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  1. New Tag Line on V For Vendetta Delayed until March 2006 · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about:

        Watch, Watch the 17th of March.

  2. This whole SCO thing goes to show.... on Groklaw Debunks SCO's ELF Heist · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...what stupid people can do with a lot of money.

  3. Re:Now to do this for SPAM on Telus Puts A Stop To 'Modem Hijacking' · · Score: 1

    No, geeze, but finally get people to buy into the concept that mail needs to be tagged with real authentication, and let ISP's be able to shut down once and for all spammers who continue to send the same crap from different ISP's. In the same way that they're tagging Ph#'s as bad, tag senders as bad.

  4. Why not... on Reducing Electricity Bills For Buildings With XML · · Score: 1

    ...just print out money using XML? That'd definitely cut costs 8-)

  5. Now to do this for SPAM on Telus Puts A Stop To 'Modem Hijacking' · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now to figure out a way to do something very similar for SPAM!!

  6. Re:they should get a clue on Court Says Customers May Take IPs Away From ISP · · Score: 1

    Well, you've got the wrong analogy. This is similar to people who want to take their cell phone numbers with them between cell phone companies. For people who were allocated class C's before they only passed them out via ISP's, we do tend to want to take them with us. For places that have a class C, (and don't use NAT...and there ARE a lot of folks who have this set up) having to re-number everything is something that can have a significant cost, not to consider the downtime that normally ensues. Not being able to take your address with you puts you at the mercy of ISP's, and if you're getting crappy service, you have to consider "how" painful and costly it's going to be to move. While I do believe it's a very good practice to use NAT now, that doesn't mean that there also aren't reasons why this still might make sense for folks.

    And, hey, if the phone companies can figure out how to make numbers portable, why can't the router folks? (yes, I know, it's mostly a memory issue....but I can't believe there are some other solutions involving dynamic configurations of routers...say self discovery of "blocks" of addresses at core routers...)

  7. Diagnosis Tools on Protecting Our Parents' PCs? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    While this might not stop the problem, it is useful to load VNC. up on their box so you can remotely clean up things. In a lot of cases parents and children don't live in the same town, so no only do you have this problem, but you may not get to the machine for a while. Assuming they have a reasonable network connection, this can be a lifesaver. And prevents you from getting frustrated while you try to explain to them "....move the mouse to the toolbar"

  8. Leaky on Windows 2000 & Windows NT 4 Source Code Leaks · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course their source code leaks...they don't properly clean up their pointers....

    Oh wait a sec...8-)

  9. Even the oldest tech manual isn't readable.. on Thyne Oldest Known Tech Manual · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yet another technical manual I can't make much sense of....

    8-)

  10. The definitive MP3, that's what I downloaded on What Was the Very First MP3 You Downloaded? · · Score: 1

    Tom's Diner by S. Vega. It's the MP3 that MP3 coding was tested against. Remember how many times he listened to it?

    See :
    "The Voice that Launched a Million MP3s"

  11. Re:Why? on Microsoft Extends Win98/SE Support · · Score: 1

    Because some government agency someplace probably finally got around to realizing that all of their boxes would be unsupported....

    The question now should be, WHICH gov't agency...

  12. Re:So what happens... on High-Tech Glasses Help Improve Memory · · Score: 0

    And if you underclock them, do you get dumber? (or does the info simply stay in front of your eyes longer...and then you can't see....LOOK OUT FOR THAT TREE!!)

  13. Something about... on Pioneer 10 Still Running After 30 years · · Score: 0

    ...old probes, the 70's and mysterious forces gives me the willies. Perhaps it's just a flashback to Cartman gets an anal probe...

  14. Re:Why were they killed? on Genetically Engineered Big-brained Mice · · Score: 0

    ...because the scheme to take over the world failed big time.

  15. Sun vs MS? on Solaris 9: Sticker Shock · · Score: 0

    Lessee:

    Solaris 9, 1 CPU -- free.
    Windows XP HOME, 1 CPU $159-203
    Windows XP Professional 1 CPU $179-$306
    Windows NT Server 1 CPU (5 clients)$429.00-$814.95

    Heck for 4 CPU Solaris, I'm within $40 of XP home for 1 CPU!!

    Seems reasonable to me.
    (all prices from shopper.com)