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  1. Re:brake, throttle.... on Team Discovers "Throttle" For Solar Wind · · Score: 1

    So, helium is the brake and hydrogen is the gas pedal. and don't forget the seatbelts that are strong enough to hold in your black hole addendum: I realise how trollish that sounds, but check the link
  2. how did I forget... on First Nations Want Cellphone Revenue · · Score: 2, Funny

    4. First Nations realise how stupid the whole exercise is 5. ???;
    6. NO profit.
  3. what happens now on First Nations Want Cellphone Revenue · · Score: 2, Insightful

    1. no compensation ensues;
    2. First Nations installs signal blockers;
    3. the signals (using a feature that is inherent in this mode of communication) use neighbouring air to route around First Nations' air;
    4. First Nations realise how stupid the whole exercise is

  4. Re:moving hosts blows on DNS Complexity · · Score: 1

    Not sure exactly what your rant was about, but it just sounds like you had crappy support from ISP staff. meh, half the time I don't even know - but I'd mod you informative if I could. The points you made re. TTL will come in handy next time this comes up. thanks !
  5. moving hosts blows on DNS Complexity · · Score: 4, Interesting
    my website is in an internet backwater and you wouldn't believe the crap we went through when our hosting provider changed the IP address of the server. We were given a weeks' notice of the new IP and the knobs at ozemail or uunet or iinet or whatever the fsck they are called for the moment still had us hanging for TWO DAYS after the address was changed (it wasn't due to dns caching - that added another 24-48 hours according to some lookups).

    I eventually got onto their 'support' crew in Singapore who assured that their engineers were looking into it. I don't know how much looking you need to do to change a single entry on a DNS table from "nnn.nnn.nnn.42" to "nnn.nnn.nnn.38".

    Oh and here's a single page version of TFA.

  6. and their website, so ... on The Secrets of Firefox about:config · · Score: 1

    I thought we agreed that ComputerWorld article was mostly crap... ... here's the "print" link
  7. Re:Fedora? on Screencasts of Installing MythTV Via MythDora 4.0 · · Score: 1

    ...sets up the databases for MySQL...set up all your channels...XML TV feed I set up MythTV last weekend on Ubuntu 7.04. This article is a bit dated but helped with everything you mention. Although, in Australia we have limited support for XMLTV (that I can find).
  8. Re:.nz and .au on Will ISPs Spoil Online Video? · · Score: 1

    And people who can't afford to move out of New Zealand or Australia, countries that due to their remoteness have historically had a heavily throttled connection to the United States and Europe. yep, all our ISPs blow. Contradictions and lies are the order of business:

    It has been some 6 months since Exetel deployed an Allot NetEnforcer 2540 to manage the P2P traffic transiting the Exetel network.
    Basically the net (no pun intended) effect on the total downloads per customer has been the predicted zero and speeds for over 18 hours a day have been largely or completely unaffected for the vast majority of P2P users.

    and in the same breath...

    However it's time to move on from the NE/P2P bandwidth Control phase of managing P2P traffic to something as effective from Exetel's viewpoint but that provides an even less 'intrusive' effect on any individual customer's P2P performance.

    http://forum.exetel.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=16928 5#169285

  9. Re:When allowance is NOT good on Holocaust Dropped From Some UK Schools · · Score: 1

    Now what?</i></i></i> my work here is done.
  10. first to mention Digg... on Where Do You Get Your IT News? · · Score: 0

    ... scores a free pony

  11. feeds on Where Do You Get Your IT News? · · Score: 3, Interesting
    other than here, I spend a chunk of my lunch break looking at RSS feeds.

    There are any number of "general" tech news sites, but some have fairly specific topics - you should find some that cover your avenue of interest (or scrape Google News using a search for whatever). Mine:
    4guysfromrolla.com, various google feeds (APIs, webmaster central), devshed.com, New Scientist tech site, The Raw Feed, MSDN, technology feed of the local newspaper website...

  12. Re:I for one ... on Apple Sues Over iGasm Ads · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... welcome our new iGasm vibrated female colleague overload! welcome our new iGasm vibrated female college undergrad!

    There, fixed that for you

  13. Re:iGasm Haiku on Apple Sues Over iGasm Ads · · Score: 1

    the white is smooth, pure
    evoking untouched beauty
    too bad she's a ho

  14. Re:iFuck on Apple Sues Over iGasm Ads · · Score: 1

    Gals, ... sorry, this is slashdot

    *checks if gashdot.org is available*

  15. Re:Only suing vibrators? on Apple Sues Over iGasm Ads · · Score: 1

    it works better on the black ipod with the red click wheel you know those fluro sox that they sell as iPod covers? Well do they come in black fishnet?
  16. "on the go" on Apple Sues Over iGasm Ads · · Score: 1, Funny

    brings a whole new feel to your "on the go" playlist,
    just make sure all your tunes end with a long ritard

  17. Re:The desktop on What's the Worst Technical Feature You've Used? · · Score: 1

    Well, the worst thing about most PCs is the way the cup holder automatically retracts during a reboot. This is why laptop's don't have mechanical drive trays - McDonald's was once sued over a scalding incident that left a man severely disfigured. I now have to PAY to get head and am down to my last several hundred thousand.
  18. Re:Microwave on What's the Worst Technical Feature You've Used? · · Score: 1

    But, who the hell thought it was important for a microwave to store the date?

    Didn't you read the manual? Chickens cook differently in odd years than they do in even years. it's more widely known in France, but your should NEVER cook frogs legs during a leap year.
  19. Re:Microwave -- battery on What's the Worst Technical Feature You've Used? · · Score: 1

    Either that or if they got smart with those, they would add a battery to the clock for when the power goes out... or just power the microwave via a UPS, same difference
  20. Re:Those Bings, as a class, really annoy me. on What's the Worst Technical Feature You've Used? · · Score: 1

    When you leave your lights on, the car _turns them off for you_ when you open the drivers door! Nice stuff, works very cleanly, and I only turn my headlights switch off occasionally. although it must be quite annoying to have to leave your car door open *ducks*
  21. Re:When allowance is NOT good on Holocaust Dropped From Some UK Schools · · Score: 1

    I was impressed ... and realized that you're too stupid I guess that makes mine quite a post.

    Considering that I have both affected you deeply AND displayed how stupid I am.

    But then, this is coming from a user whose last 24 posts have drawn 1 moderation. Pick it up randyest, its clear that you aren't leaving anyone "impressed".

  22. let's look at the scoreboard on Holocaust Dropped From Some UK Schools · · Score: 1

    it was 6 million Jews and 5-6 million non-Jews.(I don't have the ethnic breakdown jfgi if you want) oh fuck yes, I've been waiting for this, lets start a scoreboard.

    The Holodomor (the Ukrainian famine engineered by Stalin 1932-1933), 10 million dead
    Holocaust - 6 million
    1971 Bangladesh atrocities - 3 million
    Khmer Rouge - 3 million
    Philippine-American War - 1 million
    Darfur conflict - 400,000

    and what does this prove? "My people have suffered more than YOUR people and deserve to be remembered and respected and recompensed, blah blah etc".

    You are just perpetuating the hate and ensuring (in a small yet significant, memetic way) that it happens again and again.

    We are discussing the murder of millions of people. How about we show some fucking solemnity and maturity.

  23. Re:When allowance is NOT good on Holocaust Dropped From Some UK Schools · · Score: 1

    Should we allow a muslim man to practice his belief that men are allowed to beat women who do not obey? I call bullshit on this. There is nothing in your quote that implies this. This passage outlines steps to be taken when a woman is motivated by "ill-will and nasty conduct". Its often dragged out by the Christian extremists who seek to demonstrate that the Koran allows "men to beat women who don't obey them".

    There are plenty of Bible passages that are equally incongruent in modern times. Now quit supping on the feral propaganda, get some facts straight and you may find that you have a brain.

  24. Re:Love of freedom? on Congress Debating "No-Work" Database · · Score: 1

    Somehow I feel that "love of freedom" isn't quite the right term here. oh, I don't think so. Not being free to work implies that you're still free to consume
  25. Re:Other uses of this list on Congress Debating "No-Work" Database · · Score: 1
    and to your friendly neighborhood dope dealer its a no fly list

    oh, i see...