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  1. Re:More DEATH on Order in the e-Court! · · Score: 1

    If you are too pussy for that, "Three Stikes" (where you just summarily lock up 3-time offenders no matter what the 3rd offense is) has demonstratively reduced crime in California.

    Isn't that because everyone is in Jail now?

  2. Re:And the point is? on Consumer Reports Discovers Tech Support Sucks · · Score: 1

    I like your points about reading the manual.
    Except that it Isn't the job of the simple (l)user to know computers. It's the job of technical support.

    The users job is to do their task, and do it well. Sure, computers have become an important part of nearly every job; that doesn't make computer support a necessary function of the job.

    If you are in a Technical Support role, you have been hired to do that -- support the users. You haven't been hired to tell those users "you need to read the manual". Yes, it would be nice. Yes, you want to stab them in the neck with your pen. But *you* were hired to support these folks.

    The users are often the people who bring the money into your company. By refusing to aid them, you are costing your company money. So dig down, swallow the anger and frustration of telling the nineteeth person today where the any key is, and do your job.

  3. Re:One small point on SCO Targets US Government, TiVo · · Score: 1

    > Microsoft? Faux pas I obviously meant SCO Well.. perhaps you are right anyway. Didn't MS pay SCO licencing fees? Amazing how well they folded, given their (MS) history.

  4. Recent Article on this topic on Open Source Microsoft Exchange Replacements? · · Score: 5, Informative
    There was a recent article in the April 2003 edition of Linux Magazine

    They discussed and tested the following

    1. SuSE OpenExchange Server 4
    2. Samsung Connect
    3. Stalker CommuniGate
    4. Easygate Workgroup
    5. Bynari Insight Server

    Only Easygate and Samsung had full Outlook MAPI support, whilst Communigate and Bynari Insight Groupware had partial support.


    The April archive is online and link is here. There are a number of PDF files with the article details in them.

  5. Re:Will it be cold tomorrow? on Still More on Global Warming · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Refering to a site that shows scientific sources to debunk incorrect alleged science as a "Republican Propaganda Outfit" displays YOUR bias.

  6. Re:umm... check the clock, folks on Community Networking Made Easy · · Score: 1

    Yeah.. well think how much fun(!) I've had with mod points on April Fools Day...

    Sigh!

  7. Re:war on Strike on Iraq · · Score: 1

    It seems to be good for the price of oil, media companies and looks great on the Presidents resume.

  8. Re:Problem and solution on Peer Pressure Porn Filter · · Score: 1

    Poorly drawn naughty pictures on the wall in the boys bathroom! You had it easy! In my day, we had to paint our porn on the walls of our caves using crushed rocks and chewed leaves for pigment. That Wooly Mammoth Porn was some good stuff!!!

  9. Re:Microsoft's fault? on New Windows Worm Inching Around Internet · · Score: 1

    Thanks for pointing out why I couldn't get rid of that damned space :)

  10. Re:Microsoft's fault? on New Windows Worm Inching Around Internet · · Score: 5, Informative

    From Technet article 318751 (HOWTO: Remove Administrative Shares in Windows 2000):

    To remove automatic creation of the administrative shares by using Registry Editor:

    • Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
    • Locate and then click the following key in the registry:
      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\LanmanServer\Parameters\AutoShareServer

    • Change the value of the AutoShareServer key to zero (0).
      NOTE: A setting of zero (0) prevents the administrative shares, such as C$, D$, and Admin$ from being created automatically.
    • Quit Registry Editor.

    NOTE: If the AutoShareServer key does not exist, create the AutoShareServer key by using the following steps:

    • Locate and then click the following key in the registry:
      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\LanmanServer\Parameters
    • On the Edit menu, click Add Value.
    • Type AutoShareServer, click REG_DWORD, and then click OK.
    • Type 0, and then click OK.
    • Quit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.

    And... From 314984 (HOWTO: Create and Delete Hidden or Administrative Shares on Client Computers) (This is for Windows XP, W2K Pro, WinNT4 Workstation)

    To delete the hidden administrative shares for all root partitions and volumes (such as C$) and the system root folder (ADMIN$) and prevent Windows from re-creating them, add an AutoShareWks DWORD value to the following registry key and set its value data to 0:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\LanmanServer\Parameters

    These get rid of those pesky administrative shares.

  11. Re:i'd much rather on China Wants To Establish Moon Mining · · Score: 1
    But the mining the moon might have direct effect on the population of the Earth. Negative effect in that the moon acts as a shield for the earth as well as has some influence on our environment, ala tides and weather. As more and more of the mass of the moon is exhausted there's a higher likely hood of it shifting, breaking apart, falling into our atmosphere or drifting away.
    What the? This is about as sensible as the teacher who told me that nuclear waste couldn't be shot into space "Because space would fill up".

    What is the mass of the moon? Hmm.. 0.07349 x 10^24 kg. To cause the moon to break apart would take, what, 10% of this to be mined and removed from the Moon? 20%? In addition, that would have to be mined from the core, which is unlikely given the resources just on and under the surface.

    The majority of resources mined on the moon will stay there -- in slag heaps. After the resources are changed (into ores, metals, water) then they MIGHT leave the moon. More likely the vast percentage of resources will go into developing the moon itself for human inhabitation.

    But to get back to the parents concern, the Earth has been mined for thousands of years and as yet hasn't fallen apart.

  12. Re:Stop Complaining about Jar Jar on George Lucas Consolidates his Empire · · Score: 1

    Luke.. Lluke... Mee-sah ista you faffer. Dat Queen Amidala, she-sah wassa hot babe, you know! She really like it bamb bamb bamb allsa la tima She yousa go "Jar Jar! Jar Jar! Oh, Jar Jar, its true what they say 'bout big ears!!"

  13. Re:Don't delete, disable... on When Sysadmins Go Bad · · Score: 1

    No, or at least, "No, on Windows NT/2K". Userid's are only aliases for unique IDs. Deleting jsmith deletes say "510-29399339-3939393-40323-2002" so making a new jsmith makes account "510-29399339-3939393-40323-2322" (not accurate structure for ID, just for example). Access permissions set for jsmith that are still around would read "Unknown User" as the permission.

  14. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA on Building Consoles For Fun · · Score: 1

    All your Soviet Russias belong to us

  15. Re:Frank Herbert's Dune on What Makes Great Science Fiction? · · Score: 1

    Whipping Star, Dosadi Experiment and a short story called (from memory) "Saboteur" are great. The Bureau of Sabotage is around for the express purpose of making it HARDER to do things. Great background and aliens. Chairdogs appear in these stories, and chairdogs appear in the later (last) Dune books... perhaps a link somewhere?

  16. Will... on Molecular Photography · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ... that be one lump or two?