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  1. Netscape on Mozilla 1.4 Released · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So when is the new version of Netscape coming out?

  2. Free Broadband? on A Night in the Hotel of the Future · · Score: 3, Insightful

    free broadband, accessible via laptop or the TV

    I think he means: "Included in the price of the room", not "free".

  3. Re:This is an excellent idea on Peer Pressure Porn Filter · · Score: 1

    Guilt and fear is the core fuel of Christianity.

    Another slashdoter talking about something he knows nothing about. Seems to be the norm around here.

  4. Re:Scale over 4 CPUs on What High End Unix Features are Missing from Linux? · · Score: 1

    I've administered a 10K domain with 32 CPUs.

  5. Re:Bus type on Build Your Own LCD Bus Schedule · · Score: 1

    So was this LCD display for a serial bus, or parellel?

    I think it was actually the "short bus".

  6. Re:Expensive pant load! on Lab-Grown Steak · · Score: 1

    wait! astronauts where diapers?

    I don't know...where diapers? Where spaceship? Where little space men? Where is your understanding of the English language?

  7. Re:Another way Microsoft contradicts itself... on Microsoft's Worst Enemy: Themselves · · Score: 1

    Being a UNIX admin, I had to at least take a little jab...I think it's my duty :)

  8. Re:Another way Microsoft contradicts itself... on Microsoft's Worst Enemy: Themselves · · Score: 1

    I administer a nice big AD domain on w2k servers and I personally am insulted that Microsoft is doing their best to convince my administrators as well as others that Windows administration can be done by a non-expert.

    Isn't windows administration nothing more than just "point, click, reboot"?

  9. Re:Other Uses? on Programmable Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) · · Score: 1

    I read the review and couldn't find out if it was easily programable or if it is only (easily) used to display uptime, temp., etc... If you can program it to easily output any information that you want, then this is truly useful.

    I have a friend that has a Max Orbital display that he uses on a linux box that is set up as a "multi-media server". He has the display programmed to show music and video track information in real time. I don't know the details on how he has it set up, but it seems like a very useful and flexable product.

  10. Re:How big is the solar system? on Whisper Heard From Pioneer 10 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Is the solar system larger than the orbit of Pluto? If so, what defines it?

    I'm no expert, but I believe that the edge of the solar system is generally considered where the sun no longer has any influence. Beyond Pluto (Pluto is about 39.5 AU from the sun) the sun continues to have influence in the form of solar wind (thought to go out to around 100 AU). Many scientists also believe that many object exist outside the orbit of Pluto.

  11. Re:Other Ideas on The Evolution Of The Cost-Effective TrainCam · · Score: 1

    How about a decent train layout that doesn't look like a bunch of junk. There's an idea...

  12. Re:The Tao of Linux on PINE Releases 4.50 · · Score: 1

    Or maybe you just have no sense of humor. A distict possibility.

  13. Low Tech on Affordable and Safe Data Protection Practices? · · Score: 1

    I use a piece of paper and a pencil to copy down all the 0's and 1's

  14. I Submit... on Fact and Fiction Behind Bond's Gadgets · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...that Inspector Gadget was a MUCH better crime fighter than 007. Ejector seats??? Bah! Once bond gets a hat that doubles as a helicopter, then I'll be impressed!

  15. Re:WTF? on The Law of Leaky Abstractions · · Score: 1

    This author obviously doesn't understand TCP/IP.

    It doesn't, actually. If your pet snake has chewed through the network cable leading to your computer, and no IP packets can get through, then TCP can't do anything about it and your message doesn't arrive.

    What an idodic statement...different layers.

  16. Re:I use Solaris... on Solaris 9 Support On x86 - But With A Price · · Score: 1

    I've been using Solaris for about a decade, and I STILL forget that you need to edit 2 files to change the IP. (/etc/ifconfig and /etc/nsswitch).

    /etc/ifconfig?? I've never run Solaris for x86, but as far as I know, there's no such file in the sparc version. Why would you edit /etc/nsswitch.conf to change the IP?

  17. Wife on Floor Vacuum Robot for $200 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    If I got this, then what would I use my wife for? Oh yeah, I guess there's still cooking...

  18. Lenses on Laser Vision Surgery for Developers? · · Score: 1

    I have gone back and forth over the past few years on if I should get LASIK. Although contact lenses are still a pain in the ass, lense technology has progressed enough to make wearing them pretty much worry free. I now wear lenses that I can leave in for 30 days continuously, throw them away, and replace them with a new pair.

  19. Finally! on The Days of SysAdmin Numbered? · · Score: 1

    As a Systems Administrator myself (Solaris in particular), all I have to say is: FINALLY! Someone (something)put me out of my misery!

  20. Re:I take it from the summary... on Kazaa Continues to Evolve · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've never tried Kazaa, but try Ad-Aware by LavaSoft to clean up the spyware. It's always worked well for me on software like Bearshare.

  21. Uhh, it's a movie on David Brin on "Attack of the Clones" · · Score: 1

    Why do people feel the need to disect and analyze movies? It's entertainment, and you're not going to whittle away human emotions and get to some enlightenment of basic human understanding, or whatever. It's a friggin sci-fi movie, why try to psycho-analyze fictional characters? Not that I think the ATC was an outstanding movie, but I took it for what it was: a movie. This guys "review" is just plain ridiculous.

  22. I'm Confused... on BT Pushing Hyperlink Patent · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought Al Gore invented hyperlinking...or was that Microsoft. Now I'm all confused.