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  1. Re:MS Office will be hit first on OSS Officially On Microsoft's Financial Radar Screen · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but this IS Microsoft we are talking about here. Boneheaded is very fitting.

  2. Brand? on Improving Indoors Wi-Fi Reception? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It would help if we knew what brand your gear is, maybe there are some known issues, firmware/driver updates, etc.

  3. Pfftt. on Hiding Your Choices And Saying You Made Them · · Score: 0

    I install Real's bullshit on a regular basis for our users (I know, I know), and I just put in a fake email. So that way, if I get careless and forget about unchecking those things, it really doesn't matter in the end. But what do I know?

  4. Re:An old lesson from Apple on New Generation of Cases? · · Score: 0

    Not to nitpick, but: USB 1.0=1.5 Mbits/sec USB 1.1=12 Mbits/sec USB 2.0=480 Mbits/sec FireWire=400 Mbits/sec

  5. Re:definitely on Mandated Regulation/Certification for Computer Repair? · · Score: 0

    I use to work at a place where we made the customer sign a release form saying that we would not be held responsible for any lost data. Never really happened except for one new girl blew away the wrong HDD while trying to Ghost it to another one. She got the destination drive wrong.

  6. Uh.... on Pushing Patches Across a Wide Area Windows Network? · · Score: 0

    Well, I know that W2K has it, and I think 98 MIGHT have it, is a little something called AUTOMATIC UPDATES. Guess what? It's built-in. AND, you can set it up to install patches at a certain time with no user intervention required. Go figure.

  7. Re:Costs you don't know about on Breakdown of Bandwidth Costs? · · Score: 0

    communication be down for an hour or two of response time. But don't forget about the time that it takes to actually splice it back together, so we are still talking about a cut fiber cable costing about 3 hours (at least for our fiber provider) to do the atcual work, rather than 4 or 5 hours with response time factored in.

  8. Re:That's wierd on Typewriter Keyboard Conversion · · Score: 0

    Could use the default typing sound that ICQ uses.

  9. Uh oh.... on Tai Chi Robots · · Score: 0

    I think we had better get that Robot Insurance (http://snltranscripts.jt.org/95/95foldglory.html) now before they start learning Tae Kwon Do.

  10. Re:Hmm on Tai Chi Robots · · Score: 0

    At least he's not asking for a robot that makes Pee Pee.

  11. Re:Forget that on Tai Chi Robots · · Score: 0

    We're halfway there: www.realdoll.com

  12. Re:Dumbest idea ever on Tai Chi Robots · · Score: 0

    And after you master the English grammer, you can begin learning the Engrish grammer.

  13. Re:are they delicate? on 1.8 Inch Removable Hard Drives Coming · · Score: 0

    But I too am all for solid state. We use PenDrive and DiskOnKey devices at work, and we absolutely love them.

  14. Re:are they delicate? on 1.8 Inch Removable Hard Drives Coming · · Score: 1, Informative

    From their site: Shockproof: More than 900G (when not running) Note that this is for the 2.5 inch model.

  15. Homer D Poe? on Slashback: Tenacity, Freedomware, Lem · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Where's the snippet for Home Depot? Just another attempt to get my hopes up? Thanks guys.

  16. What about... on Will Your CD Player Tell on You? · · Score: 1

    a good, old-fashioned boycott? Maybe you should tell your favorite band that although you like their music, you refuse to spend another dime on their latest hit until they force this shit off of their CDs. But what do I know?

  17. Re:IBM's Automatic Server Restart on Seeking Watchdog Hardware? · · Score: 1

    If anyone cares, Compaq, er, HP has ASR also in the Proliant servers.

  18. Re:question on Ask William Shatner · · Score: 1

    Never mind that the poor guy's wife drowned in their pool a while back, you insensitive clod!

  19. Re:So what's new (and a Novell is dying troll, too on Novell to Ship MySQL With NetWare 6 · · Score: 1

    No, their saving grace is their Directory Services. They are the leader in directory services over M$, Sun, and whoever else thinks that they are a player in that market, according to a recent poll I saw somewhere. NDS (now eDirectory) is the end-all of directories.