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  1. Another site on Korean Bipedal Robot Kit · · Score: 2, Interesting
    They don't have a lot of information, yet..

    Kopropo.com

  2. User Choice on Is the Linux Desktop Getting Heavier and Slower? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think any GUI is going to get "heavier" over time, as more features and functioanlity are added.

    But what appeals to me is the option of not having to use a GUI. Being a long time user of U*NX and U*NX like operatiing systems, that is the biggest appeal to me.

    what is more concerning to me is the lost of functions that some applications/programs are migrating to, for the whole "ease of use" thingy.

  3. Bianry Edit on Netgear's Amusing "fix" for WG602v1 Backdoor · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I'm wondering if one could use something like bvi to change the username and password to something private.

    I've done it with other types of binary files, but never tried with firmware.

    Anyone try this?

  4. Re:Free Market on Sun Says Hardware Will Be Free · · Score: 1
    "...houses (as a residence)... are not assets and they are not investments"

    How do you figure a house as a residence isn't an investment?

    You get to write-off the interest on the mortgage and , if you take care of it, it will (usually) appreciate in value - the last three I've owned did.

    If your argument is the cost of maintaining it, who pays to maintain the house you bought as an investment?

  5. Great Tech - But I have a problem... on Manure-Powered Generators On The Rise · · Score: 5, Insightful
    ... with the following statement:

    "With net metering, small producers like Straus can reduce or erase their energy bills but cannot be paid for pumping excess energy into the grid. Net metering has been available to owners of home solar systems for several years."

    Why do we allow laws that strip us of potential income, and benefit companies like PG&E?

  6. Valid? on Social Networking in the Digital Age · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I don't agree...

    Most "online" people like the anonominity of the online world, so that can be someone, or something that they aren't in real life. That is what makes IRC, Chat, ... so "interesting" to most individuals.

    Computers and software will never replace real world "networking" and friendships, as a lot of that is built on your real personality, and (like it or not) appearance.

  7. Bank of America? on MS Word File Reveals Changes to SCO's Plans · · Score: 0
    I'm wondering why they were initially targeted?

    According to Netcraft, they run Solaris, and have been for a long time...

  8. Alternative on How Google Can Make or Break A Small Business · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I'd rather see a secure connection, that replies with the port that sshd is (randomly) available on.

    You could ssh_get_port, which would connect, possibly ask a password, then it would reply with the port that the sshd is listening on. The kick off your ssh session...

  9. Actually, he runs... on Microsoft Agrees Settlement Over MikeRoweSoft.com · · Score: 1
    Linux.


    Used to be BSD...


    http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.mi ke rowesoft.com

  10. is LCoS for you on Intel To Produce Cheap LCoS Chips · · Score: 5, Informative

    Read this to find out...

  11. Architeture on Linux Kernel Benchmarking: 2.4 vs. 2.6-test · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I didn't see anything in the articles to support this, but I'm assuming this is based on x86 architecture. Has 2.6 been ported to other architectures? And if so, have these AIM tests been run ?

  12. "Open" for Commercial Enterprises on Open Cable Standard Not So Open · · Score: 1
    OPEN to commercial enterprises, such as cable providors, simply means they will share the information with other cable providers.

    Not that that makes a difference either. None of them want what the "other" guy has.

    I worked for a cable company while attending tech school, and they always made sure "something" was different from other local providers, so equipment could not be "modified", and used on their system.

  13. FINED! for what? on SCO Fined in Munich For Linux Claims · · Score: 1
    Are they being fined because what they (SCO) are saysing isn't true, or because they won't show thier "evidence"?

    If it is because what they are saying isn't true, based on what "proof"?

    Don't get me wrong, I don't believe them either, but it isn't that simple in the courts.

  14. Good idea... on Light Bulb Replacements · · Score: 1
    But as the artice says, they are a bit expensive.

    The only ones I really know of are low wattage (around 20 Watts) and cost around $100 each.

    You can find a link to some here .

  15. Re:The end is nigh! on SCO Announces Final Termination of IBM's Licence · · Score: 2, Interesting
    "if you are dumb enough to own any in the first place"

    I wouldn't call making about $3K ( so far ) off of this farce "dumb"...

    SCO is playing a game, and I'm going to make as much money off of it I can...

  16. While @ the office? on Getting Back Into Shape While At The Office? · · Score: 1
    I don't think it is practical to "workout" while at work. And I could see your employer compaining, not to mention your co-workers.

    I think most people (well, here where I work) work out before / @ lunch / after work.

  17. Syslog on Linux Security Cookbook · · Score: 2, Insightful
    While the syslog() facitlity is an important tool in security, not to mention system administration, the syslog program leaves a lot to be desired.

    I wish these type of books, and other SA topical publications would start introducing the users to Syslog-ng

    Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong...

  18. Upgrade on OpenOffice.org Resource Kit · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Do they mention a manner in which to upgrade an installation vs. re-install?

  19. I'm curious on RIAA To Sue Hundreds Of File Swappers · · Score: 1
    ... if a individual whom is sued were to show in court with legally purchased CD's/Tapes/Records of the songs they downloaded, would the courts still punish them?


    Does the RIAA know what you've downloaded?


    Could a "pool" be setup for those sued?

  20. A better test on Mom Meets Linux - A Lindows 4.0 Review · · Score: 1
    ... would be for "mom" to actaully install it herself, and use it for a while. This test wasn't any different than mom buying a new computer with a different OS, like a mac. I personally know of an individual that went from WebTV to a Windows based PC, and had all kinds of problems and issues. So changing from one OS to another doesn't make Linux "Mom Approved"


    Of course, That just my opinion. I could be wrong

  21. Won't change on Truck Stops Get Wireless Internet · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I used to work with a trucker in the summers delivering farm equipment. He had told me that the reason truckers don't "shutdown" the truck was because it was too hard on the engine. Nothing to do with AC or anything else. Semi engines run for 500,000 + miles typically without any work other than routine service (i.e oil change)


    So while wireless internet may be a "value add", I don't see the bays being used by long distance OTR drivers, unless things have changed.

  22. Re:Not absorption...less obstinance. on Ageism in IT? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    "They have the hardest time grasping that their way isn't the way something needs to be done in order for it to work in our software. They're obstinate, and that's why people don't want to hire them."


    That has nothing to do with age, and for you to make a statment as such, only groups you with them,


    Rigidness in ones thought process is a personality trait, not one based on age. I'm close to forty, been doing "IT" for close to 20 years. Yet, I am constantly changing the tools which I use and the manner in which I do it to adjust and be "modern". I've "used" just about ever OS and system most people can imagine, and do so based on the requirements, not my personal preferences. Of course, that may explain why I'm not one of the unlucky few to be unemployed in this economy.


    in the infamous words of Denis Miller, "Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong"

  23. Re:Yeah Right... on Making Change · · Score: 2, Funny

    Take the coins, your missing out on watching the dancer try to pick it up with her ...

  24. Beyond the OS on Microsoft's Athens PC · · Score: 1
    It appears that MS is going after all open software, not just operating systems

    Based on the article, it would appear to me that not just Linux, or the BSD's wouldn't be installable, but applications too.

    i.e. OpenOffice...

  25. Re:I hate it when I'm not rooting for the underdog on Amazon Calls Children's Privacy Complaint Groundless · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I agree, with one addition. The adult "releases" the information.

    Not a lot of sense closing the barn door, after the horse is gone...