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  1. Re:Begginers will complain about the added securit on Windows Vista - Not So Bad? · · Score: 1

    Yes, XP Home does have ACLs. You need to boot into Safe Mode to set them, however.

  2. Re:They're not the only evil ones... on Feds Asked to Take Action Against Adware Creator · · Score: 1

    It can be done on a large corporate network, either by creating fake DNS zones for the offending sites on the local DNS server, or by blocking their IP ranges at the router level.

  3. Re:My problem with DRM... on GPL 3 to Take Hard Line on DRM · · Score: 1

    Although slow and inefficient, the allowing of burning unrestricted CDs leaves a hole just large enough to (in my opinion) make Apple's DRM scheme palatable, as opposed to other schemes that will only burn non-standard, corrupt, restricted discs (note that they are at this point no longer CDs, because of the nonstandardness).

  4. Re:Try a University on Has Corporate Info Security Gotten Out of Hand? · · Score: 1

    With the cost of storage these days, 23 GB really is not that much. And don't forget compression of the log files too.

  5. Re:Open but not Free on Microsoft Open Document Standard Not So Open · · Score: 1

    With proprietary extensions.

  6. Re:Is this bad or good? on Microsoft to Require 64-bit Processors · · Score: 1

    Except for device drivers, yes.

  7. Re:Television? on The Problem with DHS's Plan to 'Buy American' · · Score: 1

    By LG, about five years ago actually.

  8. Re:Baby, meet bathwater. on Microsoft States Full TCP/IP Too Dangerous · · Score: 1

    "If you frequently use tools that send packets over raw sockets, we suggest that you use Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Windows Server 2003 does not restrict traffic over raw sockets." So they want people who want the uncrippled version to pay more. Interesting.

  9. Re:Are there any 32-bit-only OSes left worth menti on Microsoft to Launch 64-bit Windows on Monday · · Score: 1

    Also, 32-bit IE is there so that 32-bit viruses, err, ActiveX controls can be used. You can't easily embed 32-bit code in a 64-bit app.

  10. Re:MS slowly building up their own *nix on Longhorn to use UNIX-like User Permissions · · Score: 1

    NTFS does have symlinks (and hard links too). Unfortunately there is no UI to manipulate them, and in my experience, they're buggy.

  11. Re:eMac on The Ten Worst Products of the Year · · Score: 1

    Why should the option not be there for private buyers? Schools can easily order theirs without the burners.

  12. Re:Verizon is Unionized (reference: CNN story) on Linux Support for Wireless Laptop Internet? · · Score: 1

    This is Verizon the telco that is unionized. Verizon Wireless is a seperate company, jointly owned by Verizon proper and Vodafone (I think).

  13. Re:Spammers....Riiiigggghhhht on Hotmail Cracks Down on Spam · · Score: 1

    Spammers probably won't obey robots.txt. Best to set a deny permission in .htaccess/httpd.conf (or whatever the IIS equivalent is).

  14. Re:what about mistakes? on Comcast Gets Tough on Spam · · Score: 1

    >And as for those spammers overseas in China... I haven't given that any thought, maybe a great wall of some sort?

    Well they do have the Great Firewall of China(TM), which if the Chinese government cared enough, could easily be configured to block spam. Such would certainly help their relations with the West.

  15. Re:Not Safe at Wal*Mart on BudNet Tracks Your Suds · · Score: 4, Informative

    A grocery store near me has those. It's a mechanism that locks up that wheel when it is taken off the store's property.
    Also, the wheel would be a bad place to put a RFID transmitter. The movement and vibration around there, as well as the fact that transmission distance would be limited by being near the ground, mean that there would be better places for it.

  16. Re:Special 'Delivery' Instructions on Space Burial · · Score: 2, Informative

    To save costs, they only launch a few grams of one's cremated ashes, and not whole bodies. As such, being launched alive is currently impossible.

  17. Re:damn them for ruining my joke on Virginia Tech Upgrade: PowerMac G5 to Xserve G5 · · Score: 2

    Will it work with Linux PPC?

  18. Re:Some things it seems pointful to note on Student Fights University Over Plagiarism-Detector · · Score: 1

    I go there as well, and only certain professors use it. Luckily, I haven't had any of them.

  19. Re:MSN? on Microsoft Agrees to Stop Hijacking Music-Shopping · · Score: 1

    Methinks we need a Mozilla control with which to replace the IE control.

  20. Re:First Post on Lego Goes Back to the Basics: Building Blocks · · Score: 1
    Basically, because the employees of the company, specially the management, has a mandate from the shareholders to maximise the profit.
    LEGO is a privately held company. The management and shareholders are one in the same. They make the decisions fully on their own.
  21. Re:Redhat EOL on Windows 98 Phased Out · · Score: 1

    2.3 was "abandoned" when it became 2.4.

  22. Re:AOL's mail policies suck on You've Got Spam: AOL Blocks 1/2 Trillion Spam · · Score: 1

    Well the bouncing is in compliance with the various specs and RFCs for e-mail. If they selectively stopped bouncing, their mail system would then be out of spec.

  23. Re:Fax Machines and Fax Modems on Fax: Technology That Refuses to Die Under Attack · · Score: 1

    They are so cheap because they are WinModems(TM). Most of the work is done by software on the host PC. A "real" modem remains rather costly.

  24. Re:I *like* OnStar on GM's OnStar System Hacked · · Score: 1

    Yup. The "check engine" is now primarily for emmisions checking. For example, on my mom's new car, it comes on whenever the gas cap is removed, even during normal fueling.

  25. Re:To hell with lines - microwaves! on Laptop vs. Small Desktop: Best Bang Per Watt? · · Score: 1

    Too bad that's only in SimCity for now.