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  1. Re:Fight back! on Fighting Back Against Messenger Popup SPAM · · Score: 2
    Get a copy of the program

    There isn't even a third party program needed in Windows...you just type NET SEND * Message to send to all nodes or NET SEND NodeName Message for a specific node. In Linux you can do the same with "smbclient" or "sambaclient" (I can't remember which and I can't check right now).

  2. Dirty trick... on Fighting Back Against Messenger Popup SPAM · · Score: 2
    I named my computer ADMIN and I message the whole network and say that the source of the popup messages will have their access revoked.

    (Hasn't really worked as of yet).

  3. Microsoft Hearts. on Multiplayer Games For Christmas Lull at the Office? · · Score: 3, Funny

    What? It supports network mutiplayer games too, ya know.

  4. Re:Well, damn on Nintendo's Playstation Settlement Bombshell (or not...updated) · · Score: 2

    According to the latest GamePro, the "CD-only version of Sony's own system [was] internally named 'Play Station X' (which is why you sometimes see the abbreviation 'PSX' for original PlayStation stuff)." So basically, that's all there is to the PSX name. As far as PS1 and PS2, I'd imagine it's just so you can tell the original playstation apart from the revamped one and from the PS2.

  5. In the spirit of this article.... on Dutch Case Says Email Harvesting Illegal · · Score: 2
  6. Re:Some of us on CDRW Drives Hit 52X Speeds · · Score: 1
    I'm generally a better person than most religious folks anyway.

    Yet you remain so humble.

  7. Re:Killjoys on Network Aware Screensavers? · · Score: 2

    In this case I think asking why they would do this is appropriate. This is a public school network admin getting paid by tax money. Somehow I don't think making a screensaver do something cool across the network is a resourceful use of time.

  8. Re:Netscape 7.01 blocks popups. Next will be IE? on Slashback: Grids, Netscape, AMD · · Score: 2

    I'm not so sure how good it's gonna be once ad-blocking browsers become popular with mainstream internet users. Marketing companies are just gonna end up replacing pop-ups with some other more invasive, more annoying, and more ridiculous ads.

  9. Maybe so... on Honduras Bans All Violent Games & Toys · · Score: 0, Troll

    In the Honduras they ban all violent games and toys...but... In Soviet Russia, all violent games and toys ban YOU.

  10. Re:Sympathy... on HOWTO: Annoy a Spammer · · Score: 2

    So is slashdot.

  11. Re:How About The Games? on TheOpenCD Launches First Edition · · Score: 1

    (sorry, I'm feeling too lazy to make real links today, cut & paste) You know, in the time it took you to write that apology, you could have made them into links ;-)

  12. Re:Better be quick.. on Kid-Safe Domain Created · · Score: 2, Funny

    Either Whinnie the Poo or this.

  13. Re:Why not konqueror? on Mozilla/QT needs developers! · · Score: 1

    You had a point until the whole star wars freak analogy. Then it just got scary. Um...wow.

  14. How do I contact this linus guy? on Linus Torvalds On Linux 2.6 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have a patch for this linux kernel thingie that I would like to submit that will be of interest to all Linux users. What this patch will do is inform you of discounts and special offers that you are elegible for. How can I submit this?

  15. Re:Ah yes... on Please Don't Ask Me About Windows On Christmas · · Score: 1

    He just said that so he could say "bash(1)" and we would all think he was l337.

  16. Re:Should I change my major? on Jobs for Students - Where Are They? · · Score: 2

    I actaully like being a CS student...it's just that I also want to be able to get a decent job once I graduate.

  17. Should I change my major? on Jobs for Students - Where Are They? · · Score: 2

    I'm a second year CS major and I see questions like this all the time and it makes me wonder if I should change my major. What do those of you who recently graduated with a CS degree reccommend?

  18. not bad... on Xbox Live Goes Online · · Score: 3, Insightful

    $49.99 fee -$5.00 estimated headset value =$44.99 or ~$3.75/month

  19. What would really rock... on Altavista Renewed · · Score: 3, Interesting

    is if we had a search engine that used a moderation system for the website matches.

  20. Any suggestions for my speech on this topic? on Copy Protection On CDs Is 'Worthless' · · Score: 2

    For my technical presentations class, I'm doing a persuasive speech about why CD copy protection is bad and what we can do about it. I was wondering if anyone has any points of interest they think I should include (aside from the obvious no MP3 ripping, doesn't work in some CD players, etc.). Also, I am suggesting that in order to combat this we should boycott copy protected CDs. Anyone have any other suggestions as to what can be done about it. (I'm talking to college students and I doubt I'll be able to convince them to do any letter writing, so you can rule anything involving that out.)

  21. not true... on Why Do Graphics Cards Cost So Much? · · Score: 4, Informative
    of new generation cards forcing down the price of old cards, the old cards are simply phased out

    Wrong...check out PriceWatch. You can still get old stuff from some suppliers for a decent price. For example, there's a GF3 TI200 for 70 bucks and A GF2 TI for 50 bucks. Even the prices on some of the newer GF4's are reasonable.

  22. Re:I smell ... Bullshit? on Vatican/HP To Put Library Online · · Score: 1
    Case in point the whole Virgin thing is in question as prior to most Latin text Mary wasn't mentioned as being a Virgin.

    The Bible says that Mary was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus. That's not the teaching that has changed. The Catholic teaching that is in question is the concept of Mary's perpetual virginity after giving birth to Jesus.

  23. Re:"the wake" and "dead ringer" on England Salutes 150 Years of Eccentric Patents · · Score: 2
    from the bottom of this page.

    When they drink they would use lead cups and drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock them out for a couple of days! They would be walking along the road and here would be someone unconscious and they thought they were dead, so they would pick them up and take them home and get them ready to bury. They realized if they were too slow about it, the person would wake up; also, maybe not. So they would lay them out on the kitchen table for a couple of days, the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. That's where the custom of holding a "wake" came from.

  24. I've used one of these.... on Anoto-based Pens From Logitech · · Score: 1
    no telling how well it actually works

    Logitech came to a tech expo we had here at UCF. They had one of these on display and let us try it. Although I couldn't think of any personal need I had for this device, I do know that it seems to work quite well. In my experience with the pen, I didn't notice any wierd glitches that are often present in new technology like this.

  25. Re:wait on Lego Segway · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah...he knew that the server he made out of Legos would be no match for a good ol' slashdotting.