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  1. Re:Can ARC4 be used properly at all? on WEP Broken Even Worse · · Score: 1

    The problem is that online gaiming with a DS is peer to peer. Nintendo's servers only match players.

    I find that hard to believe, since most consumer wireless AP are also NAT devices. Even Nintendo's own wifi adapter uses windows' connection sharing.

    I believe that most DS (and Wii) are not routed directly to the internet without NAT.

  2. Re:Sponsored gaming... the end is coming on How Pro Gaming Will Change World of Warcraft · · Score: 1

    DUROTAR ZEPPLIN TOWER "The ultimate driving machine" - BMW®

    Shouldnt that one be on Shimmering Flats in Thousand Needles? Altho that would be a poor choice location for an ad since it's usually empty.

  3. Re:I hope they've fixed the memory hogging. on Firefox 3.0 Preview · · Score: 1

    On my Windows machine, Firefox is the only program that actually consumes more memory than Outlook. And that's only with a couple of tabs open and five extensions (noscript, adblock, filterset updater, farky, tabmix). Outlook on the other hand has 3 pst open (about 1.5 gb each) + spambayes + lookout (now part of the msn desktop search)

    And yet I won't give up firefox. It's so darn convenient (specially with the extensions) that I'm willing to put up with the memory footprint.

  4. Re:Guild Wars lacking in PvE on Guild Wars Expansion, Sequel Officially Announced · · Score: 1

    And now you can hit 'C' to target the closest enemy, and tab through the enemies if you want. And you just hit Spacebar to start combat. And then (here's what makes GW more fun than WoW) you actually have to think about which numbers of 1-8 you press!

    I did't know that, thanks! I'm sifting thru the GW wiki for this sort of tips since I didn't buy the boxed set and the PDF of the manual makes me want to rip out my eyes.

    But the different skill combinations is what drove me to GW in the first place. No longer it's a matter of endlessly farm for the ultimate gear. I guess you can still do that, but proficiency in choosing your skills and using them can offset that.

    Erm... you wouldn't happen to know if GW has a "combat log" or equivalent, would you?

  5. Re:Guild Wars lacking in PvE on Guild Wars Expansion, Sequel Officially Announced · · Score: 1

    Think of PvE in GW as a sort of tutorial. That's what I'm using it for. I just bought Nighfall (not having played the other two campaigns) and I'm using PvE missions to get used to it. It takes a bit to retrain your WoW interface habits (I'm *so* used to targeting with tab and then pressing 1 to start combat that I always activate a skill I didn't mean to).

    I am not giving up WoW. The pve quests are much too fun. For casual PvP, however, GW rules (or so I hope)

  6. Guess who? on Friends Swap Twitters, and Frustration · · Score: 1

    http://twitter.com/johnedwards?page=1

    Of course, it's most likely an aide, but is he the only one actively campaigning on the internet?

  7. Re:How? on Do You Allow Webmail Use on Your Network? · · Score: 1

    Actually, he said "moderately bright". As in, "bright enough to find a way to bypass company policies, but not bright enough to keep from getting caught."

    Maybe GP is "thinning the herd" of the less talented individuals. And if his darwinian method of HR management doesn't work out, maybe his position (or even his company) will darwin itself out.

  8. Michael Crook? on EFF Forces DMCA Abuser to Apologize · · Score: 4, Informative

    I didn't know who the guy was so I looked him up.

    Man's a creep. So he posts pictures of men he baits on craiglist posing as a woman but his image should be considered off limits? Hypocrite, to say the least.

    What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Every action has a reaction. Play with the bull, get the horns. Crap, I just ran out of clichés.

    For those who can't access 10zenmonkey, you can read a short blurb here.

    Not sure why he got all worked up for that picture anyway. I look way worse on most of my photos. And usually with my eyes closed.

  9. Re:What are they avoiding (besides paying taxes)? on Halliburton Moving HQ To Dubai · · Score: 2, Funny

    "'cause there's limits to our liberties
    yes I hope and pray that there are
    'cause those liberal freaks go too far..."

  10. Addons memory usage on 20 Must-have Firefox Extensions · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is there a way to see how much memory is each extension using?

  11. Re:This is news? on No Passport For Britons Refusing Mass Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Well, the last couple of elections, there was essentially a choice between Conservatives, or a party emulating the Conservatives. Why bother?

    So... get out and run for parliament or whatever. Form a grassroots movement. Gather some like-minded people. It seems to me that this is the way to go before you resort to overthrowing goverment by means of armed revolution.

    Now, if they won't allow you (or your choice of candidate) to run, or if they illegally keep you from winning (fraud), then that's a whole different story.

  12. Re:What's the benefit over ZenOSS on Open Source Network Management Beats IBM and HP · · Score: 2, Informative

    Have you tried http://www.groundworkopensource.com/ ?

    It makes Nagios configuration/backups very easy. My only gripe it's that it only comes packaged in rpm (well, it is open source, so I guess you could roll your own) but it's a self contained rpm. Every dependency is there except for Mysql 5 and it can import your current nagios config files.

    It doesn't play nice with SELinux, tho.

  13. Re:People lie on the internet? on Windows Vista Keygen a Hoax · · Score: 2, Informative

    My favorite was always the "If you heat up a needle and put it through this particular spot on your Tomb Raider CD, Lara Croft will be naked!" How many did that one disappoint, I wonder?

    Uh? Never heard of that hoax. Is there any reference on the web? A cursory google search turns up nothing.

  14. Re:Waking up to the reality on Why DRM Cannot Open Up New Business Models · · Score: 1

    You give SCO $699 USD, and they give you a piece of paper that says your install of Ubuntu is totally free of their intellectual property.

    Actually, they never say that Linux is free of their intellectual property. For $699 you buy "protection" from their lawsuits. They are licensing to you whatever code they might own that happens to be of their property.

  15. Re:don't block the site... on A Myspace Lockdown - Is It Possible? · · Score: 1

    Maintaining whitelists is a royal pain.

    IT: "You wanted www.somesite.com? Done"
    Employee: "It still doesn't work..."

    Turns out you also needed "images.somesite.com", "scripts.somesite.com", "download.someothersite.com", "secure.someunrelatedomain.com" and all of them on different networks.

  16. Re:Even if it is from Microsoft... on Microsoft "SiteFinder" Quietly Raking It In · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Mmm, I think Sitefinder only resolved/resolves A records, not MX records.

    Some MTAs will attempt to deliver to the A record directly if it can't find the MX. If said host doesn't respond to smtp, you *might* get one of those "This is a temp problem. No need to resend your message. Will try to deliver for a few days" messages.

  17. Re:I would not want to be him. on Software Bug Halts F-22 Flight · · Score: 1

    Actually, someone just learned a very expensive and embarrassing lesson... why fire them and start all over with a green employee? :)

    Jeez, are you hiring? :-) In today's CYA corporate environment, the embarrassment is more important than the lesson.

  18. Re:Is it a mandatory minimum? on DoD Warez Leader Faces 10 Years in Jail · · Score: 4, Informative

    He was sentenced to 100 years, but will be eligible for parole in 10 in exchange for his testimony against the other 3 soldiers charged.

    I don't know if there were attenuating circumstances (can't think of one for rape and killing for cover up), but they should all be left to rot in jail.

  19. Re:Top 25 schools... on Ohio University Leads U.S. Colleges in File Sharing · · Score: 1

    But ISPs are common carriers, are they not? That means that they are not responsible for the illegal actions of their users (unless I'm badly mistaken, as IANAL).

    I guess, they don't want to follow the legal avenue because they just want to strongarm the users into a "deal" as they usually do.

  20. Re:Top 25 schools... on Ohio University Leads U.S. Colleges in File Sharing · · Score: 1

    Instead, they are attempting to offload this responsibility to the universities, thereby limiting file sharing AND their own expenses to maximize profit.

    Without access to Universities logs, how is RIAA going to do the investigation? Are universities considered common carriers? Otherwise, I guess it would be easier for RIAA to simply sue the University.

  21. Re:The script kiddy part... on Ex-judge Gets 27 Months on Evidence From Hacked PC · · Score: 2, Funny

    Whoever said that lingo was determined by seniority...

    Altho it should be referred to as "chatroom lingo" or somesuch.

    Far out

  22. Re:You are in the right place for that. on Vista Security — Too Little Too Late · · Score: 1

    so you propose that a linux kernal thats monoculture as a replacement for another monoculture, hmm does not make sense to me!

    Well... to give him the benefit of the doubt, he did link to distrowatch. I guess you can also find the different variants of BSD on that site.

    Heck, maybe even Solaris.

  23. Re:Nothing lost? on 5 Things the Boss Should Know About Spam Fighting · · Score: 2, Informative

    Indeed. Problem is, examining the data is a problem when you get a huge influx of email regularly. You can always host spamassassin on a separate server and call it from the smtp server, I guess.

    I know several people has said it on this thread and on almost all mail/spam threads, but it can't be stressed enough: Reject the message on the SMTP phase! DO NOT accept the message and then bounce it. I guess viruses you can discard if you want, but DO NOT bounce them!

    Exchange admins, please configure your server to properly reject unknown users. Thanks.

  24. Re:I totally know what to name my character on Lord of the Rings Online Impressions · · Score: 1

    Logon to WoW, go into Blood Elves starting areas and you will see all those names and several other variations as well.

  25. Re:Myst... on Can Nintendo Save the Adventure Game Genre? · · Score: 1

    I agree 100%. I never understood the whole fascination everyone had with Myst. Okay, the pictures were pretty... And? It was not fun.

    I didn't care much for the puzzles or the pretty pictures in Myst. But I did like the illusion of wandering around places abandoned, yet well preserved. I liked going from age to age and examine everything and trying to imagine who lived there and how. Where they happy? Where they scared? It was rather voyeuristic.

    Then the new games came, with actors and such and ruined it.

    Sierra games where nice. I remember fondly Colonel's Bequest and Quest for Glory. I never really cared for Space Quest of King's Quest. Larry was fun, but the stories were nothing to remember.