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  1. Re:He's got friends... on "Scotty" Gets Walk of Fame Star · · Score: 1

    Nimoy was the best actor of the lot. I always wanted to see him in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night, a masterpiece of a play about an actor who is trapped by his most successful role. He certainly had the talent to play the role, and he would have brought a real insight into it....

  2. Re:Oh no! on Comdex Canceled For 2004 · · Score: 1
    You said: I sorta remember them being broadcast on the Playboy channel a couple months ago, actually. I think what you're thinking of is AdultDex which wasn't held last year, either.

    Is that the one they used to call "Cumdex"?

  3. Re:you had catalogs!?! on 1981 Personal Computer Catalog · · Score: 1
    when I was young we had to signal our computer orders (usally replacement beads for the abacus) with damp blankets using smoke signals.

    This is even funnier than the moderator probably thought -- if you were around in those pre-IBM PC days, you might remember that a company called "Smoke Signal Systems" was a "big player" -- they had a 6800-based system, if I recall correctly...

  4. Re:You should know better on SpamHaus Behind .mail Top-Level Domain · · Score: 1
    Well, if you run a mail server, you should know how to make it relay via your ISP's passthrough server.

    That's what I had been doing with my personal domain. Then, about 2 years ago, Verizon DSL changed their mail server configuration to allow only "verizon.net" originating emails, purportedly as a defense against hijacked clients. I quickly learned about sendmail's authentication methods.

    I doubt that most ISPs give a flying fsck about their customers' personal domains, and I don't see many of them providing a pass-thru relay server.

  5. Re:what have the romans ever done for us?? on Always Look on the Bright Side of Life · · Score: 1
    The only people we hate more than the Romans are the fscking Judean People's Front.

    ,...Militant Tendency

  6. Re:Just saw an ad from the movie on RIAA Files 532 Lawsuits · · Score: 3, Funny

    When I made my annual trip to the movies earlier this month (to see ROTK), they showed the same commercial. When it got to the "no copying" punchline, it was booed by the audience.

  7. ob. responses on Making The Case That Voynich Is A Hoax · · Score: 1

    1) Would decrypting this book violate the DMCA?
    2) This is actually the code that SCO claims is infringing

  8. Re:Santos-Dumont on (At Least) 100 Years Of Powered Human Flight · · Score: 1
    I'm very surprised by the posters that say the Wright's flight was better publicized, because in fact the Wrights played their cards so close to the chest that, at the time, relatively few people heard of their flight.

    In support of the parent poster, I might point out that the first published account of the flight appeared in that bastion of mass media, Gleanings in Bee Culture in their January 1905 issue.

  9. Re:Watch Out For Spoilers! on A Return Of The King Review · · Score: 1

    Soylent Green is people.

  10. Re:How exactly would this work ? on Public Libraries Trading Quaintness For Cash · · Score: 1
    Here's a "beaut" I unearthed from the shelves at one of the high schools in my county: "An American Dilemma; the Negro Problem and Modern Democracy" by Gunnar Myrdal. 1944.

    And when the kid in that high school is researching his paper on Brown vs. Board of Education, one of the main sources for the NAACP's brief in the case has been "weeded".

  11. Re:Matrix gets Denounced! on 'Matrix Revolutions' Opens Today · · Score: 1

    In other words - "The Matrix - Service Pack 1"?

  12. 5 Exabytes on Info Glut - Five Exabytes of Data Created in 2002 · · Score: 1

    Is that 5 Exabyte 8505's or did they use 8505XL's?

  13. Re:Microsoft Bob will never go out of fashion. on Software Fashion · · Score: 1
    I've never actually seen MS Bob. Anyone know where I could find a copy?

    I was a beta tester for Windows 95, and remember folks calling it "Bob Pro"....

  14. Re:Going to the library on MIT Open Courseware with 500 Courses · · Score: 1
    I live in an upper-middle class neighborhood in DC.....They are not open on Sunday...only stay open late one day a week

    I've lived in DC & environs since '78, and MLK library (at Gallery Place metro) has consistently been open from 1 to 5 on Sundays, except in summer all of that time.

    If you want some variety, go to any of the Montgomery County libraries (your DC card makes you eligible for a card in any of the 'burbs), also open on Sundays except in summer (Rockville and Bethesda - Bethesda opens 10/10 after the 2-year renovation - are walking distance from the respective metro stations). Also, not all of the DC branches have only one late night, and *different branches are open on different nights*.

  15. Re:If you want to become special attention to MS.. on Microsoft Tracking Behavior of Newsgroup Posters · · Score: 1

    Oh! Oh!

    Someone rate this guy up! He's the little voice that provides the kneejerk reaction we all have missed in this article!



    I've actually *got* a mod point left, and I was thinking about it, but I can't find the "+1 Troll" that this posting really deserves.

  16. Re:Manhattan on Power Outages Strike East Coast · · Score: 1
    No, Bloomberg said some black smoke came out when the power station shut down, but it's not on fire.

    Or ConEd has just elected a pope...

  17. Mongomery Co. MD libraries hit on Windows Virus Takes Out Gov't Agencies in MD, PA · · Score: 1

    In addition to the Maryland MVA, all the computers at the Montgomery County (just outside Washington DC) library system were hosed. When I went last night, they had the checkout system back up (the Post said that they had to do manual checkouts earlier in the day), but all of the public access computers were down with handwritten signs saying "Down due to virus attack".

  18. Re:CowboyNeal for Governor on Ask the 'Geek Candidate' for California Governor · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Do you think there should be a CowboyNeal option in the CA Governor's race?

    Dude, this entire election *is* a CowboyNeal option...

  19. This is actually good for Red Hat on SCO Wants $699 for Linux Systems · · Score: 1
    IANAL

    With that out of the way,

    First, this strengthens Red Hat's procedural case for an injunction. By putting the October date on the price boost, they've strengthened Red Hat's case that immediate action needs to be taken by the court.

    Second, damages to Red Hat will be easier to prove, and Red Hat is asking for the damage amount to be tripled.

  20. Drop-in replacement? on Opengroupware · · Score: 4, Insightful
    To me, a drop-in replacement for Exchange server means that I can move all of my users' mailboxes, public folders, etc. to the new server, using something like System Manager. A drop-in will also let me replicate public folders, pick up email addresses, etc. from Active Directory, etc. etc. All I would need to do is point the Outlook clients to the new "exchange server".

    If it doesn't do all that (I can't tell, site is /.'ed), it may be a wonderful product, but it is definitely *not* a drop-in replacement.

  21. Re:Predicted itinerary... on Linus Moves To OSDL, Will Work On Kernel Full-Time · · Score: 1
    His itinerary includes a brief stop-over in Utah, during which time he will hunt down Darl McBride and maul his body beyond recognition. His court defense will be temporary sanity and David Boies will merrily defend him to acquittal.

    Actually, isn't his wife, Tove, a martial arts master?

  22. Re:hmph on No Business Like SCO Business · · Score: 1
    from the Laura Didio interview: Have you any previous experience in reading code?

    No. And I am not a copyright attorney either.

    But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express...

  23. Re:Unprofessional development on Monday, The Death of Websites · · Score: 5, Funny

    I could see the "liver server" going down after the weekend

  24. Passing the Turing Test on Everything you Want to Know About the Turing Test · · Score: 1

    Before I have my coffee in the morning, *I* couldn't pass the Turing test.

  25. HP Laserjet II on Technologies that Have Exceeded Their Expectations? · · Score: 1

    Built like a tank (and weighing like one, too), and they just keep working. I'm responsible for one aquired in 1986 that's still churning out pages...