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  1. Re:Change careers- on Getting Over the Stigma of a Previous Job? · · Score: 1

    Hmm, shoulda taken the Ferarri first, THEN quit...

  2. Re:I don't get it on The State of Automated Commercial Skipping · · Score: 1

    Usually, there is a signal in the video that allows different broadcasters to insert different commercials, for their regions. Shows that have this on-the-fly feature will skip perfectly. I suppose they also have a few other techniques for shows that don't have it.

  3. Well, obviously on Mars Crater Theory Tries To Explain Missing Beagle · · Score: 1

    when impacting at hundreds of thousands of meters per second, it would be at the bottom of a steep crater and it most probably won't work anymore...

  4. Excellent on 10 Ads The US Won't See · · Score: 1

    Who in his right mind would want to see them?

  5. Re:Installation Costs? on Israel's Finance Ministry To Distribute OpenOffice · · Score: 1

    The simplest job, multiplied by a few hundred thousand, becomes a big job...

  6. Re:Keep it simple. on Wireless APs in Homebrew Coffee Shops? · · Score: 1
    Most APs allow you to force the connection speed to a fixed value. So if bandwidth hogs are a problem, set it to 1Mbps.

    You don't need a PC for that.

  7. Re:I think your estimates are way too high on Wireless APs in Homebrew Coffee Shops? · · Score: 1

    Yup, no need for a PC. Just use a proper AP and disable ports 25 and 110 to block e-mail spammers. This will cost about $60 or so, plus a high speed modem and $10 pm for net access.

  8. Re:Confusing purchasing options? on MandrakeSoft Publishes Support Policy · · Score: 1

    Buy a club membership for $60 and download the CD ISO files.

  9. Re:90nm Soft Error Rate on 90nm 3GHz PPC 970FX by Summer · · Score: 1

    I think they are worried about smaller things than neutrons. Gamma rays are more of a problem.

  10. See a lawyer on Replaced by Outsourcing -- What's a Geek to Do? · · Score: 2

    and file for unfair dismissal. That should increase your settlement significantly...

  11. Global Cooling anyone? on Global Dimming · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Well, now that the global warming FUD is petering out, it is inevitable that fearmongers will shift back to talking about global cooling again.

    The warming/cooling hype runs in 30 year cycles, which doesn't seem to be related to the 11 year sunspot cycles at all...

  12. Re:1 gigabyte flash on Toshiba Develops 0.85'' Hard Disk · · Score: 1

    Actually, I'm just wondering what your sig will print and I'm too lazy to compile it...

  13. So, can I put it in my pocket? on Hitachi Readies Fuel Cell for PDAs · · Score: 1

    The idea of 'breathing' batteries is actualy not new at all. Eg, the Zinc-Air battery which is/was commonly used in hearing aids.

  14. Magnetosphere protects Earth on A Mars Mission's Greatest Challenge: Radiation · · Score: 1

    So how about using a magnet?

  15. Re:Good stuff, but... on Hiding Secrets With Steganography On FreeBSD · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, all crypto is obscurity, but not all obscurity is cryptpto. Someone described crypto a s 10% math and 90% muddle...

  16. Re:Uninstalling Mandrake on MandrakeMove Bootable Linux CD Announced · · Score: 1, Funny

    Take a screwdriver, remove the hard disk and then wash it thoroughly under a shower with a mild detergent...

  17. Re:Logan You Better Run on Critical Eye on SpamAssassin · · Score: 1
    Blech, 1/1000 false positives is terrible.

    1/1,000,000 would be acceptible.

  18. 90 to 96% WTF? on Critical Eye on SpamAssassin · · Score: 1
    I can get 90% spam filtering with a single procmail recipe. Even getting 95% only requires about 3 recipes. The hard part is getting 99% or better spam rejection with NO false positives.

    The only program I have found that can do that is SpamProbe. The reason for that is 'cause SpamProbe is still the only program I have found that counts word pairs, not just single words.

    With this program running on my server, I get 99.6% spam rejection for a whole office and zero false positives in more than a year of use on gigabytes of e-mail.

  19. URLs that you cannot type on Internationalized Domain Names Coming Soon · · Score: 3, Insightful
    That is sure to improve your hit rate no end...

    I sure hope this harebrained idea doesn't take off.

  20. Re:ITU needs to work - homeless/starving on ITU Meeting May Decide Governance of the Net · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    As the USA has such a large population, it probably has more homeless and starving people than most other countries, so maybe you should feed them first...

  21. Re:I got the same email....Buy vs Sell on Yahoo Reminds Users That 'No' Doesn't Mean 'No' · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Regarding analyst's recomendations: Buy and sell only means buy and sell if you are an insider. For common shareholders, Buy means Sell and Sell means Buy. The reason they want you to buy, is 'cause they want to sell...

  22. Re:Partly true...Plutonium doesn't radiate on Uranium Pebbles May Light the Way · · Score: 1

    Plutonium has a half life of 25000 years - that is almost as stable as iron ore! The talk about plutonium being poisonous and a radiation danger is mostly bunk. It is true that the human body doesn't handle heavy metals well, but you can use plutonium for dental fillings and less harm will be done than with mercury amalgam fillings...

  23. Re:Does this mean we should expect an "upgrade"? on Roadside Assistance System Used for Eavesdropping · · Score: 1

    It is already part of all phone systems...

  24. Don't Worry on Roadside Assistance System Used for Eavesdropping · · Score: 1

    The next version of On Star will be improved so that the emergency features will still work - no need to worry about this... Most Americans do not realize that all phones can be listened in to. Even PBX equipment has special features to make this possible. Only Holiwood spys need to go out and plant bugs. The FBI doesn't need to do that.

  25. Re:What's the best laptop for running Linux? on NDIS Wrapper For Wireless LAN Cards Under GPL · · Score: 1

    Go to a shop with Knoppix CDROM. Boot the PC and see whether it works...