If you read my above post you will see I am on the atkins diet. What I forgot to mention is after every 14 days I will have ONE day where I eat *all carbs* (but absolutely no meat). I will have ceral for breakfast, crap for lunch (including a few Coronas) and a crap for dinner (including yet more Coronas). This way it puts off that urge to eat the crap foods out there. However, I have *cheated* once in a while and had a Corona Light or something when Im out to eat and it hasn't affected the weight loss - however its not something I can make a habit out of.
I have been on the Atkins diet for about 2 months now and after losing over 40lbs (220 down to 180) I am an advocate for this diet - it really works. For any diet OR exercise regieme it takes WILLPOWER. Most people will try this diet and quit after a few days because they get tired of the food they are eating - or they go about it all wrong and eliminate all carbs from their systems entirely. You have to do it right, and want to do it right to make it work.
The Atkins diet to me is more of a lifestyle than a diet - its simply a better way to eat. If you haven't done this diet you're probably thinking that all you eat are steaks and cheeseburgers - while its true that you can freely eat these things (except for the BUN on the cheeseburger) thats not how it is at all. More or less my day consists of: Eggs and a meat for breakfast (I usually have smoked salmon, canadian bacon or sausagues) - something for lunch (anything meat will do - less red meat, go for chicken & fish..etc) and for dinner I have a salad and some more meat - once in a while red meat but mostly other meats that aren't so unhealthy. You can't really have fruit when your sticking to the diet but you can have some vegetables (mushrooms, bell peppers and others - vegetables that are low in carbs, higher in protein). Its really not that hard to do. My suggestion to people interested in starting the diet is not to stick to it for the rest of their life, but REALLY stick to it until they get to their 'ideal' weight - and then get a good exercise regime going to get themselves healthy. However, I feel that you should always continue to eat fewer carbs per day and more protein - its just a healthier way to eat. Unless you are a hardcore athlete, ingesting tons of carbs a day will only get you fatter and fatter. Also - make sure you keep yourself hydrated, drink all the time and don't allow yourself to get thirsty. THis diet done IMPROPERLY *can* wreak havoc on your body. The key is to actually doing it CORRECTLY.
No matter what there are people who are going to tell you that this diet is wrong and that its unhealthy - I strongly disagree. I feel better now than I ever have before and can strongly say that this lifestyle does work. Regardless of if you want to go on the diet - try and cut more 'white' foods out of your diet (white foods = high carb, low protien, starchy foods). Regardless of what kind of activities you do its a step in the right direction.
Also - the people that talked about Atkins having a heart attack, if you do your research you will find it had nothing to do with his choice of diet/food. There was no blockage..etc.
The other thing that helped me out in this? Eliminating the stress from my life. I left my crappy job and town I was living in and moved to a much nicer place. Stress wreaks havoc on your body and eating habits.
Just my $0.02 - the atkins diet doesn't work for everyone - but it worked for me and I love it.
1.) It is illegal to advertise brothels or prostitution in Nevada other than a sign outside the facility
2.) Prostitution is only legal in a couple counties in Nevada - even then those counties COMBINED all have a population LESS than 250 people:P
Even if enough people got together to make a Prostitution plate it would be illegal because it would be 'advertising'. Not to mention - who would the proceeds go to? Health Clinics for hookers?
Nevada has at least 5 or 6 different license plate styles - just like California and various other states. Basically you pay more for one of these "themed" plates and part of the proceeds get donated to the cause. People like the idea bucause your talking about $50-$100 *extra* for a set of these themed plates. If you don't like the idea of the 'Nuclear' plates then get standard plates, or the Tahoe plates, or the Art for Kids plates, or the Firefighter plates or......
Its just another revenue stream for this historical society - if enough geeks in Nevada banded together you could get some moronic "Slashdot.org Society" plates if you wanted. These plates neither support or oppose Nevadas desire to have Nuclear waste in the state. Its JUST a license plate!
Ok - So M$ will release a stripped down version of Windows. Most people are so used to what comes with it they will either a) go out and get the appropriate MICROSOFT addons (browser, etc) or b) Just buy the FULL version.
I'm sure the average consumer would love having Windows with the 'bannerized' version of Opera, the Nag screens from their unregistered Winzip. Banner ads in their email software, the fact that RealPlayer takes over all your media preferences and so on.
Microsoft didn't slip - they realized that people would realize that a stripped down Windows wouldn't be an attractive product to the *AVERAGE* Windows user.
1.) The idea that the Microsft would turn the Xbox into a PC? Do you know how hard they have worked to make sure people _DONT_ perceive the Xbox as a PC? Not only would this piss off hardware vendors but it would land them in legal trouble instantly. I don't care what arguement you may have - you will _never_ see the XBox performing as a PC.
2.) XBox as a DVR (or TiVo type device). Well, considering there currently isn't a TV input for the XBox I dont think this will happen. I suppose they could feed video via ethernet over broadband but this would be insane. Again, the changes of MS doing something like this is next to nothing.
3.) Chances are if the XBox does fail - its dead. Yes Microsoft has put tons of money behind the Xbox but that doesn't mean they have to keep supporting it if its a loser. Look at UltimateTV - Microsoft put a lot behind that and while they are still providing support for their existing customer base they certainly aren't pushing the product anymore.
I own an XBox, a PS2 and a Dreamcast. In every market some products win, some fail - not everyone can win. The Xbox hasn't even been out a year yet and everyone is expecting its demise - I would have to give the product at least a year from now to more properly speculate what its life will be like. Only time will tell. The best we can hope for if the Xbox fails is that by some grace of god M$ gives regular users what they need to 'hack' the box. Fat chance.
As for the MS Hate talk: While Slashdot is website built for a community -the boring, redundant "M$ Sucks, M$ is Evil" rhetoric gets really boring, redundant and repetitive. Yes everyone has an opinon but the "Me too!" posts suck - Everyone knows you hate them so shut up already.
View the viewsonic product Here (Which I like better IMHO)
Microsofts video of a family happily using their portable monitor: Here
I the title of the article is a little off. These products are more like simple portable monitors more than anything else. If anything they are glorified WinCE machines.
Tablets are entire computers that are held and used like the product above, except your actually carrying around the entire device. Microsoft showed some manufacturers products @ Comdex and is even releasing a Tablet Edition of Windows XP
This is a movie, not a prostate exam. You look WAY too deeply into a simple slapstick comedy. Take some valium and write an auto-biography.. on second thoughts, Don't.
Jon Katz: Still on Slashdot because we love to hate him.
Funny - someone says Windows rocks and anything else sucks - and its considered flamebait.
Yet someone makes an ignorant comment about Windows invading gaming consoles (Xbox - which "OH MY GOD" is made by Microsoft so jeez - what OS SHOULD they have used? Or the Dreamcast which ran WinCE - but not for games). Its obvious troll/flamebait but hey - thats OK.
Lets see - CD's are going for ~$18. The Artist sees like 1/100th of that - the retailer sees a buck or two and then the label gobbles up the rest. I love music but the RIAA is using file sharing as an excuse to gouge for more money, even when they know in the big picture file sharing programs haven't even scratched the revenues that come back from these CD's. Lets see more music released for $9.99. Then, they will sell MORE cds and people won't bother downloading them. I have approx. 600 full albums (192kbps) - some ripped - most downloaded. Had I bought all these CDs it would have been around $10,800 (at $18 a pop) thats insane. I can't believe that the RIAA is getting away with this excuse.
The world has changed in the last 5.. 10 years. We still have these 1000year old farts running our country that only know what the lobbyists tell them. This is fucking insane. Screw TERM LIMITS - I WANT AGE LIMITS IN GOVERNMENT! Most of these Senators dont know the difference between a CD and a piece of bacon.
The reason I click on "Read More..." on Katz stuff
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My god, I just realized something:
I find myself ONLY reading Katz stuff for the comments. I don't read anything he writes but I love reading all the colorful commentary that is provided down here by fellow slashdot users.
Actually, the iPod does -NOT- use a Laptop Hard drive. Laptop drives have a 9.5mm spec which corresponds to the 2.5inch profile. The iPod drive has a 5mm spec corresponding to a 1.8 inch profile. Toshiba is the only manufacturer making this drive and the biggest one they have right now is 5GB.
No, I think they fear the Asian Piracy Industry more than American 'w4r3z k1dd13z'. In the US there are simply groups of kids that rip and release games over the net, etc. In Asia, piracy is a HUGE industry with lots of money behind it. This is why the XBox will not be released in some areas, because microsoft is selling the XCrotch at a loss and making the money up on games. If everyone and their mother is pirating Xbox games then thats bad for MS.
I'm sure Nintendo of America has their reasons for not wanting the Q not released in the US (monetary probably) but 'American Warez Kiddies' probably aren't even on that list.
Although it may be a small difference.. These are NOT losses - but just profits never gained.
If I walk into a shop and shoplift something - yes that IS a tangible loss for the company.
What is the difference between pirating the software and not buying it at all? I can't use their tech support, I never used any of the packaging. There are no tangible losses - its just as if I never bought the product at all.
A welcome suprise is finding my cable internet service is back on. However I find myself dissapointed.
1.) Downstream speeds are limited to 1.5mbit. This was the main reason I switched from DSL over to cable. Because I have no choice who to pick my cable modem service through, I will find myself using DSL again because at least I can a) pick my provider and b) pick my speeds.
2.) Semi-Static IPs are KAPUT. You used to be able to specify an IP and keep it for months on the Excite network. Now the leases are up after 5 days it appears.
What is f**king amazing (and it figures Ma Bell would do something like this) is that AT&T paid Excite@Home $20 a customer to connect to their network. NOW AT&T has a much fatter profit margin BUT lowers the grade of service considerably. Absolutely horrible, horrible customer service.
I'm going back to DSL - the whole Cable internet industry is starting to feel very "Microsoft-ish"
I'm in Monterey, CA - which is considered in the Bay Area customer base. As of 6am this morning service was not working. At about noon, the cable modem lost sync.
I saw this coming when @Homo first announced bankruptcy. Why didn't AT&T see it? Out of ALL the cable companies out there AT&T is the only one that has had an network infastructure already in place.
AT&T is resting on the laurels that their customers will stay with them.. I sure hope people dont.
Also, maybe this situation will realize that CABLE INTERNET NEEDS TO BE OPEN - NOT A CLOSED INFASTRUCTRE - If i dont want to use ATT/@Home - let me use who I want!!
People are complaining about the loss of civil liberties and privacy in the US with the wake of the 9-11 attacks. But be thankful that we still have freedom of speech and press and that we aren't getting government filtered content stuck down our throats. I am suprised that though a lot of china is so technologically advanced, their society is not...
The whole freakin point of this is that it operates in the 2.4ghz range. What WILL happen is that the frequencies will fill up very fast if there are tons of little networks in each neighborhood
I find that I can make decent copies of CD's if they can't be read in my CDROM by just taking the OPTICAL out on my stereo, and plugging it into the OPTICAL in on the front of my box (SB Live! breakout box). Its not pristine but good enough for playback on mp3 player or a record for the CD in the car.
I am currently working for a ISP and colocation facility in California. Now, we do have people at our colocation facility 24/7 to take care of immediate situations, we have found it very easy for some of us to telecommute and make it so that to anyone not in our organization would have no idea we were sitting in our house rather than in the office.
1.) Broadband, this is a necessity when you are working away from the office. Being able to have fast access to our files and our exchange server is a necessity.
2.) I'm sure there are other solutions out there like this, but we use GoBeam for Voice over IP. Using a broadband connection you can setup a 'soft' PBX and have remote locations wherever you want them. For instance, if someone dials our main number, and punches in my extension, it will ring at home if im there, or ring at my office if im at my desk (or ring on my home phone and cell if I want). This makes the move home virtually seamless and its pretty simple.
3.) You need self motivation, its way to easy to get into telecommuting only to find it makes you a complete lazy bastard and you just sit around eating goldfish and drinking coke. If you are the kind of person that only works well in an office, telecommuting is not for you. It can be really easy to get distracted and loose track of time. No company wants to pay an employee who is playing instead of working.
Reverse Engineer Exchange? Do you want an Exchange Server that runs on *n*x? Or do you want clients that run on *n*x? If it is the latter you currently have 2 options - a) use the Outlook Web Access (requires Exchange 2000 Server) or b) wait until MS Office for OSX comes out and play with that, a better chance of reverse engineering that than a windows port.
If you want an exchange server to run on *n*x then anyone can tell you - its not going to happen. Microsoft makes a ton of money off of selling Exchange running on WinNT/2K.
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Maybe it was because you are just a pussy and couldn't handle it?
If you read my above post you will see I am on the atkins diet. What I forgot to mention is after every 14 days I will have ONE day where I eat *all carbs* (but absolutely no meat). I will have ceral for breakfast, crap for lunch (including a few Coronas) and a crap for dinner (including yet more Coronas). This way it puts off that urge to eat the crap foods out there. However, I have *cheated* once in a while and had a Corona Light or something when Im out to eat and it hasn't affected the weight loss - however its not something I can make a habit out of.
I have been on the Atkins diet for about 2 months now and after losing over 40lbs (220 down to 180) I am an advocate for this diet - it really works. For any diet OR exercise regieme it takes WILLPOWER. Most people will try this diet and quit after a few days because they get tired of the food they are eating - or they go about it all wrong and eliminate all carbs from their systems entirely. You have to do it right, and want to do it right to make it work.
The Atkins diet to me is more of a lifestyle than a diet - its simply a better way to eat. If you haven't done this diet you're probably thinking that all you eat are steaks and cheeseburgers - while its true that you can freely eat these things (except for the BUN on the cheeseburger) thats not how it is at all. More or less my day consists of: Eggs and a meat for breakfast (I usually have smoked salmon, canadian bacon or sausagues) - something for lunch (anything meat will do - less red meat, go for chicken & fish..etc) and for dinner I have a salad and some more meat - once in a while red meat but mostly other meats that aren't so unhealthy. You can't really have fruit when your sticking to the diet but you can have some vegetables (mushrooms, bell peppers and others - vegetables that are low in carbs, higher in protein). Its really not that hard to do. My suggestion to people interested in starting the diet is not to stick to it for the rest of their life, but REALLY stick to it until they get to their 'ideal' weight - and then get a good exercise regime going to get themselves healthy. However, I feel that you should always continue to eat fewer carbs per day and more protein - its just a healthier way to eat. Unless you are a hardcore athlete, ingesting tons of carbs a day will only get you fatter and fatter. Also - make sure you keep yourself hydrated, drink all the time and don't allow yourself to get thirsty. THis diet done IMPROPERLY *can* wreak havoc on your body. The key is to actually doing it CORRECTLY.
No matter what there are people who are going to tell you that this diet is wrong and that its unhealthy - I strongly disagree. I feel better now than I ever have before and can strongly say that this lifestyle does work. Regardless of if you want to go on the diet - try and cut more 'white' foods out of your diet (white foods = high carb, low protien, starchy foods). Regardless of what kind of activities you do its a step in the right direction.
Also - the people that talked about Atkins having a heart attack, if you do your research you will find it had nothing to do with his choice of diet/food. There was no blockage..etc.
The other thing that helped me out in this? Eliminating the stress from my life. I left my crappy job and town I was living in and moved to a much nicer place. Stress wreaks havoc on your body and eating habits.
Just my $0.02 - the atkins diet doesn't work for everyone - but it worked for me and I love it.
1.) It is illegal to advertise brothels or prostitution in Nevada other than a sign outside the facility
:P
2.) Prostitution is only legal in a couple counties in Nevada - even then those counties COMBINED all have a population LESS than 250 people
Even if enough people got together to make a Prostitution plate it would be illegal because it would be 'advertising'. Not to mention - who would the proceeds go to? Health Clinics for hookers?
Nevada has at least 5 or 6 different license plate styles - just like California and various other states. Basically you pay more for one of these "themed" plates and part of the proceeds get donated to the cause. People like the idea bucause your talking about $50-$100 *extra* for a set of these themed plates. If you don't like the idea of the 'Nuclear' plates then get standard plates, or the Tahoe plates, or the Art for Kids plates, or the Firefighter plates or......
Its just another revenue stream for this historical society - if enough geeks in Nevada banded together you could get some moronic "Slashdot.org Society" plates if you wanted. These plates neither support or oppose Nevadas desire to have Nuclear waste in the state. Its JUST a license plate!
Ok - So M$ will release a stripped down version of Windows. Most people are so used to what comes with it they will either a) go out and get the appropriate MICROSOFT addons (browser, etc) or b) Just buy the FULL version.
I'm sure the average consumer would love having Windows with the 'bannerized' version of Opera, the Nag screens from their unregistered Winzip. Banner ads in their email software, the fact that RealPlayer takes over all your media preferences and so on.
Microsoft didn't slip - they realized that people would realize that a stripped down Windows wouldn't be an attractive product to the *AVERAGE* Windows user.
1.) The idea that the Microsft would turn the Xbox into a PC? Do you know how hard they have worked to make sure people _DONT_ perceive the Xbox as a PC? Not only would this piss off hardware vendors but it would land them in legal trouble instantly. I don't care what arguement you may have - you will _never_ see the XBox performing as a PC.
2.) XBox as a DVR (or TiVo type device). Well, considering there currently isn't a TV input for the XBox I dont think this will happen. I suppose they could feed video via ethernet over broadband but this would be insane. Again, the changes of MS doing something like this is next to nothing.
3.) Chances are if the XBox does fail - its dead. Yes Microsoft has put tons of money behind the Xbox but that doesn't mean they have to keep supporting it if its a loser. Look at UltimateTV - Microsoft put a lot behind that and while they are still providing support for their existing customer base they certainly aren't pushing the product anymore.
I own an XBox, a PS2 and a Dreamcast. In every market some products win, some fail - not everyone can win. The Xbox hasn't even been out a year yet and everyone is expecting its demise - I would have to give the product at least a year from now to more properly speculate what its life will be like. Only time will tell. The best we can hope for if the Xbox fails is that by some grace of god M$ gives regular users what they need to 'hack' the box. Fat chance.
As for the MS Hate talk:
While Slashdot is website built for a community -the boring, redundant "M$ Sucks, M$ is Evil" rhetoric gets really boring, redundant and repetitive. Yes everyone has an opinon but the "Me too!" posts suck - Everyone knows you hate them so shut up already.
View the viewsonic product Here (Which I like better IMHO)
Microsofts video of a family happily using their portable monitor: Here
I the title of the article is a little off. These products are more like simple portable monitors more than anything else. If anything they are glorified WinCE machines.
Tablets are entire computers that are held and used like the product above, except your actually carrying around the entire device. Microsoft showed some manufacturers products @ Comdex and is even releasing a Tablet Edition of Windows XP
Jon,
.. on second thoughts, Don't.
This is a movie, not a prostate exam. You look WAY too deeply into a simple slapstick comedy. Take some valium and write an auto-biography
Jon Katz: Still on Slashdot because we love to hate him.
Funny - someone says Windows rocks and anything else sucks - and its considered flamebait.
Yet someone makes an ignorant comment about Windows invading gaming consoles (Xbox - which "OH MY GOD" is made by Microsoft so jeez - what OS SHOULD they have used? Or the Dreamcast which ran WinCE - but not for games). Its obvious troll/flamebait but hey - thats OK.
Cant we have -1 (Ignorant)?
Lets see - CD's are going for ~$18. The Artist sees like 1/100th of that - the retailer sees a buck or two and then the label gobbles up the rest. I love music but the RIAA is using file sharing as an excuse to gouge for more money, even when they know in the big picture file sharing programs haven't even scratched the revenues that come back from these CD's. Lets see more music released for $9.99. Then, they will sell MORE cds and people won't bother downloading them. I have approx. 600 full albums (192kbps) - some ripped - most downloaded. Had I bought all these CDs it would have been around $10,800 (at $18 a pop) thats insane. I can't believe that the RIAA is getting away with this excuse.
The world has changed in the last 5.. 10 years. We still have these 1000year old farts running our country that only know what the lobbyists tell them. This is fucking insane. Screw TERM LIMITS - I WANT AGE LIMITS IN GOVERNMENT! Most of these Senators dont know the difference between a CD and a piece of bacon.
My god, I just realized something:
I find myself ONLY reading Katz stuff for the comments. I don't read anything he writes but I love reading all the colorful commentary that is provided down here by fellow slashdot users.
What is this world coming to...
Actually, the iPod does -NOT- use a Laptop Hard drive. Laptop drives have a 9.5mm spec which corresponds to the 2.5inch profile. The iPod drive has a 5mm spec corresponding to a 1.8 inch profile. Toshiba is the only manufacturer making this drive and the biggest one they have right now is 5GB.
More info on the Toshiba drive here
I take it you are refering to the 3" Mini CD's?
If you are refering to the Sony Minidisc format, that will never work - not compatible at all with current CD/DVD standards.
American Warez Kiddies?
No, I think they fear the Asian Piracy Industry more than American 'w4r3z k1dd13z'. In the US there are simply groups of kids that rip and release games over the net, etc. In Asia, piracy is a HUGE industry with lots of money behind it. This is why the XBox will not be released in some areas, because microsoft is selling the XCrotch at a loss and making the money up on games. If everyone and their mother is pirating Xbox games then thats bad for MS.
I'm sure Nintendo of America has their reasons for not wanting the Q not released in the US (monetary probably) but 'American Warez Kiddies' probably aren't even on that list.
You consider yourself a genius because you can recall the names of directors?
There is a large difference between a GENIUS personality and a just plain BORING personality.
Although it may be a small difference.. These are NOT losses - but just profits never gained.
If I walk into a shop and shoplift something - yes that IS a tangible loss for the company.
What is the difference between pirating the software and not buying it at all? I can't use their tech support, I never used any of the packaging. There are no tangible losses - its just as if I never bought the product at all.
A welcome suprise is finding my cable internet service is back on. However I find myself dissapointed.
1.) Downstream speeds are limited to 1.5mbit. This was the main reason I switched from DSL over to cable. Because I have no choice who to pick my cable modem service through, I will find myself using DSL again because at least I can a) pick my provider and b) pick my speeds.
2.) Semi-Static IPs are KAPUT. You used to be able to specify an IP and keep it for months on the Excite network. Now the leases are up after 5 days it appears.
What is f**king amazing (and it figures Ma Bell would do something like this) is that AT&T paid Excite@Home $20 a customer to connect to their network. NOW AT&T has a much fatter profit margin BUT lowers the grade of service considerably. Absolutely horrible, horrible customer service.
I'm going back to DSL - the whole Cable internet industry is starting to feel very "Microsoft-ish"
In my area I was able to hit 600KB/sec and better speeds. I hate AT&T. Now their product offers ABSOLUTELY NO ADVANTAGE to DSL.
I'm in Monterey, CA - which is considered in the Bay Area customer base. As of 6am this morning service was not working. At about noon, the cable modem lost sync.
I saw this coming when @Homo first announced bankruptcy. Why didn't AT&T see it? Out of ALL the cable companies out there AT&T is the only one that has had an network infastructure already in place.
AT&T is resting on the laurels that their customers will stay with them.. I sure hope people dont.
Also, maybe this situation will realize that CABLE INTERNET NEEDS TO BE OPEN - NOT A CLOSED INFASTRUCTRE - If i dont want to use ATT/@Home - let me use who I want!!
Sadly, this will probably never happen...
People are complaining about the loss of civil liberties and privacy in the US with the wake of the 9-11 attacks. But be thankful that we still have freedom of speech and press and that we aren't getting government filtered content stuck down our throats. I am suprised that though a lot of china is so technologically advanced, their society is not...
The whole freakin point of this is that it operates in the 2.4ghz range. What WILL happen is that the frequencies will fill up very fast if there are tons of little networks in each neighborhood
I find that I can make decent copies of CD's if they can't be read in my CDROM by just taking the OPTICAL out on my stereo, and plugging it into the OPTICAL in on the front of my box (SB Live! breakout box). Its not pristine but good enough for playback on mp3 player or a record for the CD in the car.
I am currently working for a ISP and colocation facility in California. Now, we do have people at our colocation facility 24/7 to take care of immediate situations, we have found it very easy for some of us to telecommute and make it so that to anyone not in our organization would have no idea we were sitting in our house rather than in the office.
1.) Broadband, this is a necessity when you are working away from the office. Being able to have fast access to our files and our exchange server is a necessity.
2.) I'm sure there are other solutions out there like this, but we use GoBeam for Voice over IP. Using a broadband connection you can setup a 'soft' PBX and have remote locations wherever you want them. For instance, if someone dials our main number, and punches in my extension, it will ring at home if im there, or ring at my office if im at my desk (or ring on my home phone and cell if I want). This makes the move home virtually seamless and its pretty simple.
3.) You need self motivation, its way to easy to get into telecommuting only to find it makes you a complete lazy bastard and you just sit around eating goldfish and drinking coke. If you are the kind of person that only works well in an office, telecommuting is not for you. It can be really easy to get distracted and loose track of time. No company wants to pay an employee who is playing instead of working.
Just my $0.02
Reverse Engineer Exchange? Do you want an Exchange Server that runs on *n*x? Or do you want clients that run on *n*x? If it is the latter you currently have 2 options - a) use the Outlook Web Access (requires Exchange 2000 Server) or b) wait until MS Office for OSX comes out and play with that, a better chance of reverse engineering that than a windows port.
If you want an exchange server to run on *n*x then anyone can tell you - its not going to happen. Microsoft makes a ton of money off of selling Exchange running on WinNT/2K.