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  1. Re:and everyone is still using floppies : ) on Blu-Ray DVDs Hit 100 GB · · Score: 1

    Archive grade CD-Rs exist at about $1.25 each. do a seach on MAM-A cd-r. Hopefully when the Blue ray disks come out they will have an archive grade version as well.

  2. Re:Uh.. on Firefox Lead Engineer Scolds KDE Project · · Score: 1

    Isn't this one of the reasons that Microsoft has so many security issues? However, I agree that trying to get it perfect can drag a software project down *cough* Debian *cough*

  3. Re:Subversion + trac on KDE Switches to Subversion · · Score: 1

    Bugzilla is pretty widely used as well. We are about to switch over to it.

  4. No Warrenty??? on 64-Bit Windows Releases Now Available · · Score: 5, Funny

    You means windows comes with a warrenty???

  5. Re:I know AOL used to be an offender, likely still on Providers Ignoring DNS TTL? · · Score: 1

    This was like 6-7 years ago for a small telecom company. My spelling still sucks but, my attitude is less snobbish to the AOLers now that I'm older, wiser and have better understand how business works. Most of our audience was larger telecom companies that likely had their own internet connections. It sounds like AOL has gotten better (I'm surprised). I believe we tried that trick back then with less successful results.

  6. I know AOL used to be an offender, likely still is on Providers Ignoring DNS TTL? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Saving bandwidth is the only reason. It still a pain in the ass though. I found out the hard way when I though I was moving a website to a different IP address for the first time. I normally set the TTL to 7 days. So 7 day before the planned move I set the TTL to 1 hour. We switched the IP address and everthing was fine using ISP that followed DNS rules. AOL still had the address cached though. We didn't find out about teh problem with AOL right away. Our additude at the time was well screw the AOL users, there's no one importing using AOL anyways. I think it took a month before AOL finally updated to the right IP address. This definately makes it hard to do dns moves. At least with smtp you can add the mx record of the new server in advanced.

  7. Re:The biggest downside to Firefox on Pros and Cons of Firefox Critically Evaluated? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just to point it out, most of the major plugins like flash, acrobat, java, quicktime, realplayer are all ones you have to download separately with IE as well . People the have IE, switch to Firefox and complain about the plugins not being there are forgetting that they had to do this in the past.

  8. Re:The touchstream is the perfect solution on Keyboards are Havens for Super Bugs · · Score: 1

    I remember a co-worker who got carpel tunnel used something similar to this. It was an ergonimics specialists send by the insurance compnay that brought it in for him. He claimed it did make a difference once he got use to it.

  9. Re:Now let's get the STreet Spam crowd on Spammer Sentenced to 9 Years in Jail · · Score: 1

    Well it sounds like he also did the equivilent of ripping the telephone pole out of the ground and sticking it in the middle of the interstate so more people could see his flyer.

  10. Re:I've been testing it... on Firefox Improves Pop-Up Ad Blocking · · Score: 1

    ummm... google makes their money from advertising. I bet a lot of blogs do to

  11. Re:cmon now on Trey Parker and Matt Stone Save Enterprise · · Score: 1

    no, they're not, hey look something shiney

  12. Re:Opt-out, eh? on Why One Man Got a Guerrilla RFID Implant · · Score: 1

    Very true. 802.11 was supposed to have certian range limitations however a few inventive guys with a pringles can blew that theory.

  13. Re:Economical - Slowing Fans on Building a Silent, Air-Cooled System · · Score: 1

    Is the resistor mounted outside the case? Since the energy that is lost with a resistor is converted to heat energy it seem to partially defeat the purpose of the fan if it is mounted inside the case.

  14. Re:Sucks to be an early adopter on Apple Backs Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    right in the middle of course, most of them come pre-punched ;)

  15. Re:Sucks to be an early adopter on Apple Backs Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    ah yes then the "hole puncher" conversion kit to make 720KB disks into 1.44MB disk came out. Personally I believe there artifical market reasons the DL DVD disks are still expensive. If the blank is $10 and the real one is $14.99 I;d rather get teh real one.

  16. Re:Voodoo on SLI Primer · · Score: 2, Informative

    it took the release of the PCI-X spec to make it possible. AGP was designed for only one board

  17. Re:They do it well on Dell Enters HDTV Market with Plasma Display · · Score: 1

    if you RTFA you'd know it was Samsung

  18. Re:What is vibrant about it? on Red Hat Promises A More Vibrant Fedora · · Score: 1

    Bull, Redhat Enterprise 3 and Core 1 where release around the same time. Because Core 1 was released with so many problems I think its a very reasonable theory to say that most of Redhat Development and QA resources where put on Enterprise 3.

  19. Re:What To Look Forward To? on Philadelphia Considering Municipal Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    I'd rather see internet access kept private. Then the FCC is less likely to get it paws on it and start thinking up reasons to censor it.

  20. Re:this is great. on Students and Bodies Tracked Via RFID Tags · · Score: 1

    The kid can just give the ID to a classmate and ditch school. Damn, if your going to do something do it right. Strap an ankle braclet on them like the criminals they deserve to be treated like.

  21. Ding Dong on HP CEO Carly Fiorina to Step Down · · Score: 1

    Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch!
    Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.
    Wake up - sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed.
    Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead. She's gone where the goblins go,
    Below - below - below. Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out.
    Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low.
    Let them know
    The Wicked Witch is dead!

    Mayor: As Mayor of the Munchkin City, In the County of the Land of Oz, I welcome you most regally.

    Barrister: But we've got to verify it legally, to see

    Mayor: To see?

    Barrister: If she

    Mayor: If she?

    Barrister: Is morally, ethic'lly

    Father No.1: Spiritually, physically

    Father No. 2: Positively, absolutely

    Munchkins: Undeniably and reliably Dead

    Coroner: As Coroner I must aver, I thoroughly examined her.And she's not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead.

    Mayor: Then this is a day of Independence For all the Munchkins and their descendants

    Barrister: If any.

    Mayor: Yes, let the joyous news be spread The wicked Old Witch at last is dead!

  22. Re:What's a computer?... According to the bill... on National PC Recycling Plan Proposed, Again · · Score: 1

    Currently the going market price to dispose of them is between $5-$20 no matter what size it is. Many states have laws (Massachusetts and New Jersey are ones I'm aware of) that require that you dispose of them properly. This law would incure the cost up front to make sure there is no incentive for people to dump them on the side of the road to avoid paying a disposal cost.

  23. Re:Physical security is the only important securit on Just How Paranoid Are You? · · Score: 1

    ACtually wasn't there one of the "hacker challanges" a few years back that told you the root password. Over couse none of the services were run as root and root access was disabled from SSH.

  24. Re:why is ICanSpam a defense? on Spammers Sue Spamee · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually its a federal crime to put something in a mailbox unless you are a US postal employee.

  25. Re:My opinion: Fire Carly Fiorina! on HP to Region-code Cartridges · · Score: 1

    Or Epson. Lexmark has been evil too with its phone home spyware.