User: alainsane

NMAP

On: UK Moves to Outlaw 'Hacker Tools'

I used NMAP today to find spare addresses and forgotten equipment on my internal (private) networks.

Re:Impossible

On: Space Elevator An Impossible Dream?

Yep, I carry around a Compaq TC1000 tablet...
Resembles very much the paperless documents on the old Star Trek series.

Re:Share Source is not shared

On: Microsoft Ponders Shared-Sourcing SQL Server

Just look @ what happened to OS/2

Re:Statistics Schmastics

On: New Internet2 Land Speed Record

What they mean is that it will take only 8000 modems to bog it!
Hmmmm, how many modems does the typical ISP support?
Won't be long before that pipe needs RotoRouter.

Funny

On: Dictionaraoke - Fair-Use meets Karaoke

I am laughing so hard that my head is hurting...
The next time one of my friends asks me what the artist is singing in the songs...

Re:Not ready for prime time.

On: NASA Researching Antimatter Engines

You forgot the exploding EPS conduits!

What happens chemically?

On: NASA Researching Antimatter Engines

From the article and comments, I have deduced that AM is the same thing as matter, except with charges reversed.
Does that mean that there is an AM counterpart to hydrogen, oxygen, etc?
If so, what would happen if hydrogen AM mixed with helium matter?
H(am)+He= [E+H] or [E+He(fragments)]?
I realize that the above reaction is not possible with conventional chemistry.

Carb simple?

On: Is Hacking Cars a Thing of the Past?

Look @ a carb on an 86 Chev truck... Adjustments, choke, tweaking, a handful of vacuum hoses, bad economy, and an emissions nightmare.

Now look @ TBI on 89 chev truck... 3 vac hoses, good economy, no adjustments to go wrong, and always starts and runs perfect.

Why are you even bothering to use a big complicated computer? Perhaps you should go back to stone and chalk.

Re:Fiber

On: Wanted - 45 Mile Wireless Broadband?

However, remember that with even singlemode, you need a repeater every 8Km.

Re:My $.02

On: Wanted - 45 Mile Wireless Broadband?

True, fiber can be expensive, but if we are talking about a public school, it may be possible to ask a favor from dot, utilities, etc???

Need an Interface

On: The Well-Connected Park Bench

Why not install weatherproof PDA on the bench?
That way they could promote their product (CE?) and actually provide a tangible public service.

Re:Comcast

On: Comcast Bidding To Buy AT&T's Cable-Modem Unit

I'v had pretty good luck with Comcast TS.

I would say things like I can ping this, but not this, and they could help me on my level, quickly.

My average phone time (not including hold time) is about 120 seconds.

I'D Rather

On: CD burning Will Never Be The Same

I want the labels to Erase the junk/garbage tracks on my 80+ cd's and refund accordingly!