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  1. Re:Poor Indecisive Sun on Have a Nice Steaming Cup of Java 5 · · Score: 1

    I think the real problem is brand recognition. They want people to be able to recognize Java2, Java 1.5, and Java 5.0.

    I wonder if we'll see J5SE soon?

  2. editors asleep at wheel... on Solaris vs Linux Continues · · Score: 4, Funny

    raffe writes "Solaris Kernel Developer Eric Schrock is bloging more about the Solaris vs. Linux issue and linux kernel moneky Greg is answering on his blog. Eric's first part is is also still up and Greg's answer " Another reader also submitted reviews of the Linux desktop vs. Solaris 9. User reviews are welcome; please note that ITMJ is part of OSTG like Slashdot.

    New words of the day:

    moneky
    bloging

    Moneky bloging!

  3. Re:Womens rights on Submit and Moderate Questions for Bush and Kerry · · Score: 1

    "depreciates rapidly, produces excessive polution, consumes too much gas, and is more likely to get into an accident."

    Doesn't a teenager do all of these things too?

  4. Re:XP only ? on Microsoft To Provide IE Patches for Windows XP Only · · Score: 1

    I would be very sad if I had an eMachine at my desk.

  5. Re:Piracy on Star Wars DVD Box Set Released · · Score: 1

    "Instead, if you want the movie and the extra's, you HAVE TO buy it twice."

    Stop whining. No one is holding a gun to your head. If you are SURE that these versions are coming out why do you NEED to buy the inferior ones first?

  6. Google is the best for different reasons on Ask Jeeves Looks to Outshine Google · · Score: 1

    Google is the best because of the no-nonsense search. Nothing is gross looking, there's not ads everywhere. These other companies are missing the mark. Google is simple, fast, and correct. That is why people love it.

  7. Re:Maybe Apple can make the damn thing configurabl on Next iChat version to include Jabber support · · Score: 1

    I looked into doing the same thing, it's true. Most of the people suggested overwriting all contact lists on the server with a list of all users. Of course, if your users add anyone on another transport or anything, it will be neatly overwritten. This is a KILLER feature, and I hope it gets added soon.

  8. Re:h0h0 on University Bans Wireless Access Points · · Score: 1

    You might even say you don't own your dorm room!

  9. Re:globalized economy. on Paul Samuelson Challenges Outsourcing · · Score: 1

    So you would say a PC company like, say, Dell, did worse than Apple? I dunno on that one...

  10. h0h0 on University Bans Wireless Access Points · · Score: 1

    "regulated by a body that is not the FCC"

    Try and put 802.11b/g hot spots:

    1) All over the mall
    2) Up and down your street, in trees, etc.
    3) In your neighbor's house

    I think the FCC will be one of the last places to complain. Much like joining the army, when you decide to live on campus, you agree to lose certain rights. Deal with it.

  11. OS X Dock for X11? on X.org Making Fast Progress · · Score: 1

    What is the name of the dock running in a few of the screen shots? It looks a lot like OS X, is it just kicker reskinned or something?

  12. Re:Need root? on XP2 Spotted In The Wild · · Score: 1

    you can add the remote share into fstab as a user mount, coupled with smbmount that should be fine.

  13. Re:The Real Reasons For Iraq on Senator Blacklisted by No-Fly List · · Score: 1

    So I guess we should just start bombing North Korea (mistreatment of citizens, mass famine). After then, might as well hit up Cuba (dirty commies).

  14. Re:But the important question remains... on The Spyware Inferno · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't you mean "wired"?

  15. Re:It's not just the shady companies on The Spyware Inferno · · Score: 5, Informative

    Removing the Quicktime task is really pretty simple.

    1) Find qttask.exe
    2) Rename or delete.

    Disable Real's SmartCenter by right-clicking on the real icon in your system tray (bottom right hand corner of the Windows screen) and select Disable Smartcenter.

    Hardly "digging".

  16. Where do you draw the line? on The Spyware Inferno · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What's the difference between advertising supported software which gathers marketing demographics and spyware?

    Sweet sweet kickbacks to Yahoo, that's what.

  17. a big limitation of VAX/VMS on VAX Users See the Writing on the Wall · · Score: 1

    I always thought the worst part about VAX/VMS was the ODS-2(?) filesystem's limitation of no more than 5 (or 6?) nested subdirectories. Of course, you could (and do) get around this with logicals. There's some things that there's simply no equivalent to in *NIX world.

  18. Re:486 dx2 66 on 486 Turns 15 Years Old · · Score: 1

    Check this out: good stuff, client-server port of zdoom, still actively maintained. Very nice. ZDaemon

  19. Division of data on What Keeps You Off of Windows? · · Score: 1

    I like unix because when i move, I just take a tar of my home directory and cp it to the new machine. Magically, all my preferences and files are saved. Zippin up C:\Documents and Settings\ just doesn't do it for me.

  20. Re:Killed by the society he saved. on Marking 50 Years Since Alan Turing's Death · · Score: 1

    See what happens when you type for 4.5 billion years?

  21. 30 years eh? on Thirty Years in Computing · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They must be talking about Duke Nukem Forever!

  22. I haven't found this to be true on Snort up For Revamp, says Creator · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I use Snort all the time. The only thing I really get false positives for in great numbers are portscans, but even that is easily tweakable in the config file. I'd rather see one too many security alerts than one too few.

  23. Why follow? on Google's Software Principles · · Score: 1

    You can rip off most people once. However, you can do good business with someone forever. How many ex-Altavista users are out there?

  24. Fractal music on Cellular Automata and Music Using Java · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you like that, try this: Fractmus 2000 (win32)

  25. haha on Measuring Fragmentation in HFS+ · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is this the article that is supposed to make me feel better about not having defrag in OS X?