit last 5 years and get a chance to recoup some of their investment. perhaps this has changed, but since you can get a tivo for $100 after rebates, i have to think they're still subsidizing them.

  12. OK, i actually tried it on Microsoft Opens MSN Music Store · · Score: 1

    It's not 100% intuitive, but here are my thoughts.

    1. I like that I can use it without newest media player/etc.

    2. THe experience while using WMP 10 is pretty damned cool. I installed SP2 tonight, then MP10, then the online store's active X control.

    It is really, really slick using it with WMP 10... that said, i have only used rhapsody and itunes (Very very little) for comparison.

    All I can say is if you are on a windows pc, the experience with wmp10 and the store is really nice.

    OK, enough rah rah rah,

    the negative? It wasn't clear to me that I need to push buy and then confirm on each song. I originally thought that i could hit buy and then they would cue up in a shopping cart, but such is not the case. Once you figure this out, it's easy to use though.

    Secondly, song selection is OK, they had some old kool and the gang and a few others i've been after, but don't have everything i'm wanting to buy yet.

    just me $0.02

  13. Re:my suggestion -from a musician on Blog Torrent: Downhill Battle Interview · · Score: 1

    what i fi have no interest to pay for this? I don't need their music and don't want my government holding a gun to my wallet and forcing me to pay so that some artist can produce stuff. If YOU want to pay an artist for something that you appreciate, then knock yourself out, but how do you asume it's fair to TAX me to pay for your idea? jeez this whole idea drives me nuts.

  14. Re:Masochism on Software For Slackers: Lockout · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see an independant TCO study of using this software versus getting married. In scientific objectivity, I don't want to predict the results, but... i'm suspicious that getting married may carry a high cost of maintenance.

  15. Re:Conversion on Tempratech Self-Cooling Can · · Score: 1

    I don't know about you, but if you just use dimensional analysis, any conversion is easy. This was one of the best takeaways from freshman chemistry...

    http://wine1.sb.fsu.edu/chm1045/notes/Intro/Dima na l/Dimanal.htm

  16. now they tell me on Training Nurses With Virtual Veins · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I just gave blood yesterday and volunteered to be the guinea pig for a new trainee. I was her first human stick!

    (She did great, but nevertheless, I would have felt better if she could have trained with one of these first.)

  17. Re:It needs to change on The Rise Of Reg-Only Media · · Score: 1

    too bad something like passport only with more comfort level never took off. I'd like ot have a single online ID with hard, 2/3 factor authentication and not have to manage dozens of passwords/ID's

  18. Re:OpenVMS on The Linux Filesystem Challenge · · Score: 1

    Anyone know enough about each system to say how this relates to Volume Shadow Copy Service in Windows Server 2003? http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/stora ge/technologies/vss/default.mspx

  19. Re:Why not compare it with coal-fired plants? on U.S. Nuclear Cleanup Carries Major Risks · · Score: 1

    yes, it's radioactive and does bad things inside you, it's also chemically toxic which is a different problem.

  20. Re:It's hardly ignorant users, is it? on Microsoft Responds to IE Criticism · · Score: 2, Interesting

    wouldn't a better analogy be:

    you buy a new pen, pull it out of your pocket to use it, and an organized crime ring comes by breaks the pen and splatters ink all over.

    that's a more accurate analogy. It's the crackers that are hurting you, not Microsoft.

  21. Re:Backup tapes on Backup Tapes: Alive And Kicking · · Score: 2, Informative

    as of a few years ago, i think ADIC and storagetek both offered VHS as an option in their enterprise libraries. Not sure if they are still offered but.... doing a quick look, it seems like ADIC still offers these and that they hold about 14.5GB each which is VERY low capacity for the size of the cartridge, and you won't be buying the cartridges at Target, so you wont' save money.

  22. Re:"Nuff said" on Linux vs. Windows: What's The Difference? · · Score: 1

    At home it is true that you need to do all the service packs/updates after install which take significant time, but in a corporate environment, you would just build a slipstream disk with all of the updates in it, similarly to what you would do with a Linux install in a bulk environment with an install script...

  23. Re:OP: The 100% best answer on How To Avoid Viruses At Windows Install Time? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Maybe someone in the embedded business can answer this, but why don't the cable modems that we all have to buy or rent for broadband COME WITH basic TCP drop functionality for incoming connenctions. You could make it port 80 configurable from the inside or even require that it be configued via the USB port to be more secure. that way, the 90% of folks who ahve no need for incoming connenctions would be fine, and the other 10% of us could figure out what settings we'd like to use.

  24. Re:K.I.S.S. - simplicity is key on Worm Developed for Nokia Series-60 Phones · · Score: 5, Informative

    umm, the t720 is a hugely complicated phone. It can browse the web, display pictures, play games. I would not classify it as "basic" even though newer phones do more.

    as an aside, does yours ever lock up so hard that you have to pop the battery out to reset it?

  25. Re:It's who you know, and what you know on Moving Up the IT Ladder in a Poor Economy? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Last week dilbert had one where Catbert was called for a reference. He said "we don't give references for past employees, but if I did, it would rhyme with Mazy Loron.

    Made me laugh all day.