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  1. Re:It obviously means on Former CIA Head Calls for Limiting Access to the Internet · · Score: 1

    You'll have to encrypt it before it leaves the client machine, store it only in encrypted form on the server, and decrypt it back on the client machine.

    In other words, you're looking at more than a simple web application.


    <sarcasm>Yeah, SSL and encryption on the server side would never work for something like that.</sarcasm>

  2. Re:Desired Features on Thunderbird 1.0 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    Yup, lack of a reliable Palm sync is the one thing keeping me from completely moving to Thunderbird. If you really do some digging, there is a plugin for the Palm. However, it's pretty dismal, and at one point completely borked everything. I had to do a complete re-install of TB and the Palm software.

    If they get a Palm synch module that is reliable and works with Sunbird, I'll be able to dump Outlook entirely. Until then, I can only use it for some of my accounts.

  3. Re:Thunderbird is missing something on Thunderbird 1.0 RC1 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Limited signatures

    Try Tagzilla. Works great with Thunderbird. I've been using it since TB 0.6. It's not *quite* as easy as Outlook's, but it's good enough for me, and my sig file includes a dozen different sigs.

    Can't say much about your other points. I don't use spell checkers, I deal in unusual subjects with words that drive 'em nuts. I never knew about OE's sort function jumping to a letter, so I didn't miss it. :) And I never, ever send HTML email, so no issues there.

    What TB has that OE doesn't is far easier handling of multiple send addresses. I don't have to create a separate account for each, just add new "identities" under an existing account.

  4. Re:Maybe useful for Flyover-country on Associated Press Not Impressed By MyFi · · Score: 3, Informative

    Um, OK.

    I live in one of the largest metro areas (Phoenix) and only know of one such station. Some truly awesome individual who owns a few small stations took one that was failing and turned it into his own private station.

    No commercials, no DJs, just non-stop music from his own (huge) playlist, randomly chosen by an automated system. He's got a serious following, even though it's a low-power station. Funny thing is, he could care less.

    But even so, it's an anomaly. He's rich enough to run it at a loss just because he wants a station he likes. And, he's got the license to run it, because he was wealthy enough to buy it, license and all in the first place. Not too many folks out there with that kind of money, influence, skills and devotion.

    See also

  5. Re:In Other News on Electoral-vote.com Under Heavy Load; Attack? · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing that spelling skills aren't high on your list of qualities either.

  6. Re:I'm blocked too, and I live in the US.. on Bush Website Blocked Outside N. America · · Score: 1

    All, that good ole logic: because they're not polar opposites, they must be exactly the same. Or, because they're not perfect, they must be worse than nothing.

    Ah yes, the "two solutions type".

    Did you consider that it's possible to hate them both equally for completely different reasons? From my own viewpoint, I consider this the "who will screw me less" campaign. Bush, who will take away personal freedoms and cause discontent in the international world, or Kerry, who will drain my bank accounts to give my money to everyone else, create more aof a welfare state than we already have, and take away my right to defend what freedoms I have left. Frankly, I think they're both complete wankers, and if they showed up at my door I'd give 'em a piece of my mind, then slam it.

    IMO, Anyone who would want that job is pretty much by nature unsuited for it. Idealists aren't willing to trample the number of people needed to get there, and the pay doesn't even make up a fraction of what it costs to get there. That only leaves power-mongers, not exactly the kind of folks I want looking after my interests.

  7. Re:UK Total Cost... on Medical Care Gets Outsourced Too · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you're critical you jump to the top of the queue.

    That may be true, but it doesn't always help. My wife worked in a hospital in Pennsylvania that used to get Canadian patients on a regular basis. One that sticks out in my mind is a Canadian gentleman who was told by his cardiologist that he needed a bypass done within four weeks or he'd likely die. The soonest a Canadian hospital would do it? Six months. Fortunately for him, he could afford to pay to have it done in the US, that week.

    The biggest thing wrong with our system is leeches like John Edwards, who drive the cost up by suing everyone in sight for ludicrous amounts of money.

  8. Re:Dreidel on Neopets Gambling Controversy · · Score: 1

    I'm 70% certain that we can eliminate this gambling problem once and for all by banning currency in any and all forms. Anyone want to take me up on that bet?

    Sure, but if you're wrong, you have to walk my dogs for a week.

    Oops, I guess you're wrong. :)

    Currency is only a concept for virtualizing barter of goods/services. It's value is purely supported by the belief of the parties exchanging it. Without it, things become more cumbersome, but nothing fundamental really changes.

  9. Re:Choosing the right address on Interview with a Spampire · · Score: 1

    I wonder if you had an address like admin-fbi-abuse@somemailservice.com, how much less spam you'd get.

    Considering how much spam I've seen delivered to abuse@ and postmaster@, I suspect it would have little to no impact at all. With spammers sending almost exclusively through compromised systems, they don't care about performing any cleanup on their lists anymore.

  10. Re:Prosco - nice abbreviation on SCO To Counter Groklaw With 'Fair' Coverage · · Score: 1

    I wondered maybe if it was a shortened version of 'PROctoSCOpe'.

    "I keep looking deeper, but all I see is shit."

  11. Re:Electric power steering? on A Car With A Mind Of Its Own · · Score: 1

    Nonetheless, I can attest that when the engine stalls on an automatic, you lose the power steering. I've had it happen on a couple vehicles over the years. There's nothing quite like losing the power steering just as you're entering a sharp turn with a 3/4 ton truck.

    And, in my experience, the parent was correct. When the engine dies on an automatic, the rpm's drop to practically nil, no matter how fast you're going.

  12. Re:Civil matter on Kodak Wins $1 Billion Java Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    You're wrong.

    Civial cases are decided by jury. The twist is that the rules are different. In a criminal case, the jury decision must be unanimous. In a civil case, the majority decides.

  13. Re:It's not tap water on 2004 Ig Nobel Prizes Announced · · Score: 2, Insightful

    but wherever you go in the north american continent, a bottle of coke will always taste exactly like every other bottle of coke, and that's a phenominal feat.

    Don't travel much, do you?

    I used to be able to identify the bottling plant by the taste of a bottle of Coke. I've been living in one place too long now to be able to do that any more, but I can still taste the difference when I make the occasional trip.

  14. Re:Gorilla Gender Bias? on 2004 Ig Nobel Prizes Announced · · Score: 1

    She, OTOH, notices everything. And remembers.

    Oh yeah, put some tear-jerker chick-flick on the tube and see how much she notices. :)

    Everyone has their weaknesses.

  15. Re:Need a different monitor on Does Your LCD Play Catch-Up To Your Mouse? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'll second this. I'm running a Sumsung 193v flat panel bought at Sam's club, on an old dual PIII-800 with an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 card.

    No lag here, at all. And this stuff ain't exactly cutting-edge.

    Did it occur to you that maybe you have a hardware problem with *your* system?

  16. Re:Finally a voice of reason on Less Might Be More · · Score: 1

    I compile code.

    On my dual-P3 800mhz.

    Yup, *really* big compiles take a little longer, but I don't do that very often, and when I do, I'm usually getting up to get a cup of coffee anyway.

    My other box is a dual-P2 400mhz. Haven't felt much of a need to upgrade that one either.

    More and more of my peers (sysadmins and developers) are not bothering to replace computers anymore, just add some RAM, and occasionally replace drives/peripherals with better versions. My big purchase for the year was a 19" flat-panel.

  17. Re:Slashdot News on Asterisk Open Source PBX 1.0 Release · · Score: 1

    I want news that sound like news on Slashdot. I do not want news that sound like ads on Slashdot.

    Kind of funny, coming from someone with an advertisement in their sig line...

    Translation: "I don't want to see any advertisements, except the ones I post."

  18. Re:And people wonder... on Cooking for Engineers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Designed for women and their funny way of looking at the world."

    What a crock of shite.

    OK, first, nearly half of my cookbooks are written by *men*. Highly successful men in their field. I can't find any difference between their books and those written by their female counterparts. I have no trouble at all understanding these instructions, nor do I have any trouble with adjusting them to my own tastes.

    This isn't about male/female, it's about whether you ever learned to cook. It certainly isn't rocket-science, though I'll admit that some things require a LOT of skill and patience. Making puff-pastry requires a very skillfull hand, and 1-2 days. But this is no different than experience and learning being the difference between "hello world" and being able to code a polygon shading algorithm.

    There are a lot of things around that remind me that women have different viewpoints on things than men, but cookbooks aren't on that list.

  19. Re:Wow on Spammers Are Early Adopters of SPF Standard · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, that's not the point either.

    The point is to not trust mail from domains having SPF records, where the sending server is not listed.

    Whether or not AOL *has* an SPF record is not relevant. What is relevant is that *if* AOL has an SPF record, any mail with an AOL envelope sender should come from a server covered by that SPF listing.

  20. Re:Good, but... on Examining the Treo 650 Smartphone · · Score: 1

    We're both wrong.

    The 300's screen isn't 320x320, it's 320x240.

    However, it's still a far cry from the 600's 160x160. The advantage the 600 has is that it's screen is active matrix vs the 300's passive matrix screen, which makes the 600's screen a bit brighter.

  21. Re:Other types of kits? on Build Your Own Hybrid-Electric Car? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    and the whole point of the HOV lane was to promote conservation.

    Actually, no, that's not the point of the HOV lane. The point of the HOV lane is to reduce traffic congestion by providing an incentive to reduce the number of vehicles on the road. Lower pollution is a significant bonus, which they felt was valuable enough to grant exceptions for alt-fuel vehicles

  22. Re:Good, but... on Examining the Treo 650 Smartphone · · Score: 1

    Finally, a high-res color screen.

    You mean like the Treo 300? I never understood the reasoning for decreasing the resolution when they came out with the 600. Yes, it made it a little bit smaller, which makes it more convenient as a phone. However, it makes it downright painful as a PDA. Heck, using TopGunSSH on the 320x320 screen is painful enough, 160x160 would have been impossible.

  23. Re:DVORAK keyboard on A One-Handed Keyboard For $25 · · Score: 1

    which is why all the good ones come from Europe

    Yup, you keep thinking that. Meanwhile, I'll be driving my Chevy while my friend's expensive european import is in the shop, again. The only good thing about his car is that they give him really nice loaners for the couple of days it takes them to fix his car, that and the fact that it's still under warrantee. If he actually had to pay those bills, he'd be flat broke.

    Meanwhile, my wife's 1995 Jeep Cherokee still runs like the day we drove it off the lot. The only shop work it ever had was to replace one of the power window tracks and one of the power door-lock motors.

    Yup, those european imports are *way* more reliable than domestics.

  24. Re:I should have been a stock broker... on Lycos Sold To South Korean Company · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    each and every one of us would receive about 7 1/2 bottles of beer. Then we'd all get to live the High Life.

    How would having 7-1/2 bottles of crappy beer make my life any better? It doesn't even make decent drain cleaner when I pour it down the sink.

  25. Re:Re-distribute the cash? on Microsoft Wins $3.95 Million from Spammer · · Score: 1

    Actually, their lists are kept quite up to date. I watch the listings pretty closely, and have seen listings cleared within four hours of an ISP giving a spammer the boot. Just because YOU don't think the listing is accurate, doesn't make it true.

    As for "the entire internet" being listed, yes I remember it. It was an error, and it was cleared up relatively quickly. Tell me you've never made an error before?

    People complain about SPEWS mostly becuase they expand listings if the ISP does not terminate the spammer. In cases like that, SPEWS considers the ISP to be complicit in the spamming. As for me, I have no sympathy for folks who bitch about their ISP's space getting listed. After all, they're paying money to a company that supports spammers.

    Yes, I've been caught in a SPEWS listing before. My ISP got stupid, and didn't take action when a customer of theirs was spamming. I got on the phone to my ISP every day until they got it taken care of, letting them know in no uncertain terms that if they didn't, I would move elsewhere. It wasn't SPEWS fault I got listed, it was my ISP's fault.