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  1. Re:Australians' Standards of Privacy. on OpenTV Like TiVo on Steroids · · Score: 1

    Where my mod points when I need them ?

    And the irony is the myth of the routing tooting rough as guts independent outback Aussie. They do exist but are a rare as hens teeth. Real Aussies live in cities on the coast in overpriced factory farmed units being bullied by their girlfriends/mothers (the terms are *really* interchangeable here).

    They want to be told how independent and bloody minded they are, they don't actually want to *be* it - that requires effort, and the Aussie media caters to them admirably.

  2. Re:My Rights Online???!! on Librarian Suspended over Patrons' Web Access · · Score: 1

    Well if I was the next librarian I'd implement a sure fire no fail internet filtering system.

    I would remove all computers from the library - that would certainly stop any porn browsing.

  3. Re:What's funny on Google Urged to Drop Images · · Score: 1

    Good point - I live in Brisbane, pop one million plus. The water supply is a big worry her as it is (10 yr drought). The rivers & creeks are undrinkable. If the water reseviors were compromised it would be serious - you can't just truck the water in for over a million people.

  4. Cue Ignorant slash dot comments on Hidden Black Holes Discovered · · Score: 1

    There is nothing more guaranteed to expose the embarrassing ignorance of the basic slashdotter re physics than black holes.

  5. Re:Victim's story on 60 Years Since Hiroshima · · Score: 1

    Yup, you nailed it - on the aniversary of the only nukes used in war its all anti-americanism.

    Dick head

  6. Re:No Services on Boot? on Running Windows With No Services · · Score: 1

    Yeah, well I had to switch to a PS2 adaptor for my USB mouse on Mandrake 10.1 because moving the mouse too fast locked the system.

  7. Re:Still breaking water on New Way to Make Hydrogen · · Score: 1

    Yah - if fact this process ends up creating pure distilled water.

  8. Surely I can't be the first on Neanderthal Genome to be Sequenced · · Score: 1

    Neanderthal porn ...

  9. Functionality on Why New OSes Don't Catch On · · Score: 2, Interesting

    IMHO the biggest barrier is the necessary functionality in both the op.sys and applications.

    New systems today have a much high bar of functionality than the operating systems of yore - Office suite, drivers, games and compatibility.

    Sadly, I think the boat for new operating systems has sailed.

  10. Re:And the important question is on David Clark: Rebuild the Internet · · Score: 1

    Interesting - and disappointing

  11. Re:And the important question is on David Clark: Rebuild the Internet · · Score: 1

    Got any references for that ? I've seen plenty of articles on bushs barbed wire free speech zones, but none for democrats.

  12. Re:And let me guess...... on Microsoft to Release AJAX Framework · · Score: 1

    Learn to read not nitpick, misapplying dictionary definitions does not speak well for your comprehension, not to mention being somewhat pretentious.

    Framework in the context of the article refers to a Application framework, which is a good deal more specialised then the generic framework term.

    And I referred to GUI elements in Microsoft's Atlas library which if you read the article is part of what it encompasses.

    Lastly AJAX is not just a communications paradigm, its more a pattern for the interactions between client, server and GUI, not mention being a nouveau geek term for tech that's been around and used for some time.

  13. Re:And the important question is on David Clark: Rebuild the Internet · · Score: 1

    Actually I thought it was just the republicans that were setting up "Free Speech" zones

  14. Re:And let me guess...... on Microsoft to Release AJAX Framework · · Score: 1

    No its not. Look at the acronym - Asynchronous Java and XML.

    Its 2 technologies (Javascript & XML that can be used together, its not a framework.

    A framework is something like the GNome libs, or borlands OWL or even MFC (ick). Thats probably what MS is looking at creating, a jscript library that abstracts the creation of windows, window elements, events and making server calls.

  15. For gods sake on What is the Best Firewall for Servers? · · Score: 1

    Get a hardware router or dedicated PC already. IPCop or Smoothwall are excellent PC based routers/firewalls that play nice with windows networks and they don't need much hardware. A 800Mhz P2 with 64 - 128MB ram will be plenty and you can remove the keyboard & screen once you're finished setting them up.

  16. Re:doh on Windows Users Ignoring LUA Security · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can start a Administrator cmd prompt in windows without logging off:

    runas /profile /user:Administrator cmd.exe

    Or any other program can be launched.

  17. Re:MacArthur on Censored Nagasaki Bomb Story Found · · Score: 1

    I guess your're fine with the suicide bombings in Israel then, or the IRA bombings of Britain - everyones the enemy after all.

  18. Familar story on Software for Managing Your Bibliography? · · Score: 1

    - User has working functional programs under windows
    - User switches to Linux
    - User finds program that does half of whats needed
    - User now spends 90% of time looking for alternatives while working around half assed linux implementation
    - User asks slashdot. Now 100% of time is spent reading flames on kde/gnome/etc and being told to hack the code.

  19. Re:Balance is the answer... on How To Balance Life And Technology For Kids? · · Score: 1

    Sheesh - can I be your kid ?

  20. Re:Bush is preparing on House Limits Patriot Act Rules on Library Records · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Nah - it'll be a red state. That will mobilize his base better. They'd be delighted if a nuke went off in a blue state, remember Coulter wished that McVeigh had bombed the New York Times Building.

    Besides the blue states are the ones that support the red states - we can't damage the cash cows.

  21. Re:Perhaps we shouldn't be so rash.. on House Limits Patriot Act Rules on Library Records · · Score: 1, Redundant
    The Patriot Act was a fast acting, country sweeping bill that made it to law simply because the governing agencies that wanted it, wanted it now, and nobody was going to stand in their way in the wake of what had just happened in our country.

    If that was the case it would be more understandable, but I don't think so.

    I believe this was more about agencies and the neocons using 9/11 as a excuse to implement draconian polices they had long dreamed of. This was very little to do with protecting America against terrorists and a lot to do with longstanding freeper agendas.

  22. Copy & Paste on Jamie Zawinski Switches to Mac OS X · · Score: 2, Funny

    Its a good thing he didn't try to copy and paste any meaningful information between apps (or even on the same app) on Linux - then he'd be really pissed.

  23. Re:Outlook 2003 on Where is the Killer Calendar? · · Score: 1

    Maybe if you had said 16383 msgs in one *folder* rather than the entire pst - which is actually what you wrote, check the original message.

    Also what I'll second what another poster said - that many msgs in a folder (left alone the inbox) is ridiculous, you are the user that gives sysadmins nightmares.

  24. Re:Outlook 2003 on Where is the Killer Calendar? · · Score: 1

    Rubbish - we have OL2000 pst's and archives of tens of thousands of items

  25. Re:Working longer just doesn't produce more on Why Crunch Mode Doesn't Work · · Score: 1

    My current work place is like that, its great. I've stayed here the longest I have at any job (3 yrs) and I have no intention of leaving.

    And I'm definately motivated to put in the extra hrs when its needed.