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  1. TrueCrypt on Fast File Encryption for Windows? · · Score: 1

    TrueCrypt works like a v-twin on a golf cart.

  2. heh on Captain Copyright Targets Kids · · Score: 1

    I remember Smokey the Bear and that fire hydrant, telling us not to set fires that made sense even to me at that age. Copyright laws? make them fear young maybe they will like your outdated business model... how about Yummy the Cigarette is he at school again?

  3. firefox? on Microsoft Unveils Online Advertising Service · · Score: 1

    They don't event support firefox: "Microsoft adCenter does not currently support the web browser you are using. Please sign in using Internet Explorer 6+. More about system requirements" I need to stop supporting msie i guess.

  4. tisk tisk on Intel and HP Commit $10 billion to Boost Itanium · · Score: 5, Insightful

    seems just a bit too late. they should donate to help feed some starving children not starving platforms.

  5. i feel libelous on Wikipedia Founder Edits Own Bio · · Score: 3, Funny

    WAIT! didn't that dude who was involved in the murder of Kennedy change his own Biography? He's the one that started all this shit

  6. Re:iTunes on Web Based Rhapsody Targets Linux · · Score: 1

    Ouch totally missed that ones comrades... i'll tell Al-Zawahiri... i mean Al subscription is the key..

  7. iTunes on Web Based Rhapsody Targets Linux · · Score: 4, Funny

    I figured iTunes worked on Mac's.. guess I know less about Apple Strategery than I thought.

  8. whales? on Sonic Torpedo Defense · · Score: 1

    I say a whale or two can be sacrificed for 200+ human lives, and maybe a strategically important vessel.

  9. bs on Desktop Linux on x86 - Adapt or Die · · Score: 1

    What is that? Desktop Linux for a cheap PC being that OS X will run on Expensive Mac Hardware. Theres no threat... the x86 means nothing cheap hardware is what makes the difference.

  10. Not Google problem think microsoft.. on Google Desktop Search Functions As Spyware · · Score: 1

    If there is no windows security stopping someone from seeing those files their public aren't they?

    It's not spyware it does what is supposed to and Microsoft doesnt.

  11. Why not green, for me. on Green Party Candidate David Cobb Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    Now I know why I am not going to vote green. I was interested at first at an Alternative to the republicrats, but I see that they are a bit fundamental for me. Major points are they want to stay insular, close military bases. I also dont agree with the "Single Player Healthcare", as I remember from our friend michael moore there's much more violence in the US, maybe that causes our cost of healthcare to increase.. or not but that my "empirical" evidence on the subject. I really think that saying Nuclear Energy is not viable is a bit out there, but if we can produce wind/solar power cheap and produce a lot of it that would be great. I am still unsure who im going to vote for, it really doesn't matter though I live in California and Kerry has already won. I do support his "instant runoff voting" but I don't see that happening anytime soon.

  12. Patents? on Seagate Accuses Cornice of Patent Infringement · · Score: 1

    Which patents are they infringing on, I see nothing in the article(s), or on seagate press release. Maybe segates just jealous, and maybe seagate and WD think if they both file there will be no litigation, because they must be right.

  13. Saturation on Internet Job Boards a Bunch of Hype? · · Score: 1

    Probably the main problem, with tech jobs more than others, is saturation of fields. There is also the "economy" and bs like that..

  14. why not them? on XFree86 4.4: List of Rejecting Distributors Grows · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Red Hat distributes Apache, OpenSSL, xinetd, all with GPL-Incompatible, Free Software Licenses What is weird is Apache claims their license is compatible. What i'm really asking is why are all these projects able to get away with it?

  15. Lame on Building a Budget Storage Server · · Score: 5, Informative

    Article is lame when it comes to the important stuff. Its great he gave us the hardware to do it, but thats not the important part now is it? Software.... something that can do backup's to harddrive and then take backups and archive on tape. we went with tapeware because of price, but we cannot archive a current backup to tape, so that means we have 4 week online and no archive really (bad). Are there any open source solutions? I saw a couple but they look hard to setup and manage. Tapeware gives a powerful interface and makes it easy to backup from multiple machines... plus linux boxes don't need special server license (unless they have a tape drive) where any Windows 2000 Server box needs a server license.

  16. GForge on How Do You Manage Requests in Your Organization? · · Score: 1

    Our company uses GForge and create projects based on support (internal, customer and such) and then assign and track through gforge. It also handles internal projects (coding/documents) also, its handy.

  17. Source Code on Half Life 2 Source Code Leaked · · Score: 1

    I looked throught he code a bit, it seems maybe to be a hoax? not sure.. maybe the source has batch fiels to build hl1 and hl2, im not sure how valve develops projects, but I would think that the half life 2 source would be Much different than hl1 and they would keep the source tree's seperate but you never know.

  18. Re:Why the name Fedora? on Red Hat Linux Project Merges With Fedora · · Score: 1

    Fedora - a low soft felt hat with the crown creased lengthwise Could it be a red hat?

  19. Re:Never heard of it. on Red Hat Linux Project Merges With Fedora · · Score: 1

    http://mirrors.kernel.org/ has listed Fedora project for awhile as a local mirror.

  20. Re:CNG Vehicles on Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Should I Buy? · · Score: 1

    I live in Cali, our busses run on CNG... but i've never seent a CNG filling station.. A few places have Methane but no Natural Gas.

  21. Sinclair C6 on Sinclair's Answer To The Segway · · Score: 0, Funny

    Sinclair swipes the Segway prints some nifty stickers up that say Sinclair C6 and put them all over the Segway causing severe balance problems and all the Sinclair rebranded Segways flip the heads of large nations over the handle bars, backers of the Sinclair C6 pull out and the C6 is a failure.

  22. Hard to believe on Verisign Granted DNS Lookup Patent · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To me it looks like companies are going to stop offering services and just sue the shit of everyone for their IP. Scary thought, looks like the patent office needs to take a closer look at all these tech patents they are giving out these days.

  23. Re:Beyond the OS on Microsoft's Athens PC · · Score: 1

    Yeah in the article it mentions, "freely shared software" meaning they are going to sign the software (i.e. xbox games) so it can only be run if it has a proper signature. Xbox key still has yet to be cracked so I doubt the "athens" will either i believe its 2048-RSA (xbox). So basically they are going to be able to take money off the top of software and such to offer signatures, i don't know this for a fact but not allowing other programs to run and such you would need a similar mechanism.

  24. Windows 2000 on Windows Key Leak Threatens Mass Piracy · · Score: 1

    I still believe if you have to use windows go with Windows 2000. I bought a copy years ago, never have to worry about Service Pack 1 slowing, or activation woes. I would have to say Windows XP just from the default look made me cringe. Look at the new Office Beta's lately?

  25. Re:Why not Xbox on First Certified DivX/DVD Player Released · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well, the box is a Xbox (retail $200). I modded it with an Xecuter 2 Pro mod chip. This gives me the ability to boot up unsigned code (homebrew software). I then use Xbox Media Player to do all media playback (excluding dvd currently) but you can find a program out there called Dvd-X that gives you full DVD playback (or if you bought the special adapter from M$ you can use the defualt DVD player). I dropped a 120GB IBM drive in there, so I have storage for games I copy over and so on. I can play files over the network, and I can stream music from a shoutcast server off the internet. It's a pretty cool little thing.
    Good (More) Info can be found at Xbox-scene