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  1. Re:Marketing at its best? on Verisign Develops Token for Age Verification · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the real purpose of receiving your token is to say "Thank you, your payment for the token has cleared. Sincerely, Verisign"?

  2. Re:For those of you under the age of 30... on Less Might Be More · · Score: 5, Funny
  3. Re:Screen shots? on Asterisk Open Source PBX 1.0 Release · · Score: 1

    So no control console for a operator? Am I missing something here then?

  4. Screen shots? on Asterisk Open Source PBX 1.0 Release · · Score: 1

    Now all we need is a new release of their Web site that has some screen shots for those taking a passing interest!

  5. Re:teletext on Ceefax Turns 30 · · Score: 1

    Don't you know that a 'factoid' is an INCORRECT fact?
    Darn CNN: Here comes the science.

  6. Re:XP SP2 can give you a serious headache on XP SP2 Can Slow Down Business Apps · · Score: 1

    Make that TreeSIZE professional

  7. XP SP2 can give you a serious headache on XP SP2 Can Slow Down Business Apps · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Since installing SP2 on a laptop, the printouts from Treeview Pro (a directory listing program) have had every printed character flipped on its vertical axis - all the letters are in the right place but the wrong way round so - for example, all 'b's look like 'd' - it's readable but makes your brain hurt!!

    Does anyone have a weirder SP2 effect?

  8. Re:"In other news on Wall Street... on 3D Chocolate Printer Made from Legos? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think you mean "Digital Millennium Candy Act"?

  9. Re:Wow. on German Teen Charged with Creating Sasser · · Score: 1

    ...YES YES, I know the first transistors were made from germanium - sue its ass off too then

  10. Re:Wow. on German Teen Charged with Creating Sasser · · Score: 1

    In the USA, the plaintiffs would have sued (in no particular order):

    The kid

    The kid's parents for creating the kid

    The hospital where the kid was born for successfully delivering the kid

    The periodic table for including silicon

    Bell Labs for inventing the transistor

    Fairchild and Texas Instruments for inventing the Integrated Circuit

    Intel for the X86range of processors (unless he developed on a Mac?)

    The PC manufacturer for creating the weapon

    The PC supplier for supplying the weapon

    The electricity utility co. for supplying power for the weapon

    Every ISP and network provider on the Internet for carrying the payload

    McDonalds because the coffee they spilt when they noticed they'd been infected was too hot

  11. What about the 5.25" on The Death of the Floppy Disk · · Score: 1

    One of the sites for which I am responsible has some medical diagnostic equipment that uses 5.25" HD disks for data logging.

    When I was asked to source a box of diskettes a while back the only place I could find them was eBay! I dread to think what will happen when they need a new box of diskettes next year!

  12. Prior Art on SETI Researcher Quashes Signal Rumors · · Score: 1

    I understand it translates into a portion of code that proves prior art and blows the SCO case clean out of the water.

  13. Ohhhmygod on Live Nightclub Hacking · · Score: 1

    That guy needs to get out more...er..stay in more...er never mind.

  14. Re:It's slightly lacking on The Swiss Army Knife of USB Drives · · Score: 1

    and then add...

    A mobile phone
    Digital Camera
    PDA functionality
    Antistatic wrist strap
    Keyring
    TV and radio tuner
    MP3 player
    Coin holder...

    ..then I'd really buy^h^h^hgive up!

  15. Re:Let me ask everyone here... on Jack Valenti: The Exit Interview · · Score: 1

    I do because I have a 4-year-old son. All his games and music CDs and DVDs are backed up and he gets to keep/use the copies.

  16. Re:Day of the Tentacle on Hamster-Powered Night Light · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tons, but remember to let them dry out before adding them to the furnace.

  17. Crystal Set Radio Powered Quartz Clock on Hamster-Powered Night Light · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I used to have a 1.5V analogue quartz wall clock that was powered by a Crystal Set. With a 10m antenna, I could pull in enough power to run the thing 24/7.

    Other things, such as LEDs and small motors, used to get hooked up to the set too.

    I also found a 1930s radio speaker in a junk shop - it was in a walnut case and included a multi-tapped transformer to give the speaker numerous effective impedances from 3.4 Ohms all the way up to 2K Ohms. Set on 2K Ohms, the crystal set was easily as loud as a small battery-powered AM radio.

  18. A better angle would have been... on Cray CTO Says Cray Computers Are Great · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...Your square boxes will never look as sexy as our 'Love Seat'

  19. Re:This is the way it should go on UK ISPs to Shut Down Spamvertised Websites · · Score: 2, Informative

    Before you make such incorrect statements about Pfizer's involvement with the V1agr@ ads you should do some basic research.

    According to recent news articles, Pfizer are playing an active role in trying to close down as many of these spammers as possible.

    I suppose you might be one of the "25% of men [who] believed that Pfizer was responsible for sending the Viagra-themed spam."

  20. Re:smells a little funny... on RGB to become RGBCMY · · Score: 1

    ...My consumer-grade printer has the traditional CMYK (cyan magenta yellow blacK)..."

    Erm, that's Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key.

    Your Key colour is black.

    Yours pedantically...etc.

  21. Re:UOS on XP Starter Edition Examined · · Score: 1

    Should've called it U-RUN-NIX (ie: 'nix' = nothing)

  22. 3 concurrent apps... on XP Starter Edition Examined · · Score: 1

    "...the Starter Edition allows only three applications to be run concurrently..."

    That'll be a couple of SSH terminal sessions and some FTPing then - enough to manage your Linux servers running some decent apps!

  23. Re:Applies to barrel-key type locks, not combinati on Kensington Laptop Locks Not So Secure · · Score: 1

    I just posted a reply further down the thread about this - I can do complete 4 digit laptop combination locks in about 15 seconds now, by feel.

  24. My laptop cable code can be cracked in 10 secs on Kensington Laptop Locks Not So Secure · · Score: 1

    I have a (non-Kensignton) laptop cable with a 4 digit combination lock. During one boring stay overnight in a hotel I discovered that if I pulled the removable locking mechanism (as if I was legitimately removing it) and twisted the number rings I could FEEL when the right numbers were in place. After about 15 minutes of practice I could remove the lock with my eyes shut in about 10 seconds. I verified this with my wife's lock - same type, bought at the same time. I use mine as a vidual deterrent only now!

  25. Re:Ugh. on Cornell Builds Autonomous UAV · · Score: 1

    How many is that - 1001 decimal or only 9!!?