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  1. Maybe I'm just lazy but... on Adding Some Spice To *nix Shell Scripts · · Score: 1

    if I was going to check for open ports wouldn't you just use nmap or netstat?

    And if I was going to write a script that was going to act as an HTTP client why not just use curl or netcat?

  2. Re:None, I have given up bash scripting on Adding Some Spice To *nix Shell Scripts · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can manipulate the IFS variable if you are having problems with files with spaces.

    IFS=$'\n'

    for i in $(find /some/dir -type f)
    do
    echo $i
    done

    unset IFS

  3. Re:I never installed X on What Did You Do First With Linux? · · Score: 1

    You were using the wrong command, it's wtf not "what the fuck" =]

    http://linux.die.net/man/6/wtf

  4. Re:Here we go again..... on Exchange Comes To Linux As OpenChange · · Score: 1

    Exactly, why are we always trying to conform to Microsoft's standards. What's wrong with GroupWise or Domino? Why are we always kissing Microsoft's ass?

  5. Why not? on Umbilical Cord Blood Banking? · · Score: 1

    We had this done when my daughter was born. The initial cost was ~$1400 and we pay $100 every year for storage. My daughter was born around the time that the Bush administration was making a big deal about embryonic stem cells, so getting her cord blood seemed like the most logical idea. I'm a type 1 diabetic and I am hoping that a cure can be found with stems cells. It may have been a waste of money, but I have plenty of money, it's time that I am running out of....

  6. Re:My Canine Experience on Brain Heatsink Could Reduce Epilepsy · · Score: 1

    Excellent post, very informative.

    I would like to add that you should call 911 no matter what the situation is. Anyone who has just suffered a seizure needs immediate medical attention.

  7. Re:Yellow Old Maps on Google Maps Unveils New Local Business Features · · Score: 1

    Sparse and inaccurate. I spent half an hour driving around Dallas looking for an Outback Steakhouse that no longer exists. According to Google Maps it did...

  8. Re:Hmmm, what does it cost? on Google Apps Premier Edition Launches, Widely Used · · Score: 1

    Premium Edition $50/user/year.
    Standard Edition $0
    For now....

  9. Re:complete and absolute BS (SOX) on Google Apps Premier Edition Launches, Widely Used · · Score: 1

    I have to agree, my company has been using GAFYD for a while now. Calendar and Talk are really cool an useful but I haven't had the balls to host our mail on Google. It seems like a risk, even for a small company like us....

  10. Re:It replaces POP3 accounts, not Microsoft Office on Google Apps Premier Edition Launches, Widely Used · · Score: 2, Informative

    The calendar part is getting better and better, especially the arrival of syncmycal has improved integration with MS Outlook, but it surely doesn't replace it, yet, because Google Calendar cannot sync with everything, yet.

    Yes it can -> http://www.companionlink.com/products/companionlin kforgoogle.html

  11. Re:obvious flaw? on Google Apps Premier Edition Launches · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can sync GCal with Outlook/Blackberry/whatever with this -> http://www.companionlink.com/products/companionlin kforgoogle.html
    You can also enable POP3 with Gmail.

  12. Re:My personal nemesis... on IT Departments Fear Growing Expertise of Users · · Score: 1

    What is your job title?

  13. Help me understand... on Microsoft Getting Paid for Patents in Linux? · · Score: 1

    Is there a patent issue between MS and Linux? From what I have read the problem is with Samba and MS, not Linux. If I uninstall Samba from my servers I'm fine, right??

  14. Re:I've used XP SP2 without AV for years on Windows Chief Suggests Vista Won't Need Antivirus · · Score: 1

    If you don't have AV software how do you know you don't have a virus? Do you analyze every process on your machine? I don't surf pr0n and I don't use P2P and my laptop has been infected. Your statemnet is like saying "I don't go the doctor, I've never been sick".

  15. Re:How about on India Rejects One Laptop per Child Program · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up, that's exactly what I was going to say.

    Want to really help a child in Asia?
    Go here -> http://www.gfa.org/gfa/bridgeofhope

  16. Re:There won't be any controversy here! on Well I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle · · Score: 2

    The Creationists I've listened to say this.

    Evolution cannot happen because there is no proof of a positive mutation every occurring. Only 3 types of mutations can happen: negative, neutral, and positive.

    Negative mutations lead to death and disease, which cannot cause a species to evolve.

    Neutral mutations lead nothing.

    Positive mutations can lead to evolution but there is no proof of one happening.

    I'm not defending Creationism; I'm just repeating what I was told.

  17. PHP and downloading tables on Shortcomings of OpenOffice and Working Around Them? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Here is a prob that I ran into.
    Using PHP and the following headers works fine if you want to generate a HTML table and dump it into Excel.

    header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
    header("Expires: 0");
    header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");

    Using the following to open the table in OOo doesn't work. (It didn't for me at least)

    header("Content-Type: application/vnd.sun.xml.calc");
    header("Expires: 0");
    header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");

    Luckily there is a nice PEAR package that takes care of this problem --> http://pear.php.net/package/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writ er/

  18. Re:Is there really much of a savings? on Microsoft to Replace Blackberry? · · Score: 1
  19. Re:Wrong answer on Essential PHP Security · · Score: 1

    Why? What should we use?

  20. Re:huh? on The President, The State of the Union, and Genetics · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I wish there were pig-men. You get a few of those pig-men
    walking around, suddenly I'm looking a lot better. That way
    if someone wanted to fix me up they could say, 'Hey, at least
    he's no pig-man.'"

    -George Costanza

  21. What about? on Federal Judge Rules Against Intelligent Design · · Score: 1, Funny

    Was there any mention of Intelligent Falling?

  22. Re:IBM only likes the "L" in LAMP on IBM Promotes Linux Partners to Highest Tier · · Score: 1

    Agreed, we had a guy from IBM come down and do some WebSphere training for us a few weeks ago. He asked us what we were currently using for our Web solution, I told him MySQL and PHP. His response, "Never heard of it". WebSphere can use Apache to run instead of IBM's HTTP server, so I guess IBM only likes the "LA" in LAMP

  23. Re:Maps API is till in beta though on Google Maps Graduates · · Score: 1

    You can use these free geocoders for now

    http://www.alouie.com/geocoder/
    http://geocoder.us/

  24. Re:Easy. on Searching for a Directory Service Solution? · · Score: 1

    I myself and am MCSE and run my own consulting company where the majority of my clients run Active Directory.

    Don't the majority of your clients run AD because you are a MCSE? Has there ever been an instance where you offered them something other than AD? Just wondering.

  25. Re:Treo is killing it anyway on Blackberry Future Uncertain · · Score: 1

    You can also do wireless hotsyncing by using Sync4j