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  1. nice on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 1

    It looks great!

  2. Really Bad, but QWEST? on DSL Installation Fail · · Score: 1

    I've been in Telecoms for a long time, and I have a hard time believing that a Qwest installer really did that. Whoever did it should definitely not be doing installs. There must be more to this story than we are being told.

  3. Re:Uh, no. on Auditors Question TSA's Tech Spending, Security Solutions · · Score: 1

    TSA employees don't have law enforcement authority and have to call the real cops to arrest someone just like security guards do.

  4. Re:Are we really worried about knives? on Auditors Question TSA's Tech Spending, Security Solutions · · Score: 1

    exactly. Knives ceased to be a threat on September 11, 2001. They could hand them out at the gate now if they want to. The possibility of taking over an airplane with a boxcutter no longer exists.

  5. Re:Damnit on Social Media Can Help You Fake Your Own Death · · Score: 1

    Belize

  6. Re:Report it to the Univeristy's judicial board... on Retrieving a Stolen Laptop By IP Address Alone? · · Score: 1

    That sure sounds like a good setup. Is the insurance and nightly network backup expensive? Who do you use for the backups?

  7. Re:Clearly what they need to do is just get ride T on DNSSEC and the Geopolitical Future of the Internet · · Score: 1

    I was going to go into that in email, but basically, small electronics, books, DVDs and CDs.

  8. Re:Clearly what they need to do is just get ride T on DNSSEC and the Geopolitical Future of the Internet · · Score: 1

    True, But many companies who are registered in Portugal, will be using a .com instead of a .pt.


    I suppose that situation exists everywhere. The .com seems to be preferred by certain companies all over the world.


    On another note, if you wouldn't mind emailing me about some of those web shops in portugal, I would sure appreciate it. I have found it hard to locate shops in Portugal that will sell online.

  9. you should write RFCs on Chains of RFCs and Chains of Laws? · · Score: 1

    It turns out to be just as non-trivial, if not more so,

    You should be writing RFCs. Not reading them.

  10. Re:The reality is... on Review of HTC Desire As Alternative To iPhone · · Score: 1

    The newly released Xperia X10 from Sony Ericsson does pretty good.

    I previously had used the HTC Dream - Android phone and was extremely disappointed.

  11. Re:Isn't that called an... on Virtualizing Workstations For Common Hardware? · · Score: 1

    I have always heard it pronounced "istoric". Mostly in the US.

  12. more to do with Telecom on Google Wants To Be Your Electricity Meter · · Score: 1

    I think that all of google's noisemaking in the utilities area has very little to do with power and power consumption, and everything to do with Telecommunications. There was an announcment recently that Google was entering the Electric Utility business. Everyone was saying that google would be an electricity provider before long, but this probably has more to do with accessing the utlitiy easments for fiber than anything else. Google has made it clear that they intend to be a serious player in Telecoms very soon. All the noise about utilities is probably really all about Telecoms.

  13. Re:Slow on What Has Your Phone Survived? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Man, I sure would like to know how you do that. I have an E65 and an HTC Dream. I would also like to find an easy way for my android phone to do that.

    What I also need is to be able to extract a text file containing my contacts from thos backups.

    And then I don't understand why there isn't an easy way to just import and export all of my contacts to a CSV file whenever I want. I use Sony Ericsson phones, Nokias and HTC, I am constantly needing to sync my contacts, but I have never found a quick and easy way to do that. It sure seems like something that everyone would need to do. Why isn't it an obvious option on every single phone?

  14. Re:Makes me wonder... on Paypal Reverses Payments Made To Indians · · Score: 1

    And if your friends bank is in California and you are in Texas, it is probably easier to send your money to India. Once in the US, I was unable to deposit money to a friend's BofA account in California from a BofA office in Texas, which seemed bizarre considering it is the same bank. They told me I would have to do a wire transfer.

  15. Re:Makes me wonder... on Paypal Reverses Payments Made To Indians · · Score: 1

    In Spain, you would simply log into your bank account online and send him the money electronically. If he uses your same bank, it costs nothing. If he uses a different bank then it costs anywhere from €1.5 to €3.5, which is still pretty cheap.

    If your friend uses a bank in a different country, then you are back to the same problem. It is the same in the whole world. If you have to do an international wire transfer, it costs anywhere from US$25 to US$45.

  16. Re:I've used it on Does Your PC Really Need a SysRq Button Anymore? · · Score: 1

    Ok, I totally thought you were just making that up. It does, in fact reboot my system. Thanks. (I think)

  17. Is this really important to anyone? on Airport Scanners Can Store and Transmit Images · · Score: 1

    I SO don't care about this. I think reporters are just trying to make a story out of this and there is really no story to tell. Is ANYONE out there really worried about what happens to these images? I know that I don't give a crap.

    what I do care about is being able to just walk up to my gate. Why can't the TSA try to do something we do care about? Which is to walk up to the gate without taking off my shoes, belt, suit jacket, removing my laptop from the bag, etc. They can put scanners everywhere if they want to. Put images on the internet, post them on screens as entertainment at the airport just do something that will let me simply walk up to my gate without going through a bunch of pointless security procedures.

    The TSA is more concerned about making themselves look relevant than they are about making travel safe and convenient. I am sure the technology exists that will allow us to walk right up to the gates and they can know whether someone poses a threat or not, and that it could be done with a lot less TSA agents than we have now. But we will never hear about that, because the TSA isn't in the business of making the TSA smaller.

  18. Build more reactors on Another Crumbling Reactor Springs a Tritium Leak · · Score: 1

    The solution to this is to build more nuclear power plants. Nuclear is the cleanest and safest energy we have available, and people freaking out and trying to ban nuclear power is just misguided. We need to take advantage of new technology and build newer more up to date plants that won't have these problems.

  19. Re:yes. The address is important on Does a Lame E-Mail Address Really Matter? · · Score: 1

    Well, that would just be awesome.

  20. yes. The address is important on Does a Lame E-Mail Address Really Matter? · · Score: 1

    If the address is loads@beer.com or foxy4U2@hotmail.com, yes that probably won't help them get the job. Ditto if it is religous, political or whatever, The best option is to not try to be cute with the email address you are using professionally.

  21. Re:VOIP sucks. on AT&T Readying For the End of Analog Landlines · · Score: 1

    Now, if cutting the analog cord meant that the telephone providers would be required by law to build out their digital capabilities to anybody within their previous POTS coverage areas, then that would be great for folks who haven't had any good broadband options so far.

    I think that is the whole point of bringing this up to the FCC. Currently the Universal Fund requires them to provide coverage to everyone, but that does not extend to Internet Access. That needs to be addressed, and that is why the FCC needs to be involved.

  22. eeeeeeeee PC? on Ten Gadgets That Defined the Decade · · Score: 1

    I would have thought that one of the Android phones released in 2009 would beat out the Eeeeeeeeeee PC.

  23. Re:Open Office is there on MS Issues Word Patch To Comply With Court Order · · Score: 1

    Novell maintains its own version of OO.

    It also supports it via contracts with third parties such as this one

    There is plenty of support out there for OO and other Open Source Projects. Digium will sell support for the Open Source Version of Asterisk. The OS is will supported also. I think that the support for OO is at or near the level that MS can provide for MS Office if you know where to look.

  24. everything on Dashboard Reveals What Google Knows About You · · Score: 1

    between googlemail, google calendar, google voice, igoogle, google lattitude, google talk and who knows what else, there is no getting around it. They know everything about me.

  25. Battery Life is the problem on 50+ Android Phones Expected In Near Future · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have the HTC Dream, and the biggest problem with it is that the battery life is so bad, there is no way I could use it for my main phone. Even with light usage and bluetooth and wifi turned off, the thing is dead in 6 hours or less. If I turn on and use wifi, it gets a lot less. Maybe 2 hours or 3.

    It a nearly 500€ phone and it can't make it through a whole day without recharging. The camera isn't great either, but that isn't a big deal. The battery problem is a HUGE deal. However at a recent conference, I saw that the iPhone users had the same problem with battery life.