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  1. this is why I got ReplayTV instead on Hollywood and NFL Fight TiVo · · Score: 1

    well, 1 of 2 reasons why I didn't get Tivo.

    ReplayTV has had this functionality for how long?

  2. Re:What's in YOUR playlist? Well, um... on IT's Musical Habits · · Score: 1

    currently:
    Disco Biscuits, Amon Tobin, Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Autechre, Phish, Pink Floyd, DJ Shadow, Lake Trout, Big In Japan, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Prefuse 73, Dr. Dre, Mother Love Bone, Ulpa, Roots, Primus, Phillip Glass, Johnny Cash, Val Yumm, Stereolab, Ozric Tentacles, Mogwai, Legendary Pink Dots

  3. the Henrico, VA iBook deal on Notebooks Replace Textbooks in Texas · · Score: 3, Informative

    didnt read the article, and don't know how long the Texas job has been going, but the Henrico County job has been going strong for almost 3 years.

    doesn't Apple have a contract with Maine school systems(or individual counties/cities systems) for the last year or so as well?

  4. Re:Microsoft's Trump Card? on Novell Desktop To Standardize On Qt [updated] · · Score: 1

    what is to stop Ximian/Novell from patenting Mono, thereby trumping Microsoft's .net?

  5. 28+ pages of comments is normal? on Intel Plans CPU Naming Change · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    really. . .

  6. Re:Where has Sun ACTUALLY said this anywhere on Sun Agrees to Talk to IBM over Open Sourcing Java · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm assuming you didnt read the first 4 paragraphs?
    it's ok, I'll quote it here for you:

    "In response to an open letter from IBM asking Sun Microsystems Inc. to join the company in developing an open-source version of Java, Sun plans to meet with IBM to discuss the issue, Sun sources said.

    Sun officials planned to meet with IBM as early as Thursday to discuss the merits of whether the company should work with IBM on an independent project to create an open-source implementation of Java.

    According to Sun, the company is in agreement with IBM's letter in many ways--and over the last two years Sun has made "significant" Java contributions to open source through The Apache Group; portions of the XML processing engine, through the Web Pack contribution last year; and the Java 2 Enterprise Edition processing engine known as Tomcat. "Sun is closely evaluating the effectiveness of the process," a Sun spokesperson said.

    Sun said it will make an official statement about IBM's offer later on Thursday."

    sure looks to me that Sun has agreed to talk with IBM about the open sourcing of Java

  7. Novell isnt a Utah company on Novell Quotes AT&T on Derivative Works · · Score: 1

    at least not anymore.
    they are a Massachusetts company

  8. wasnt that Orin Hatch? on Congress Eyes Whois Crackdown · · Score: 1

    the father of SCO's attorney Hatch?

    they could be co-sponsors too I guess. . .

  9. Re:start run http://www.google.com on Microsoft Agrees to Stop Hijacking Music-Shopping · · Score: 1

    opens my Mozilla on Win 2000(no service pack)

  10. uh what? on Tech Firms Defend Moving Jobs Overseas · · Score: 1

    the problem isnt that we arent willing to work for minimum wage, the problem is that one cannot afford to LIVE on minimum wage here in the US.

    myself and girlfriend live togethor and combined net about 35K a year...we barely make it after paying rent, car payment, insurance, bills, food, etc...

  11. correct me if Im wrong... on Company Claims Patent on CD Writing · · Score: 1

    if this patent deals with DirectCD, then what are they suing Roxio over?
    I'm asking as Roxio dropped DirectCD from their product line starting with EasyCD ver.6 due to instability and causing machines to crash

  12. win98 and older still being used in corp settings on Retired Microsoft Operating Systems Still Popular · · Score: 1

    I do support for Verizon Central Offices and we still get laptops sent in for repair with Win 3.1, Win for Workgroups and Win95

  13. whats the big deal? on Microsoft to Charge for FAT File System · · Score: 1

    $.25 per device, but what devices come preformatted as FAT?
    maybe usb disk-on-key or memory sticks or CF but thats it(who still uses floppies?)
    its not like this affects hard-drive manufacturers as they ship unformatted(unless you buy refurb).

    so who exactly does this harm?

  14. waiting till someone invents the thinglonger... on Fox Considering a Return of "Family Guy" · · Score: 2, Funny

    then we can use it to turn on the what-if machine!

  15. 1 slight problem on McBride Speaks, In Person And In Print · · Score: 1

    hope you arent a KDE user as QT is from a Canopy Group company

  16. sometimes, it just isnt up to "us" on Mail Server Flaw Opens MS Exchange to Spam · · Score: 1

    we have bosses who do the decision making. yes, they may listen to us, but ultimately it is their decision as to what gets implemented.

    we ran into this exact same situation here at work with Exchange 5.5(yes, I've been trying for years to get my owner/boss to switch to ANYTHING other than Exchange) when we found out that it defaults to 'open relay' and you CAN NOT TURN IT OFF. every version of Exchange after 5.5 you could turn it off but not 5.5, we eventually switched to Ipswitch's iMail server and havent been happier!
    this sucker is locked down from everyone/everything and has great spam filtering built-in.
    and yes, even when we ran Exchange, the server was behind a firewall, and no, we didnt get hit by Code Red

  17. Re:i might be wrong... on 5 Reasons Not to Buy an iPod · · Score: 1

    about which part?
    it is a pcmcia drive?

  18. devils advocate on 5 Reasons Not to Buy an iPod · · Score: 2, Interesting

    (fyi, I love my DAT decks)

    the LONE manufacturer of DAT assemblies have stopped production and the last "new" DAT deck made is almost 3 years old.

    so yes, musicians and other people in the industry are looking for a replacement for the DAT

  19. i might be wrong... on 5 Reasons Not to Buy an iPod · · Score: 1

    but isnt the "hard drive" in the iPod a pcmcia drive? arent these very similar to flash ram drives?

  20. 800MB each? on Info Glut - Five Exabytes of Data Created in 2002 · · Score: 1

    in 2002 I personally created about 400-500GB of data.
    sometimes, I really have to wonder about studies like these and where they get their info from. . .

  21. VT's G5 cluster is ranked at #2 on Using Macs In The Work Place · · Score: 1

    according to the article Slashdot posted over the weekend

  22. Re:10.2 Jaguar is OVER 2 years old, not 1... on Apple Sets Oct. 24th Release For Mac OS X 10.3 · · Score: 1

    odd considering I bought my iBook in April 2002 and it came with Jaguar. got home and updated to 10.2.2 that same day.

  23. mistake, Jaguar IS 2 years old, not over... on Apple Sets Oct. 24th Release For Mac OS X 10.3 · · Score: 1

    damn too much coffee this morning

  24. 10.2 Jaguar is OVER 2 years old, not 1... on Apple Sets Oct. 24th Release For Mac OS X 10.3 · · Score: 1

    which is on par with Microsofts old release schedule regarding Win95a/b/c, 98/SE, ME

  25. is it so hard to use the CLI FTP client? on Apple Sets Oct. 24th Release For Mac OS X 10.3 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    nope, I didnt think so.