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  1. Copper 1 pair, actually on New Open Source VoIP PBX · · Score: 2, Informative

    Enjoyed your post, but should point out that only one pair is needed for telephone communication, including ringing. The two pair is a more recent wiring standard.

  2. Manipulation, pure and simple.[nt] on Judge Slams SCO's Lack of Evidence · · Score: 1

    (filler text)

  3. Re:We're on the defensive on Bikes Against Bush Creator Busted · · Score: 1

    > When Kinberg showed the police sergeant how the > bicycle used a non-permanent spray chalk, If only he hadn't done it by pissing the writing away...

  4. Re:Don't worry on The Next Social Revolution? · · Score: 2, Informative

    As a retiree of a well-known soft drink manufacturer, I can tell you (unofficially) that the recommendation is crushed ice up to 1/3 of the container. Some places fill the container with ice, and that's pretty short-sighted on a couple of levels -- not just customer satisfaction, but also blissful unawareness of the cost of the ice. -- John Miller

  5. White Lightnin' Road on What's the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen? · · Score: 1

    Saw it in '69 or so, and it's still our benchmark for bad. Nothing else has ever come close.

  6. Re:It's so obvious... on SCO Playing Name Games · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Remember that not all stock buying is in anticipation of the stock going up; particularly in this case, it can just be buying to cover short positions.

  7. Re:The one thing that really pisses me off on How To Make Friends on the Telephone · · Score: 1

    There is no excuse for giving them a reason to ask. Following the protocol you yourself advocate, you give your name when you answer.

  8. The reasonably prudent broadcaster on FCC to Require Broadcasters to Keep Tapes of Shows · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Back in the '60s, when I worked at a major market station, we taped everything that was fed to the transmitter (it was a very slow-moving reel-to-reel machine). Don't know how long it was kept -- probably a month. I've been out of the business for 30 years or so, but I can't imagine major stations *not* keeping recordings, regardless of FCC requirements.

  9. Re:The risks... on Court Says Customers May Take IPs Away From ISP · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This has got to rank right up there with the Indiana legislature deliberating whether pi should be declared to be 3, back in 1897. At least they had the wisdom not to do it.

  10. Re:its not an acronym on Field Day 2004 · · Score: 1

    I'd love to know what the folks writing it in all caps think the three letter stand for.

  11. Re:This is not over on IBM tells SCO to Put Up or Shut Up · · Score: 1

    Taking on IBM in the patent arena is tantamount to deciding that since your chess match with Mike Tyson is not going well, you'll challenge him to a boxing match, instead.

  12. Atomic car, hell... on U.S. Dept. of Energy Takes A New Look At Cold Fusion · · Score: 1

    ...I just want a laptop that will run forever without charging or changing a battery.

  13. Service? on SCO Offers $250K Bounty for MyDoom Author's Arrest · · Score: 1

    That'd be service as in a bull servicing a cow.

  14. Re:Hang in there.. on To Recertify, or Not Recertify? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have to view certifications as neutral. While reviewing thousands of resumes in the course of screening hundreds of candidates for clients over the past three (lean) years, one trend is clear: employers are hiring for work history, not certifications. I even had one manager tell me not to bother sending him anyone with more certificates than years of experience.

    People who have the work experience might better take the time they would have spent cramming for certs, and spend it in developing a really door-opening resume, full of accomplishments, as opposed to just job descriptions.

    The question a hiring manager tries to answer in the first 20 seconds of viewing a resume is, "what can this person do for me," not "what were this person's job descriptions."

  15. Re:Wrong assumptions on Color Ascii Art Library · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "Wrong assumptions" may be right. I believe it was teletype operators who came up with character art long before computers were on the scene.