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  1. Re:Any real information? on Afghans Build Open Source Internet From Trash · · Score: 1

    Seconded on the UBNT gear. I've used PowerStation integrated antennas at 5.5km, and PowerBridges at 6km. The 5.5km link is even partially occluded by trees and still gave me good throughput. I've used the nanobrides in shorter links with good success as well. All this gear is very cheap and reliable.

  2. Re:Flamebait on Google Reportedly Ditching Windows · · Score: 1

    Terribly sorry, I wrote BDC by reflex. You are of course correct: I am using the Samba3 server for serving files only.

  3. Re:Flamebait on Google Reportedly Ditching Windows · · Score: 1

    Samba4 is quick becoming a drop-in replacement for AD, complete with vampire scripts to mimic your existing servers. It may be alpha, but it's so good that there are reports of people using it in full production. Combined with a Samba3 BDC for file serving, it's been running my (admittedly small) domain for more than 2 years.

  4. Re:No, that's not atheism at all. on Colliding Auroras Produce Explosions of Light · · Score: 1

    Thanks for nitpicking my nitpick. Your definition of terms is more highly evolved than my own, and I'm glad you took the time to try and increase the calibre of discussion here.

  5. Re:Science is cool on Colliding Auroras Produce Explosions of Light · · Score: 1

    Small nitpick: Atheists aren't those who are looking for an abolition of religion (they couldn't care less, provided it doesn't interfere with them). Anti-theists on the other hand, are.

  6. Re:Put me down for 2 netbooks upgraded to linux. on Linux Reaches 32% Netbook Market Share · · Score: 1

    I also got a better deal ($179 CDN brand new!) on a eee 701 with windows preinstalled. Cheaper than with linux for whatever reason. Wiped and reinstalled with eeebuntu on first boot.

  7. Re:Now maybe a cure can be found for on MIT Finds Cure For Fear · · Score: 1

    Old Japanese proverb: "The only cure for stupidity is death"

  8. I have a simple problem on Solutions for Small Business VoIP? · · Score: 1

    I am in the strange position of having cable broadband, but no landline for the next couple of months, and was wondering if anyone had a cheap solution for me given the hardware I have available.
    My father's house has both cable broadband, and a spare landline, which gave me the idea of trying hack together a setup which would let me make use of his landline remotely over the net, using VoIP assumedly. ie. I can place calls remotely from my computer (preferably using a real handset), and any time the remote line rang, it would ring at my computer (or, the above mentioned handset).
    I have countless voice modems available to me, but I haven't heard of anyone getting the models that I have to work (supposedly most voice modems are half-duplex, and would only work like a walkie-talkie at best). However, I also have have access to some ISDN equipment, which seems like it would be ideal. I have a 3com TA, and a 3com ISDN LAN "Modem".
    Anyone out there with an idea? I've always wanted to hack together a simple pbx, but haven't had much luck in finding leads on google. I'd like to do this on the cheap (ie. not having to buy a proper ATA or FXO) since I have a phone at work and can live without one at home for a few months.

  9. The real question is on 2005 Will Probably be Warmest on Record · · Score: 4, Funny

    How long until my House in the Canadian Rockies becomes tropical beachfront?

  10. Obligatory on Tapwave Closes its Doors · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "You can always spot the pioneers by the arrows in their backs."

    --William Calvin

  11. Re:No wonder its eerie... on Eerie Sounds from Saturn · · Score: 1

    Pretty much the same conversation here, except in Japanese (and I opted for the lying route). Sounds so much more interesting without full disclosure

  12. Says Government to The People on U.S. House Votes to Extend Patriot Act · · Score: 3, Funny

    pWned!

  13. Re:Is IBM is stupid? on User Group Urges IBM To Open OS/2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, next thing you know someone will start a petition to open source Solaris!

  14. Re:What about anime done American? on The Business of Anime · · Score: 1

    Watch Monster

    It's like "The Fugitive" redone for a Japanese audience (although the comparison does a disservice to the depth of the show. It's hardly a formulaic serial)
    Hard to believe it was done by the same guy who did "Yawara!".
  15. One word... on Microsoft Wants P2P Avalanche to Crush BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Harbinger

  16. Re:Try the Torrent! on OpenBSD 3.7 Released · · Score: 1

    Just to point out the not-obvious-unless-you-know-already situation regarding the official OpenBSD ISO images, it's not the same as it is for most freely available Linux distro ISOs. Theo reserves the copyright on the official ISO to provide a small revenue stream for the project. Anyone is free to FTP, CVS, or bittorrent the entire thing, but they ask you to pay a fee for the convenience of the official CD set.

    For more info
    http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq3.html#ISO

  17. Re:Japanese Video Games w/o Speaking Japanese on Gaming Hacks · · Score: 2, Informative

    shokushu goukan would be a very literal translation.
    Even though I real alot of manga in Japanese, I'm not into that sort of thing, so I have no idea if there is any kind of standard name for it.

  18. Re:Microsoft's knee-jerk response. on Microsoft Wants Sit-Down With OSS Advocates · · Score: 1

    Which hemisphere did you say you were in again?

  19. Gave up because the installer wouldn't let them? on iPod Shuffle RAID · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's hardly the right attitude from a supposed hacker.
    When Solaris 10 wouldn't allow installation on my Ultra1, I hex-edited the ISO, reburned, and installed anyways (and that only took me one evening).
    It's SOFTware for crying out loud! Show some initiative!

  20. Re:Firefox + putty + dynamic port fowarding on FireFox Sets the World Ablaze · · Score: 1

    You are correct, and any competent sysadmin would notice the increase in encrypted traffic from your IP and call you on it in short order. So it's a good thing I have IT's blessing ;)
    So, be careful using this if you're just trying to be sneaky!

  21. Re:Firefox + putty + dynamic port fowarding on FireFox Sets the World Ablaze · · Score: 4, Informative

    This was the first thing I set up on my machine at the new company I started working at 3 months ago. They had a single web proxy as the only route out of the intranet. This is how I did it.

    First the client:
    I installed putty, and under tunnels, set it to do port forwarding from my local http and vnc (5900?) ports to my remote firewall as if they were local to the firewall (eg. 10.0.0.3:5900).
    Then I set firefox and VNC to look at localhost as the proxy or address to connect to.

    Then, the server:
    I have an ssh server running on my openbsd firewall at home, locked down to only allow connections to a few IP addresses. I added the company's outside IP address.
    I installed TinyProxy as a web proxy (that was all the configuration I needed on the server side)

    Then, since the proxy only allows web traffic through standard ports, I had my putty traffic go through the company's https port.
    Finally, I had to redirect traffic from the company IP address on the https port to port 22 (ssh).

    Works like a hot damn!

    As an aside, my wife is currently in Japan, and I talked her through (over the phone) how to set up the same thing to connect up to her computer here through VNC (when she was having trouble setting up her mail on her mom's computer in Japan).
    It's that easy (once the server is set up)

  22. Re:Baiting? on Confession For Two: A Spammer Spills it All · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why pay money? Set up the target addresses on a domain with no real mail users, have all the messages rejected, and record the ip addresses of all connecting smpt servers. They don't charge you for undelivered mail, after all ^_^

  23. Re:Call a lawyer.... on Justice Department Censors ACLU Web Site · · Score: 1

    You misspelled circus

  24. Re:Content on Amazon's Book Search Hits a Snag · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They show the page the hit was on, and 2 pages on either side of it. No more than 20% of a book can be viewed in a month. The Guild is arguing that for cookbooks and travel books, the information you are searching for is concentrated enough that no one would ever have to purchase those books. Their other example is college students banding together to print out entire volumes. Valid concerns, I'd say.

  25. To celebrate... on NetBSD Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...Everybody port it to a new platform!

    I think I'll port it to my turntable.