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  1. Re:You can smell the sponsorship from here! on Microsoft Packs Up, Moves To Catan · · Score: 1

    You can play a Stratego-like game called Sabotage, at ItsYourTurn

    I'm user "GreenLight" on there, too, so feel free to challenge me to a game of Sabotage!

  2. Re:Whatever happened.... on An Ignition Interlock In Every Car? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Wouldn't a balloon full of air serve as a "hack"?

  3. SCO complains that IBM tricked them on SCO Lists Specific Code-Infringement Claims · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Here is a snippet from the GrokLaw article
    (a) Failure to timely disclose to SCO the secret IBM plan to support Linux in place of UnixWare, even though IBM knew that SCO's entire resources were dedicated to a long-term strategic plan with IBM based on IBM's representations that it was supporting UnixWare;
    (b) Intentionally diverting SCO's resources away from UnixWare competition against IBM with other potential industry partners so that IBM could gain the lead time needed to develop Linux before UnixWare took hold in the market among enterprise customers;
    (c) Making secret plans with Intel during 1999 to support Linux without notifying SCO of such plans, even though Intel, SCO and IBM were all partners in Project Monterey, and even though IBM should have known that joint IBM/Intel support for Linux was calculated to undermine the purpose of Project Monterey;
    (d) Unfairly inducing SCO to promote IBM within SCO's ISV partnerships and OEM channels, with knowledge that SCO's promotion of IBM was solely based on its expectation that IBM would perform under Project Monterey, and with knowledge that IBM had no intention of performing under Project Monterey;

    So, they are complaining, in part, that IBM tricked them: "They made secret plans, and didn't tell us!"
  4. Re:Once Companies See They Can Charge for EMail... on Bulk Email Tax Getting Closer · · Score: 1

    To me, that sounds like a comment that only a spammer would make. I would think that spam-haters like myself would long for an end to SMTP, in favor of a protocol that would require a valid, traceable authentication in order to send a message. Until that happens, the spam battle will never be won.

  5. Re:And microsoft does this anyway to all windows u on Verisign Considers Restarting Sitefinder · · Score: 1

    Ack! Doesn't anyone get it??? The web browser is not the only DNS client that "asks for the numerical address to which the domain name is bound".

    When the SMTP server goes to check the e-mail senders alleged domain, it does not want to get a bogus answer just because VeriSign wants to muck with the system in search of some profit!

  6. Re:windows developers on MySQL: Building User Interfaces · · Score: 1

    What's worse, his/her product "Jahshaka" runs on Windows...

    Go figure!

  7. Re:Mr. Comductor on A Modest Model Railroad · · Score: 0

    George Carlin in the narrator...

  8. Don't use 64-bit pointers on such systems. on Effect of Using 64-bit Pointers? · · Score: 5, Insightful
    However, 64-bit pointers take up twice as much memory, which immediately affects memory footprint. This is especially an issue on embedded platforms where RAM is at a premium

    Huh? On systems where RAM is at a premium, I don't see the point of using or having 64-bit pointers.
  9. Re:1280x800 ... WHY?! on 64 Bit Athlon Notebooks Hit the Market · · Score: 1

    Actually, I rather like my 17" "widescreen" display that does 1440x900 resolution (HP Pavilion ZD7000 series "desknote"). It is nice to be able to stretch things out horizontally. To each his own, I guess.

  10. In Soviet Russia... on Half-Life 2 Already Being Illegally Sold in Russia · · Score: 0, Funny

    ...Half-Life 2 illegally sells YOU?

  11. Re:Another useless spammer tool on Filter-foiling Gibberish Becoming A Spam Staple · · Score: 1

    Well, it would be helpful to know what your "addons" are, because my current SpamAssassin setup is leaking these spams like a sieve...

  12. Re:Groklaw--Dang it, Mods! on Did SCO Actually Buy What it Thought? · · Score: 1
    this post is redundant and the point is mentioned elsewhere
    Well, NO post is redundant. I hate that modifier. People all browse at different thresholds, and don't see all other posts, and SO WHAT if another post has some of the same opinion/fact/whatever.

    I always meta-mod "redundant" as unfair, I wish it was gone forever...
  13. Re:Winchester, IN on Long Term Effects of Outsourcing · · Score: 1

    Okay, Winchester, IN was a bad example.

    A better one is where I live, Columbus, OH, where my sub-$200K house is finer than the over-$400K house in LA, and jobs are a bit more plentiful here than in Winchester, IN.

  14. Re:HP LaserJet on Laser Printing Without the Hassles? · · Score: 1

    You don't need to retire this printer; I have the same model, same age, also on the third toner cartridge, and it also started feeding multiple sheets. fixyourownprinter.com is your friend here: for 29.99 USD they will sell you a simple to install kit that fixes the problem. It worked for me!

  15. And like a typical 16-year-old... on Perl is Sweet Sixteen · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...I can't understand a thing that it is saying!

    Not trolling! I love Perl dearly 8^)

  16. Re:iPod woes on iPod Media Reader Slowness · · Score: 1

    Oh, this is so, so funny! I wish I had some mod points. Well done!

  17. Re:Decency? on Review of Mac OS X 10.3 · · Score: 2, Insightful
    OS X should be said "oh-ess-ten" not "oh-ess-ex"; saying the latter is a giveaway that someone is not a mac person in conversation.
    Umm, sir, you are totally incorrect!
    I have been a "mac person" since day one, having owned a dozen different models from 1984 to present, and I will continue to call an "x" an "x".
    It is easier to say, and makes more sense, so there!
  18. Re:Already installed last night on FreeBSD 4.9-BETA i386 ISO With Packages Available · · Score: 1

    Umm, I don't think I did...

    Hey, but even if I did, so what? I like installing things!

  19. Re:Maybe this is a stupid question... on Practical mod_perl · · Score: 1

    yes, yes, I think that perhaps it is...

  20. Already installed last night on FreeBSD 4.9-BETA i386 ISO With Packages Available · · Score: 3, Informative

    I already found & installed this gem last night.

    The only problem that I had is that at the beginning of the install, an error was reported that the FireWire driver couldn't load. That was okay with me, since I have no FireWire hardware in the box.

    Install, configuration, pkg_add of KDE & Mozilla all went smoothly on a stock Dell PowerEdge 400SC.

  21. Momentarily confused on Teenage Girls Get Video Game Summer Camp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Teenage Girls Get Video Game Summer Camp

    Everytime I see that headline, I wonder why my spam filter didn't catch it...

  22. Oh no, I use CubeSoft too! on Protecting Your Small Domain from Spam Hijacking? · · Score: 1

    This frightens me, knowing what their response will be to a Joe Job. Maybe I should start looking for a different host.

    Can't you just get a different host, then go to your registrar and change your DNS? That will work until your new hosting provider cries "Uncle" under the SPAM flood 8^)

  23. Re:where did I leave my keys? on Wozniak Unveils WozNet · · Score: 1
    Okay, I just have to do it:
    In Soviet Union, car keys track YOU!
  24. It's a bit buggy... on GPL-Licensed QCAD Ported to Mac OS X · · Score: 5, Funny

    Select "Preferences..." under the QCad menu. You get the "Print..." dialog.

  25. Re:Dell CIO Confirms: Unix is Dying on Dell CIO Says "Unix is Dead" · · Score: 1

    Umm, it's a joke. You know, funny hah hah!