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  1. No Simpsons Jokes yet... Come on.... on Mass Transit Meets The Incredibles · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe Lenard Nimoy is available for the opening.

  2. Re:Sweet on How Computers Work... in 1971 · · Score: 1

    SCO source code

  3. But does it un-Mod a modded Xbox? on Halo 2 Retail Date Broken in Midwest · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I want to know if it does the Star Wars battlefront dashboard upgrade. If your Xbox is soft modded will it reset the HD partition and reload the dashboard.

  4. Re:Priorities on Halo 2 Retail Date Broken in Midwest · · Score: 1

    I know that there's a Big Mac global economic scale, is there a blow job one?

  5. Re:rm -Rf / and format c: are not the same. on Shootout: 'rm -Rf /' vs. 'Format C:' · · Score: 1

    Correct - he should have compared newfs to format.

  6. Re:typical Canadians on Canadian Public Radio Streaming Ogg Vorbis · · Score: 2, Informative

    AFAIK - Prositution is legal, but running a bawdy house or "pimping" is illegal.

  7. Re:Would I buy one? on Why Apple Should Port Games · · Score: 0

    So who the Boss?

  8. I gave it a try at the local web site - Close on How Cheap Can A PC Be? · · Score: 1

    MSI K7TPRO motherboard -$46
    Geforce 4 MX440 - $45
    CDROM - $26
    256MB PC2100 - $69
    Case w 300W PS - $38
    Total = $224
    Converted to US$ = 183.00

    Close... Need to find cheaper memory and video.
    Doesn't help the Canadian dollar is at a 10+ year high. Of course NO HD so you need to run Knoppix.

    http://www.thrift-king.com/

  9. Re:Teflon underside + Fans = Convection oven on What Makes Apple's Power Mac G5 Processor So Hot · · Score: 1

    They could use the hot air to create a convection oven PC.

  10. AFAIK isn't the trade in organs illegal? on Medical Care Gets Outsourced Too · · Score: 1

    The Chinese routinely tissue & blood type death row prisoners. Keep them alive until they can donate, often to rich foreigners.

    IMHO there's some moral implications on this type of surgery. It can easily look like the developed nations are using the third world for spare body parts.

  11. 38 Posts and no references to Ghostbusters, yet on German Scientists Create 5 qubit Quantum Register · · Score: 0

    trapped by a laser-beam grid

    For God's sake don't let the EPA turn off the grid.

  12. I wonder if they're made the same guys who... on Dell Recalls Millions of AC Adaptors · · Score: 2, Interesting

    made the HP & Compaq adapters that were recalled.

  13. Re:the holy grail ? on NYT On Flying Cars · · Score: 1

    If you wanted to be really funny, you could have mentioned the killer rabbit & the holy hand gernade. Seems that joke could work around here.

  14. Re:Treat naive users like threats - don't forget on Curing a Corporate Virus Infection · · Score: 1

    Actually this is the first job I've had where I do not have admin rights or "TOTAL Control" of any thing. I don't miss them. I thought I would but you know I didn't really miss them and when people show up to try to circumvent the usual helpdesk, I have to say "I sorry, I can't do that, Dave." We do have a process to get them if I require admin rights to install or change my PC and they can follow it too. As for your time issue. We have no issues like yours here, but we seem to be better run then your site. Maybe we could out source your IT?

  15. Re:Essentially free? Mine was on No WiFi In 'Grantsdale' Chipset · · Score: 1

    I got a belkin 54G router, a clone of the 54G linksys, for $7.50 CDN.

    It was a $50.00 instant rebate with a $50.00 mailin rebate on a $99.00 router.

    The rebate came in 4 weeks.

    So NET I paid the tax on $50.00 or $7.50. Free and the goverment still gets it's cut.

    And the router works and there is a linux distro for it too.

  16. Re:the holy grail ? One Word on NYT On Flying Cars · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Anti-gravity

    OK, One hypenated word.

  17. Re:Treat naive users like threats - don't forget on Curing a Corporate Virus Infection · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Excellent. But don't forget to keep administrative control from the users and limited to the a few users.

    Run security audits to make sure only the chosen few have administrator rights. This is for local PCs. Domain rights should even be more tightly controlled.

    Keep AV defs updated daily. Report the numbers daily to check compliance.

    Remove the ability to disable AV.

    Check AV logs daily. Any report should be dispatched to a tech to "fix" the PC or determine what happened to the AV and take action accordingly.

    Use group policies to ban known software, P2P & Hack/hacked tools. ( Not perfect but keeps the stupid honest)

    Scan all email in & Out with AV & Spam Killer.
    Be perpared to shut mail off if required to protect systems. This means you will nee to provide some user with a safe external email.

    Keep your PCs patched on a regular basis. After testing on several test groups for issues.

    Document your system & processes.

    Inform & educate your users.

    Happy to report the last big virus we had hit was Melissa. It made us retool the whole AV/Patch process and take these measures and more.

  18. Re:WALL STREET on Digital Generation, Analog Retro Chic · · Score: 1

    micro, 35mm, medium or large format?

    No, Kodak DISC format. Makes the watch 4" or
    better in diameter. Cool

  19. Rotary Phones on Digital Generation, Analog Retro Chic · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I love my old rotary phone. It funny to see someone try to figure out how to dial it. They keep pushing the "buttons" in the dial. Silly kids.

    I do have to hit the mouth piece every so often to loosen up the carbon in the mic.

    It's even more retro in that it's a Commodore phone that came with my VIC modem.

  20. Re:torrent here - Not the full screen size on The Incredibles Trailer Online · · Score: 1

    The largest trailer size in the article is 30MB, the rush one was 17MB. But it is faster. I'm at 20kBs and rising.

  21. Since when is XM legally available in Canada? on TiVo-like Application for XM Radio Under Fire · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Since our air waves are ruled by the CRTC overlords, when did they allow XM to sell it's services.

    From the XM FAQ

    Is XM Service available in Canada and Mexico?
    XM is only licensed to provide service to the US (All states except Alaska and Hawaii), its territories and adjacent waters. XM's satellite signal reaches into portions of Canada and Mexico near the U.S. borders however, XM's service is not currently sold in Canada, Mexico or any other region outside of the continental United States.


    Sounds like a grey market resale. Similar to the DBS grey market. You get an US address and subscribe. Since the border is not microwave proof we can pick up the signals.

    I think he should be more worried about the CRTC coming for him.

  22. Only people pirate DVDs, not DVD players on MPAA Sues DVD Chip Manufacturers · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hasn't this been tried with gun makers? Photocopiers?
    P2P Software?

  23. Re:Halifax - Non metric on British Town Worried About WWII Ammo Ship Wreck · · Score: 3, Interesting

    TNT 226,797 kg
    Wet picric acid 1,602,519 kg
    Dry picric acid 544,311 kg
    Guncotton[?] 56,301 kg
    Benzol 223,188 kg

    Since 1000 KG is about 1 ton

    TNT 226 Tons
    Wet Picric Acid 1602 Tons
    Dry ... 544 Tons
    Guncotton (nitrate of cellulose) 56 Tons
    Benzol 223 Tons

    Or 2651 Tons of explosives, very approx.

    Of course TNT is not as powerful then the others listed but it was one hell of a blast. They did a survey of the harbour that proved that the long standing story that a crater existed in the harbour was not true.

    http://gsca.nrcan.gc.ca/pubprod/of3154/showimg_e .p hp?p9

    Other Links
    http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/AtoZ/halexpl.ht ml

  24. So it plays like Farcry? on A Look at the CounterStrike Source Beta · · Score: 1, Troll

    I might deserve a troll label for this but...

    From the "review" it seems he's never played Farcry. The features described in HF2 are all present in Farcry. Not that I'm not waiting for HF2 to come so I can get CS too. But you have to expect any new FPS game to contain ragdoll physics as well as the other effects that Farcry & Doom3 have. IMHO this is why Valve has not released HF2 on time. I don't think it originally did not measure up to some of this years games and they are using the leak as an excuse to add more features.

    Again it's my opinion and rather than being a coward I put this forward for comment.

  25. Forget the contest - Do LEGO in POV on POV-Ray 10th Anniversary Contest · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Use POV to render your lego creations. Check out www.ldraw.org