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  1. Re:What about me? on Study Compares IQ With Browser Choice · · Score: 1

    Following proper test methodology he should give himself a few good whacks over the head with a mallet before commencing IE6 tests.
    Also, following proper procedure, IE6 should be tested last of all. I'll leave it up to the reader to figure out why.

  2. Ponies, again with the ponies on Better Copyright Through Fair Use and Ponies · · Score: 1
  3. Re:We talk about this need a lot at work. on Interviews: Ask Technologist Kevin Kelly About Everything · · Score: 1

    For us the reasons to go virtual (since 2006 iirc), in no particular order
    - reduce power usage and cooling
    - less hardware to manage
    - more efficient use of hardware
    - faster deployment of new servers
    - separation of applications (mainly a problem on Windows, applications simply don't co-exist in an nice way on the same server)

    We're not a major player by any standards but we now have 10 hosts running a total of 380 vm:s. Lot's of room for more vm:s in there still but it's designed for redundancy, 5 of the hosts can fail and all vm:s can still be kept running on the remaining hosts.

  4. Re:Really? on Company Claims Ownership of Digital Messaging · · Score: 1

    You had me at silicon...

  5. Re:The simplest way. on How Do You Handle New MS Word Vulnerabilities? · · Score: 1

    I can't be bothered to check bugtraq right now, but isn't oo and abiword susceptible to the malformed files as well? Granted, not as badly as ms word but there still was something funny going on with the shoddy files iirc.

  6. Re:Spyware on Why Does Everyone Hate Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure how to interpret your reply.

    OS X and Linux ARE advanced operating systems. However they're not hard to use as some other major o/s manufacturer claims...

  7. The other Aqua on Apple's Illuminous (Aqua v2) to Compete with Aero · · Score: 1

    This isn't really related to the article (which isn't much of an article btw). Troll me to smithereens.

    If Apple goes from Aqua to illuminous, what's the logical progression for Microsoft and Aero?

    My guess is the next interface from Ms will be known as "Wind". Then, as we all know, Ms has a habit of getting things somewhat right and very bloated in the third generation.

    So, my prediction for the third generation of Aero is simply "Flatulence". Oddly enough, this is how the first generation of Aero has been described as well.

  8. Re:Hollywood? Not accurate? I'm shocked, SHOCKED! on Servers, Hackers, and Code In the Movies · · Score: 1

    I can't hear what you're saying!!! La la la la la laa!!!

    (And an added bonus:
    Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
    Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING. ...stupid lameness filter killing my lame jokes...)

  9. Re:GIGO -- Garbage In, Garbage Out on Does Portable Music Have to be Compressed? · · Score: 1

    Excuse the dust, I just woke up from a 10 year slumber...

    Are music (pay for) downloads today @ 128kbps?? Meeps. The only time 128's are ok is when you're out running or cycling, when the wind conceals artifacts and the loss of dynamic range. Or maybe at the last leg of a party when you can't hear any midrange anyway... Mmm, intoxication...

  10. Re:This looks right - why bad mouth it? on John Dvorak On Vista's Launch · · Score: 1

    Hey, I see that your vista comes without punctuation. I think you should have waited for the Ultimate edition Vista with Punctuation Plus Pack before posting... :)

  11. Re:Technical Specs? on Wii Launches, Sells Out Peacefully · · Score: 1

    With Nintendo it's not about the graphics and it's not about the specs at all. That's Sony and Microsoft's territory and I don't think Nintendo has ever claimed to challenge that particular turf. Fun, ease of use and games are - to me - what Nintendo stands for.

  12. Unbalanced... on Slashdot's Vastu · · Score: 1

    Guess that's why we have all the dupes and the trolls hanging out around here.

    Imagine what it'd be like with a harmonic feng shui or - if you will - vastu inspired design:
    - No dupes
    - Well written summaries of articles
    - Good grammar
    - No Ms bashing (you think? really?)
    - No trolls

  13. Re:Confusing title? on Google Gets Slack with Software Updates · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You're not the only one who confused it with slackware, same here. Warmed my heart for a bit before I realised it wasn't the real slack. :-(

  14. n/a on Microsoft Working With Security Vendors · · Score: 1

    As this does not really concern me, I'll just conclude that I am yet to run any sort of av-software on my linux installs. Thanks, I'll be gone now.

  15. Re:as a someone on both sides... on Are IT Certifications Meaningless? · · Score: 1

    Speaking from personal experience, I regard people with certs (MS/Novell) with great suspicion. Very few of the people I've met had any real experience or insight into what they'd trained for and reveived the cert for. In a real life situation most were painfully clueless. This includes the people with training/instructor certs - if it was outside the book they were helpless.

    I do not hold any certs, nor will I throw money at getting any. For me, coming from amigaos to the current linux/freebsd/win[Nt4/2k/xp/2k3/flavor-of-the-day] environment I work in today has been great, as things I pick up from one will help me understand the other and so on.
    I have to agree with you on this - training is good to help fill the gaps of knowledge - but it cannot beat hands-on experience and "learning of the fly".

  16. Re:Oops... on Netgear's Amusing "fix" for WG602v1 Backdoor · · Score: 1
    Things might be quite different with a bit of truth in advertising, like a sticker on the box which reads "Router WG602 - Now With Even More Backdoors!"


    This would indeed make for interesting marketing campains:

    Barlboro - the only deathfag that's GUARANTEED to give you cancer in only 3 months! Think your lung's are BLACK? Think again!

    Schmirnoff - now with MANDATORY memory loss and liverdamage!

    Micorfsot Internet exploder - UNSAFE at ANY speed. Hey, WE don't use it! .. and of course we'd all still be buying the crap.
  17. Re:After this is able to be applied to humans on Growing Teeth with Stem Cell Technology · · Score: 1

    Soon I hope.
    No, I'm no goth but ever after reading Gibson's Johnny Mnemonic (or Neuromancer, can't remember which) I've been a total sucker for the idea of having real fangs instead of these crappy cornerteeth we have.
    Yay! Can't wait to go lotek on a good steak and be done with the old fork and knife! Instant gratification!
    (I'm not kidding, I would get real fangs if they became available.)

  18. Re:Switch!!! on Nasty New Virus Variants · · Score: 1

    Maybe Microsoft should re-code Outlook so that the incoming-email-handling-and-viewing code runs in some sort of Java-style untrusted sandbox mode.

    That'd be good, but it could be simpler. Just recode it to refuse to start if run by root/admin or drop to a user account immediatly on startup.

    (of course 99% of all windows applications are totally bonkers and won't run correctly if your not admin)

  19. Re:Why a cube? on Borg Cube Case · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's not as impressive to land a sphere on a planet and roll off as to land a cube with a nice thud, see:


    Borg hive:
    We are the borg, prepare to be assimi - whu?
    Hey, somebody stop the sphere from rolling away!
    As I was saying: prepare to be assimi - hey?
    46 of 100! Stop the sphere from rolling.

    46 of 100:
    [unintelligible]

    Borg hive:
    No, we dont care. Get someone else to stand on the other side of the sphere!



    And so on.

    Not as impressive.

  20. Keep your torso warm on Anti-Frostidigitation: Heatpipe Gloves · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's actually better to keep your torso warm.
    The draining of blood and heat from your hands and feet happens when your core temperature starts dropping. This is done to protect the vital organs, heart, liver etc over the non-vital, hands, feet. If you can keep your core temperature normal you can actually work without gloves even below zero (celsius). This because the body is warm and needn't cut the heatloss from hands or feet.
    There was a good documentary on the Discovery channel about the very subject not long ago.
    So, while heatpumping gloves seem nice, I'd go with keeping my body warm and be rid of any gloves hindering my hands.

    Yeah, bring on the puns..

  21. Re:Stop the World i wana get off on URLs Patented, Domain Registrars Sued · · Score: 1

    Prior art would be DNS and SMTP, mayhaps?? Can't be bothered to dig up some RFC's right now but both are way older than when the patent was filed.

    Looks like these two characters are trolling the legal system and the patent system. Wonder how much more of this abuse it'll take before the whole system is written off as a failure.

  22. Re:Raising the bar on SCO Fires back, Subpoenas Stallman, Torvalds et al · · Score: 1

    I would also go for a shirt with:

    Got crack?
    SCO

  23. Re:How does VIrtualPC compare on Microsoft's Next Virtual PC Will Run Linux · · Score: 1

    As for vmware it's been rocksolid for me. I run it on my slackware box with a w2k workstation and a w2k server as guest sessions.

    Can't say anything for virtual pc though, as it doesn't run on linux.. meh.

    But if you got the $$ and want to run linux as host o/s I certainly recommend vmware.

  24. Re:Get a Bicycle-Score! Two points. on Getting Back Into Shape While At The Office? · · Score: 1

    Get some good wintertires, with studs. I have a pair of Nokian Extreme 296 at winter, and it's more or less like riding in the summer. (Minus the heat of course) After a couple a rides you'll be taking corners like nothing and if you do fall there's usually a lot of snow to break the fall.

  25. Re:My solution won't work for most of you, but... on Getting Back Into Shape While At The Office? · · Score: 1

    I'm one of those lucky enough to have access to a shower at work, so I try to bike to work as often as possible.

    Have to say that the best workouts are usually in the winter as opposed to blistering heat in the summer... We get down to -15 to -20 celsius outdoors where I live. Man, you have to put on some serious clothing to make it the 9 miles to work. Add to that some 10 to 20cm of snow (before it's plowed off the street) and I'm usually sweating quite heavily after 5 mins.
    Summerheat is like a paradise compared to the winters. Mmmmh.

    I keep a full change of clothes at work, and always ride in bike clothes. You can't find anything more uncomfortable and restricting to movements than biking in regular apparel.

    Keeping to the main subject, the road I take to work has three good climbs so just riding to work and watching the diet has kept me in pretty good shape for the last two years. I'm just starting to take up on training seriously and racing again. Been too busy at work for the last few years so I had to give up racing. Bleh.