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  1. Re:Stocks? on Novell to Release 20% of Their Employees? · · Score: 1

    Never listen to the investment firms. Their buy/sell/hold statements are based on what the firm holds not what is good for the investor.

  2. Re:This is GREAT, but it's not that huge a deal on No Region Codes for HD-DVD? · · Score: 1

    Without cracks, hacks or what have you it depends on hardware being too expensive to buy more than one player. Worst case, if I want region 1 and region 2 I can buy 2 players and set the second one to region 2.

    It takes a special kind of stupid to believe DVD players will stay expensive.

  3. Re:Google Moon Apollo 16th... on Happy 7th Birthday Google! · · Score: 1

    Can't help ya there.

  4. Re:Google Moon Apollo 16th... on Happy 7th Birthday Google! · · Score: 1

    As a resident of Kansas I apologize for all the loonies here. We're not all like that.

  5. Re:Downsides. on Growth in Indian Offshoring Slowing · · Score: 1

    Cheaper to hire - Cheaper to bribe.

  6. Re:Buffalo? on GPL Violators On The Prowl · · Score: 1

    I have one of their WHR3-G54 WiFi routers and nmap gives me this:
    Running: Linux 2.4.X|2.5.X
    OS details: Linux 2.4.0 - 2.5.20

    The web server in the router is micro_httpd http://unix.freshmeat.net/projects/micro_httpd/ which is BSD licensed.
    Now that being said this is by far the best SOHO router I've seen.

  7. Re:what about you? on What Are the Best Web and Email Hosts? · · Score: 1

    I use DynDNS for my domain hosting and their Mailhop: Forward service. The Mailhop service ROCKS. It can forward on a non standard port so you don't need to open port 25 and it queues mail if your connection goes away. You get reliable email on a somewhat reliable connection (i.e. my cable modem).

  8. Re:Nostradamus preducted more tsunamis on Monday, January 24th to be Worst Day of the Year · · Score: 1

    You Fool! You're not supposed to think about that!

  9. Please let them kill Vantive on Oracle Dumps PeopleSoft Employees · · Score: 1

    Peoplesofts Vantive is the most worthless software I've ever used. I hope Oracle kills it off.

  10. Ack! Murdoch + EA on Rupert Murdoch Considers Entry to Gaming Industry · · Score: 1

    Can the FTC block this because that's just too much evil in one place?

  11. Re:A confession on Five Years of Ballmer -- the Effect on Microsoft · · Score: 1

    As another actual software developer I find that the MS dev tools are terribly overrated. Especially their editors. The editor makes you reach for the mouse way too often and it still dosen't let you analyze user.dmp files. It's too big to use when memory is low so I still use windbg (we call it "windbag") more then Dev Studio for debugging.

  12. Re:HP, Intel Call it Quits on Itanium Partnership on HP, Intel Call it Quits on Itanium Partnership · · Score: 1

    We keep hearing that HP is "committed" to OpenVMS on Itanium. We'll see it on the Opteron long before Itanium.

  13. Re:AMD did it on HP, Intel Call it Quits on Itanium Partnership · · Score: 1

    It looks to me like the only reason the Itanium is still around is that Intel can't afford the hit on their stock price if they cancel it.

  14. Re:Check your inputs!!!! But not an impressive rec on PHP Vulnerabilities Announced · · Score: 1

    ... but it taint there!

    Yea, it was supposed to be funny.

  15. Re:Prove it on Astronaut: 'Single-Planet Species Don't Last' · · Score: 1

    We don't know how often Yellowstone erupts since there is not enough evidence. You might want to check out the FAQ at the USGS site.
    http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/faqs2.html#3

  16. Looks like a whale on Internet-By-Airship Scheduled For Trial Next Month · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one who thinks that picture looks like a whale?

  17. Re:Linux on the Mac is for Masochists... on Ubuntu For PPC, And As A Live CD · · Score: 1

    Bluetooth is in universe. Search for bluez*. I just wish the gnome-bluetooth or kbluetooth stuff was available.

  18. The Producers on The Last Starfighter--The Musical! · · Score: 1

    When I read this "Springtime for Hitler" started running through my head.

  19. Re:Rexx Is Still Strong After 25 years on Rexx Is Still Strong After 25 years · · Score: 1

    Since the CMS interpreter needed to see a REXX comment in the first line of source and older ones wanted the first word to be REXX I put /* REXX the wonder dog */ in the first line of most of my scripts. On MVS I wrote a JCL parser in REXX when we were updating JCL to work with 3390 drives.

  20. Re:all I want on TiVo Will Die · · Score: 1

    You'd probably be happy with one of the DVD recorders out there. Use it with DVD+/-RW disks and you've got the same functionality as a VCR. You can find them retail for about $300. Less if you search around on eBay.

  21. Re:MSCE? on Alternative To Windows Desktops · · Score: 1

    My wife is pretty dyslexic. She had a bit more trouble with it. Also, she said that when she was younger she couldn't have read it at all.

  22. Re:the oldest profession.... on Ethics In Computer Consulting · · Score: 1

    I've always preferred "Coders of Fortune".

  23. Re:Upgrades legal, but not necessarily possible on Microsoft vs. "Naked PCs" · · Score: 1

    My first PC type machine was one of the old generic CompUSA 386SX 16 boxes. I've replaced everything except the power cord from that machine so I still tell my wife I haven't really bought a new computer. It's just an upgrade.

  24. Re:I do blame parents on Video Games and ADD · · Score: 1

    Unfortunatly you can also blame the insurance companies for not covering the proper testing and treatment.

  25. We're now one step closer... on Microsoft Making Internet Appliance Chips · · Score: 1

    We're now one step closer to the Blue Toast of Death (BTOD).

    Dennis