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  1. Re:This has been going on for years on RoadRunner Co-Opting "Organization" Headers · · Score: 4, Informative

    I have used newsguy since they were named zippo.com (guess the evil company that sued for the name) and can say their usenet service is very reliable. Binaries are complete and you have a choice of the NNTP protocol or a fancy point and click web based interface that automates multipart decoding. RR may run a good newsserver, but I still keep newsguy to suppliment the spool.

    Newsguy also has impressive spam fighting filters. Even my newsguy email account hasn't had one spam email since I signed up since 1997.

  2. Don't throw them away! on A Cordless Phone's Major Problem - Dealing w/ Batteries? · · Score: 2

    Save your old phones. They have a great radio transmitter/receiver module along with other useful parts. Imagine the possiblities with webcams or wireless links.

  3. Re:I wonder... on Microsoft's Overlooked Code Theft · · Score: 2

    I'm calling the BSA hotline. You should too.

    If anyone needed an audit, a previous convicted felon^H^H^H^H^Hpirate might do it again.

  4. Re:Next in news on Distributed Computing World Climate Simulation · · Score: 2

    Unreal Tournament: 132 watts

    Ouch. You have an expensive computer. My 1GHz Toshiba laptop draws about 30watts finding prime numbers. I bet your air conditioner gets a workout.

  5. Re:Just gets worse for MS on MS Putting the Squeeze on Alternative Audio · · Score: 4, Interesting

    No, MS will find some way to anger the judge and cause him to do something that will get the case dismissed. Its worked every time.

  6. Re:LA Based ? CPC 502 applies on Trojans and Popups and Slimeball Business · · Score: 3, Funny

    By "put away," what methods are you suggesting?

    Prison?
    Concrete shoes?
    In the trunk of a car?
    Handcuffed to the floor in a crack house?

    Sounds good, but could you be more specific?

  7. Re:Moral Dilemma. on Slashback: Wal-Modem, Culpability, Misquotes · · Score: 0, Troll

    Everyone has seen goatse.cx, but there is something even google's image cache won't touch.

  8. Re:Change Hosting services... on Obtaining Access Logs for User Web Sites? · · Score: 2

    A host provider that cannot provide logs needs to wake up. There is no excuse for not providing logs when apache can be configured to provide seperate log files for different directories or virtual hosts.

    Also, these log files can be mailed to the user.

  9. 2.4GHz clock speed on Intel Moves To 533MHz FSB · · Score: 4, Funny

    I remember the old ZX81 I built from a kit clocked its Z80 at 3.58MHz, so it could generate the synced television picture directly from the processor.

    With 2.4GHz, I'm sure there will be wireless experiments by attempting to use the CPU as a DSP.

  10. Re:Of COURSE.. on Fewer Jobs, Less Pay In The IT Industry · · Score: 2

    I had the same experience when I used to IRC.

    Ouch. IRC is more like the local bar where people hang out and heckle the newcomers for a good joke. IRC may sometimes be useful for keeping up on current events, but I'd say its more for entertainment.

    Ask your question in the local LUG mailing list. You will get about ten answers to the original question, followed by a "discussion" of the best way, while covering other most interesting facts along the way.

  11. He's an Inventor(tm) on The Magic Box Hoax · · Score: 5, Funny

    He received a patent on his black box, so it must true and not a hoax, right?

    Another reason why patents are worthless pieces of paper.

  12. Re:Plot not yet complete on The Dangers of Being A Microbiologist · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Consider the job of a microbiologist and you may see hazards of the profession. Consider where the money comes from and why over half the staff at any drug company is legal and security. Less than half the payroll goes to actual research. Medical research even less. There is a reason for this.

    My mom is a microbiologist and officially retired several years ago due to an "accident." What was interesting was the timing of the accident. I was interviewed at my house by one of the security staff who stated he was friends with Ewing Kauffman, the owner of MMD (he died recently and MMD is now defunct.) The guy with the nice golf shirt probed with many questions about my mom's consulting work. Shortly after that, contractors came into my mom's office to move some furniture. It would be a few hours after mom entered the office that she would be in the hospital. There are bad ways to die, but having the lungs burned with a chemical indicator to cough up green mucus is gruesome. Its not your average deathmatch in Quake III. She survived with 30% lung capacity. Someone at the company did not like her and we were forced to pay for the treatment until many years through the courts payed off.

    Pick your profession carefully. I'd recommend avoid working with companies that deal with intellectual property right minefields. Know where the mony comes from, especially when it deals with genetic coding of lifeforms. If you work with spooks, you better enjoy politics. I got to see intense rivalry between her peers. And it didn't seem fair. Just because it may be a white collar profession, people get hurt.

  13. Re:Like TV detector vans in Britain? on TV People Meter: Monitoring What You Watch · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Silly big brother and his vans. Well, these "television detector" vans may have to deal with computer monitors now:

    is that a licensed copy of Windows he is running?
    is that a DVD or a home video?
    just a screensaver?
    or is that a TV card?

    You are being watched. Your silence is appreciated.

  14. Re:You broke it already... on Fighting Back Against EULAs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I opened the WindowsME CD with my new laptop with a hammer. The seal was left intact. The media was destroyed. So what's the problem?

    Unfortunately, I have committed a felony under the juristiction of The United States of Microsoft by running a free operating system on my new laptop.

  15. Re:It has nothing to do with Linux... on Employees Are The Biggest Security Threat · · Score: 2

    Imagine your user account having no shells, but only access to carefully planned applications. But...but...I'll insert this boot disk and get root! Damn, the filesystem seems encrypted and all those apps appear to have been X11 forwarded with ssh from the main server. Guess I'll have to steal the company secrets with my digital camera.

  16. Get to know someone on Making an Independent Web Site? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Join a Linux User's Group. Get to know the people there who run ISP's. Pay for pizza and beer activities. You may find the friends you make have an affinity for creating community website opportunities.

    Next thing you know, you have a box on a T3 line. Try to get the thing slashdotted. That's pretty much the goal in life as I've seen it.

  17. Scientology? on Shakedown: How the Business Software Alliance Operates · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks like the BSA is taking lessons from Scientologists.

  18. Re:US Needs CIA or something like it on CIA Warns China Might Be Planning Cyber Attack · · Score: 2

    I would say the CIA's mission is to survey the world for economic potential. Nothing more, nothing less. That's about what all wealth of information is used for.

    Conspiracy stories make for great reading, but all the hype behind the CIA is humorous. Sure, information they sometimes obtain is used for defense purposes. Same could be said for NASA, NIST, TRW, and the local Dunkin' Donuts shop.

  19. Re:Cowboys and Indians on Worst Buy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I would expect the incident report would refer to the "suspect" by his name, after all they have identified him, right? Instead, they make repeated comments to his skin color as if that has any bearing to the case.

    "He's not white, so he must be guilty your honor!"

    I'm "white," but I do like it when officers that are required to uphold the law know what are important facts from the details. Sometimes police scare me. That guy shouldn't have made it past the interviews for a "security guard," not to mention a police officer. Sounds racist to me if I have seen it.

  20. Cowboys and Indians on Worst Buy · · Score: 3, Funny

    "The Indian was arrested and..."

    The police report seems to have an old fashioned Western approach to law and order.

  21. Re:Let me be the first to ask... on Vegas: Monorails v. Gridlock · · Score: 2

    I remember the monorail at Disneyland. It is a smooth, efficient ride along what is pretty much a bridge. Not a big bridge, but pretty much an economical, space efficient concrete covered I-beam that twists around the taller buildings and sights.

    Quite a view. Much less obtrusive than paving right of ways for new highways or widening the existing roads. I don't think you would find too much objections from business owners having supports for the system mounted next to their billboards and such. It doesn't cast much of a shadow, and they are very quiet with their electric motors.

    They are not very fast due to the mechanical aspect of gripping the structure. It wouldn't be efficient on maintenence to have them flying at 150mph or anything. Too much wear and tear on the tires and concrete structure for something that has to grip at such high tolerances.

    Its more the scenerey, I guess. Economical. Quiet. Relaxing.

  22. Re:Stop, thief! on The Culture of CD Burning · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No, its worse than that. If you buy an album, you pay for a lobby of new laws designed to restrict technology available to produce and make your own works.

    Pretty soon, it may be illegal to make our own artwork, since we might "steal" from the "real" artists. There is no shortage of local bands or talent to fill their void.

  23. Re:I'm begging.... on Hardball Tactics For The Geek Lobby · · Score: 2

    Sounds good to me. The name won't matter, we have our man:

    Senator Disney.

    Read the following quote what we are going to do with him, all else is irrelevant:

    When the National Rifle Association, or the Christian Coalition or Emily's List, for that matter, want action on an issue, the strategists behind those well-run groups usually pick a smart fight with one or more of their key opponents. They target their resources to just those specific races, sometimes to just one race. Rather than give 200 politicians $1,000 each, the savviest PACs instead will spend $200,000 or more kicking the bejesus out of just one single office holder.

  24. Testimony? on Gates Testifies in Antitrust Suit · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It read more like he was going for a job interview, selling himself, or something. When are they going to learn to question this guy rather than letting him control everything?

  25. Re:woops can't mention a site that mentions it on Google vs. DMCA and Scientology · · Score: 2

    Also, be sure not to include their "copyrighted" texts into jpeg or png images we share with friends.

    Oh wait, doing such might spread subliminal messages of an evil cult...