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  1. Re:Well... on LG CD-ROMs Destroyed by Mandrake 9.2 · · Score: 1

    Think of the fun I had when a scratched CD did that in my slot loading DVD-ROM then... it could make an interesting new weapon if aiming was more practical ;)

  2. Re:What is your point? on PHP Scales As Well As Java · · Score: 1

    That looks much like PHP to, where the same rules apply.

    Maybe their less stringent with some of the more abstract types, but that applies

    The same code in PHP:
    $one = '1';
    $two = '2';
    echo $two/$one;
    [Syntax error]

    $one = (int)$one;
    $two = (int)$two;
    echo $two/$one;
    [2]

  3. Re:A new mailing list is front page news?? on A New List For Clustering NetBSD · · Score: 1

    Strange that would happen in the BSD section of the site really.

    Yes, I'm nitpicking. Yes, I'm grouchy today.

  4. Re:Dedicated servers on Print Server Appliances that Spool? · · Score: 1

    Just a quick note on the Netports, we've had problems here with a couple of them crashing every now and then, requiring them to be rebooted.

  5. Re:Nothing new here on Maya now Free for Personal Use · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This sort of thing always amazes me... companies give away products which cost them huge ammounts to produce, with minor limitations, and as thanks some script kiddie decides they didn't give away enough of the program.

    Don't like them not giving away the whole thing... go find something that *is* free, or get a job with Alias, and change their policy.

  6. Re:VMWare included? on Mandrake 9.2 Initial Review · · Score: 1

    Nope... the screenshot definately featured a copy of VMWare running Windows XP (in French... I always enjoy seeing operating systems running in other langauages.)

  7. Re:Slashdot Moderation (OT) on Yet Another Critical Windows Flaw · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I guess we would do, but I doubt it would be a huge problem, since mod points expire anyway.

  8. Re:VMWare included? on Mandrake 9.2 Initial Review · · Score: 1

    I was just thinking that... have they made a deal with the company to include some form of special addition with the Discovery edition?

  9. Re:Windows SUS on Yet Another Critical Windows Flaw · · Score: 1

    We've got a few hundred users in the AD, but never have more than about 30 actually logged in at any one time.

  10. Re:Windows SUS on Yet Another Critical Windows Flaw · · Score: 1

    What sort of loads are you getting on the SUS server?

    We've got a single server here running 2000 SBS, which is the PDC, Exchange server, and file server for a few hundred users.

    Once I persuade management to get another server to take the load of the current one I'll definately take a serious look at SUS though.

  11. Re:Slashdot Moderation on Yet Another Critical Windows Flaw · · Score: 4, Informative

    They're having problems with some of their machines, including the one which distributes mod points, running slow.

    Which means that mod points aren't being given to as many people, which means there's less around to take things to +5.

    More details in Taco's Journal.

  12. Re:Windows SUS on Yet Another Critical Windows Flaw · · Score: 1

    I've looked into this, but it seems to require ridiculous specs for what it's doing.

    As a small to medium charity, we can't afford an individual machine just to push out patches to our workstations.

    For people in the same situation, done right, group policies can be very useful... I'm using them here to push out system patches to our machines.

  13. Re:Spell-slinging for fun and profit on Non-Combat Character Development In RPGs? · · Score: 1
    I'm not sure which of the games based on the D&D 3e ruleset allow those feats to appear in the game.

    I'm not familiar with the PnP rules, but Neverwinter has at least some feats that allow you cast spells in different ways.
  14. It's not non-combat on Non-Combat Character Development In RPGs? · · Score: 1

    But I like the way levelling is done in Dungeon Siege, with your stats changing as you use different weapons, rather than just being told "go change what you like".

    It just makes more sense to me, that someone who has spent their life throwing spells at people probably wouldn't be able to say they got much stronger from it.

  15. Try a wax printer on Color Laser Printer Recommendations? · · Score: 1

    We've got a Lexmark one here, and it gives excellent, fast quality.

    It takes a little while to warm up when turned on (this is solved by not turning it off), during which time you can't print from it, because there's no wax melted, but once it's going it's stunning.

    We can do full page, full colour photos in less time than it takes to walk across the room and pick up the piece of paper.

  16. Re:OMFG LOL!!.. Mod parent up plz!!!.. :) on Dell $38m Supercomputer [not] More Costly than VT's G5s · · Score: 2, Funny

    Supercomputer with a gun?

    What happens when it attains self-conciousness, and kills it's operators?

  17. Re:This is prime PHB material, but... on PHBs Getting "Secret" IT Training · · Score: 1

    If you're going to be picky then, there are 5 mouse buttons on most computers, seeing as how the mouse wheel is made up of the "click" button, and two other ones for up and down.

  18. Re:I've integrated Macs into PC offices before... on Using Macs In The Work Place · · Score: 1

    Just thought I'd clarify that I'm just bad at ordering sentences right :P

    I actually have no experience at all of using Mac OS X, so can't speak on the subject, just thought I'd point out to the OP that Mac compatibility with Linux is irrelevant here.

    And to beat of the Penguinista thing, I'm a sysadmin, who works in a Microsoft shop (and doesn't mind it much), hosts some websites I developed on FreeBSD, and has a Linux desktop.

  19. Re:I've integrated Macs into PC offices before... on Using Macs In The Work Place · · Score: 1

    It's a shame this is an article about using Macs in the Windows office, instead of a Linux one.

  20. Re:what's the appeal of client-side IMAP filtering on Linux Journal Readers' Choice Awards Announced · · Score: 1
    The better solution would be to make a friendly GUI for procmail that any client can launch. Am I right?

    Completely. However since I don't have the understanding of procmail to do a good job of it, and don't have inclination to get one, client side filtering will have to do for now.
  21. Re:what's the appeal of client-side IMAP filtering on Linux Journal Readers' Choice Awards Announced · · Score: 1

    Well... it's good if you're lazy, and just can't be bothered to setup procmail rules.

    Not that I'm speaking from experience. At all.

  22. Re:Friggin' sharks? on NASA Flies First Laser-powered Aircraft · · Score: 1
    Sorry, but sharks are a protected species now. It was powered by ill tempered mutated sea bass with friggin' lasers on their heads.

    Excuse me, but sea bass are an endangered species now.

    Ummm... tuna? Can we have tuna with friggin lasers?

    How about plankton?
  23. Re:This is scary on Nokia Investigating Reported Cell Phone Explosions · · Score: 1
    Actually, a NiMH or NiCd cell can also short itself out, especially if damaged in some way (like dropped.) This creates a `hot smoker' where the battery will get *very* hot (NiCds have lower internal resistances than NiMHs, so they get even hotter) and can even cause fires. But they don't usually explode...

    I had that happen to me once carrying a couple in my pocket, they shorted with my keys, and the first I knew of it was when I realised my leg felt like it was burning. The things had got to being nearly too hot to take out of my pocket by that point.
  24. Re:Sad on Parents Sue School Over Use of Wi-Fi Network · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you met the kids in a primary school I worked at once.

    One of them was especially good, regularly screwing up the machine in their classroom by pulling wires, and pushing them back into other plugs.

  25. I don't care what you do... on Writing Good Network Documentation? · · Score: 1

    ... just make sure you do - I just started a job at a charity spread across multiple sites in the city, and 4 months in, I'm still finding things I didn't know about.

    Big things as well, like an online centre half the size of the main one we run, which no one thought to tell me about until their router died.