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  1. Do not want on Fan-created Star Wars Spinoff in The Works · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do not want.

  2. Re:Hmm on In-Game Advertising Comes to Board Games · · Score: 1

    Most computer stores around here post their prices without the credit card "tax" to get the lowest advertised price. If you pay with CC, it's an extra 4%. Debit cards don't cost extra.

  3. Re:Forget Conan! I want... on Eidos Picks Up Conan MMOG · · Score: 1

    It would impossible to level up in that game because your sword swings always miss.

  4. Re:There are 8 bits in a byte. on HP Announces Tiny Wireless Memory Chip · · Score: 1

    I'll accept the Troll score but Jesus Christ some people just can't get a joke.

  5. Re:Amen on Microsoft Acquires Winternals and Sysinternals · · Score: 1

    No, I cry myself to sleep everynight wishing I had wrote it.

  6. Re:Amen on Microsoft Acquires Winternals and Sysinternals · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I hope he got more money than that kid that sold WinAMP to AOL for $100 million.

  7. Re:There are 8 bits in a byte. on HP Announces Tiny Wireless Memory Chip · · Score: 0, Troll

    They need to remind everyone because people will think there are 10 (thank you hard drive manufacturers).

  8. Re:Time on VMWare Rolls Out Their Largest Product Release · · Score: 1

    Have you tried putting: tools.syncTime = "TRUE" in your .vmx file? I found that fixed our time problems in some Linux distros including a 2.6 kernel one.

    ESX 2.5 has some problems with 2.6 kernels. The latest patch release fixes some but I've downgraded all my Linux to 2.4 since I don't need to 2.6 really. One particularly nasty problem I had was high network i/o would cause the physical NIC in ESX to shutdown, effectively killing all vm's that used it. One vm could cause all your machines that used that network to lose connectivity. The solution was to log in the mui and toggle the nic from 1000 auto to 1000 full and then back. Of course the real solution was get rid of the 2.6 vm.

  9. Re:User Security Gives MS A Run For Its Money on A Look at FreeNAS Server · · Score: 1

    For a moment it looked like a nice SnapServer clone but the lack of user security is disappointing and sort of boggling this late in its development. AD/LDAP integration is pretty straightfoward these days

  10. Re:One word - HDTV (was:Bah, screw Tivo) on TiVo from AdZapper to Advertiser's New Best Friend · · Score: 1

    Canada is doing their part with digital cable penetration. If you want a cable co's dvr, you'll need digital cable which is locked down. Otherwise you can mess around with a Tivo/Myth/whaterver on the analog stations.

  11. Re:Heres a reason on Critical Flaw Found in VNC 4.1 · · Score: 1

    Fair enough. My experience is in server farms consisting of Win 2k/2k3 machines and my own XP pro box at home. I really don't like the idea of 1) having a 3rd party app running (which is shown to be insecure) and 2) leaving machines logged in for VNC access - at least that's how people use it here until I catch them and logged them off/remove vnc.

    If you're on a non-Windows machine, I find rdesktop incredibly fast to connect to a Windows machine. Far better than vnc or even remote desktop from windows->windows.

  12. Re:VNC is an important tool on Critical Flaw Found in VNC 4.1 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I've never seen the need for VNC. If you're connecting to a Windows box, use rdesktop/remote desktop. If you're connecting to a Linux/Unix machine, use ssh and tunnel X over it if you need pictures (Install Cygwin on Windows machines for X - a much better tool to install than vnc). In fact tunnel 3389 over ssh as well so as to not expose the machine outside the private network.

  13. Re:Comparing apples and oranges on Core 2 Extreme 40% faster than Pentium EE 965? · · Score: 1

    90% of programs that start on boot/login don't have icons in the "start up" program group. It's too bad that isn't the only way to do this because it would make knowing what is loaded on your machine easier.

  14. Re:Suggested name for the next line of processors: on Intel Names Upcoming Chips · · Score: 1

    I was expecting DX2-66

  15. Re:Wow, these are still around? on Self-Heating Coffee Cans Recalled · · Score: 1

    That mercola site looks lie a buch of wackos. You'll forgive my skepticism I hope. Not to say that some small percentage of people in this world might have allergic reactions to something but some of those complaints are specious. There are millions more people deathly allergic to peanuts these days and it's not because peanuts are poison.

  16. Re:Wow, these are still around? on Self-Heating Coffee Cans Recalled · · Score: 1

    It's probably cheaper. Sucralose (Splenda) seems to be a better choice for a sweetener and some drinks do use it. As you've said, I've never heard anyone say they like the taste of aspartame or saccharin for that matter. Plenty of people I know have switched to Splenda for their coffess.

  17. Re:Does anybody here remember AllAdvantage? on Dot-com Boom's Biggest Duds, From Flooz to iSmell · · Score: 1

    I never took full advantage of AllAdvantage but myself and a few friends did get a few checks from them. Thanks AA!

  18. or CentOS on The FAA Saves $15 Million by Migrating to Linux · · Score: 1

    Or keeping with "redhat compatibility" so people don't freak out, CentOS.

  19. Re:Why no Tivo in Canada? on TiVo May Be a Buyout Target · · Score: 1

    In Canada, the cable companies have a very closed system. Except for the analog channels, you can not use any recording device except an authorized/enabled unit from them. So no digital channels, premium, or ppv from a Tivo, Myth box, etc.

    I have a Rogers digital cable and their pvr (8300HD). Actually got it free for 2 years, which is a nice price. Except for it missing some programs due to time zone changes or what not, I really can't see why I would want a Tivo and pay extra. This unit has a dual tunner, HD capable and if I wanted to, can add an external SATA drive for more storage.

  20. Re:My extensions on Firefox Extension Guide and More · · Score: 2, Informative

    I use the DownThemAll extension for file grabbing. It has regex built in.

      http://downthemall.mozdev.org/

  21. Re:Fedora - new improved curry flavor! on Red Hat Gives up on Fedora Foundation · · Score: 1

    Not going to bash you because frankly, Redhat support sucks. Badly. I'm even surprised someone opened the parents ticket because I can't even seem to get that privledge. A one time fee is one thing but $500+ a year per server is just a cash grab I am no longer being a part of. Thinking you are getting "support" or a company to fall back on (ie blame) when you buy Redhat is bull.

    Look into using CentOS, that's what I've been moving our servers to. We are down to 8 that use RHEL only because the sub is still active.

  22. Re:Thank you Jesus on Self-Parking Cars Coming To U.S. · · Score: 1

    I did my driving test and parallel parking with a 1977 Grand Marquis. You could park that Accord on its hood. Once you master that, any is trivial.

  23. Re:Freedom to name.... on RMS Views on Linux, Java, DRM and Opensource · · Score: 1

    If patent lawsuits have taught me anything, it's that you fight one battle at a time and build precedence. GNU/Linux first, then owards to GNU/Mac OS.

    But seriously, there are a lot of GNU/Mac believing people out there.

  24. Re:You have to feel for the guy on RMS Views on Linux, Java, DRM and Opensource · · Score: 1

    I took a webinar on programming in MS Access. I think I know what I'm, thank you very much.

  25. Re:Freedom to name.... on RMS Views on Linux, Java, DRM and Opensource · · Score: 1

    If KDE, X, etc were created using GNU tools (not really sure, just an example), I'd say GNU would have more of leg to claim GNU in the title. Without the GNU foundations, nothing could be built.

    One solution to all this is get rid of the GNU tools from Linux and port over from BSD or others.