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  1. IAAVD on Fonality Acquires Trixbox · · Score: 1

    I work for a large VoIP SP and I can say that Trixbox isn't the LAMP stack of the Telephony market (at least yet).

  2. Re:It used to be your rights end where mine begin on Traveler Detained for Anti-TSA Message · · Score: 1

    Personally I'm surprised that, in a ~1000 post thread on this topic, No one has brought up T-Shirt Hell's Free Speach or Free Travel Offer!

  3. Re:For serious stuff, there's the Internet Archive on YouTube Won't Sell For Less Than $1.5 Billion · · Score: 1
    The Archive will probably be around long after YouTube is gone. Among other things, there's a duplicate of the Internet Archive in Egypt.
    That place burned down last time they tried something like this.
  4. Re:want one^h^h^h 1000 on Linux Powers Lilliputian PCs · · Score: 1

    You might like one of these then.

  5. Re:Hammering screws on PostgreSQL Slammed by PHP Creator · · Score: 1

    Funny thing about that saying; I was watching my mate's dad put together a bookcase once, and he would hammer the screws in about 3/4 of the way and then tighten them conventionally. I thought it was a bit weird, but he seemed to think it was a perfectly adequate method of construction.

    BTW: He taught engineering at university.

  6. Re:Well it has to suceed on Google.org, a For-Profit Charity · · Score: 4, Funny
    The new director of Google.org is Larry Brilliant!
    That's Dr. Brilliant.
    I'm just waiting for Capt. Obvious to join the conversation.
  7. Re:Odd. on Google.org, a For-Profit Charity · · Score: 1
    I would LOVE to see Google.org [snip] devolop a Nationwide Broadband/Fiber Initiative.
    Somehow, I don't think improving America's Internet access is the kind of project this .org is going to be pursuing.
  8. Re:Hail Eris on "Xena" To Be Named Eris · · Score: 1
    Excuse me whilst I go partake of a hot dog.
    Unless you're on this side of the dateline you'd better wait 'till tomorrow.
  9. Re:13_15_15 on Will the Solve-the-Riddle Hiring Trend Affect IT? · · Score: 1

    Hey Vicky.

  10. Re:An interesting application... on Xerox Reveals Transient Documents · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and you could just print it out on that special paper whenever you felt like it anyway.

    PS: I think you'd like the halfbakery if you don't already know about it.

  11. Re:Even better... on Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 Arrives · · Score: 1

    Also, if you access the context menu for a tab (right click on windows), it doesn't bring that tab to the top. So you can right click + close tab as well as 'middle' clicking but the latter is v.convinient.

    I for one welcome built-in spell checking.

  12. Surely I'm not the only one who thinks that... on Marketing Mozilla · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised no one has mentioned the possibility of getting attractive people to hand out free CDs and associated czaczka in major town centres.

  13. Re:For most problems... on Computer Voodoo? · · Score: 1

    But we're talking about users fixing problems that users are experiencing. Therefore smacking the user in this case means the user smacking themselves.

  14. Me too on The Expert Mind · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up.

    I would learn more and get more done if I weren't married with children but I'm v.happy with my family.

  15. Re:Partial credit on The Expert Mind · · Score: 1

    Any human with two anatomically correct hands who knows the shape of the letter L and that said letter stands for left should be able to tell left from right.

  16. Re:Addendum: on The Expert Mind · · Score: 1

    One traditional style I particularly like is Góralska Muzyka (Highlander's Music) from the Polish Tatras. Generally played on fiddles and bass and sung, however there are a few contemporary groups who incorporate modern instruments like guitar, drums and turntables.

    Really good stuff!

  17. Re:Raise your hand!... on Firefox Crop Circles Prove Intelligent Alien Life · · Score: 1

    That's you in the Linux T-shirt, isn't it?

  18. Re:password exposed via timing. on The Keyboard That Could Phone Home · · Score: 1
    m i c k e y mou s e
    I think it's more like m ic k ey m ou se.
  19. Re:Simple fix to an obvious problem on JavaScript Malware Open The Door to the Intranet · · Score: 1
    The XmlHttpRequest functionality doesn't allow "random network access"
    XmlHttpRequest doesn't allow XSS but Dynamic Scripting does, e.g.
    I haven't tried using Dynamic Scripting to access local domains / addresses but it does work for non-originating sites.
    Also, I don't believe that IE does allow Cross Site AJAX.
  20. Re:Obligatory Trolling on NPR Looks to Technological Singularity · · Score: 1
    A spelling implant could revolutionize the web.
    I think that's coming with Firefox 2.0.
  21. Foolproof AV on Why Popular Anti-Virus Apps 'Don't Work' · · Score: 1

    Well not quite foolproof but I remember reading an article that claimed to be an interview with one of the original AV software creators. I apologise in advance for getting the specifics messed up.

    Basically he said the first incarnation was like a whitelist of processes that were allowed to run. I guess that when you installed myFavProg.exe you had to add it to the list somehow. He claimed that this made the computer nigh impossible to pwn. The problem was they couldn't find a business model that would allow them to make enough money off of it so they created what became one of the big AV apps and adopted the subscription model for virus signature updates; Evil bastards. I wonder if their original concept is still workable?

  22. Re:Still missing the point. on Google Accessible Search Released · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Still missing the point. on Google Accessible Search Released · · Score: 1

    Yep, that's pretty much it!
    Pitty they still need to support Netscape 4, SomeWierdWebBrowserYou'veNeverHeardOfBefore and friends.

  24. Re:Still missing the point. on Google Accessible Search Released · · Score: 1

    Mod up!
    Get a copy of JAWS, put on a blindfold and try to find your way around; That's what I do.

  25. What about... on Surgical Tools to Include RFID · · Score: 1

    What about when doctors start leaving RFID chips behind on purpose?