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  1. Re:Mozilla Firefox - it solves most problems.... on Analysis of Spyware · · Score: 1, Interesting
    Nooooooo. Sorry about the confusion. "ME" referes to myself, not "Windows Millineum Edition" (Yuck) Have you ever heard the word "dense"?

    And for your "snit fit" concerning semantics, you mod my parent post as a "Troll". Or was it something else?

    Anyways...Grow up.

  2. Re:Mozilla Firefox - it solves most problems.... on Analysis of Spyware · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Nooooooo. Sorry about the confusion. "ME" referes to myself, not "Windows Millineum Edition" (Yuck)

    Currently, I'm running Mozilla Firefox on Windows 2000, and I have no complaints. In fact, I'm happier about surfing the web than I've been in years!

    For reference, Firefox may be downloaded at http://texturizer.net/firefox/index.html.

    Happy Surfing.

  3. Re:firefox testimonial on Analysis of Spyware · · Score: 1
    You are soooooo right!

    Firefox is available at this link: http://texturizer.net/firefox/index.html

    Happy surfing.

  4. Mozilla Firefox - it solves most problems.... on Analysis of Spyware · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Those poor soles running Internet Explorer (like ME until recently) don't know what they are missing by not switching to Firefox, Opera, and some of the other fine browsers out there.

    Usually, I skeptical about "Freeware", but Mozilla's Firefox has been a glorious exception. Not only is it faster, more intuitive, and easier to use than IE, it is also MORE SECURE. Unlike IE, Firefox does not allow ActiveX and VBScripts to run - and this is a blessing.

    Please consider giving it a try.

    Happy surfing.

  5. I NEED A MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS TO PREDICT THIS? on Mandelbrot Suggests A Hunt For Financial Patterns · · Score: 2, Insightful
    What? I need a mathematical analysis to predict certain types of market risk?

    Really? In all the near catastophes cited by Madelbrot (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.08/view.htm l?pg=2?tw=wn_tophead_7), a common theme resonates: irresposible and/or corrupt government regulation of banking systems. But...we've known that for years haven't we - that irresponsible government banking regulation precedes financial catstrophe?

    Here, let me make a prediction - AND YOU REMEMBER IT: Argentina will recover from it's current financial crises only to again borrow massive sums of money and yet again crash it's economy. But...along the way, Argentina's economy will be hailed as a "Tiger". Then, after the crash, the Argentines will blame thier irresponsibility on an "International Jewish Banking Conspiracy". It happens EVERY TIME.

    See...corrupt government regulation at work. I don't need a model to predict THAT future.

  6. Re:I know many hate to admit it... on Are Job Perks Coming into Vogue Again? · · Score: 1
    You're right. Go ahead and negotiate salary with your current employers and take the offer if it's better. I've seen lot's of people do it and they didn't have any complaints. (Of course, all of them got fired about 6 months later...but that's just a coincidence, I guess)

    Good luck, and in 6 months time, please keep us apprised of your new job search.

  7. Re:Are jobs coming into vogue again? on Are Job Perks Coming into Vogue Again? · · Score: 1
    Earn your keep?

    Naw....your just young, cheap and willing to drink the corporate Koolaid - management's cheap, little sycophant. Wait until you get some experience and start making some serious money, and then see how long you last.

  8. How about a 40-hour workweek? on Are Job Perks Coming into Vogue Again? · · Score: 1
    How about a 40-hour workweek, a stable job, and some decent benefits? Those would be some nice perks. Remember when a large part of the workforce enjoyed those kinds of perks?

    For a change, a little stability would be nice. I mean, wouldn't it be nice to know that you would probably have a job next year, so you could do some real mundane things like plan for that "Vacation" you've been putting off for years - or put some serious bucks into your 401K?

    I'm tired of chasing cheese. Seems like all the cheese I've been finding lately is less tastey than what I once had - and I think this applys to most. When does the rat-race end, and living begin?

  9. Back in the Olde Days... on Sun Working to Eliminate Circuit Boards · · Score: 1
    Back in the olde days when I was a whipper-snapper engineer...coupling signals between counductors on a circuit board was reffered to as "Electromagnetic Induction" and all sorts of methods were used to prevent it: grounding, shielding, trace-crossing, mini Faraday Cages, etc..

    Now...it seems like someone wants to use the property to couple signals. Coooool!!!! Let's work with nature instead of against her! However, this will be one hell of a feat of Physics to pull off on a large Multi-chip Module: something that Physicists and PHd EEs can really sink thier teeth in to. Good to see some real neet analytical science comming back to basic circuit design.

  10. What he meant to say was.... on McBride Says No More Lawsuits From SCO · · Score: 1

    Translation: "Due to the fact that the courts will not allow us to successfully pursue additional lawsuits until the lawsuit with IBM is settled, we won't be pursueing additional lawsuits in the near future. Uh...especially considering the fact that IBM has been handing our arse to us on a silver platter."

  11. Bottom Line... on More On Silent Supersonic Planes · · Score: 1

    How much did the modified aircraft mitigate the boom? What is theoretically possible? What seems technically feasible based on current design limitations? Really...why couldn't they have straight-out addressed these simple items: the Bottom Line?

  12. Free Society? on D Squared To Stop Sending Pop-Ups · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Lawyer Anthony J. Dain has said the ads are "annoyances you have to deal with in a free society." Hmmm...let me see. According to Mr. Dain, a Free Society is characterized by a lack of property rights. For example, strangers are allowed to use my PC in an unauthorized manner and, in the process, disrupt my activities. All of this done with impunity on thier part. Hmmm...this doesn't sound like Freedom to me!

  13. How Fast is Fast Enough? on AMD and Intel Update CPU Roadmaps · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Sorry, but I look at these speed numbers and say to myself, "Who Cares?" I can't speak for those of you who are serious Doom Players, or for those who like to process video, or mathematically search for new planets, but a while back I believe I saw something interesting: PCs had become fast enough for most people. What do I mean? Well...I was working on a Telecom Development Project where we did some demos. PCs with 1.2 GHz Athlons and a Gig of RAM were receiving real-time, streaming, high definition video (e.g., a movie) while being able to play a video game and support MS Office, Not bad. The same PCs could also support the movie video, MS Office and person-to-person video, too: you college guys could watch a movie with your buds and do your homework together, too. Unfortunately, this stuff won't be widely available for a while. Sorry. My only complaint were that the PCs max RAM was 1.5 Gigs - I'd like to have at least 10 Gigs please so I could also do some advanced Photoshop while I watch my movie - and talk to my girlfriend over high-speed telecom. Ain't that enough for most people? I mean if I can get a 3 MHz AMD or Intel and about 10 Gigs of RAM (and a good sound and video card, of course), what more can I need - for now or the future? If I'm mistaken, please let me know - I don't mind being corrected. Thanks. Gigantic1

  14. This Really makes Sense... on GPS on Mars? · · Score: 0

    After dropping a Purple Microdots and snorting a couple of lines of Crystal Meth, this is all starting to make sense. Yeah...bring it on!!! Yours Truely, Drug Addict

  15. Please Consider a Personal Protest on EFF Begins Digital Television Liberation Project · · Score: 1

    4 years ago I got so mad at my Cable TV Company that I decided NOT to have cable installed, and I'm glad I did. Not only do I use my time more wisely, but I have also been able to use the money I've saved to buy a very nice video collection - most of which has been purchased at bargin prices. However, in addition to the above benefits is my realization that made-for-TV Programming is actually institutionalized insanity. If you don't believe me, then don't watch TV for a month, and afterwards, spend a few hours watching sitcoms, news casts, talk shows, serials etc.. You will be amazed at the utter B$ that tries to pass itself off as credible dialogue. Until I did that, I didn't realize just how much B$ I was exposed to, and how much I unconsciously "filtered out" on a daily basis. So, I guess not watching TV has in effect turned up the gain on my "Subconscious B$ Detector" - which ain't necessarily a bad thing! Have a nice day, and happy holidays to all.

  16. Link Layer Encrytption in EEPROM - Hopefully on IEEE Approves 802.11i · · Score: 1

    One, I like the encryption at the Link Layer because no software needs to be patched or re-written at other layers. However, since this is a new spec, I bet at first various vendors devices will be incompatible, and no doubt someone will hose up the encryption on a production build. So..HOPEFULLY - the encryption algorithims will be in EEPROM so they can be patched at a later date. Hopefully.

  17. Fast and Low Power on MRAM Inches Towards Prime Time · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hmm...fast and low power - I like it. I don't exactly know how it might be a substitue for my PC's RAM, but I can certainly imagine it being a great way to replace Flash and SRAM.

  18. Death Trap on The Return of the Sparrow Electric Vehicle? · · Score: 1

    Looks like a Death Trap.

  19. It's the Definition of "Rock-N-Roll"!!! on Moon Rocket Scrubbed and Blown Dry · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I never saw the Saturn Launch (THE BIG KAHUNA), but I did see a night launch of the Shuttle once from a friend's yard that was 15 miles away from the Launch Gantry.

    I could not see the Gantry, so I had to wait 'till it came over the trees. It was a moonless night. The moment it was ignited, and minutes before I saw it, the sky turned an acetylene-yellow and night became as day. Had I been driving on Interstate 95 there is no doubt I could have turned of my lights and drivrn in complete safety at 70+ MPH: it was THAT bright. About 30 seconds later, the groundwave hit and set of every car alarm in the neighborhood, made every garage door rattle and got every dog withing miles howlin' thier arses off. About a minute or so afterwards, the rumble of the motors was heard.

    An additional minute passed before it came over the trees and headed North.

    What a beast of a machine. I bet the Saturn was at least twice as impressive.

    Rock-N-Roll!!!

    Yeah...I think this beast is worth saving.

  20. Re:Why on A Look at the Newly Released Mozilla Firefox 0.9 · · Score: 1

    No...I don't think you are oing anything wrong. Since firefox is still under development, I am sure that some versions of Firefox are just better than others. Additionally, I bet that the Linux, Windows and Apple people aren't neccessarily experiencing the same experience. Hey...experience has taught me that all source code does not neccessarily have the same performance when compiled for different platforms: especially if it's been optimized for any one particular platform. Such might be the case for FireFox, whose primary target platform may be Windows. Now...for you info, I'm running Firefox Version 0.8 on Windows 2000 w/ 512 MB of memory, an AMD 1.2 Ghz Processor all hooked to the net via fast DSL - the performance increase was dramatic over IE 6 SP2. Also, and very strange to me, FireFox is lo's - and I mean LOTS - more stable than IE 6 SP2. I ran crash tests on both and Firefox is clearly superior. Afterwards, I was so excited that I went and instralled the same version on my father's machine: Windows 98 w/ 64 MB of Memory, an 800 MHz Intel Celeron all hooked to the net over 28.8 Lbps dial-up - again, the performance increase over IE 6 SP2 was dramatic. Again, I ran crash tests on both and Firefox is clearly superior. WOW! Now, I won't have to keep answering questions from my father everytime some pop-up freezes his IE 6.0, or his IE 6.0 UI crashes while leaving the IE 6.0 Instance running in the background - and thus taking up bandwidth and making the PC sluggish. Hey...at least when I make FireFox 0.8 crash, it's running instance also leaves memory. So...it seems like Version 0.8 just may have Windows covered at least. However, I can't speak for the Linux, Apple and SUN users. Just my 2 cents. I hope this helps.

  21. Re:Why on A Look at the Newly Released Mozilla Firefox 0.9 · · Score: 5, Informative
    As with every other Mozilla/Firefox/Firebird/Whatever-They-Call-It-Thi s-Week browser story, my question is... "So?". The review in no way mentions a single thing that makes this browser "better" or makes me want to take time to download and install a new program. Why? Give me a good, solid reason.... <BLOCKQUOTE>

    I'm glad you asked because not many peiople have addressed this issue. I recently switched from IE to Firefox and this is unusual for me for I am generally pretty skeptical of the OpenSource Communiy's ability to rival MS at thier own game. However, on this one - FireFox has hit a home run. Let's start with just a few things that make FireFox Better:

    #1. An integrated Pop-Up blocker: this sucker runs smooth in the background and doesn't hang for a second. It's so smooth you don't even know it's working. Simply the best.

    #2. Tabular Windows: New windows may be opened as Tabs within the primary wondow. It's fast and smooth and makes flipping between loaded web pages a snap. Hey...you can actually load 2 -ro- 3 pages while reading your primary page - all without context switching. Nice!

    #3. Excellent Menus! Although I've used I.E. for years, I find the Mozilla Menu more intuitive after only 2 days!!!

    #4. Does not Run MS VBScript and ActiveX: theses are nothing but security holes, and for that reason, Firefox doesn't support them. I'm glad.

    #5. Every Plug-in Imaginable Available: and easy to find and download!

    #6 Ability to Pipeline Page Element: Makes for a much faster Web Page Load!

    #7 Ability to Render While Loading: ability to render a Web Page while it is still loading - no having to wait and wait and wait!

    #8. Overall Speed!!!! This SOB Firefox is fast - Very Fast compared to IE

    #9 Colorful Iconized Menu Bars: Menu Bar Icons are colorful and more Intuitive than any I've seen on any browser.
  22. Re:Get your resume together on Sharing IT Problems with Executives? · · Score: 1

    RGSMITH, You are so full-of-shit that it must be running out of your ears. All you've done with your Psuedo-management, Bullshit-speak suggestions is potentially put a lot of people on the "Fast Track" to the unemployment line. Really, save this type of "Whackin' off" for your Management Meetings ane Team-Building excercises: the rest of us have Real-world jobs to attend to..

  23. DINNER PARTY - IT'S ALL A SHAM on Sharing IT Problems with Executives? · · Score: 1

    No one ever needed a Grat Big Dinner Party to figure out the general status of ANY department. Dinner Parties, Golf Tournaments, Picnics - they are all shams: designed to meet specific, unmentioned agenda's, not the company's agenda (i.e., betterment of the company). Seriously, if Coorporate Communications was sooooo important, Managers and Execs would do the following: 1. Hire people who can actually read, write and speak English 2. Have work-day meetings which are actually productive and where people are encouraged to speak 3. Create a climate where ther is no fear of retribution. Already, there is a climate of Fear and Retribution in your workplace, ot you wouldn't have started this thread. A simple company dinner will solve nothing. Here's what to do. Show up early and look real "Purrty" for the management: dress nice, comb your hair and brush your teeth. Most of all, take a bath. Then, go around to each "Big Shot" and thank him for inviting you, but you must leave now because your mother is in the hospital recovering from a Golfing Accident and you want to be by her side (all managers love it if when they think you Golf). If they try to solicit info from you before you leave, tell them that you would be glad to have a discussion with them, and an appoitment with them would be the preffered method (don't worry, they'll forget). Then get the hell out of there as fast as you can!!!!

  24. Re:Cool article. on TCP/IP over Bongo Drums · · Score: 1

    I agree with you 100%; this was a great demonstration of OSI-Layer independance. In the upcomming years, you will appreciate this demo even more when you begin to run into some - and maybe even more - of the following protocol-layer misconceptions:

    1. SONET and ATM are inextricably linked.

    2. ETHERNET can't support token passing

    3. Ethernet over ATM - or vice versa - isn't possible.

    4. SONET is a network standard.

    5. Ethernet is a network Standard

    6. Yada, Yada, Yada - it's almost endless.

    Point is - it's amaing what you can do with the highly-segmented OSI model - things which may seem lijke a "Rube Goldstien" solution at first, but which are absolutely needed to insure networks compatability.

  25. Re:Astonishing on Halley's Comet Imaged As Transneptunian Object · · Score: 1

    >>>

    Here...let me clear this up a bit: this Star Trek thang'. See, in it's original form, Star Trek isn't about technology, it'a about people - people who are adventurers (rabid adventurers) who just happen to use technology to help them get where they are going. So, we see guys like Kirk, Spock, McCoy, etc. hammering about God's Creation looking for Alien Love, Perfect Logic and down-home Georgia cookin' - in that order. Nevertheless, they are on a quest, and whether you agree with them, or not, is not the issue: it's the struggle that's important. Ain't that always true?

    Now, the new Star Trek: these guys are fags. Far from adventurers, these guys would rather be whakin' off on the holodeck "in search of themselves" instead of doing something important - like exploring the unknown in search of...whatever. Hey...Humanity has never really liked these types and, be assured, that they would never be allowed to pilot a Starship that represents Earth (with a capital "E"). No, the types of people like Picard and Data will always be relegated to the work they do best - Shopkeepers and Book-Keppers, respectively. Meanwhile, guys like Jordi and Worf will be relegated to the realms of "Class B Science Fiction Writer" and "WWF Pro Wrestler", respetively.

    And the women on the "Next Generation Star Trek"? God help us all. What...I get to choose from a withering lump of feelings (i.e., Diana Troi) or a ravaging Bulldike with a mental condition (i.e., that security bitch - Tasha Yar)? Oh boy, makes my wanger hard!

    See, Humanity IS prety smart! So - thank God - a type like Picard will never converse with a type like Data aboard a Starship: ever.