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  1. Safe move on Sun Microsystems, SuSE Link Up To Sell Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This was most likely the safest move for SUN's linux solution and idea, if they team up with someone else they more or less just sell an already existing product with modifications, thus legal responsibilities change and they got more behind their back with a old and stable Linux distribution.

    And SuSE is most likely 'closed' enough already for SUN to consider it as a safe solution compared to the dangerous ;) open source world. (Pointer: you have to pay for suse).

  2. Considering the costs on US Shrugs Off World's IP Address Shortage · · Score: 2, Informative

    As 70% of the allocated space is in that specific region, as you can guess, it will cost 70% more (considering time spent on infrastructure such as router, switches etc upgrades).

    Of course, beeing a very technically forward place this should not be a problem, but some kind of a push is really needed. Especially for low-budget companies, instutions etc that make out a big part of the IP customers - they simply don't always have the "cash" for the migration. And "why migrate when this works fine for us" is another big catch.

    Make the consumers start migrating and the rest will follow more quickly, the business will go where the consumers are... Now just how do we get the consumers to where there is no business? ;)

    (Please consider that this is from a very narrow point of view on the whole thing, it's just to put things in one perspective of many)

  3. Now this on SSH or VNC From Your Cell Phone? · · Score: 1

    Is something I wanted for a long time... I dunno how many times someone called me when I'm on my way to work (1,5 hour drive) saying "uh Henric... I think something happened to the server, we'll pay your speeding tickets"...

    No more of that ;) (and no, of course it woulden't be as good to use a laptop with cellular as a modem, d'oh)

  4. Other manufacturers on Nikon D2H: Digital Camera + 802.11b Option · · Score: 1

    Also makes wireless camera devices, D-link is one of them along with others and they have been on the market for quite some time...

  5. The us question on iTunes: Don't Leave Home With Them · · Score: 1

    Just so we're not totally US centric here; does this apply in the same way if you buy the songs in let's say the uk and travel to spain or the other way around?

    And yes I assume it will be like that, I was just woundering if anyone had any facts to line up about it.

  6. Micropayments on Whatever Happened to Micropayments? · · Score: 1

    I belive micropayments is a great idea, I mean, sometimes you actually would want to transact very small amounts of money when buying like... A mp3.

    But then you woulden't wanna pay 1 /$ extra just because the transaction company wants to charge you that much no matter what.

  7. Looks cool on Do It Yourself CD Changer · · Score: 0, Funny

    But still I would have preferred it in aliminium or likewise... But it's cool to see non-computer materials (wood etc) beeing used in a computer environment in that way.

    (Back off all modders that built a wooden case ;)).

  8. Enterprise on How SCO Helped Linux Go Enterprise · · Score: 1

    Well as it seems a lot of enterprises are all for closed source if the support is there, I guess SCO got a wide market. In the end, in at least 60% of the cases, it's the amount of specialized on site availiable support that determines what solution any big company chooses.

    And if this was the way to enterprise with sco, fine =).

  9. Corel on Corel Ousted From Public Life? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Well one would hope they will stay alive, even though they've been around for their fair share of trauma a lot of people actually use their products. The last company I worked for used corel office on over 1000 clients while the rest ran MS office...

    Corel's office actually had less support incidents of problems with the actual software, on the other hand, it was a pain because everyone was used to MS office and didden't understand the different GUI hehe.

    http://funstuff.digital-bless.com/ - Funny stuff.

  10. ISP going down on Major Flaw Found In Cisco IOS Devices · · Score: 1

    Well I guess this is why my isp has died twice today... Luckily they have junipers on their overseas links...

  11. Whats availiable here on Want 12Mbits/sec for $21? Move to Japan. · · Score: 1

    In stockholm, Malmo and Goteborg in swden you can get 10mbit via lan for a measily $25-30 a month too, so it isn't unique other than as for the higer bandwidth architecture they used.

  12. Re:Hitchhikers guide on dB Drag Racing · · Score: 1

    Across the country? Geez. World you mean.

  13. Hitchhikers guide on dB Drag Racing · · Score: 1

    Well they still got a bit to go until they got the Vogon-style PA system mentioned in the hitchikers guide to the galaxy. In short: it utillizes every single thing that could be used to make sound as a speaker for total PA perfection... Just to tell us we're about to be blow away because they're building a "freeway".

    +1 Offtopic

  14. Hah on dB Drag Racing · · Score: 5, Funny

    Those guy's don't stand a chance against my overclocked athlon, that thing sounds like a jet engine, and I mean it, it can even hum tunes if you adjust the fans real fast or with an automatic controller. Promise ;).

    http://funstuff.digital-bless.com/

  15. Functioning link on Toshiba Introduces A 17"-Screen Laptop · · Score: 2, Informative
  16. Okay on DARPA Looking into Hypersonic Bombers · · Score: 1

    Sure, this is a very effective way to, right, kill people and destroy buildings etc.

    Now, I hope noone minds that other countries also investigates the possibility to have the same kind of technology? And I most certainly hope that countries conference with each other before anyone starts a program like this - as earlier space-like warfare programs have been stopped because of diplomatic reasons (e.g. if your country has it and can bomb us with it so fast, we're gonna have it too).

    And is there _really_ the need for yet another way to bomb stuff? Really?

  17. Re:Prices on Intel PAT Compared On 865PE Boards · · Score: 1

    Yea, although you should be aware that the 875P NEO FISR-2 got the best benchmark results in a recent toms hardware roundup =).

  18. Not bad on MillionManLAN Party: The Doors Are Open · · Score: 1

    Although the visitors amount doesn't make it sound like one of the top-5 biggest, but as it's so well credited I guess those who really wanna play and not goof around made it there =).

  19. Prices on Intel PAT Compared On 865PE Boards · · Score: 4, Informative

    200-250 is not correct in many cases for the P boards, I just got a MSI 875P Neo board for around 150 and it has all the goodies like SATA and got excellent test results.

  20. Re:Functionality on Video Chat Software Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Very mature post anonrmous-someone. I didden't mean to put down ms software, but it's the experience I got with it.

    Sure I love toying with options, but conferences and point to point is more or less what you need isn't it?

    Plus, beeing able to do 'uneccessary' customizations like your oh so cool cs-style skin is nothing that I count as good functionality really.

  21. What's standard vacation there? on Working Hard? · · Score: 1

    I work as a network tech, around $2700 a month and I get three paid weeks of vacation per year, how does it look over there? /040.

  22. Functionality on Video Chat Software Reviewed · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, one of the great things about apple's product is that it doesn't have the build in crashandburn(); function that the msn software got. At least that's my experience with my usb webcam I got for free hehe.

    Plus, exactly how many features can u need on a peice of software that is made for point to point communication?.

  23. Luckily on TiVo Data Collection Ramifications · · Score: 1

    this technology is far from popular where I live. But it's really odd in one way, do all advertisers actually belive that people will sit and look at their ads when they can get some more coke?

    It gotta be more a 'pay per hit' in the same style as web ads often are today, they pay a whole bag of money and get the ads included. And I mean, even if they get the stats all they can do is _maybe_ sue some company, you still won't see the ads. /040

  24. Comittment on U.S. DoD Commits To IPv6 · · Score: 1

    Now if we only could see some commitment from other than largely overfunded organizations and the people that actually build the ipv6 products...

  25. Question on Public Domain Enhancement Act petition · · Score: 1

    Well as for us that do _not_ live inside the USA (or are in an alliance with them), how would this actually affect our copyright system, as with this decision it doesn't seem to be very international?

    E.g. if an european country was to use it's freedom of choice not to accept such a policy if it was passed via the European Council (as for EU member countries), woulden't that cause some major problems as it would most likely not either be forced to follow such an rule?

    Just woundering.