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  1. Re:Not so much a crisis... on The Impending IP Crisis · · Score: 2, Insightful
    You can't just assume that the cell phone port is port 32768, since the household may have several different cell phones (or toasters, or tv's, or whatever).

    So, how different is this from running several websites on one machine? Your home gateway (or maybe a specialized cell phone gateway) can route the packets to the appropriate device based on header values (DEVICE_NAME, MAC_ADDRESS, evil bit, etc.).

  2. Re:Color laser... on Color Printing Without the Inkjet Mess? · · Score: 1

    Argh. I hate to reply with so few details, but...

    Back in '98 I worked for a company with a Tektronix printer. Let me tell you, management loved those colorful Pro/Engineer 3D models, but I never saw anything resembling "photo quality" from that printer. Charts, presentations, CAD, anything with "basic" colors were great. Shooting for photo-realistic print outs yielded very pixilated results.

    YMMV.

  3. Re:Shocking abuse of rights? on Military DNA Registry Used in Criminal Case · · Score: 2, Funny
    I am not certain how many actual cases of DNS evidence tampering have been found, but I suspect it happens.

    Well, when you're in a BIND, what do you expect an investigator to do?

  4. Re:Looks like they are going after Freenet on House Bill to Make File-Sharing an Automatic Felony · · Score: 1
    9 ``(a) Whoever knowingly offers enabling software for
    10 download over the Internet and does not--
    11 ``(1) clearly and conspicuously warn any person
    12 downloading that software, before it is downloaded,
    13 that it is enabling software and could create a secu-
    14 rity and privacy risk for the user's computer; and

    So, uhm, this applies to web servers and most MS OSes, right?

  5. Re:NBC? on Sensor Networks for NBC Threats · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If I only had mod points I'd make sure that ALL YOUR "NATIONAL BROADCAST COMPANY" COMMENTS ARE REDUNDANT.

    Truth be told, I'm just jealous that I was beaten to the punch.

  6. What do the British know? on Public Confused by Tech Lingo · · Score: -1, Troll

    C'mon, this in on the Beeb... forget about tech jargon, these people don't even know English... what the hell is a lorry, or a lift? I mean, how can you take a country seriously when they say things like "fags give you cancer"?

  7. Re:Pork vs. Ham on Hormel Sues Over SpamArrest Name · · Score: 1
    Isn't pork ham?

    No, not really. Ham refers to a specific cut of pig... may a similiar bovine product would be called "Shoulder of Cow And Tenderloin". I don't think I'd eat it, though.

  8. Re:To late foo! on Hormel Sues Over SpamArrest Name · · Score: 1

    From that Wired article:

    In 1997, the meat processing company got some attention when it sent a letter to Sanford Wallace, a notorious e-mail spammer, objecting to his use of the word "spam" and his registration of the website "spamford.com".

    Hmm... the copywrite-wronging possibilities..

    • BrownAndServeChevy.com
    • DominosVolkswagen.com
    • GoldsGM.com
    • MamaLeonesHummer.com
    Anybody know a really cheap registrar?
  9. Re:I loved the IBM model M keyboard key caps... on A Condensed History Of The Keyboard · · Score: 1
    The only complaint I have, is there is no caps-locks indicator.

    There (should) be one on the wireless reciever/dongle thingy; at least there is if you bought the "Wireless Desktop" w/ mouse, too.

    My gripe is that the lights tend to loose state, and sometimes actually reflect the opposite of what is going on. For me, this tends to happen when using the Function Lock key often. ::shrug:: Still a nice package overall... you really can't beat MS mice on MS operating systems.

  10. iridescence cars, here I come on DARPA Developing 'Combat Zones That See' · · Score: 1

    Time to talk to those crazy Renaissance Nanotechnologists get my car & bikes painted.

  11. Re:I totally agree on Netscape Founder Says Web Browsing Innovation Dead · · Score: 1
    Perhaps IE will finally suppor W3C standards and the language/DOM support will clean up as time goes on.

    Good luck wishing for that... it's not going to happen on current Windows versions and it isn't going to happen on Macs.

  12. More cliched than that... on Backscatter X-Rays Coming to Airports · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... imagine Natalie Portman behind a Beowulf cluster of these things!

  13. Re:uh oh on US Army Signs $471,000,000 Deal for Microsoft Software · · Score: 1
    but the US military backed by a half-billion dollar contract sure will. Where is that accountablility with free software?

    Shit, for less than 10 million I can get a whole dormatory of CS/Comp Eng geeks who'll administer Linux for you. Hell, make it a part of a ROTC program and kick in the cost of their exorbitant tuition to boot, and you'll have the most caffinated & available Emergancy System Administrators in the world.

  14. Re:Next... on Piracy Deterrence and Education Act Introduced · · Score: 1
    . . . just imagine, a textbook with a section on "Why KaZaA is Bad".

    Or better still, a picture of the Dread Pirate Roberts in front of a Linux box with a penguin on his shoulder, holding a ROUS as a pointing device.

    Besides "pimp", I can't think of a cooler criminal occupation name than "pirate". AARGH!

  15. Re:What about "power users" of other systems? on Mac OS X Unleashed (2nd Edition) · · Score: 1
    How can you be familiar with a PC and not use a Mac?

    How do you set default programs for different file types? The whole concept of file associations are completly different in a Mac than they are in Windows.

    How come email attachements from Mac come with two identically named files? Or files with out extensions on them? The Mac FS's metadata tends to throw off Windows users, as does the (sometimes) lack of a file extension.

    That's the biggest problem I can think of at the moment... maybe it's not much of one, but it can be a PIA.

  16. What about "power users" of other systems? on Mac OS X Unleashed (2nd Edition) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've known several people who were very familiar with PC's (both MS & UNIX OSes) but couldn't bridge that to Mac's... If the book isn't suitable for a complete novice, how well suited is it for Apple novices?

  17. filter, sure... but is effectiveness regulated? on US Supreme Court Upholds CIPA · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Unless the effectiveness of the filter is legislated, I suppose all one would have to do is redirect sex.com, porn.com, and some obvious pr0n sites to a warning page and you'll have met the letter of the law without accidentally blocking National Geographic. Or artistic movies about gay cowboys eating pudding.

  18. Re:7 bits? on Incas Used Binary? · · Score: 1
    The colour mattered. 24 different colours.

    So, they didn't use `1' and `0' then? 'Cause I was really hopeing to see some prior art so that this patent can be repealed.

  19. terroism == attention on Getting Law Enforcement Action for a Large-Scale Hack? · · Score: 1

    You should have said that your internet connection was hijacked by a member of the Axis of Evil; the FBI would have jumped right on it.

  20. Re:Result on Executing a Mass Departmental Exodus in the Workplace? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was going to suggest unionizing, but like I said, I Am Not A Lawyer Or A Union Organizer.

  21. Re:Result on Executing a Mass Departmental Exodus in the Workplace? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A thought... you could just "slow down". Work slowly, stop doing things, make sure you only put in 40 hrs / week. In New Jersey at least, if you get fired you can collect unemployment after 2 weeks. Granted, I don't know how long you want to live on unemployment for...I think it's about 2/3 of your salary with a cap at $280 a week. Ugh.

    Also, there have been a couple of lawsuits where people have sued for unpaid over time... a class action suite between Walgreens & their pharmacists(sp) comes to mind. Shoveling a ton of work on you because you're "salary", "a professional", or "management" is illegal, and if you work cannot reasonably be done in ~40 hrs/ week you are supposed to be compensated for overtime put in.

    ::shrug:: IANALOAUO

  22. Re:Not a problem on TiVo To Sell Customer Data · · Score: 1

    ... and this just in: lots of people in San Francisco like "Will & Grace". Go figure.

  23. Re:Wow on Fyodor Answers Your Network Security Questions · · Score: 1

    Wow, me too! Are we all using AOL?

  24. Re:MATILDA on Department of Defense Gadget Show · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I was thinking of the next BattleBots champion. It is impressive...

  25. Re:May be defeated if password is keylogged on Using Password "Keyprints" as Another Form of Authentication? · · Score: 1
    Once I thought about implementing something like this.

    Cool, I'll send you a licencing agreement, or my IP lawyer, whichever you prefer.