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  1. Re:Spoke too soon on Firefox 1.5 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    Same issue here...

    Have been going through my extensions list one-by-one, but haven't found one to disable that fixes this.

    Back to an old copy methinks...

  2. Barcodes will be dead when.... on The End of the Bar Code · · Score: 2, Interesting

    they figure out a way only I can scan my items.

    At the moment, barcode scanning is obvious enough that I know when I'm being sized up consumer statistics-wise. RFID could allow the lady at the end of the aisle to scan from a distance, and loudly pronounce that you buy X brand and that Y brand is better - there's no limit or control over who could scan what you have...

    Tidbit... I've seen a conveyor belt spin the items slowly to allow the barcode scanner ample time and angles to read every item.

  3. Specialisation has long been a factor fo students on More Students Prefer Interdisciplinary to CS · · Score: 1

    Especially when their prospective career's rep told them in high school, they could get AU$80K first year out of university...

    Then again, a friend who triple-majored in Chem, Engineering, and CompSci landed a job in process-control for mining companies, and that was the company's *first offer*
    There was also the factor that it took five years to get there in the first place :P

  4. Re:Jeremy Malcolm was unfairly mobbed... on Australian Linux Trademark Holds Water · · Score: 1

    bwahahahahaaaaaaaa!!!!!! You missed the point entirely. Unfortunately, just as the original comments on the last thread did. Unlike SCO and McBride, JM will not be extorting money. If you *misuse* the "Linux" trademark, you'd be expecting a visit.

  5. Jeremy Malcolm was unfairly mobbed... on Australian Linux Trademark Holds Water · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Does this mean Leon B can get his account back now?

  6. Re:If you don't like it, Fork it! on Why I Hate the Apache Web Server · · Score: 1

    I think you're missing the point of his presentation.

    Sure, I'll take Apache over IIS anyday, but the real point is why do we make it so hard to configure correctly. The reason IIS usage is as high as it is, partly comes back to anyone being able to set up the basic virtual hosts and redirects.

    In my RHCE exam I took longer than I expected through Apache syntax errors, which apachectl configtest didn't show up.

    On the other hand, it's also what keeps me in a job :)

  7. Re:Windows RAID Over Firewire - Registry Setting on Basics of RAID · · Score: 1

    Almost all disk utilities can't pick up dynamic disks, meaning if there's something on that disk you need - you're stuck. I think R-Studio can work with RAID members, including the software type. Dunno how well it works with FireWire connections though.

    Although... a decent case is a much better option...
    A quick Google shows this 11-bay box
    (http://www.coolermaster.com/index.php?LT=eng lish& Language_s=2&url_place=product&p_serial=RC-810&oth er_title=%2BRC-810%2BCM%20Stacker%20810)

  8. Re:A good memorial would be... on Star Trek's Scotty Dies at 85 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Space Shuttle is obviously waiting for his ashes... That would be fitting. (Depending on the families wishes of course)

  9. Tesla Coils on 13.1 Surround Sound Coming to a Home near you? · · Score: 1

    Power the whole thing off a Tesla coil.

    Most consumer setups already have enough hum to cover the VLF interferance...

  10. Cisco on What is the Best Firewall for Servers? · · Score: 1

    Ignore these linux zealots, install Cisco gear and get it installed by a guru.

    You can program the higher end stuff to allow your workstations to only see the servers, and then firewall your servers to suit.

    I wont say which one, as the Cisco guru I work with set up our system, and I'm not sure whether it's the 3560's or the 3560's and the 2950's, but hell it makes my job easier!

  11. Going too far... on DoubleClick Warns Against Ad-Blocking Browsers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's also to do with the advertising sites building sneakier pop-ups, pop-unders, iframes, dialog-like messages, and annoying flashy backgrounds.

    And let me be the first to castrate the moron who put the Crazy Frog on flash banners, so they play automatically >:(
    Nothing like surfing quietly, and forgetting the speakers were turned up, and jumping when I hear DING-a-ding-ding-ding!

  12. Re:Asus hunh? on A Look Inside the Labs of Asus · · Score: 1

    The only real issue with an Asus board I've had, was a P3V4X which required a wire to be soldered from one side of the power bridge to the other. That puppy (after the solder job) is *still* running.

    Other than that, every Asus board I've owned has come up trumps.

    You haven't bought any Sis chipset motherboards have you? Any manufacturer will suck at these...

    Don't get me started on Soltek though

  13. Re:Au: 'got Escape from Woomera working? on Total Conversion HL2 Mod · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Especially poignant, considering it World Refugee Day today...

  14. Enemies Closer... on Behind the Closed Doors of AMD's Chip Production · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm suprised they let Tom's even close, seeing as they've always been Intel fanboys.

    Maybe it's a case of keeping an eye on the enemy...

  15. Re:How many cores does it take to screw.... on A 2nd Core to Keep Windows Chugging Along? · · Score: 1

    Two - Both are required to read the intructions in Flash animation, done in Flash only because Intel said it products speed up the web...

  16. IE, strictly speaking, isn't part of the OS on Microsoft Releases Eight Security Updates · · Score: 1

    IE is part of Explorer - the GUI of Windows...

    The fact it automatically runs somewhere between Administrator and User level just means it's exploits are more critical and harder to stop but it doesn't make IE part of the OS itself.

    This illustrates the point that it's too hard to compare apples to apples in a purely objective way, as the choice of where to draw the line depends on what the reviewer is expecting to get out of the comparison. (or what his advertisers / income source do)

    (IE integration can be argued to death, and I am sure there are some links to the OS beyond the GUI, but you've got to draw the line somewhere)

  17. Re:Phew! on Microsoft Releases Eight Security Updates · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't think a real comparison will even come though...

    There is *one* OS exploit here.
    The others exploits target Exchange and Internet Explorer
    It becomes so much harder when you try to look at Linux, GNU utils, and then the FOSS services and applications.
    (and then you've got distribution specific exploits)

    The closest realistic comparison I can get, is to ask those not-so-desirable aquaintences, which one's are faster and easier to exploit. Everybody else has agendas or ties to one party or another, as it affects their income.

  18. Re:Aussies on Aussie TV Networks Fight BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Have you listened to the US narrator?

    He has no comedic timing, and he doesn't appreciate subtle puns. It's almost as if he's waiting for a "ba-doom, ching!" after every pun.

    I'm glad the voice over is dubbed...

  19. Re:/dev/null on FBI Demands Logs From Radical Website · · Score: 1

    Umm nope, they weren't once-in-a-milenium minds.

    They copied the basics of the Roman Empire, which was around for quite a while...

    Funnily enough that ended up becoming corrupt and self-serving too.
    "Those who do no learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

  20. Hidden trade secrets on How Motherboards Are Made · · Score: 1

    Did anyone see where they rip off some chemical companies formula for capacitors? I must have skipped that page...

  21. Re:well you see on How Motherboards Are Made · · Score: 1

    Urgh! And don't get me started on when motherboards and daughterboards get together...

  22. How do you page? on Comprehensive Guide to the Windows Paging File · · Score: 1

    All my machines have 3 partitions.
    C: SYSTEM - NTFS 30G - Programs and Windows
    D: SWAP - FAT32 2.5xRAM - Swap File partition.
    E: STORAGE - NTFS Rest of drive - Data and stuff

    This way NTFS doesn't break up the swapfile by putting MFTs every so often, and the access times between data and programs is kept low by being inbetween the two file partitions.
    Easy enough that even new plebs can see how it averages out the distance needed to seek between the two locations of file.

  23. I don't get it.... on OpenBSD Clashes with Adaptec In Quest for Docs · · Score: 1

    I really don't... The adaptec configuration utility CD runs linux. Surely it's not hard to release the docs to something they've already created...

  24. Re:So let's see on A Savant Explains His Abilities · · Score: 1

    I'd prefer goatse to end up 404 actually

  25. Re:I nominate on FreeBSD Announces Contest To Replace Daemon Logo · · Score: 1

    And Ceren can code too. What's not to love? ^_^