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  1. router? on Preventing the NT Messenger From Use as a Spam Portal? · · Score: 2, Informative

    if you still need to keep the service "Active", i'm assuming you have more than one machine behind the cable connection?
    If you have more than one machine, surely you have some form of routing?
    And if you have a router, then why don't you just block the port on the router, leave it open on the internal nodes, and lest i forget, not submit a googleable question to /. ?

  2. Re:"Extreme" on Strange New Keyboards and Mice · · Score: 1

    and the finishing touch:

    popups. darned popups.

  3. Re:The thing I enjoyed the most about the Superbow on Superbowl XXXVII · · Score: 1
    btw, the canadian anthem is not "God Save the Queen"...

    canadians, brits, 'tis all the same to you, innit?

  4. worst writeup ever?? on Umbrello 1.1 Released · · Score: 1, Troll
    that has to be the WORST write-up i've ever seen!! announcing Umbrello 1.1-stable was released and at the SAME TIME asking if there's somethingbetter out there? (implying Umbrello is crap)

    come on!

  5. Re:Nice concept on Peephole Displays · · Score: 1
    actually, the slider idea isn't bad... if you look at new laptops coming out, they all have a "touch-scroller" built in next to the touchpad... i have an omnibook xt1500, and the scroller works better than i imagined!!

    take this idea, build a similar touch-scroller into the side for vertical, and the bottom for less-used (i imagine) horzontal scrolling, and you have:
    1) steal ka-ping's idea
    2) ???
    3) PROFIT!!

  6. Re:Prison Life on Ask Kevin Mitnick · · Score: 1
    the guy belongs to the same race as we: he is a geek.

    is it even possible, as a geek, to "toughen your rep" ??

  7. related I, Cringely on Apple Slams Microsoft Settlement · · Score: 1

    this week's Pulpit, after MacWorld:
    I, Cringely

  8. never *says* it's in the wild... on Has the RIAA Wormed 95% of P2P Networks? · · Score: 1
    if one reads the article carefully, especially the part about 95% of hosts being infected, it does not *explicitly* mention that it was tested in the wild...

    It could be for example, that 95% of machines, in a 50 PC network at RIAA offices were infected... or whatever: you get the idea.

    so could it be possible this worm was developped, but not released?

  9. Re:Good question on The History of the "Undo" Function? · · Score: 2, Funny

    hmmm... maybe *HE* is trying to patent "undo".

  10. Re:CowboyNeil out of touch? on Video Game Award Show Announced · · Score: 1, Funny

    >> It's Lara Croft, not Laura...
    > It's CowboyNeal, not CowboyNeil...

    where, oh where are your mod-points when you need them... and where's the Grammar Nazi when you need him?

  11. Re:Male gigolo? on Jobs for Moonlighting Geeks? · · Score: 1

    you forget also "married" and "adopting soon" :-)

  12. FP? on Solar Eclipse for Africa, Australia, & ISS · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    well SOMEONE had to comment on the story!!!

  13. MS - haters? on "xbill" for Mac OS X · · Score: 0, Troll
    "Mac users have hated Microsoft and Gates since before Linux or xbill even existed! :-)"
    so that's why all your efforts are to having MS produce word, excel and IE for Mac...

    gimme a break... you've been sucking Bill's tite since the dawn of windows...

  14. Re:A silly question... on Consoldated Network Storage? · · Score: 1

    YOU sir, are NOT a geek.

  15. "years of experience"... on Jobs for Students - Where Are They? · · Score: 1
    ... is nothing more than a figure of speech.

    When they ask for "years of experience", they just want to avoid the wannabes who just popped out of 6 months community college, and know only what was taught on the blackboard.

    if you take this "requirement" for what it *really* is, it shouldn't bug you!

    ... unless you just got out of a community college 2-month speed-learning program? ;-)

  16. just post a link to Columbia U next time! on Researching the Slashdot Effect? · · Score: 2, Informative

    title says it all?

  17. Re:Minux is a teaching OS on The End Of Minix? · · Score: 2, Funny
    Comparing Minux to Linux is like comparing a wagon to a Lexus. Minux was never designed to be a production O/S. It was designed to teach for students taking a first course in operating systems design.

    if it's "Minux" for you, surely you mean a "Lexis"?

  18. OGG could be a possibility... on Another iPod Competitor · · Score: 1
    the firmware *is* upgradeable, according to them.

    just like an XboX can run Mandrake, this thing can play OGG, imho
    it just doesn't *yet*

  19. Re:Reverse it and feel your dinner come back up on Wanted: Female Game Testers · · Score: 3, Insightful
    i don't think that's the point...
    Lara is *neither* half-naked, nor in thong underwear... she just has big boobs.

    as the flat-chested geek who tries to go to the gym that i am, i think it's the equivalent of asking a guy to test StreetFighter or the likes, where ken just has huge pecs i'll never be able to match!!

    bottom line: it's a game, people.

  20. DST? on Daylight Savings and UNIX? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    considering i never wind my (analog) watch back or forward, why should i expect my computer to do any better?

  21. Re:Almost the same . . . on Pocket-Sized RC Cars Hit U.S. Soil · · Score: 1
    and IMHO much much nicer.

    TG's cars look like they're a 4-yr. old's toy, not an RC.

  22. Re:I did enjoy this part of the article: on Flirting With Mac OS X · · Score: 2, Funny

    prompts can be changed...
    back in the days where a funny prompt on the professor's overhead was funny, his was somehow changed to "{student X}deserves an A+$" on his telnet(i think) acct.
    good thing the prof laughed :-)

  23. OSX on our PCs, of course! on Pentium-Based Macs The Future of Apple? · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    basically it'll mean we won't have to pay exaggerated prices for Macs to be able to use OS X!!

  24. Re:NYT article without registering on Top Ten Physics Experiments Of All Times · · Score: 1

    look at the link: it says "partner=GOOGLE"
    i think NYT already knows about Google... it's a good idea for both: Google gets ppl interested in their news service as it provided access to ALL news stories, and the NYT gets a ton of ads served up via all the traffic Google is gonna generate...

    can anyone say win-win-win?

  25. Re:Look at Canada again before you say that on How Has Post-9/11 Legislation Affected You? · · Score: 1

    you're on crack.
    i think that's all there is to say about that.