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  1. Hmmmmm..... on Shrinkwrapped Books · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The license was nontransferable and would "terminate immediately if the Licensee or his or her employer ceased to be an Omnicare customer." And although the Omnicare "Guidelines are intended only to provide guidance as to which pharmaceutical products Omnicare believes to be most effective" the "licensee" was nonetheless prohibited from disclosing any of the information in the book to third parties.



    Wouldn't the Doctor's patients be considered "Third Parties" in this scenario?

  2. Re:Infared beam break sensor? on A Humanitarian Engineering Problem · · Score: 2
    "Robbie, Where have you been? I have beamed and beamed!"

    Anne Francis - Forbidden Planet

  3. aAAAAhEEEEMMM.... on Brian Walker (aka Rocket Guy) Fires Back · · Score: 3, Informative
    uhhh...

    It was highly concentrated H2O2 that did in the Kursk. Nasty stuff.

    Just thought I'd mention it.

  4. Re:Sentence on Mitnick Testifies on Telco's Security · · Score: 2

    "...his access to computers and his employment in the computer industry will be severely restricted."

    I re-interate. It was my experience that Kevin clears all of his significant activities that could possibly be construed as "consulting" with the individual responsible for supervising his release. At this time I worked with him, I do believe he even had to clear visits to his mom (a LasVegas resident) because the trip exceeded his residency area boundaries.

    Kevin's participation in this proceeding could ONLY happen if he had permission. With only 0 years, 6 months, 24 days, 8 hours, 43 minutes, 25 seconds left to go, why Fsck this up now?

  5. Re:Sentence on Mitnick Testifies on Telco's Security · · Score: 2
    ClearChannel was (and still is) having financial difficulties and they axed several shows at once. In Kevin's case, this made little financial sense because when the Arbitron ratings did finally come out, they showed we had a relatively large audience for such a wierd time slot. I largely did hands on research and software evaluation for Kevin. The show's producer, Chris Pelton, did an amazing job keeping this small nerd herd focused on making the material interesting to the general public. The final on-air pairing of Kevin and his long time friend Alex was an outstanding combo of experience and explanitory know-how. Last I heard, there was talk of Syndicating the show, but I suspect that Kevin's book authoring chores are taking front seat in his life right now.

    Kevin is an amazing guy. One little known fact about him is that he can dial a phone faster than I thought humanly possible. He has an almost photographic memory for phone numbers, IP addresses, URLS and other snippets of information.

  6. Re:Sentence on Mitnick Testifies on Telco's Security · · Score: 2
    AUTHORITATIVE:

    Kevin works very closely with those monitoring his "Supervised Release". Kevin is very serious about having his life and freedoms returned to him.

    I worked with Kevin for several months on his Radio Show, "The Darkside of the Internet" on KFI, Los Angeles.

  7. Honestly.... on Field Day 2002 · · Score: 3
    Hams make me nervous.

    They are the only guys that are usually bigger nerds than I am.

    Their endless facination with acronyms and decimal points reminds me of...er...
    ...crap...programmers like me.

    Nevermind.

  8. The contradiction makes my head explode! on Disney Switches To Linux For Animation · · Score: 2
    Disney backed the Hollings bill that would essentially outlaw Open Source operating systems. The same operating systems that they now need to profitably produce the content that the Hollings bill would supposedly protect?



    aarrrrrrgggGGGHHHH!



    Outlaw computers and then only Outlaws will have computers!

  9. Personal Web Server for PocketPC was promised... on PocketPC Wireless Webserver · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...by Microsoft in the early developer kit promotion literature but it never was delivered. I suspect that the RIAA got to them and persuaded them to drop it because the last thing that they wanted to see was people sharing music/files on a mobile, wireless basis. Imagine a subway car full of people sharing music files.

    Now if someone could come up with a wireless, peer-to-peer Gnutella type client....

  10. Bingo.... on System Administrators - College or Career? · · Score: 2

    ...JohnDenver gets it!

  11. My advice.... on System Administrators - College or Career? · · Score: 2


    College level CS degrees are not a good investment if you have aptitude.



    I say take a more targeted approach for now and go to college when, and only when, you become bored, burnt out, disenchanted, frustrated and really sick and tired of all those god damned "college boys" who make more than you but REALLY just don't know DICK!

  12. Even if... on Security, Due Process and Convenience · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ..the POOOO LEEESE were a-waitin in the lobby, the challenge would still be valid. The search was still conducted by non-sworn personnel and such "evidence" should be suppressed. Maybe the ISP technician just typed the crap up?

  13. Re:Have you seen the average russian woman? on Slashback: Porntrusion, Greenness, Rollercoaster · · Score: 2
    You clearly have never been to Moscow. I remember thinking "Man, have we been lied to or what?".


    Stunningly beautiful eye candy everywhere. The babushka image is a bunch of media CRAP!

  14. Why don't we all just link to... on Google vs. DMCA and Scientology · · Score: 2

    ...www.clambake.org and push the church DOWN in the listings?

  15. Note the softened code name... on Windows 'Longhorn' Kicks Off (On Paper) · · Score: 4, Funny


    ..No more code names like HailStorm for these guys. Expect names like PuppyTail, SnuggleBear and ComfyHat from now on.

  16. You'd think these guys would know better.... on DivX and MP3 Developers Work Together on Watermarks · · Score: 1


    "Still, DivXNetworks and Fraunhofer are confident that they can jointly develop a digital rights management system that provides content owners with a secure means to distribute copyrighted works over the Web. "



    How many god dammned times are we going to have listen to this kind of wishful thinking kinda crap?

    Look, you clowns. I'll explain this one more time. What you are trying to achieve is mathematically and logically impossible short of the installation of a global quantum crypto key distribution infrastructure.

    Go ahead and lock up all the PhD's ya got in a building for a year or more working on your "secure means" product. Let's say you use the total intellectual capacity of these 100 PhDs for two years to develop this shiny new toy. (We'll quantify this intellectual capitol expenditure as 200PhD Intellectual Capitol Annum Units - ICAU.) The day you release this code booger to the world, AT BEST, you can only LOGICALLY expect it to remain secure for the amount of time that an inferior amount of intellectual capital has been applied to breaking it.

    In REALITY, the amount of intellectual capitol that will be brought to bear upon cracking your toy will VASTLY exceed your puny 200 ICAU investment. The amount of willing, ready, intellectual capitol available on the web is an awesome power that must be acknowledged and respected. This "Intellectual Capitol Differential Equation" CAN NEVER be swung toward your favor. You will ALWAYS lose.

    Worse, every time you, Hollywood, the RIAA and whomever the info-nazis of the week are, start spout this kind of blinkered, pig-ignorant drivel, you piss us all off. Get a frikken clue.

  17. None of this would happen if... on PetsWarehouse vs. Mailing List · · Score: 1


    ...Corporations had inferior legal rights in comparison to natural, real human beings.

    In my perfect world of the future, corporations can only sue other corporations and corporations that seriously violated laws would be subject to a "Corporate Death Sentence".



    At any rate, Robert Novak is, in my opinion, absolutely THE most shameful example of an American I am aware of. I feel the need for a shower just knowing my feet rest upon the same soil as his.

  18. WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT? on Kathleen Fent Read This Story · · Score: 1



    Could TacoToddlers be on the horizon?

  19. What happens when... on Yahoo! Launches Pay-Per-Search · · Score: 1



    ...you search for a cheaper search engine?

    Probably not considered a "Premium" document, huh?

  20. After readin this interview, I think this guy is.. on Interview With Microsoft's Chief of Security · · Score: 1


    ...clearly one the least candid and varbally honest individuals on the planet today, and the Bush administration is making one whopper of a mistake taking this guy's advice on anything more important than decorating tips for the White House xmas trees.

    CSO, my ass, this guy's just another corporate frat boy if you ask me.

  21. Don't patronize Retailers who... on Universal to Copyprotect All CDs · · Score: 1


    ..do NOT support the RedBook CD format standard in some meaningful way.

    This holiday season, as I enter record stores, I ask "Do all of the CD's here conform to the Redbook Standard and if not, what are you doing to segregate or label those that don't?"

    When I don't get the right answer from the clerk, I ask to speak with the manager and I tell them why I am leaving and why I won't shop in their store any more.

    You have the power to change things and you are probably sitting on your source of power right now. Err..You know what I mean, its your wallet!

  22. Excuse me Sir... on Talk to the Man Who Wants to Oversee Microsoft · · Score: 1


    ..But do all of your suits have that big red target painted on the back?

  23. There is nothing more disgusting... on Comdex Bans Bags From Show Floor · · Score: 1


    ...than non-justifyable, irrational security. It ALWAYS reduces attendance, and WORSE, it conveys the impression that whomever is attending the event is somehow more important than the rest of us.

    It smacks of elitism and stinks of pants-soiling fear BOTH at the same time.

    A recent example you ask? The Emmys.

  24. I'm waiting for GoogleVista... on AltaVista Can't Keep Up · · Score: 1
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    Where all the best features come together!


    (I stopped using AltaVista when they started using that stupid javascript crap to reload my page just to churn more ad revenue. MAN THAT TICKED ME OFF!)

  25. Re:replacement? on Goldin to Retire from NASA · · Score: 1


    I nominate Dr. Russ Turner.

    He's qualified and one of the best leaders and visionaries I have ever had the chance to work with. He could take us to Mars with change to spare!