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  1. What I do on Sharing IT Problems with Executives? · · Score: 1

    In meetings such as this...keep it short and sweet, and I do mean sweet.

    Did I mention short?

  2. Settings....? on Commercials Come To The Net (After This Word) · · Score: 1

    Setting the WMP buffer (preferences) for '0' seconds should require the add to be fully streamed before playing, thus giving the user a chance to cancel.

    Try this, and you'll note that our friend MS allows no less than 10 seconds....time to wipe that little beasty from the drive, me thinks.

  3. Re:you might want to check on Apple Justifies iLife Price Tag · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You

  4. you might want to check on Apple Justifies iLife Price Tag · · Score: 1
    And you can even DOWNLOAD the old versions FREE

    Perhaps you failed to notice you can't download a Safari that works with a current OS on a current computer?

  5. ummm on Flaws Threaten VoIP Networks? · · Score: 1
    Specifically, a filter used in the server that secures VoIP communications is vulnerable to the flaw.

    Didn't we mean:

    'Specifically, a filter used in the server that secures VoIP communications is vulnerable due to the flaw.' ...?

  6. Re:Shuttle replacements on USA To Return To Moon By 2015, Then Mars · · Score: 1
    Steel and aluminum weren't the issue there

    Exactly.

    The reason Columbia was destroyed was because NASA didn't listen to the engineers when they told them that there was a problem.

    Bingo...man was the problem, and when I see statements such as "Steel and aluminum may be "primitive", but once again, it is well-known how they behave under almost any conditions. - ...I get flashbacks about man failing before materials.

    It is well known that we seem to ignore things that are well known.

  7. Re:Shuttle replacements on USA To Return To Moon By 2015, Then Mars · · Score: 1
    but once again, it is well-known how they behave under almost any conditions.

    Such as being impacted by foam during lift-off? Yep, that scenario was so well understood, it resulted in the destruction of the craft and crew.

    The issue isn't the materials, is it...

  8. Yes, and... on A Terabyte In A Cigar Box · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have four 250GB WD drives inside my FW800 Dual 1.25GHz G4...and I paid less than $225.00 for each of them.

  9. Hello...Earth to Clown Planet :) on Exxon And Timex Release The Speedpass watch · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Did I say RFID tags have GPS? Noooo....however, if you were at all knowledgeable about the industry, you'd perhaps know that it is common to combine RFID, GPS & wireless.

    Where that approach hasn't quite reached c'cards just yet.

    Take a pill, jill :)

  10. Re:Get a life. No privacy issue here. on Exxon And Timex Release The Speedpass watch · · Score: 1

    Calm down, and next wednesday, buy decaf...see you then. And don't worry, RFID isn't in money yet...at least none that is in public circulation :)

  11. from the 'nice try' dept. on Photoshop Fails At Counterfeit Prevention · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Tens years ago, while working for a tech firm in Tokyo, I was around when new color copiers were delivered that supposedly had the ability to detect currency.

    Took about a minute to foil them...

  12. Re:Get a life. No privacy issue here. on Exxon And Timex Release The Speedpass watch · · Score: 1

    Cards don't have the ability to capture/supply GPS data...yet.

  13. Re:Get a life. No privacy issue here. on Exxon And Timex Release The Speedpass watch · · Score: -1
    By then, the authorization's gone through and you're already pumping.

    Ten prostitutes...no waiting. ....what?

    There is no privacy issue

    Outside of being able to place you at the gas station on Wednesday, at 8:27am, purchasing premium fuel, a large coffee and violating your caffeine probation, while you should have been at work already...right, nothing going on there. See you again, next week..same time, same coffee. Can we rely on you to read the flyer on alternative fuels we intend to send to the mailing address tied to your c'card?

  14. Re:Swipe Card on Biometrics in the Workplace · · Score: 1
    The point is more about forcing the employees to be responcible and accountable.

    If you don't trust the employees you have now, it may be time to get new ones. Works a bit better that way...

  15. Re:ignorant but curious... on Mars Rover Rolls And Turns · · Score: 1

    They said that the pad it is on is the most difficult thing it will need to navigate while on Mars.....

  16. Re:Useless, but... on NASA Scientists Get Custom 24h39m-per-day Watches · · Score: 1
    I thought jokes were supposed to be funny

    Right that, keep trying and we'll let you know if you get close.

    One man's humor is another man's troll :)

  17. Re:Good move, which may actually spur development. on Yahoo and Unilateral Anti-Spam Technology? · · Score: 1
    I want my e-mail system back.

    Stop using Yahoo!

  18. OS X mail works fine on Yahoo and Unilateral Anti-Spam Technology? · · Score: 1
    I have less than 10 junk mail filters in Mail (OS X). These, along with the stock junk mail strategy and my mail server's config mean that I get less than 5 junk mails a month.

    This is down from dozens....

  19. Re:eh, hum.... on Kodak To Stop Selling Film Cameras In U.S. · · Score: 1
    but not always when.

    I believe it is called a date/time stamp. However, my glib ignorance prohibits me from pressing an otherwise obvious point.

    Anyone that needs a magnifying glass to spot Jimmy Doolittle in a uniform, well, X/Y coordinates aren't much help to them, I agree.

    Just like those that defend the demise of paper user manuals over electronic, there are those with a determined position on film.

    Personally, I think glass plates have it over film.

    Film will die, like a starving woodchuck, laying and baking under the front porch in the hot midday sun, eventually discovered and dragged off by the coyotes, rats and ants, leaving only a fragrant smell, akin to a, well, rotting dead woodchuck...yum :)

  20. eh, hum.... on Kodak To Stop Selling Film Cameras In U.S. · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Film still has the ability to store information that digital formats will take years to catch up to

    Such as GPS or EXIF data, which, if it had been available back then, would allow to you place your ancestor within a meter of wherever the photo was taken. Yep, studying those old negatives for hours really has us beat, today.

  21. Chapter 3 - Lucy takes over... on Growing Up With Lucy · · Score: 1
    I turned just in time to catch the shadow of her robotic arm as it struck the back of my head. There was no warning and no sound. Like the Japanese Navy at Pearl Harbor, Lucy had simply decided on a plan and then acted at the earliest opportunity. Unlike Tokyo, however, Lucy had no doubts as to the outcome of her actions.

    When I awoke, Lucy was standing quietly across the room, gazing down at me...waiting. I tried to move my hands and feet, but something told me they were no longer connected to my body.

  22. Re:Useless, but... on NASA Scientists Get Custom 24h39m-per-day Watches · · Score: 1

    :) ...I'll try....heheh, thanks. Don't let that BDJ get to you!

  23. Re:Useless, but... on NASA Scientists Get Custom 24h39m-per-day Watches · · Score: 1

    And...joke... I'm jealous, I want one....get it? :)

  24. Re:Useless, but... on NASA Scientists Get Custom 24h39m-per-day Watches · · Score: 1

    In long, you're a bit too tight assed... It's a joke, Mortimer :)

  25. Re:Useless, but... on NASA Scientists Get Custom 24h39m-per-day Watches · · Score: 1
    is obviously wasteful government spending

    How dare you drag logic into this :) This is NASA we're talking about!