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  1. Z93.3 on Labels Find New Method of Payola · · Score: 1

    Has been doing this all week! It's pissing me off! Same song over and over. It's funny how thier story changes when introducing the recording company.

  2. Gun and meat on Best Results From Bartering Computer Services? · · Score: 1

    I have done some extensiove work at my boss' house and along with some pocket money I have received a nice .54 caliber knight muzzleloader, beer, assorted liquors and several pounds of venison meat. All in all I feel that I make out quite well.

  3. Wait! on Keeping Your Keg Cool Sans Ice · · Score: 1

    Think about a cluster of these! In the words on my hero Homer Simpson, "WooHoo!"

  4. What about the F'ing HDD!!!! on E3 - Sony Drops PS2 To $149, Shows PSP, Hints At PS3 · · Score: 1

    All I want are some maps for Socom and a media player! Is it so hard?

  5. That's great but.. on Novell To Release Ximian Connector Under GPL · · Score: 1

    When is someone going to release an Open Source relacement for exchange? Something that works with Outlook natively (or through plugins)?

  6. Pres Bush on NASA - Robotic Repair Of Hubble 'Promising' · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes, but are they capable of searching for weapons of mass destruction in space and retrofitting hubble with one of these?
    Because if they can't they are worthless to America. We must use all availible resources to fight the war on terror! HooHa!

  7. Mastrabate on Appreciating Your Stressful IT Job? · · Score: 1

    CONSTANTLY

  8. What has come of this once free nation? on MPAA, RIAA Seek Permanent Antitrust Exemption · · Score: 1

    I once was a bright eyed boy
    who dreamed the American dream
    freedom, happiness and apple pie
    I was a naive little boy

    As I grew older
    realization came to me
    that we live under a tyrant
    with the initials GWB

    He and his cronies
    my money did take
    and raped me of my freedoms
    for securities sake

    Our government has been sold
    corporations and organizations
    have purchased the vote

    What can I do
    I am just one man
    lost in the sea
    of corporate irresponsibility

  9. One Word on How Do You Organize Your Gear? · · Score: 1

    Barn.

    I have a two story barn FULL of junk ranging from part of an AS400 System to macintosh.

  10. What's next, human batteries? on Segway-Based Robot Opens Doors · · Score: 1

    With the advent of A.I......
    Need I say more?

  11. From my hotel to work on Windows Virus Takes Out Gov't Agencies in MD, PA · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here is a little something that you may or may not find slihgtly hilarious:

    Word of fore warning - I am typing on a ONCOMMAND keyboard (hotel web TV) that is probably covered in beer and man glaze.

    I had a mysterious reboot one night when tyig to access the "High Speed Suck-O-Net" That they try to charge $10/night for. After 13 hours of updati MS systems at work I wrote it off as "one of those things". Now I am starting to have second thoughts.

    I can't use the internet in the hotel on my computer because everytime I do I get the "NT Authority/System RPC service terminated unexpectedly" then my Windows XP laptop (wasn't it supposed to be more secure?!?) shuts itself off. Not only taht the phone stoped worknig next to the bed, the receptionist downstairs thinks I am crazy for bitching about worms (how can worms get on the tenth floor?), this keyboard sucks and my coputer is infected with a DAMNED VIRUS that has already cost me $10 for the initial infction! I would like to find the ASSHOLE that wrote this POS and give his ass an unexpected termination!

    Seriously though,
    Why can't someone right a virus that get's into these ONCOMMAND systems (run on MS (P)OS) and tell it give everyone free porn? I would pay for it but I am afraid my TV will shut off half way through due to some bug and I would have to make the rest up!

    I probably would have been able to respond to the 15 minutes of warning had I not had been patching other vulnerabilities these bastards keep finding.

    BTW - I proudly run OSS for several of my (stable) servers but I am not in MY ofice, I am in a pure MS network. I will now be infesting it with a new "virus" according to the all knowing MS. it's a little thing calld Linux, anyone heard of it?

    Well I supose I should get some sleep as I will have a couple hundred machines to clean at 6 AM and it's now 12:30. Off to bd where I shal dream of worms crawling htrough my head!

  12. DVD-R works for me on DVD Recording - Is There a Winner Yet? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I am using a Toshiba (I think) SD-5002 or something like that and it has work flawlessly for sometime now. The only thing I have noticed is that the media matters. My laptop has a hard time with some of the "backed-up" DVDs that I have burned onto the cheaper media ($1 each) and no problem with the good media. Same goes for PS2s with modchips :)

  13. Social Engineering on AT&T Identifies Widespread Security Hole - In Locks · · Score: 1

    Let's not forget that with a little social engineering you can get the same results. When I was in High School I obtained the master keys for both the Middle School and the High School, even had the alarm codes at one time. It's all about who you know (or sleep with).

  14. This sort of thing isn't new on Linux-Based Bar-Monkey · · Score: 1

    Check out this fancy contraption. Still, PROPS to these guys!

  15. Screw Tivo on DMCA Loophole For Peer-to-Peer TV Show Sharing? · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have a ReplayTV. Love it! Can share my files directly off the Replay to the net (with some firewall rules). Not to mention software like DVArchive that "emulates" another replay on my network allowing me to dump the files from the replay to my fileserver and share them back again for later viewing.

  16. It's all about the self-install on What Software Do Cable Installers Place on Your PC? · · Score: 1

    My local cable company will send out a self install kit, so you don't even need the moron cable tech. If you really want to have fun, put Linux on your machine, and watch them fumble around trying to figure it out!

  17. I knew it!! You all want to see it! on Retailers Won't Sell New Acclaim Game · · Score: 1

    You assholes are slowing down my chance at seeing some naked CGI hoes!

    Stop it before I bitch smack you!

    BTW - I think I will at least rent it, yeah, I'm sick like that.

  18. CGI on Simpsons on the Silver Screen · · Score: 1

    My question is:
    Why not use CGI? The industry is ready for another big complete CGI film. The technology is there, USE IT!
    I don't think people will be as impressed using human actors (unless you paint them yellow) as comparred to using a 3d CGI Homer. Also, by using human actors, you kinda close the door to future movies.

  19. Re:MS Bugs on Microsoft PPTP Buffer Overflow; VPNs Vulnerable · · Score: 1

    SNAIL MAIL!!!! Sure it cost alot, but it harder to get rid of :)

  20. LINUX on Stealware: Kazaa et al Stealing Link Commissions · · Score: 1

    That's what open source if for! I'm sure there are several pieces of software avail. that have open code. Also if no one else has heard of it, check out www.neo-modus.com. Very nice! You could call it the underdog of PTP. I believe they are also working on a Linux port.

  21. Something like this has already happened, on MPAA Requests Immunity to Commit Cyber-Crimes · · Score: 1

    It's called the DNR.

  22. Spam on Red Hat Asks for UCITA Reversal · · Score: 1

    I sent out the letter to the people in Michigan. You know what I got in return?
    "Matthew, Do you know the meaning of spam? I have now received the same
    message four times this morning. You are not helping your case. JJW"
    from James J. White [jjwhite@umich.edu]

    Get this mo'fo'

  23. Work can be better than going home. on Who Works During the Holidays? · · Score: 1

    I like to work the Holidays as well, no one in the office. I can accomplish so much more that way. Besides, it's better than going home and facing my family, who still think that I should stop playing with computers and get a 'real' job.

  24. MS in IT on Perception of Linux Among IT Undergrads · · Score: 1

    When I first started in the IT program, I had big hopes for learning USEFULL information. Instead what I got was the basics on how to browse web pages and alot of programming. While programming is important the University didn't offer any courses specificly related to the job of a sysadmin. Such as in depth useage of Linux, or even IIS. I dropped out feeling that relative work experience would be more benificial than a degree. I currently am employed at a law firm as the system administrator, and am doing very well for myself.

  25. Giving up Cable for Food on Dump Broadband, Dig Out Your Modem! · · Score: 1

    I go hungry everday. There is a stack of bills unpaid. And yet I don't drop the cable modem. I would drop my telephone line and use my cell (which I also have to keep because of work) if I had to. No, massive internet surfing can make me forget about the pains in my stomach.