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  1. Re:So what happens now on Cisco to Kill Linksys Brand Name · · Score: 1

    The Asus WL-500G Premium packs quite a punch and has a good spec, but I agree the Buffalo stuff is good too.

  2. Re:So what happens now on Cisco to Kill Linksys Brand Name · · Score: 1

    There were so many versions of the kit that got progressively worse to flash that I gave up and moved to the Asus WL-500G Premium for my dd-wrt/Openwrt needs.

  3. Re:Correct terminology on German Court Convicts Skype For Breaching GPL · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, if you are having a legal discussion, stupidly large fees are usually necessary.

  4. Re:Windows Vienna/7 on Next Version of Windows? Call it '7' · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm looking forward to Microsoft ClownPenisFartOS then.

  5. Re:Hrm... on Too Many Linux Distros Make For Open Source Mess · · Score: 2, Funny

    Too many repeats of this argument make for mess about discussion on Open Source mess

  6. Re:Try this on Linux HR Management Systems? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    We've looked at OrangeHRM and may start a pilot in house shortly (approx 250 employees). It has promise but it's not there yet - good basic functionality, a slightly quirky interface but not a lot of internationalistion yet.

    Sure worth a peek and keeping an eye on.

  7. Re:Not worth reading this crap on PC Power Management, ACPI Explained In Detail · · Score: 1

    Ah - with you now.

  8. Re:Not worth reading this crap on PC Power Management, ACPI Explained In Detail · · Score: 1

    Oh the irony of wanting to print out an article that relates to power and energy saving just so you can read it!

  9. Re:Let's take a microsecondext on Tim Berners-Lee Discusses the Future of the Web · · Score: 1

    Sigh

  10. Let's take a microsecondext on Tim Berners-Lee Discusses the Future of the Web · · Score: 1

    The future of the Web...hmmm.. that's a toughie...

    1) Porn - check
    2) Email - check
    3) Spam - check
    4) Viruses and Trojans - check
    5) 99.8% of all blogs being dull, pointless and full of misplaced ego - check

    Semantics - nope: people will still mix up 'effect' and 'affect', and use 'loose' when they mean 'lose'

    Next!

  11. If I live to see... on Did We Really Need Seven New Wonders? · · Score: 1

    At least Stevie Nicks might live to see these ones.

  12. Let's help the subbys and editors with this chore. on Microsoft to Release 6 Security Updates Next Week · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft Patch Release Announcement
    (Slashdot Standard Form #97)

    Microsoft will release [$COUNT] security patches

    [ ] Today
    [ ] Tomorrow
    [ ] Next Week
    [ ] When they goddam say so

    Including [$NUMCRITICAL] critical updates for

    [ ] Windows
        [ ] XP
        [ ] 2000
        [ ] Server 2000
        [ ] Server 2003
        [ ] Vista
    [ ] Linux (..sorry, just kidding!)
    [ ] Word
    [ ] Excel
    [ ] Access
    [ ] PowerPoint
    [ ] Bob
    [ ] Internet Explorer
    [ ] Outlook
    [ ] Outlook Express
    [ ] Exchange
    [ ] DOS 6.22
    [ ] All of the above

    A spokesperson said "We take a very serious view of or responsibilities to ensure that the Microsoft computing experience is safe and secure for all our valued customers - and these updates show our commitment to that goal"

    When what they really meant to say was...

    [ ] Fsck, we just found some more stuff we missed during beta testing.
    [ ] We never thought someone would try THAT
    [ ] Yeah, we were kinda hoping we could keep that one quiet but then some geeky, long-haired nerd had to go and post about it on teh Internets.

  13. Re:Job requirements... on A Look Inside the NCSA · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...so CompTIA's Network+ and a bit of bench experience should do the trick eh?

  14. Re:Duff Beer on Thousands of Rubber Ducks to Finally End Journey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wrong thread?

    We're in duck mode here.

  15. Re:Cunning plan on Thousands of Rubber Ducks to Finally End Journey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looking forward to the iDuck combined mobile phone and ducky on eBay - no-doubt someone would buy it.

  16. Re:But even worse on Far Future Will See No Evidence of Universe's Origin · · Score: 1

    ...or the Death By Chocolate if you had a large starter and main course.

  17. Re:Soon enough on Quantum Dots Might Be Key For Teleportation · · Score: 1

    What 'special line'? No physical media will be needed.

    Probably more likely that data will just turn up without asking, closely followed by a bill from some company you have never heard of demanding a fee for the 'subscription' to a quantum directory they claim will appear in over 250,000 businesses in your area.

  18. One recommendation on FAA Plans to Clean Up the Skies · · Score: 1

    I recommend that no short or medium term plans to switch long-haul flights to battery-powered engines.

    Now, where do I send my consultancy bill?

  19. Re:Yeah... Are they going to indemnify us? on Microsoft Pleads With Consumers to Adopt Vista Now · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did you ever come across a free prog called icopy? Much better and much friendlier options like incremental copies, skipping of open files.

    I'd put it right up there with thedraw and pc-file III

  20. it's a bit of a mess really on T-Mobile UK Blocking Mobile VoIP Start-Up · · Score: 2, Informative

    The UK mobile phone companies (like many around the world, no doubt) face a dilemma - they offer phone technology that supports VoIP services but some (Vodafone with the Nokia N95) disable to VoIP bits, yet some (BT) offer their own combined 3G/GSM/VoIP services (BT Fusion).

    My company has 14 phones on contract with Vodafone and the phones run Windows Mobile 5, so support a VoIP application - I have tried this and it works fine, but the data charging structure makes its use expensive. Vodafone offer us free 3G/GSM calls between our mobile phones and also to 10 designated landline numbers - two of which connect to our Asterisk server so we can dial in free and then use DISA to get a dial tone and dial any landline number we want - in effect giving us national and international calls at the rates charged by our VoIP service provider. Vodafone know we have connected to an Asterisk server and have not passed any comments about it, but being the cynic I could imagine that sometime the terms for their '10 free numbers' could easily be adjusted to exclude numbers that terminate at VoIP service providers.

    From my perspective, the much-maligned BT have understood that they are a carrier for comms and no longer a 'telephone service provider' so they have made it possible to support (and charge for) any comms done by their customers, rgardless of protocol and type (voice and data).

    Banning the use of SIP/VoIP from mobiles will hopefully fizzle out as customers realise that they can port to 'another provider' who has taken the bold step of offering a contract that keeps the customer happy and makes the company money regardless of what their phones are used for.

  21. Re:alternate theories on Perfect Silicon Sphere to Redefine the Kilogram · · Score: 3, Funny

    In order to comply with National Legislation, witch burning must be made carbon neutral by the planting of an equivalent number of new trees in the enchanted forest.

  22. UK promo was good on eBay Pulls Google Ads Over Marketing Stunt · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In the UK, Google checkout was offering £10 off any order over £30 with a major online IT supplier I use. The number of small orders I placed last month for toners and other parts was quite exceptional!

  23. Re:Wrong power output on ISS Computer Failure · · Score: 1

    Doncha know that US solar panels provide 60Hz DC and the Russians take 50Hz DC..or is it 440Hz.

    I blame Radio Shack.

  24. Re:System Wide Reboot? on ISS Computer Failure · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you are either in the Southern area or have similar trains to us - the trains where the GPS systems refused to let the doors open if they considered that the train wasn't actually at a station, even though the 'mere human' driving it had lined us up neatly at the platform edge and come to a perfect halt.

  25. Start with the right platform on Is Parallel Programming Just Too Hard? · · Score: 1

    Many of the major issues concerning parallel programming can be reduced in complexity and impact by using the correct programming methodologies to map out which tasks can be 'parallelized' (hate that word!) and what dependencies they do or do not reply upon, but the best way forward is to encourage a mind-set change in programming by leaving behind the rigid adherence to a synchronous processing platform that derives all timing from a single clocking source and to embrace an asychronous working environment. Only then can the constraints that come with thinking about linear time dependencies be elminated. Asynchronous biological/optical processors, anyone!