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  1. Stupid managers..... on MS VP Speech Online · · Score: 2

    Simple, make the manager feel stupid without them realizing it was you who did it. Managers NEVER want to admit their wrong, so the will go along with what you said, and play like they never said what they did. At least that has always been my experience in corp. America....

    They are much more worried about looking stupid in front of their upper managers, so you can normally correct them before things get out of hand.
    The real danger is the managers who have no contact with the tech staff.

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    Hey, at least I didn't use the BLINK tag! :)

  2. Re:Once upon a time .... An Author Reply on AOL/gaim/Jabber Situation Explained · · Score: 1

    The FCC did have to do this. All the way from the beginning of phones with the crank had sets, to the AT&T breakup, there were micro telecos. Till the FCC mandated interconnection (this was PRE AT&T breakup), the microtels couldn't talk to the big teleco. You are only thinking of recent history guys, not long term industry.

  3. I hope this happens... on First Arcology? · · Score: 1

    Dam, as an ex-arch student, I know that is going to be the most complex building in the world. Several of you have mentioned the lift problem. Do you know how air powered bank tubes work? Several designers have made elevator designs on the same concept. They use controlled air channels to lift the car almost unlimited heights. The only problem is pumping air fast enough. This thing is gona take so much power, expect a small nuke plant in it to power the thing.


    Why do the Chinese want to do this?

    Simple, we don't respect them. We do not see them as a super power. Their nukes (bombs) are primitive, and their government cant see spending money on weapons that they will never get to use. So, they are busy on two fronts; a manned space flight mission, and creating this engineering masterpiece. Could we do this? Yes, it isn't really a technology problem as a money problem. Donald Trump was thinking of something like this to show the world how much money and power he had, till he lost a big chunk to the ex wife... ;) And that was nearly 8 years ago. The Cost/sq-ft ratio builds up too high for economic sense at 100 floors on a building. The Chinese can conscript all the labor they wish because they are communist ( the Chinese are really not socialist, in a socialist government, they would be responsible for the welfare of their citizens, and guarantee jobs, and provide housing & food, the Chinese govt. does not do any of this for all of its citizens.), so the labor factor is severely reduced. I do hope the competition from the Chinese creates another tech/space race here in the US. We need competition to fuel national projects of great magnitude.


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    Hey, at least I didn't use the BLINK tag! :)

  4. Free Game Market! on TuxBox: Rising from Indrema's ashes · · Score: 1

    I wish them the best of luck.
    An open source gaming console would make a system that independent developers can create games for without having to pay the high licensing fees that price them out of most other systems. It would also do the same for the accessory hardware and services market for the console. Basically, this would create a freer market for high powered game consoles.

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  5. How about htis award... on Vote in 5K Contest · · Score: 2

    The "You have Been Slash Doted and Survived Without A Crash" award? That would really mean something to a web admin...


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  6. Modern Data Medium is Dynamic, not Static on Will There Be Historical Records from the Digital Age? · · Score: 1

    My family has a central data server in which all of our data and backups of our programs are stored. It uses a nice IDE RAID system to insure that our 40+GB of files are safe. (although this includes a library of 122 program install sets, such as office, windows, Photoshop, ect...) Our USER directory is over 21gb of hard data files, which includes financial records, Office App save files (word, excel, power point, access), image files (no porn you dirty minded geek!), and email. Also backed up is our web pages, and other important information.

    I foresee a time when almost every home has its own central server, and the data on such a server is by design, self backing up. A family with such a server would never loose copies of their records, that is as long as a fire or something didn't kill the server.

    Since the server in my house has so much important data , I also have a hard drive copy in my bank safe deposit box, wrapped in magnetic shielding (just in case). I update the back up once a year, which isn't very often, but better than nothing... This is something I doubt the average family will do in the future, but as online backup increases in durability, the backup will be held on internet servers instead.

    And I use a different hard drive on each backup, BTW....

    Basically, modern data media is dynamic, not static. The information has to be re-copied and compressed regularly or it is lost. I had a case of this before we went to the server, I lost all my AutoCAD file, which HURT!!! I had years of files just erase with out a way to recover. Can you say ouch?

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  7. Well.... on Geographical Borders on the Web · · Score: 1

    One point, what if I run from a proxy in another country? That would defeat this software.
    Use the KISS method, it works!




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  8. About cloud coverage on Firm Evidence for Greenhouse Effect · · Score: 1

    About cloud coverage

    Cloud coverage cause 2 things:

    1 less sun getting to the ground
    2 more heat trapped under them

    See the planet Venus for an example of heavy cloud coverage, the surface temp is hot enough to melt lead. It would be ½ that temperature if it was un covered. Then add the effect of the CO2 causing green house, add it up, you get hotter temperatures. Less sun does not = no sun. It will also be a pest for star gazing...

  9. AOLS next business plan on AOL Germany Found Guilty of Piracy · · Score: 1

    AOLS next business plan:

    Buy Germany's bandwidth pipes.
    Have AOL - Germany go out of business
    Take pipes with them.
    Let the German law makers know what it will take to get them beck.....

    That would be funnier than this ruling... ;)

  10. Spell? Me? on Napster to Filter by Filenames · · Score: 1

    I cant spell.... I have to use a spell checker on just a google search...
    Bad Spelling = Workaround
    If thats all it takes, then this has to be the weakest block yet...

  11. A byte of reality? on Banner Ads Could Soon Be Bigger · · Score: 1

    Come on, we all know that we are going to have to see bigger impact advertising on the new. Some one has to pay for all of this. It is just like a magazine, you see lots of adds which pay for 97% of everything, and you pay the cover price to get it shipped to you (or less). The same with the internet, the 'shipping' is our ISP bills and the Advertising pays for the content. Anyways, The only adds I hate are the .GIFs that someone set to animate as fast as it can, for some reason it slows my whole system down to a crawl, on every computer I have. Plug for my web site: www.techsplanet.com/pelicanbay

  12. Re:This is why I am auth MAC addys with IP addys o on Dispute Over IP Sharing Escalates · · Score: 1

    im using CISCO wLan systems with dynamic keys. The key changes every login. Very hard to gain a key that works twice.... Also, I keep a address table on my NAT server that kills any non authorized address, I also have several other security measures that help, but Im not going to publish a security map for any would-be hacker to follow ;) 802.11b systems have been running fast and reliable for me, I hope others have same experience. BTW, my ISP network is only a 63 node system, but we are only 3 months old...

  13. This is why I am auth MAC addys with IP addys on m on Dispute Over IP Sharing Escalates · · Score: 1

    This is why I am verifying MAC addresses along with IP address on my access lists. I take a little more effort, but this will keep peeps from stealing service at my wireless ISP . Seriously, you should be ashamed of yourself..... My ISP depends on each and every customer to stay in business, If a leech on the system starting knocking off IP addresses, I would start tracking down the signal, then use a 400w microwave source pointed at your NIC's antenna!

  14. AND YOU GET A FREE COPY TOO!!! OPEN MAG! on Solar Power Hardware For The Home? · · Score: 1

    seriously, they let you download the whole thing in pdf format, about 7 megs, I have been reading the thing for about 3 years. Also, on a serous system, pure solar isn't the way to go. Most of us use (R.E. peeps) use Solar/Wind systems. We also reduce our intake also. Replace all appliances with low power usage appliances and you save $$ on your solar/wind system.

  15. Before I sign on.... on Napster Introduces Subscription Charge · · Score: 1

    Here is what I want to see before I sign up: Napster to put up some VERRY high bandwidth servers (im talking 4 oc-3 time here) Put the entire library of sign-on record companies on it, and have them very high quality, 256K streams here only! Adjust the software so it searches the new super-Napster servers first. Open a FREE Napster super-server for independent artists to u/l songs to. (like MP3.com) Have the ability to quie songs that will go into a MP3 cd that is burnt and sent to us by snail mail for us low bandwidth users (and don't %$@%@$ uncompress them, I can fit a lot of songs on 640MB!) a 5$/month surcharge for this? And charge no more than $19.95us a month.

  16. Re:ftp.exe on Using GPL/BSD Code In Closed Source Projects? · · Score: 1

    opened up ftp.exe in dos edit, binary mode, and what do I see 1/2 way in? Copyright (c) 1983 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

  17. Not in Texas on Non-Competing With Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Here in texas, non-compete agrements are not valid. Our texas supream court justices knocked them down. Happened over 3 years ago. NDAs still apply of course... But I STILL dont like Bush!

  18. Re:In other censorship news... on Police Arrest Teen for "Obscene" Web Site · · Score: 1

    Here in the Ft Worth Texas school I went to, the bill of rights wasn't in my social studies book, and the teachers I had didn't know what the 1st and 2nd amendments were. I had to go on the net to find a copy of the Consititution because our libary didnt have a copy either.

  19. Re:How much will they cost? on Dawn Of The Diamond Age? · · Score: 1

    Gem quality diamonds have been in production for several years thanks to our Russian friends. Just say a PBS show about it. And yes, De Beers is having a freak fest.

  20. Lets see what we learn from history.... on More About Copy Control on Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    This is going to play out like this: Manufacture A starts the new line of hard drives, OEMs B C D E F & G say lets buy Manufacture B's hard drive without this new 'feature'. Manufacture A's sales drop, so then their stock. CEO A says oh crap, my shareholders are gona revolt! Lets 'revise' the design! (smaks of the intel serial #s huh?)
    After seeing Manufacture A go through slump, Manufactures B C D E F G & H hopefully wont be stupid and follow, right? After all, and new lines dot all come out at the same time, so the rest can watch the train wreak and learn....