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  1. geopolitics and blackholes on Spanish Internet Provider's SMTP traffic Blocked · · Score: 1

    Fyi, I covered some of these topics:

    http://theory.whirlycott.com/~phil/antispam/rbl- ba d/rbl-bad.html#geopolitics
    http://theory.whirlyco tt.com/~phil/antispam/rbl-ba d/rbl-bad.html#collateral

  2. Bea's Kitchen on Cooking with the Internet? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My wife started a French cooking website with about 70 recipes on it already, all of which she has written herself based on her experiences growing up in France and living in the south pacific.

  3. Re:Favorite Quote on Factual 'Big Mac' Results · · Score: 1

    I tried to put 1,100 G5 computers in my cart on the Apple store. You can't. The quantity field only holds 3 chars, so the max you can buy there is 999.

    That's fishy to me.

  4. Re:Don't forget..... on Managing Linux and Virtual Machines? · · Score: 1

    $85 an hour? That would be a steal.

    You're obviously not in touch with real consulting rates in the US which typically hover between $200-$450/hour for top-class staff at one of the majors.

  5. curly braces on Open Source Community Approaches SCO · · Score: 1
    I bet someday really soon, we're going to find out that SCO is claiming that the use of the closing curly brace } is a violation of copyright. That's the only way that these numbers add up.
    if (whatever) {
    //do stuff
    } // <------- copyright violation!!!!

    while (whatever) {
    //looping...
    } // <!------ copyright violation!!!!
    The use of the curly brace in this post is a form of satire and is therefore protected under US law.
  6. Audiotron is my choice on Best Options for a Home Entertainment Network? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I bought an Audiotron recently and hooked it up via a Linksys wireless bridge to my network. All of my mp3 files reside on my linux server and are accessed via samba. I use iTunes on my Powerbook to rip my CD collection and manage the mp3 files.

    I've had it probably for a month and it's been great. The unit is stable and the wireless network is great. I don't notice any performance problems with the wireless, despite what others are saying about it.

    Originally, I wanted to hardware the unit thinking that it would be a problem, but running cable is such a hassle in my house and I figured I would just try out the wireless option. Since it works, I'm happy. Music never skips or pauses or whatever.

    I've saved a huge amount of space in the living room where all the CDs used to be and have also really reduced the visual clutter.

    I also looked at the slimp3 player that someone else mentioned, but decided I wanted something "appliance-like" that wouldn't have me digging through perl server code in the middle of a party when I want to be listening to music. The other reason is that the Audiotron supports streaming Windows Media which I use to listen to a radio station in France and this was a must-have for me.

    Fyi, if you go with the Audiotron, you should check out my Whirlycott Audiotron TOC Generator which builds table of contents files for the Audiotron to read. This makes scanning your MP3 collection a task that takes just a few seconds (I have around 5000 files) versus 10 minutes.

  7. Great, whatever. on mSQL: It's Baaaccckkkkk · · Score: 1

    mySQL still rules. I've had enough problems with msql already...

  8. Other email programs on E-Mail Clients That Support X.509 Digital IDs? · · Score: 1

    It's odd - I just looked at Verisign's site using Netscape on Linux and followed the link about using their certs with mail clients other than Messenger and Outlook. However, when I tried the same page w/ Konqueror, I found this link instead:

    http://www.verisign.com/client/enrollment/diff_e ma il.html

  9. Prepay for a domain name??? on Network Solutions E-Mail Security Alert · · Score: 1

    Well, in all the fuss, did anybody miss the part in the famed NetSol email saying that as of Sept. 18th, we have to start paying for domain names in full at the time of registration??? How much does that suck?

  10. sourcexchange.com on Getting Paid to Write Open Source Code · · Score: 1

    Sore sex-change?