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  1. Power meter & LED light bulbs on Cutting the Cost of Household Bills? · · Score: 1

    Get yourself a plug-in power meter, Maplin have them (http://www.maplin.co.uk/ product id is L61AQ.

    And these people have LED bulbs: http://www.yourwelcome.co.uk/lightbulbs.html

  2. Micropayments on Who Will Pay For Open Access? · · Score: 1

    Why don't they use micropayments? Even starving students should be able to afford 25c.

  3. No no no! on Outsourced Support, Now Outsourced Telemarketing? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't say "take me off your list", they'll just add you back again. Say "put me on your do-not-call list".

  4. Re:UNIX vs. LINUX? on Solaris 10 Released · · Score: 1

    At least some of the HCL is user-contributed (perhaps most of it). I looked up MSI motherboards and found three entries, though none for my particular motherboard. Checking one entry showed it is 'reported to work' and was submitted by "MSI User".

    Conclusion: I am going to download it and see if it works!

  5. Re:Must Read on Geeks in Management? · · Score: 1

    All the world's a stage.

    Yes, you're right. Check out "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life" by Erving Goffman. It was published in 1959 and because of this is quite hard to digest but I recommend giving it a try.

  6. Re:Where does one get the info? on My Life as a Quant · · Score: 2, Informative

    Easy peezy:

    http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=MSFT

    There are modules in CPAN to do the scraping for you (check out BeanCounter.pm)

  7. Hey... on Mac mini Dissection · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...that's my sister!

  8. Re:I did this, but not in Europe. on Getting an IT Job in Europe as an American · · Score: 2, Informative
    She could become a citizen of Italy and the US, with all the privileges of each and zero downside.

    My understanding is that the US will not tolerate you becoming a dual-citizen, you have to rescind your US citizenship when you become a citizen of another country. The only way to become a dual-citizen where one nationality is US is to either be born there or to have one parent a citizen of the US. But I'd be happy to be put right on this!

  9. It's like compound interest on How Important is a Well-Known CS Degree? · · Score: 1

    Differences in interest rates of, say, 2% a year don't sound like much. But over 30 years it makes a heck of a difference.

    So it is with a well-known university. The immediate advantage is not great but it accrues over many years into something quite significant.

    Compare 10% with 12% over 30 years: the end multiple is 17.45 vs. 29.95

  10. Get some experience first on Advice on Becoming an Independent Contractor? · · Score: 1

    My advice: first get some experience in a full-time position, minimum 5 years. Move jobs during that time - but only once, or twice at most otherwise you'll look flighty.

    And getting a degree first won't hurt your prospects. I know contractors who don't have them but they are the exception rather than the rule.

    It cannot be over-emphasised: personal contacts and a good reputation are key in this game (and a good reputation comes from impressing your personal contacts).

  11. Amazing nobody has mentioned it on Am I a Spam Zombie? · · Score: 1

    These authentic looking bounce messages have attachments that you're going to open, right? Don't do it! That's the payload that delivers the trojan/worm.

  12. Hint for getting up every hour on Chairs that Won't Wreck Your Back? · · Score: 1

    If you find you forget to get up and move around every hour then try drinking plenty of water. Your bladder will remind you to get up!

    Of course the rule of "all things in moderation" applies. Don't overdo it as you'll make yourself ill by overdiluting your internal electrolytes (oversimplification) but a couple of litres a day shouldn't hurt.

  13. Re:I've heard this before on Pro Photographers that Will Sell the Copyright? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't do it! You'll end up with 15 rolls of film taken by drunk wedding guests. I'm not really into the posed stuff either but I'm glad we had them taken now (we got married 10 months ago) you're really deluded if you think 15 rolls taken by drunk amateurs is going to be a reasonable substitute for some taken by a pro.

  14. You can do it, just find the right person on Pro Photographers that Will Sell the Copyright? · · Score: 1
    My wife and I got married 10 months ago. The photographer is a family friend and from the outset we established that we'd like to keep the negatives after she'd done prints for us and for her portfolio. We've recommended her to another couple and they have got to keep the negatives so she may do it for other people too.

    When we were initially searching for a photographer we asked about getting the negatives, the answer was basically no but one offered to sell us high-resolution scans on CD for GBP 600!

    She's based in Toronto, here's her website: http://www.katiataylorphotography.com

  15. Not an excuse! on Dance Dance Revolution Hastens Heart Attack · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Don't use this tale as an excuse not to try DDR! I mean if you're susceptible to this genetic condition (and it's a faint chance that you are) you're probably going to peg it one day in any case. But the quality of life of a non-exerciser will be increased no end by doing some exercise (speaking as a convert myself).

  16. The Great Battery Shootout on (Real) Intelligent NiMH Chargers? · · Score: 1

    You should take a look at this. I followed the advice therein and bought a Maha charger and Powerex batteries and have been pleased with their performance (I have an Olympus E-10 which is notoriously hard on batteries, standard batteries, e.g. Duracell, die in the middle of taking the first picture with it!)

  17. Essential System Administration on Linux Admininstration Resources? · · Score: 2, Informative
    Another book I highly recommend is Essential System Administration by Aeleen Frisch (O'Reilly).

    Btw, this and the other books listed in replies are on Canonical Tomes in the System Administration section which is confirmation that they are highly thought of.

  18. Another company does this: Dynamotive on AgroWaste Oil Plant Starts Production · · Score: 1

    There's another company that does something similar, except they call it 'Fast Pyrolysis'. I'm not qualified to make a full comparison but it sounds similar on the face of it.

  19. Re:A few ways.. on DNS based Website Failover Solutions? · · Score: 1

    Have an equalized DNS entry for both IP addresses. It gives the client a 50% chance of connecting once its dead, but its better than nothing.

    More to the point, have the browser 'stick' to the server they initially connect to. In other words have the www1.mydomain.com server's content contain references only to www1.mydomain.com, and not www.mydomain.com (and similarly for the content on www2). Otherwise you'll have 50% of all links/IMG tags and so on fail rather than just 50% of all initial connections.

  20. Improvement on flatbed scanner technique on Getting Groovy -- Playing Records without a Needle · · Score: 1

    Sounds like an improved form of this

  21. What about freshmeat? on Writing Open Source Medical and Nursing Apps? · · Score: 2, Informative
    Freshmeat has an entire section of medical apps:

    http://freshmeat.net/browse/266/

  22. Re:US mobile phones don't have removable SIM cards on How (and how well) do Wireless "Worldphones" Work? · · Score: 1

    Well I bought a Nokia 8890 in the US about 4 years ago, it has a removable SIM card and I am happily using it in the UK.

  23. Re:Fixed size... on Swap File Optimizations? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't let Windows resize the swapfile - that's a surefire path to fragmentation, fragmentation = slowness.

  24. Human interaction on The Unhappy World of IT Professionals · · Score: 1

    One of the things that keeps me happy is meaningful human interaction. Either discussing a technical issue with a colleague or helping someone diagnose a tricky problem.

    I think many IT professionals over look the need for this.

  25. First Penguin - not such an odd name on Parappa Creator Debuts New Title, To Be Honored At GDC · · Score: 5, Informative

    First penguin refers to the first bird that enters the water (or is it the first to leave the water?). Once one bird has done it and not been eaten by a killer whale, the rest follow with great rapidity.

    So First Penguin is a very appropriate name for an award for risk-takers.