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  1. can we say astroturf? on VoIP Calls Double In Quality · · Score: 1

    the submitter is the author of the code.

    Move along, nothing to see here yet

  2. this is nothing new on Psychopharm Going 'Mainstream' In Schools? · · Score: 1

    at one time, long ago, amphetemines were given to the troops to keep them alert. Students used them too for similar reasons. It's just different drugs now

  3. Re:Shame, and Shaming the Shamer on How Not to Steal a Sidekick · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm a dummy about GSM devices, but if she'd used her own SIM, to use the device it wouldn't have uploaded to the "wrong" account. Am I wrong here? If I'm not, then someone knew they were using minutes they didn't own.

  4. I've been in places unfortunately on Don't Network Administrators Require Privacy? · · Score: 1

    Where previous admins had been so untrustworthy that it was determined close observation was necessary by management. That's usually what it means when workers are placed in cubes and it's mandated that their screens are easily viewable by management.

    Once the house was swept, by the way, and trust re-established my team (the replacements) were treated like adults and silly rules went away.

    Figure out why admins aren't trusted and do something to correct the problem.

  5. I've been seeing this same post for days on Novell to Standardize on GNOME · · Score: 1

    all referencing eweek. Just once I'd like to see something directly from Novell. SO far, I have not seen that.

    When I see it from Novell in a press release or somesuch, I'll worry about it.

  6. A fool, no. A vicious troll, absolutely! on Google's Patents Reveal Strategy To Beat Microsoft · · Score: 1

    He's not an idiot. He and his company ARE anti-social bullies. He's the product of what we now know to be the fertile breeding grounds for sociopaths... The corporation... Maybe just the american corporation, I dunno. Europe seem to have far fewer Enron/Worldcom type incidents.

    Keep in mind MSFT IS the company that caused the IRS to tighten up the definition of what a contractor is.

  7. YACP: Yet Another Commercial Product on Pro-Active VoIP Management Solutions? · · Score: 1

    http://edgewaternetworks.com/

    It's specifically designed for VOIP quality monitoring.

    And as a disclaimer, I do some work for the company.

  8. Re:Just copy the disks before turning them over on Rackspace, Indymedia, and the FBI · · Score: 1

    You've obviously not used a forensic disk copier.

    Slow as sin they are

  9. Re:Just copy the disks before turning them over on Rackspace, Indymedia, and the FBI · · Score: 1

    Yes, I'm certain they could do a SAN snapshot... That likely doesn't meet the criteria for a forensic backup however... Hence removing the drive to take to a lab to duplicate the drive.

    This, of course, still leaves the question open on the "legality" of the warrent(s).

  10. Look for a used Psion on A Cheap and Portable Word Processor? · · Score: 1

    Small, reasonably powered. Mine is a 5MX I wish it was a 5mx pro.

    you can fairly often find them on ebay. expansys has them refurbished for... ouch! quite a bit.

    and of course the obligatory linux plug:

    http://linux-7110.sourceforge.net/

    Yes Virginia, it does run linux :)

  11. Re:Reality check... Bounced. on Why Aren't More Distros Becoming LSB Certified? · · Score: 1

    Ummmm... Actually SuSE does have an LSB compatibility package. SInce the "demise" of RedHat Desktop, I can't say about them.

  12. Re:One more strike on Arkeia Network Backup Agent Remote Access · · Score: 3, Informative

    Arcserve is nice. But what about bacula?

    http://www.bacula.org/

  13. Re:Ads already in place on LiveJournal Buyout Confirmed · · Score: -1, Troll

    I just visited and checked the links from my handy dandy linux browser (no malware, adware etc) and no banner ads either.

  14. Re:Get vendors to use it first on HP Backs Blu-ray Disc Technology · · Score: 1

    MS distributes the MSDN on DVD

  15. astroturf maybe? on Real Feels iTunes Backlash · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I dunno, maybe I'm an oddball.. Does it strike *anyone* funny that there is protest over paying less?

    And, yes, I don't like apple. Bought one back in the mists of time for who they had been, felt ripped off by who they'd become and swore off then and forever.

    I would dearly love to analyze the server logs for the submissions.

  16. it looks like gaim-vv on PhoneGaim Brings Phone Calling To IM Users · · Score: 5, Informative

    with terminating POTS service hung on the back of it.

    see http://gaim-vv.sourceforge.net/

  17. It doesn't worry me on Network Solutions Overhauls Whois Results · · Score: 1

    I checked several domains I take care of and only one was vaguely correct. If that's the best they can do...

  18. The security "industry" is engageing in FUD on Clever Caller ID Tricks With VoIP · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This isn't a hack. The telco interconnect company (in this case nuphone) sends the info to Ma Bell. The fact that they don't validate it is NOT a hack. It may be a risk, but feeding incorrect info to mother is not a hack or a manipulation. In general the telco themselves require information be provided... It's a little sad that some interconnect companies don't treat it more seriously. I know my company does.

  19. Re:IPv9 and Linux on China Deploys IPv9 Network · · Score: 1

    I suspect that in many cities the drivers for RFC2549 will be declared a public nuisance... And who's going to clean up the mess?!?!!

  20. Re:One problem: on Road Marker Marks You · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Seems the brits have taken the placed of the soviets
    in taking credit for things:

    http://www.snopes.com/business/origins/bottsdots .a sp

  21. Why is it on Red Hat Recap · · Score: 1

    That these article seem to take the tack that the support and fixes come, not from the distributers, but from the author(s)of the of the individual packages. Is it just that business focused types can't see a model other that mana from the monolith?

    When a vulnerability to openssl or openssh, does redhat/suse/deb write a patch and everyone else fall in line? Or does the dev group do a patch/new release and those individual distributers figure out who to package it for the least fuss and muss. Personally (and I'll grant I'm probably not usual); openssh has a problem... I go to openssh.org and get their fix. It usually faster to do that to hang around and wait for a distro based fix.

    But, maybe I "don't get it"

  22. I used them "back in the day" on Internet Job Boards a Bunch of Hype? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    But then they became over run by resume collectors and so I moved on to smaller sites.

    It semed to me that sites like monster et al were useful, until they became over run by recuiters vs end employeers... I guess the recuiters paid better than the others.

  23. maybe the FTC or various states attorneys general on ReplayTV Price Drop Bait-and-Switch · · Score: 4, Interesting

    would be interested in what is obviously an illegal bait and switch

  24. noises off! on Will TiVo Destroy Ad-Supported TV? · · Score: 1

    Plenty of people already turn off the sound during commercials. Is there that much of a difference?

    It's sort of annoying to me... I sort of like commercials... Some of them are funny. The placement of a given commercial tells you who they think is watching.

  25. More to it than meets the eye on Cisco's Wi-Fi Phone · · Score: 1

    These phones are useless unless you have a complete Cisco "solution". They use Cisco only protocol(s) and don't interoperate with H.323 or SIP systems.