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  1. Re:The Ritual of Vinyl on Analog Revival Means Vinyl Will Outlive CD · · Score: 1

    This this first post to make any real sense about why to like vinyl recordings.

    I am never going to go to any medium that wears out like that, but if it's worth it to you, then enjoy.

  2. Hey You on CCTV Cameras In UK Get Loudspeakers · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Stand STILL Woggy!

    If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.

    How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat!

  3. Re:ISPs share some culpability here on Can Banks Shift Phishing Losses to Customers? · · Score: 1

    Congrats, you just re-invented the secret geek-handshake.

    Only, made it expensive, time consuming, and complicated to implement. You must be a consultant. :)

    Kidding aside, that's exactly my experience (on both sides). Trying to contact someone who knows what the fuck is really difficult. Trying to hide from the inevitable ex-customer-but-now-at-the-cheaper-place tard that runs across my voice-mail wanting a firewall to store his faxes for him and the random "IT Supplier Sales Guy from Best Buy" (? Best Buy carries 7200 Series routers in back now?) is essential for getting any work done.

    Picking up the phone, reporting anything is worthless. It's always too late and on deaf ears.

  4. Re:I say, "Yes. Yes they should." on Can Banks Shift Phishing Losses to Customers? · · Score: 1

    It should be the next bank.

    Make it the receiveing bank's problem.

    Fraud? Transfered to First Dumfuck Bank of Godwanaland? Oop, too bad, we'll just be taking that back. You can deal with your customer to figure out why you and they were trying to recieve stolen funds. Have a nice day!

    Heck, just cut the friggin wires to the entire nation of Nigeria while you are at it. I'll bring my axe.

  5. Re:Not enough details on Finding a Disappearing Application in Windows? · · Score: 1

    (Ok, bad form to reply to myself.)

    Also, learn to use "netstat" as well. Pop up windows with ads might reveal themselves by the TCP/IP connections they make.

  6. Not enough details on Finding a Disappearing Application in Windows? · · Score: 1

    But...

    Get "HighjackThis" which will give you a list of all the stuff starting in a log file.

    From there, you can start to figure out what each one is. It takes HOURS, but you'll know a lot when you are done.

    Also, get "Tlist.exe" and "kill.exe" from the Windows SDK or PowerTools.

    Then compose a batch file to use the command line switches in TList to fire periodically. Eventually the two apps will be running the at the same time. (Pipe all the results to a text file you can look at.)

    Or, call a pro who can dig it out by sitting down in front. Submitter doesn't have enough background to provide full detail probably shouldn't be dicking with his/her registry either.

  7. Re:"perfect" ? on New "PRAM" 30 Times Faster Than Flash · · Score: 1

    My assumption is that if there is a difference (who says there is? with all the sizing changes in women's clothing and style differences it could be just that) was due to the fact that at 12 years old, the average Westerner kid has eaten 3 times as many calories than other kids.

    More calories and more fat and more protein equals more stuff built earlier.

  8. Re:Remove the need for NAT? on Will Vista Overload the DNS? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Like what?

    What the is it that you expect the average NAT user to be doing that matters with the "end to end paradigm of the internet"?

    I am a geeky person, and know what? My NAT-ing Linksys router has never failed to meet my needs for my home internet/home network. In fact, it has a bunch of stuff that I am never likely to use. Ever.

    Why are you putting any value on "end to end" when one of those legs is nothing but a threat to the average user (unsolicited inbound).

    If it is NOT a threat and you want the inbound traffic, you got a full blown firewall and a DMZ and NAT and know how to configure it, and guess what! Still not a problem!

    People like you annoy the piss out of me.

    "NAT is not a firewall" (no, it's not, but for the purposes of why an average person that buys them thye sure as fuck are, and WAAYY better than any software solution running on Windows.)

    "End to end" Eh? half of that is NOT WANTED. Grandma Joe does not FUCKING WANT any inbound traffic PERIOD. None. Get it? So her "paradigim" is sufficiently fulfilled by "End to".

  9. Violated their Own Policies on Wayback Machine Safe, Settlement Disappointing · · Score: 1

    Their policy is pretty simple, and direct, and involves minimal interaction with a human. (A bonus.)

    Put in a robots.txt.

    Direct wayback to index what you want or dont.

    THAT DIRECTION IS APPLIED TO FILES ON THEIR SITE FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS.

    Meaning, if you deny all, and their bot sees it, all of your stuff is supposed to get deleted from the archive.

    If they didn't do that they violated their own policy.

    True, there can be complications (such as switching domain names) that might keep any given text in there without interaction.

    What they do is a great and and tremendously useful tool. But not entirely out of the "gray area" for copyright problems.

  10. Re:From the Female Perspective - It's Pretty Easy on Breaking Gender Cliques at Work? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes, because what YOUR HUSBAND does is the OP's friggin fault.

    Unless you are here slamming your own brother or father or husband, how the fuck does your rant have anything to do with OP?

    Fix your own shit. Don't bring your problems to work, and and deal with the job like everybody else. If you let your personal life interfere just (like booze, coke, meth, weed, or KIDS) it will cause problems. OP made sacrifices in their personal life for his job, as is their choice to do. I make sacrifices in my personal life for my job, as is my choice. If you make a different choice, don't expect to get handed the golden path to vice-President. Just be happy you could balance your life the way you wanted and you could spend time with your kids and STFU. Cuz that's the choice you made.

    For fucks sake you are getting angry cuz the chocolate cake you ordered wasn't bannana.

  11. Re:So... on The Light Bulb That Can Change the World · · Score: 1

    Over the sink or near the shower seems to cause CFL failure rates higher than expected.

    A few in my basement have been there three years now (and sometimes get left on for weeks at a time) but the one over my sink has been replaced about once a year.

    I still like them though, keeps my anal-retentive side from pestering the wife about leaving all the friggin lights on all the time.

    The TV on the other hand....

  12. Re:Did the lawyers read the dmca law? on EFF Sues Barney Producers over Spoof Sites · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I was under the impression it was a "take it down till the site operator tells the host they are taking care of it".

    Basically, forcing the host to be a pass through of information or just to take it down. Effectively removing the host as a protector of the site. (I.e. "we just host it, you need to contact the webmaster" while the webmaster has no available contacts and is trying to remain anonymous.)

    The operator does NOT need to show proof of anything other than that they are aware of the notice the host recieved and that they are contesting it. So "no, it's not a violation, put it back." is good enough.

    At that point, the host is out of it and it's between the operator and the person or company that is complaining. Otherwise, you are asking the host to act as an agent of the court, or to BE the court.

  13. Re:I read your traffic on The Problems of Web Surfing in Public Places · · Score: 1

    Durrr...

    Or they could just add a response key for the one time pad the server sends back.

    User: 43242efsdfs

    Server: 523erfwerwe

    Ok, no they both know who they are talking to (at least the end points) so you can login with user/pass under SSL.

    Unless you are going to get both a cracked or spoofed (again, the ONE fucking thing the normals got right is looking for a certificate and the lock symbol) and do it in _real_time_ it's easy.

    In fact, I like the scratch card idea so much I am going to pitch it to my CU.

    Plus, it's low tech, not some number you gotta type fast or some crap like fingerprints that requires hardware. You just get several of these in the mail along with a regular statement.

  14. More proof on Stolen Laptop Calls In! - Will Police Act? · · Score: 1

    That cops are friggin useless. Just shoot whomever pisses you off, far more effective.

    Or, tell them you have a new PCMCIA plugin card in it and it is supposed to report nitrogen levels in the atmosphere back to a server as hobby. Only now it's picking up lots of nitrates like the thief is handling lots and lots of bags of the stuff.

    You might get your laptop back full of submachine gun holes, but at least the perp will get what he's due.

  15. Re:Can we still ping it? on Voyager 1 Passes 100 AU from the Sun · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wish that "vger6" guy would stop logging onto the same CS server I am on.

    Really throws the game when he gets all choppy and stuff....

  16. Re:NASA gets stiffed... on NASA Learns Anew From the Apollo Program · · Score: 1

    Recon aircraft have one big bonus.

    They don't orbit, so they can't be timed (to hide your stuff) and you can put them more or less exactly over what you want when you want.

    Doing that with sats is either really really REALLY expensive or uses up the product (the birds and the fuel); or both.

    Plus, a sat looks like a hunk of metal. Recon aircraft are cool. :)

    I can't wait to see whatever the new one is.

  17. 123.123.123.123? on The Greatest Software Ever · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Anybody that includes all that obscure stuff and doesn't include BIND on the list needs to retire his slide rule and chase the kids off his lawn.

    Unix or some precursor at 1.

    I'd put BIND at number 2.

    3 PacMan ROM

    4 Some distributed computing client (you pick)

    5 Mosaic (or whatever the first browser was)

    Stop 1 or 2 for a day, and half the world's economy stops with it. Some chess playing crap is neat, but doesn't do anything _important_. The rest are just ordinary breakthroughs....

  18. Eh? I say what I mean. on Google Sends Legal Threats to Media Organizations · · Score: 1

    When I say "Google it."

    I mean exactly that.

    Go to www.google.com, type in your search phrase and press "search".

    I don't mean go somewhere else. I mean go to Google.

    Maybe some journalists are too stupid for the distinction (ok, so maybe _most_ of them), and Google has a point.

    But anyone caught going to MSNsearch when I said "Google" within my line of sight is going to get beaten with my belt.

  19. Re:Searching for SSN's?? on AOL Releases Search Logs of 657,427 Users · · Score: 1

    Actually, I have seen/read places that suggested just that.

    The goal being, you can find out if a particular number is on some list (or news group or whatever) on the web.

    Not a good idea, considering they are easy to recognize as a SSN even by the lay-person AND the fact that that type of list is not typically posted on a web site (or linked) where it might get crawled.

    So, if you find your own number, you know you have a problem and need to get a credit report, etc. So on the outside, it makes some sort of sense.... being paranoid doesn't always mean the person has the tech skills to know how to be paranoid right.

  20. Re:IANAL - civil suit on Wiretapping Charges Dropped · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No shit. Where is the sign at the local Wal-Mart?

    Local school?

    Local mall?

    Is there a billboard sized sign on the outside edge of every property line of every gas station in the united states saying there is recording? No? (It's a tiny little sign you have to get right up to the pump to notice.)

    "Size of sign" is a weak ass excuse.

    I hope the entire police department there goes bankrupt due to this. They diserve it. No new body armor for you this year punk!

  21. Re:Frist Prost? on Wiretapping Charges Dropped · · Score: 1

    And what happens in a man's FRONT YARD relates to wire-tapping how?

    Wire tapping is to prevent the COPS from doing illegal stuff on a phone line, it's not there to prevent someone from recording what is happening on their property locally. By that standard, every goddamn person at any live concert anywhere oh or any newscast or any kid taped at a baseball game by someone else's parents could have the camera person charged as a criminal that should be thrown in jail. (Even a stupid ass that posts "first prost" as the title should be aware of that.)

    So, the use of the wiretapping law in this way is absolutely rediculous.

  22. Charges Dropped != Justice on Wiretapping Charges Dropped · · Score: 1

    Rather, the lack of continuing injustice.

    Justice would be more along the lines of;

    - lots of financial compensation taken from the paychecks of the entire police force (thin blue line my ass, more like gang of thugs they started the "us vs. them" attitude, they can live with it when "them" strike back)
    - the cops involved, fired. _ALL_ of them. Within 50 yards and able to speak up (still posessing vocal cords) and not stopping it. Fired.
    - DA, bullet in the head for not being a voice of reason INSTANTLY. He wasn't elected king after all, but rather to uphold the law and that is not being done now is it?

    Cops are 80% of the problem in a lot of neighborhoods. This is no exception.

  23. Muriatic Acid on Combating Harassing Use of Mosquito Noise Device? · · Score: 1

    Used for etching and decorating concrete, available at most "home improvement" stores.

    Get some, get some GLOVES and a plastic brush.

    Some night apply same in a nice pattern on the cement curb in front of his house, like a sign. Write "ASSHOLE LIVES HERE" or something similar. (Or "FREE HOOKERS AND BLOW")

    Him painting the curb would probably be illegal, call the cops on him when he does that. Same with removing it or applying more acid.

  24. Re:Try this on Combating Harassing Use of Mosquito Noise Device? · · Score: 1

    You aren't alone.

    Despite being a metalhead in HS, in my mid 30's I can still stand outside my nephew's "computer room" at school and tell you how many CRTs are on inside. One is a clear tone, two is a dissonant but stable tone, three is a jumbled dissonance.

    I WISH I couldn't hear that. But I can. I can hear a camera charging for flash from across the street too.

  25. Re:Are you a professional writer and/or... on The Real Issue With Net Neutrality · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow.

    Haven't seen masturbation like this on Slashdot in a while.

    What, is Fark.com down or something?