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  1. Re:Other side of the story? on Alabama IT Whistleblower Fired For Spyware · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Here's an actual news article on story rather a link to the guy's own website.

    Choice quote:
    Blake also testified Monday that he installed the program on two other computers in the department, that of the state Right of Way Engineer Paul Bowlin, who heads the division, and Right of Way Secretary Jana Trafford Blake. Jana Blake is married to Vernon Blake.

    Spying on your boss for seven (!) months is one thing but on your own wife? Seems to me he was more of a control freak.
  2. SP Network Install on How To Avoid Viruses At Windows Install Time? · · Score: 1

    Step 7a) With the builtin firewall on, download the network install of WinXP SP1.

    Sure it's a big download but once it's downloaded, disconnect your cable and apply the service pack. Once everything is set and secured, reconnect the cable and check Windows Update for additional patches.

    If you're still getting bitten even doing this, spend the $40 and buy a cheapo Linksys 4 port router. You can even use it as switch after.

  3. Re:Not good enough on China to Promote Own Alternative to DVDs, EVD · · Score: 1

    Yes, it took forever for North Americans to embrace DVDs. LDs, VCDs, and DVDs had no problems being quickly adopted in Asian countries. I mean, the fact that companies in Asia still produce legalimate VCDs and MDs of new releases says a lot...

    Add to the fact that pirated EVDs or whatever will surface quite shortly after players are available will only hasten the adoption rate.

  4. Re:Could Microsoft be subpoenaed? on SCO Asks IBM To Make SCO's Case For It · · Score: 5, Informative

    Royal Bank of Canada invests in SCO.

    It's been revealled that it was not MS but rather a Canadian bank.

  5. Re:The alternatives suck... on Microsoft Wins Browser War, Abandons 'Innovation' · · Score: 1

    Why spend more resources porting over Dillo when Firebird already exists?

    Firebird has the beauty of the Mozilla rendering engine but in a lean, compact form. That takes care of three of your four beefs (bloated, slow, and unresponsive).

    Rather than porting over Dillo, spend time maturing Firebird into a fast, free, and up-to-date browser with lots of extensions to play with.

  6. Just take it apart on Cleaning Your Mice Wheels? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Flip the mouse over, locate the screw(s), unscrew them, and gently take the covering off.

    There's a spring pushing the wheel up, so take a moment to figure out how the wheel is lodged onto the spring and plastic parts before taking the actual wheel out.

    Scrape the dirt off the wheel or wash it or whatever you like and pop it back in. Put the cover back on, the screws, and voila, clean mouse wheel.

    Of course, if you have an optical mouse, you might want to unplug it or turn off the computer before looking for the screws on the mouse bottom...

  7. Re:Dupe! on Linux on the iPod · · Score: 1

    Perhaps that's their business plan. With subscription, duplicates "tend to" not show up on the front page.

  8. Firewall yourself... on Stopping NetBIOS Spam? · · Score: 5, Informative

    TechTV covered this earlier this year so you might want to read their breif article for more information.

    Basically, they're port scanning for open port 139s and spam IP that comes up positive. Either turn off the messenger service in services or install a firewall/router and block incoming tcp connections on port 139 (NetBIOS).

    While you're at it, turn off the remote registry service...

  9. Overheating the wires... on A Universal Power Bus? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Cause if your computer, your monitor, your speakers, your network hub, your PocketPC/Palm, your laptop, your cell, your mp3/MD/CD player, etc. all draw power from the same source (your UDP "hub"), there's a good possibility that you're going to blow a fuse or throw a circuit breaker. Your house wires are only rated at 25/30 amps...

  10. Pictures... on 3D LCD Display · · Score: 3, Informative

    If anyone's interested, here's a babelfish'd link to a Japanese page with some pictures of the unit and more information. Looks pretty cool to me.

  11. Miranda - IM client on The Best of Windows Open Source Software? · · Score: 1

    Miranda of course. It's an open-source IM client that currently supports ICQ, and MSN, a Yahoo plugin is also in the works. It's lightweight, incredibly customizable and no stupid ad anywhere.

    You might want to include VirtualDub, in case they want to do some simple encoding or audio ripping from videos, or just to find out what damn codec a video file uses.

    Lastly, there's Litestep for those who want a prettier and more customizable shell.

  12. Yet Another Slashdot Repeat... on Apache 2.0 r00ted on NetWare, Windows, OS/2 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Cough, another repeat. http://apache.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/10 /0058246&mode=thread&tid=148

  13. Re:DC Metro system had this on Hong Kong's Octopus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I go back to HK every once in awhile, so I've actually *used* the system. In short, I think it's actually a worthwhile implementation cause it's a very convienent and fast system.

    I mean, absolutely no hassle, just walk up to a scanner, brush your wallet across, hear the confirmation beep and off you go. (The scanner will also display how much money you have left if you care to look)

    Works the same way on the bus too so there's no embarassment of looking for your ticket/correct change, making everyone behind you wait impatiently. Adding more money is easy too, just walk up to a special machine, insert your coin, choose amount to add, and then insert money.

    The only down side is that, cause it works so well and is so transparent, you don't really keep track of how much money is left on the card and you find yourself adding more money to the card too frequently.