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  1. beta, beta, beta... on Microsoft to Launch Online Music Store · · Score: 1

    The store will also be in beta mode, lacking some of the features that will be added later, sources said. Of course, this is typical Microsoft. Probably won't see a complete store until version 8.0. The key features most likely left out are security related...

  2. Penguin and lawyers on The Saga of Katie.com · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yet another example of what's wrong on the Internet. Someone should set up a fund for Katie Jones so that she can hire an attorney and have her attorney send the other Katie cease and desist letters...

  3. Blinking lights! on Living Without a Pulse · · Score: 1

    Can I have leds mounted in my wrist to show that my blood is still flowing? Or maybe a cool flow meter impanted in my chest - look, I am pumping at 5l/minute!

  4. Won't work as everyone knows that... on RIAA Sends Letter to Senate Supporting INDUCE Act · · Score: 1

    p0rn wants to be free!

  5. RTFA first, please... on Akamai: How They Fought Recent DDoS Attacks · · Score: 3, Informative

    The article summary is incorrect. Diversity was not a defense for Akamai, it is a defense for the 13 DNS root servers. In fact, in the article, Paul Vixie "charged that Akamai's proprietary approach to DNS makes it a single point of failure." The diversity approach is what is used to help prevent these kinds of failures in the global DNS system.

  6. Re:Now if only Mozilla (or FireFox) was faster!!! on Dept. of Homeland Security Says to Stop Using IE · · Score: 1

    Heh, I read the comment, just trying to give you a real example of fast :) And Gentoo linux with Firefox runs rather nicely on a Pentium II. I suspect faster than IE would.

  7. Re:Now if only Mozilla (or FireFox) was faster!!! on Dept. of Homeland Security Says to Stop Using IE · · Score: 1

    Want to experience fast? Switch to a Mac running OS X and use Safari. That is what a fast browser is like...

  8. Re:Give advice to alternative browser newbies! on Dept. of Homeland Security Says to Stop Using IE · · Score: 1
    The oracle says...

    1. Firefox is simplier than full Mozilla as Mozilla also includes email/news, contacts, etc.

    2. Yes, you do a start->run->www.cnn.com and Firefox will load up th epage

    3. Yes, it has the "stupid download manager" but yes you can turn it off (Preferences->Navigator->Downloads)

    Enjoy.

  9. Re:Night Goggles Capture Spider-Man Movie Bootlegg on Night Goggles Capture Spider-Man Movie Bootlegger · · Score: 1

    You for got the "Dun dun DUH!" climatic music...

  10. Bzzz! on Forward This Article And Get Paid $203.15 · · Score: 1
    Bryan Mack was at Iowa State, not Univ of Houston (from the article):
    The first was Bryan Mack at Iowa State
  11. epiphany? on Cell Phone Customer Service Ranked Next to Last · · Score: 1

    And this is surprising because?

  12. Re:Well said Marc on JBoss's Fleury Abjures Astroturfing · · Score: 2

    I am real, not posting as AC and I can testify that , in my opinion, JBoss is a worthless product. Much worse than the competition...

  13. Re:JBoss VS weblogic on JBoss's Fleury Abjures Astroturfing · · Score: 1

    Again, remind me why I care?

  14. Re:Not likely to fly... on Safe and Insecure? · · Score: 1
    There are plausible reasons to opening up your network.

    I recently purchased a M$ wireless adapter (ok, so sue me) for my X-Box. While the adapter claims to support WEP, I have been unable to get it to play properly with my Netgear AP with WEP enabled and MAC filtering. The result is that I no longer run encryption nor MAC filtering, and though I am not intentially opening up my network, the side effect of getting my X-Box to play with my home network means that everyone else can too...

  15. Ok and so? on JBoss Caught in Anonymous Posting Scheme · · Score: 1

    And tell me again why I care about JBoss again?

  16. What about quality? on Microsoft Security Updates for Pirated Windows? · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't this be less of an issue if Microsoft focused building Quality into it's products?

  17. clunk! on Notebooks Replace Textbooks in Texas · · Score: 1
    Do they even make low-end laptops that are durable enough for daily use by a 5th or 6th grader?


    "Um, my dog at my laptop..."

  18. Re:And how are they going to know anyway? on Are You Reporting Your Internet Purchases? · · Score: 1
    Sure, credit cards are a link. But I have a card that I have registered to a drop-box. How are they going to correlate that to me, unless they use SSNs?

    Additionally, some credit cards can be secured with a cash deposit, thus allowing you to provide somewhat bogus info (such as SSN). Again, where is the 1-to-1 link that they need?

    I think it is time to provide a "purchasing" service, where someone pays you cash at a storefront and you purchase the item + a small fee.

  19. And how are they going to know anyway? on Are You Reporting Your Internet Purchases? · · Score: 1
    So the states get reports from some on-line vendors about sales in their states. But how does the state know that it was me that bought that item instead of someone else.


    Using the shipping address just means that I now start shipping my purchases to my office or to a mail drop somwhere. Still doesn't prove that I bought what they think I have...

  20. Oh my eyes! on Feds Thwart Extortion Plot Against Best Buy · · Score: 1

    damn-near strip searching 90 year old grandmothers That is a horrible visual...

  21. been there, done that... on New York City, LEGO Style · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Nothing new here, as you can visit Legoland USA (in San Diego) and you will see NY City as well as other places done in legos.

  22. Sweet! on NDIS Wrapper For Wireless LAN Cards Under GPL · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As long as the NDIS wrappers support all the capabilities of the cards, this is great news!

  23. Re:What utter marketroid-fuelled drivel. on Stopping Malware Before It Hits · · Score: 1

    Just attach it to your egress/ingress points and go from there. Or buy one and tell your ISP to install it upstream for you...

  24. Eat SPAM too? on Stopping Malware Before It Hits · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Now if it also filters out SPAM, it would become the hottest device on the market.

  25. Yet more open files to access... on 802.11b Memory Stick for CLIE · · Score: 1

    And this is a good thing because?