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  1. Pandoc on Is Free Software Ready For E-publishing? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've found pandoc (here: http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/) to be very useful for generating PDF/ePub/LaTeX/etc from Markdown formatted text files.

  2. difficultiesd on Interviews: Ask Technologist Kevin Kelly About Everything · · Score: 5, Funny

    the SeaMicro servers handled the load with no difficultiesd

    Hmm... now there's a daemon you really don't want to see running...

  3. Brute force tool, not a "crack" on Apple's iOS 4 Hardware Encryption Cracked · · Score: 5, Informative

    This just lets you brute force the passkey, easy as if you're using a 4-digit numeric passkey there are only 10000 combinations.

    If you're using a more complex alphanumeric key, which can be enabled with the iPhone config utility, then this probably won't work that well...

  4. Re:linux - PXE? on Apple Patent Hints at Net-Booting Cloud Strategy · · Score: 1

    On a Sun note, their Sparc hardware can install Solaris over a WAN with HTTP. See here:

    http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5504/6mkv4nh5i?a=view

  5. Re:Must burn. on Freetype Lands In... Microsoft Office? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well of course. The Mac ports have pretty much always been a second-class citizen to the Windows version.

    Only recently. Excel originated on the Mac - 1.0 was Mac-only in 1985.

     

  6. Re:Educational environment on Most Useful OS For High-School Science Education? · · Score: 1

    FYI, Apple's netboot environment coupled with something like DeployStudio is far easier than trying to get PXE booting set up - it's pretty much plug and play with an OS X server.

    While your application availability probably dictates what platforms you can use, don't write off Apple because their deployment strategy is different.

  7. Re:Are these available in the states? on Hot Sales In China For Wi-Fi Key-Cracking Kits · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There are certain AP's and firmware that have a built-in RADIUS server for WPA/WPA2 Enterprise.

  8. OS X Server + method of your choice on Large-Scale Mac Deployment? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Apple has a robust remote installation suite with OS X Server, which is darn cheap compared to most other commercial offerings.

    10.6 includes a first party version of NetRestore (full system image deployment, similar to Ghost or Flash Archive on Solaris), but most people deploying across a large number of systems should roll their own images with packaged based tools like DeployStudio or InstaDMG:

    http://www.deploystudio.com/
    http://code.google.com/p/instadmg/

    Some other good sites for finding info:
      http://www.afp548.com/
      http://www.macenterprise.org/

  9. ASU not UofA on 88% of Electronics Exports Reused, Not Dumped · · Score: 3, Informative

    Arizona has two universities, the Tucson based University of Arizona (UofA), which has been around for much longer than the Tempe based Arizona State University (ASU). This article was written by people at latter, not the former, so the post attribution is incorrect.

  10. Hmm... Username is "IndianaKim" on Hosting a Highly Inflammatory Document? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think we know where to send the black helicopters!

  11. That's Phoenix on 220-mph Solar-Powered Train Proposed In Arizona · · Score: 1

    Phoenix is as you describe. Other parts of Arizona have a greater percentage of multi-generational residents.

  12. Re:And Futurama on What Has Fox Got Against Its Own Sci-Fi Shows? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Btw, Mad TV just got canceled:

    http://www.variety.com/VR1117995723.html

    God loves you!

  13. Re:Sabotage? on Researchers Test Drive Bus With Automated Steering · · Score: 1

    Exactly what I thought - what about other sources of mangentic interference (say the motor of an electric vehicle, etc.)?

  14. Re:Quake 3 on nVidia Preview 'Tegra' MID Platform · · Score: 1

    Considering that you could get 40FPS at phone-class resolutions (640x480) in Quake 3 from a ~300Mhz PC with a Voodoo 2 around 10 years ago, it isn't all that impressive.

  15. Re:Face Bank ? on 10 Cool Gadgets You Can't Get Here · · Score: 1

    Then again, some phones are built better than others. I accidentally ran an old Samsung phone (Sprint network) through the washing machine, and other than needing a new battery and the OLED on the outside of the cover being all messed up it continued to work fine after I dried it out.

    Many electronics can survive being immersed unless they're on when it happens. My old cell phone was particularly lucky.

  16. How about a Sharpie? on How Do I Secure An IP, While Leaving Options Open? · · Score: 1

    Basically, you want a way to write your name on an idea/thing with indellible ink. Good luck on that. Computers don't even try to do this - I'm reminded of my OS class, where metadata (name, permissions, etc.) were separate from the actual file/folder.

    Unless you embed your name in the material in some way it can't be removed (impossible if it's just an idea), you're out of luck. One way to do this would be from a branding/marketing perspective - think Coke, Kleenex, Xerox, etc. - if you can get the thing referred to as a "Zonk", then your name might stick.

  17. You should keep looking... on Can Apple Penetrate the Corporation? · · Score: 2, Informative
    The Win32 comment is valid, but...

    but don't think for a minute that you can use them with smartcards and automatically deployed certificate infrastructures,


    Oh? Apple has this already: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304 035

    I've used CryptoCard's gear. It works. Well. On a Mac.

    Where is the corporate distribution of packaged software?


    If you want to do it manually, use Apple Remote Desktop http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/

    ARD 3 has support for something called a "Task Server", which lets you spin off installation or other jobs to a separate machine, which runs them as systems come online.

    Look a little deeper in the future.
  18. Invented a long time ago, in a galaxy far away... on Creating Water from Thin Air · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone heard of Tatooine's moisture farmers?

    I thought so.

    (sorry, it was just too obivious)

  19. Re:Grossing Twice the Cost is a Flop? on The Story of Tron · · Score: 1

    Could you elaborate on this? Is this the new math, or by "break even" do you mean "compensate for all the other horrible money losing films the company made?"

  20. We'll take the "Google News" way out... on Taking On Software Liability - Again · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ah, so he wants people who right software to guarentee their work?

    Things will then just never make it out of beta, for fear of the law. If the software breaks "Tough luck, it's still in beta, what were you doing using it for mission critical work anyway?"

    This "eternal beta" is also used to avoid other sorts of legal wrangling . The most obvious example is Google News - it's "beta" still because google is worried about capitalizing on other people's news content. While unrelated to software quality, because it's an "unfinished beta", it doesn't get sued out of existance.

    So, welcome to using software versons 0.9.9 forever... I can't wait.

  21. Re:Who will pay for this? on Anonymous Library Cards An Option? · · Score: 1

    Sadly, this is all too true... I've worked for a nonprofit that had it's budget cut because they had money in a rainy day fund (which, unlike interest, isn't recurring income).

    So, because the board of directors was fiscally responsible, the city gouged them for it. What a bunch of shortsighted jerks.

  22. Re:Free 802.11g drivers? on More on OpenBSD 3.7 Release · · Score: 1

    I bought a linksys WEP54G card the other day (for about $50) and it has a RT2500 chipset on it.

    There are multiple versions of this card - the one I got is the newer one.

    Should be easy to find almost anywhere.

    - BBK

  23. Re:Keep the Momentum on Making the Transition to University? · · Score: 1

    Actually, there are a lot of jobs for geologists.

    Most of them have to do with finding oil and natural gas. I have a friend who is doing his geology postgrad work, and already has a couple offers.

    (btw, I graduated with a CS degree in '01 less than 5 months after the .com bubble burst - come talk to me about being able to get a job...)

  24. Bio and Picture on Arm Wrestling Robots Beaten By A Teenage Girl · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Here's Panna Felsen's bio, with standard "glamour shot" highschool picture:

    http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/nasa-nde/lommas/eap/am er ah/the-human-opponent.htm

    - bbk

  25. Re:Doesn't sound so wonderful on American View On Korean Broadband Leadership · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm willing to bet he has a 1.5Mbit/sec bidirectional DSL line, rather than the "3Mbit/sec down, 512Kbit/sec up" line that Comcast is most likely selling you.

    For that kind of bidirectional speed, you're looking at $100/month or so here...

    - BBK