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  1. Re:Stop using IE on New Tricks from Browser Hijackers? · · Score: 2, Informative

    put the firefox path into all the shortcuts and registry keys that currently point to IE

    And then the user won't be able to use Windows Update and they'll be worse off than they already are. Also, switching from IE wouldn't stop 99% of the crapware which mostly comes from people installing screensavers, P2P apps or those oh-so-cute little doggies that show up in the toolbars.

  2. Re:Article Text (site seems slow) on PC Magazine Reviews Firefox, Opera · · Score: 1

    Thanks. The Opera tip worked fine for me. Unfortunately, I tried the Mozilla Session Saver in Firefox 0.9.2 and now I am getting a application error when I start FireFox. I guess that warning that old plugins might be incompatible was the truth after all. I'm thinking I might be better off with a full Mozilla install anyway as I keep ending up installing like 18 plugins to get the desired functionality.

  3. Re:Article Text (site seems slow) on PC Magazine Reviews Firefox, Opera · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the tip. I'm trying it out now. Like you said, it's exactly like CrazyBrowser, but with tons of improvements. Even the keyboard shortcuts are the same.. like alt-z to undo last tab closed. As far as I can tell Maxthon has every feature that CrazyBrowser, Opera and Firefox have. For those of us stuck in IE for at least some of the workday, this can at least make the experience tolerable.

  4. Re:Article Text (site seems slow) on PC Magazine Reviews Firefox, Opera · · Score: 1

    Another helpful feature is that both of these browsers can save a group of open pages as a session, which you can then open at start-up.

    Maybe a dumb question, but how do you do this? That's one of the key things that's been holding me back in the now ancient CrazyBrowser.

  5. Re:Woah... on Bar Coding The World Away · · Score: 2, Funny

    Step off ho, I'm from the 12.874752 kilometer!

  6. Re:Greed on 419 Scam Blow-by-Blow · · Score: 3, Informative

    US law enforcement do care. Check out all of the US agencies fighting 419 scams on this page.

  7. Re:Corporate Acceptance? on Building a Better Mozilla With Plugins · · Score: 1

    I have no documentation, but for anecdotal evidence, I can log into my company's NTLM only intranet site just fine with Firefox 0.9.1.

  8. Re:Corporate Acceptance? on Building a Better Mozilla With Plugins · · Score: 1

    IE defaults to 'automatic logon only in Intranet zone'. The other options are 'anonymous logon', 'automatic logon with current user name and password', and 'prompt for user name and password'. I can't think of any reason people would change this from the default.

  9. IMDb on Large, Free, and Interesting SQL-ready Datasets? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Use IMDbPY to populate a database with all data from the downloadable files from the Internet Movie Database.

  10. Re:Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator on Notes From 3rd Annual Space Elevator Conference · · Score: 1

    A new "faithful adapdation" of the book is being filmed this year by Tim Burton with Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka.

  11. Re:Reset iPod on iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition · · Score: 1

    Hold down menu and play simultaneously for about 4 seconds.

  12. Re:Now... on Airport Monitoring of Travellers via Blackberry · · Score: 2, Informative

    You jest, but it already happens.

    A quote: "I'm not going to be so naive as to say an officer hasn't seen a pretty girl and run her plate," said Carey, who also was once chief in Troy.

    Former Memphis Police Chief Phillip Ludos said the practice is so common it is known simply as "Running a plate for a date."

  13. Re:HOTT DAMN!!! on Disney Launches Fireworks With Compressed Air · · Score: 1

    I hope you're not prone to having nightmares.

  14. Re:Do keep up. on Road to the Robocup 2004 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It is a silly rule.. it reminds me of American Football's new rules prohibiting celebrating of touchdowns. Why are they demonizing the very moments that make sports worth watching? Is it not PC to like to score?

    Actually, I did hear some weak rationale regarding the no-shirt-removal rule was due to many players wearing controversial messages on their t-shirts underneath and worries that something really bad might be displayed on worldwide broadcast. Whatever. This is from the same FIFA president that's made tons of weird suggestions including one--quite the opposite the no-shirt removal rule--that women should wear sexier outfits.

  15. Re:Of course on Official Firefly Movie Web Site Launched · · Score: 1


    Well, for what it's worth, I managed to get to this blog post:

    Note: POSSIBLE SPOILERS

    June 22, 2004 - Hey there Blogerinos!

    Dusty Bottoms here with your first official report from the set of SERENITY. Think of me as your man inside, your Dabney Coleman if you will. Yup, the man with the plan, the inside scoop, the in's, the out's, the what have you's. That's all I can say about myself for now. For if you knew my true identity... Well, I'd probably just have to get a larger inbox.

    Anyway, as you probably already know from Capt. Tightpants' blog, principal photography began a little over two weeks ago and they've been shooting out on location making with the false science. But what you don't know, and I'm happy to report, is the rampage Mr. Whedon is on. Yes indeed, I got to sneak a peek of some of the footage and it looks amazing. They have this full-size mobile movie theatre for screening dailies and I tell you this, seeing our crew up on the big screen is freegin' awesome! Big Damn Heroes.

    The past two weeks have been like something out of Enemy Mine. No wait... Beastmaster. I'm just kidding. Or am I? Could the random reference have anything to do with a Louis Gossett Jr. sighting? Perhaps Book is reunited with his long lost brother? Maybe Mr. Junior hijacks the crew of Serenity and heads to the center of the galaxy in a search for God. Eh? Eh?

    But enough spoiler action - for now. Recently they completed filming a sequence out in the desert and it was gorramn exciting I tell ya. Do you remember the Mule/ATV from the series? (Prominently displayed in which three eps?) What if that Mule was addicted to steroids and had been eating nothing but egg whites, bulking up on Creatine and working out six days a week? Now imagine it wasn't an ATV at all, but more of, say... a HOVER CRAFT! You should see this thing flying past you with our gang in the cockpit. Whooooosh!

    As for the cast - the gang is so jazzed up just being back together; and to make a movie no less. They are making awesome with the acting. If Nathan Fillion was any more charming he could turn a straight man gay. I'm just sayin' is all. And just thinking about Morena and Jewel could turn a gay woman, well, even gayer. Oye! Here's a question: If Niska was holding the girls hostage in his space-torture-plex-thingy and you could only save one, who would it be? You pervert.

    Now for the juicy details only your inside man, Dusty, could bring you. Hold on to your hats! (No, not the one's from "Safe".) Unfortunately, last Monday's shoot did not go without incident. At lunchtime the catering truck served prime rib with garlic-mashed potatoes and some sort of mixed green salad with goat cheese, pecans and strawberries. But even more shocking than the lack of a vegan alternative, was the discovery made by one of our cast members. Trying to conceal a secret sham, this unnamed star wandered around back of the chow truck to sneak a side of ketchup for his salad. It was there that he witnessed the caterers secretly using Mrs. Dash instead of salt. Nooooooooooo!

    This is Dusty Bottoms saying, "Beat it, geek."

  16. Re:dupe... on First Mobile Phone Virus Discovered · · Score: 1

    Well done. :) Am I the only one that can't resist opening the obvious duplicate articles just to see how creative people can get announcing that the article is a dupe?

  17. Re:Preformance vs reliability on Akamai DNS Outage Messes up Net · · Score: 3, Funny

    Like with everything else in life, there's always a trade-off between preformance and reliability...

    You really can have both!.. have you tried Viagra?

  18. Re:Bianry Edit on Netgear's Amusing "fix" for WG602v1 Backdoor · · Score: 1

    I have that same router, so your post prompted me to look around for Zytel firmware updates, but I couldn't seem to find any. Before investing any more effort, I was wondering if you could tell me what improvements you have found? Speed? Security? Was this worth the effort, or was it just a fun research project?

    Thanks..

  19. Re:NSTextField on Why this? Yet Another vi-based Editor? · · Score: 1

    You can use any editor you wish using mozex.

  20. Re:Analyzing the Witty worm with a massive darknet on Build A Darknet To Capture Naughty Traffic · · Score: 3, Informative

    I believe you meant this for your first link.

  21. Re:i.e., don't click... on Linux Today Founder Calls for Boycott of Linux Today · · Score: 1

    Even if unintentional, this makes for a brilliant reverse psychology marketing move. I couldn't resist clicking your link to see what all the fuss was about. Even better for them and their advertisers, they now they have me and perhaps thousands more all browsing their site for the first time.. carefully inspecting every single advertisement.

  22. Re:All-artificial? on First All-Artificial Feature Film Released · · Score: 1

    No, those other robots would just have to be built by this guy. Hey, if he invented the Internet, I'm sure building a robot that makes movie-making robots should be pretty easy.

  23. Re:"ALLLOT" IS NOT A WORD! on 60GB iPod Coming? · · Score: 1

    Not it's not.. irregadless.

  24. Re:Nice treatise on A Former Microsoftie Forecasts Microsoft Doom · · Score: 1

    What about the once a month reboot to install the latest batch of security updates and patches?

  25. Re:Links for reference on Software Upgrade Crashes UK Air Traffic Control System · · Score: 1

    Your second link is in the original post.