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  1. Re:Suing the local police? on FCC Announces First Do-Not-Call Citation · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I got a call from the Fraternal Order of Police just last night, this ws the first and only time I have ever asked them to "add me to your do not call list please" so I guess I will see how that goes.

  2. Re:Oh man.... on Real Gun Pulled At Counter-Strike Tournament · · Score: 1

    The article was missleading, the man who pulled the gun was not a participant but the friend of a team member.

    "The police do have the names of the players and teams associated with the actions and we assume that this will reach a quick conclusion. I can tell everyone that the person that pulled the gun was not part of the BZ team, rather, friends of a certain member of that team."

  3. Its not that old but on What's the Hardiest Hardware You've Seen? · · Score: 1

    I have a 4 MB ati allinwonder pci card that still works. It hasnt been dropped down any stairs or hit by a truck but It still works... mabe Ill throw it arround a bit when I get home.

  4. Document Imageing on Simple Document Imaging for Unix? · · Score: 1

    I currently use Westbrook Technologies' filemagic it only runs on windows, requires msde, and probably is not cost effective for an individual, but I know filenet runs on solaris, and who knows mabe it costs less.

  5. Programming at C on Traveling Jobs in IT? · · Score: 1

    Like so many before me have said A Tech Job in the navy or abord a cruise liner will get you arround the world. I spent some time working for a surveying company, we did hydro acoustic surveying. Not only do you get to travel the world but the inaccuracys involved in sonigraphic surveying are some truely some problems that can tune your solving skills. Sea life is nothing like a 9-5(even with 24hr on call).
    You live in close quarters with your boss and co-workers, you will learn and accomplish more at sea then a "land lover" could dream of. Of coures there is that lack of the internet unless you work for a really really wealthy commpany with spoiled clients! So bring plenty of reading material.

  6. Re:Pick up the O'Reilly book on Best Embedded Linux Development Kits? · · Score: 1

    For those who subscribe(like me) that book "Building Embedded Linux Systems" by Karim Yaghmour, is avalible on safari.

  7. These Guys could win if they entered on DARPA's Autonomous Vehicle Challenge Too Popular? · · Score: 1

    HUGIN 3000

    Not exactly a land robot but pretty sweet nonetheless, I know some of the internals but could probably get in trouble for listing them.
    I have been onboard when the Navy was requesting a demo!! I didn't get to sail with them but I have monitored this thing on a few trips out, and it is very responsive and very accurate.

  8. LMAO - Kids these days - gota love evolution on Can Kids Tolerate Classic Games? · · Score: 1

    EGM: Who's that chick Mario is rescuing up there?

    Kirk: It's a hooker.

  9. Re:Remove Request on What Will Be in Linux 2.7? · · Score: 1

    Good idea, but how do you code that in?
    The only way I could think is to specificaly target their external ip addresses and code errors in.
    Or mabe by domain name? Like If I name my host ibm.sco.com it kernel panics.

    Is that violating the GPL?

  10. Re:You're Naive on Top 10 Software Titles Every Home PC Needs? · · Score: 1

    Well mozilla won the readers choice award by LinuxJournal. I Like mozilla and mi sure if this fella were to impliment mozilla's profile the way I described in previous posts he would enjoy the benefits much.

  11. Re:If you are too cheap for an AV program.... on Top 10 Software Titles Every Home PC Needs? · · Score: 1

    "This is essentially what I meant, though my wording was completely wrong."

    Whew!

    "Obviously, the idea is that the network administrator can trigger the scan for the computers in the network. If they can't trigger scans and force upgrades than there's little point to even having AV software, because most users won't do it themselves."

    My thoughts exactly...

  12. Your Naive on Top 10 Software Titles Every Home PC Needs? · · Score: 1

    "MS Office at least gives you choices during the installation process and installs only what's selected"

    So does mozilla.

    "I, personally, do use Outlook, because it works for my purposes, and no, I never have had a virus, isn't that interesting?"

    Not intresting at all. Tells me your either naive , can't tell when your anti virus has cleaned up after Outlook, or that you simply have not had the same email address long enough to arrouse a spammer.

    "Junk mail/spam simply isn't a problem on my accounts."

    Play the lottery! You must know something the rest of us don't.
    Please tell us good sir, how does one avoid spam problems with just Outlook?
    The world could be enlightened by your knowledge of spam dodgeing.
    Viruses? NOT a problem just use outlook! Whatever guy, its missinformation like this that keeps the vulnerablities in place.
    Id bet money valve was useing outlook.

  13. Re:If you are too cheap for an AV program.... on Top 10 Software Titles Every Home PC Needs? · · Score: 1

    "such as a network administrator running a virus scanner that scans every computer on the network rather than running a virus scanner on each computer individually."

    No competent sysadmin would do something this stoopid.

    If you run and anti virus server it is to monitor and upgrade its clients, which ARE running AV monitors.

    In the scenerio you suggest once a virus has been introduced to the network you would be subjected to chaseing a virus as it spreads youd use more and more network bandwith scanning/cleaning/chaseing lord help you if the virus it self uses alot of bandwith. Norton's Enterprise AV Server runs as described, as well as Trend Micro's and f-prots. Not to mention the insecurity of a program haveing excluseive read/write access to all computers on the network.

  14. Re:Mozilla for mail and browser on Top 10 Software Titles Every Home PC Needs? · · Score: 1

    "Nothing's worse than the amount of crap the suite installs on your system."

    I'd say any version of windows is worse. Not to mention new.net, or gator, how about MS office thats definatly worse, quicktime and its download manager?! Cmon mozilla's suite is not nearly as bad as you make it out to be.

    "Use just about anything else for email, though I haven't touched Mozilla's mail client in years,"

    Ouch! why not suggest Outlook or incredimail already, can you say virus prone! You admitedly know nothing about the newest version of thunderbird yet are instructing a user to use ANYthing else!

    "everyone has their own requirements for them anyway."

    Like what? checking viru.. I mean mail?

    Thunderbird has a built in bayes filter to learn what each user thinks is junk mail, combine this with messagewall and or spamassassin and you have a very reliable spam trap.

  15. Re:Mozilla for mail and browser on Top 10 Software Titles Every Home PC Needs? · · Score: 1

    Yes it has a calendar, as well as alot more optional "bloat."

    IIRC The calendar installs by default in windows versions prior to 2000. 2000 and XP you must manualy install.

    Bloat good for the soul

  16. Re:Mozilla for mail and browser on Top 10 Software Titles Every Home PC Needs? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Popup blocker too, and DOM viewer/editor. Whats more he could use a fatfs to store his profile for the linux and windows side and not miss a beat.

    Bloat, mabe. But he wants it limited to 10. Mozilla can account for browser mail and popup stopping very compeditively. Hows the ford commercial go? If you havent looked at a mozilla lately look again.

  17. Mozilla for mail and browser on Top 10 Software Titles Every Home PC Needs? · · Score: 1

    Does calendar too, need an irc client? yep mozilla

  18. Re:Still haven't learned their lessons on Half-Life 2 Delayed Following Code Leak · · Score: 1

    I think the code should not have been INTERNET accessable.

    Can you say 61.36 million?!
    Thats alot even to a company the size of M$.
    29% fall in revenue!!
    How many coders can they keep now?

    Im sure the first to get cut will be those "out of the office or in fact out of the country."

    I think for code as valuable as HL2's a development network not accessable to the internet makes alot of sence. If you have more then one development team, build more then one development network.

    Colaboration times could be scheduled and internet conectivity could be introduced at the drop of a dime.
    No need to leave it accessable for hackers to bang on it for months at a time.

    Simply put poor security model.(Thank M$ & Valves proud SysAdmin, I bet he gets the cut too).

  19. Re:The same words in quotes show more hits ... on What's Wacky with Google? · · Score: 1

    Strange but

    "candle truck" truck truck candle
    "candle truck" truck truck

    return the same page results with diffrent preview results. Evident that quoted weights are heavier.

  20. Re:The same words in quotes show more hits ... on What's Wacky with Google? · · Score: 1

    I noticed this lack of results from quoted to unquoted searches awhile back. Google says, 'By default, Google only returns pages that include all of your search terms.'

    But it contradicts itself also saying,
    'Google ignores common words and characters such as "where" and "how", as well as certain single digits and single letters, because they tend to slow down your search without improving the results.'

    google says 'If a common word is essential to getting the results you want, you can include it by putting a "+" sign in front of it. (Be sure to include a space before the "+" sign.)'

    However quoteing or useing the "+" sign infront of a commonly excluded word should un-exclude it from the query.

    But the querys "Candle truck" and +candle +truck do not return the same results as one migh expect after reading Automatic Exclusion of Common Words

  21. Re:G5 cluster on Expensive Geek Toys Roundup · · Score: 1

    Actually, yes. I think Google has sufficiently redifined a Googol.

    Since "Googol" is the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros. That would make a kickass expensive cluster of G5's! I dont think BillGates himself could afford that tho...
    1 google of computers would break the bank.
    $2500 * 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0 = $25,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

  22. Now theres a man with integrity! on SGI's Letter to the Linux Community · · Score: 1

    Darl McBride eat your heart out! and kiss my @ss

  23. Logging into ICQ started crashing gaim the sameday on Yahoo Messenger Blocks Outside IM Clients · · Score: 1

    yahoo banned my client.

  24. Completly Secure is unplugged on Securing a Private Intranet? · · Score: 1

    Just make sure you stay on top of day to day security issues. From the sound of it you have a handle on what isn't secure =/
    Even UNIX VPN's can become vulnerable.

  25. Re:Can they do that? on Author of Paper Critical of Microsoft is Fired · · Score: 1

    I think this is up to state laws. For instance, in Louisiana if you are a lesbian couple, gay couple, interracial couple, old couple, or maybe a man and a barnyard animal couple, you could get all over your employer for being fired. But a typical married couple could be fired for no reason what so ever.

    As it stands, and assuming you're not in some protected class, then Louisiana is an "at will" employment state. You can quit and the can fire you whenever they want for almost any reason.