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  1. Re:Von Braun on Competition to Build the Space Shuttle's Successor · · Score: 1

    Vonce rrrockets go up, who cares vhere zey come down!
    Zat's not my department!

  2. DSL on 18 Live Linux CDs -- In A Row · · Score: 1

    Had a cluster I was setting up. Didn't have a list of the MAC addresses to set up the DHCP server on the master node.

    Popped a copy of DSL into a USB CDROM, and BAM!

    Luckily, it was only a 10 node cluster....

    But DSL booted up quick fast, and found the onboard ethernet. Ran ifconfig, and I was done.

    I really like it.

  3. Re:Historical Documents Deserve A Prominent Place. on The History of Computing Auctioned at Christie's · · Score: 2, Informative

    Konrad Zuse?

  4. Re:Gentoo on Which Linux for Professional Admins? · · Score: 1

    I have a MDK box at home, and a RH box at work.

    Personally, I find up2date to be a pain in the ass, partly because the RHN servers always seem to be hammered, while urpmi lets me select a less loaded mirror.

    urpmi also seems to be a bit easier to use, but that may be because I used it before I used up2date.

  5. Re:Discovery? . . . Or Invention. on HP's Crossbar Latch... Next-Gen Transistor? · · Score: 1

    This is the sort of thing that patents are *supposed* to be used for.

    An actual physical process with a physical device.

  6. Re:It's a shame too... on Can-Spam Increased Spam · · Score: 1

    No, it meant that spammers CAN SPAM you freely.

    Yes, I RTFA. I know that what it really says is that CAN-SPAM essentially was a nop, and that the rate of increase in spam was virtually unchanged before and after.

  7. PARC... again on 3D Sphere Interface for XP · · Score: 1

    Once again PARC led the pack.

    I was at UIST '94 (ACM SIGCHI Conference on User I/F and Software Technology), and some guys from PARC presented a paper on what you call a ZUI.

  8. Re:I worked for one of them.... on The Dot Com Super Bowl · · Score: 1

    Those two were my favorites as well. I actually wrote to compliment them on those commercials.

    I understand outpost.com got in trouble for the hamster one because people thought it was real, and they got the animal rights types on them.... For some reason nobody complained about the wolves... :)

  9. Re:FORTRAN - The ugly but lovable little SOB on How Not to Write FORTRAN in Any Language · · Score: 1

    Punch cards??? We had to use the #2 pencil bubble cards. One day, I decided to be '1337 (of course, we didn't say that back in 1976), and ran a job that just punched out 100 custom $JOB cards for my very own personal use.

  10. Re:Hmm... on MPAA Releases Software For Parents · · Score: 1

    Doesn't -o bind looser than the "and" of conjunction? Hence, shouldn't it be:

    find / '(' -name '*.[jm]pg' -o -name '*.avi' -o -name '*.mp3' ')' -print0 | xargs -0 rm

  11. Re:I just reverse-engineered the product on MPAA Releases Software For Parents · · Score: 1

    This is for *WINDOWS*. You forgot -name '*.wmv'

  12. Darth Pants.... on A House Divided: UWB's Double Standards · · Score: 1

    Darth Pants: I find your lack of PANTS disturbing...

  13. Re:Perspective on SBC Might Buy AT&T · · Score: 1

    OK, so then...

    Quest = USWest (name change only)
    SBC = Southwest Bell + Pacific Telesis + Ameritech
    Verizon = NYNEX + Bell Atlantic (+ GTE)
    BellSouth = unchanged

  14. Re:Perspective on SBC Might Buy AT&T · · Score: 1

    And that SBC owns Prodigy.

  15. Re:Perspective on SBC Might Buy AT&T · · Score: 1

    I thought Qworst (Quest) was Ameritech.

    The original 7:

    NYNEX
    Pacific Telesis
    Bell South
    Southwest Bell
    Ameritech
    Bell Atlantic
    US West

    Isn't it:

    Qwest = US West & Ameritech
    SBC = Southwest Bell & Pacific Telesis
    Verizon = NYNEX & Bell Atlantic
    BellSouth = unchanged

  16. The A-Team on Could TNG Stunt Casting Save 'Enterprise'? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I pity da fool who goes to da Delta Quadrant!

  17. Re:Almost perfect on Geeks in Management? · · Score: 1


    Almost perfect. Really though, are meaningful unique identifiers needed? When you want to know if something is done, you ask the nearest one. If they don't know you fire them and get another.


    Or as the PHB once said, "From now on, you'll all be called 'Betty'".`

  18. Re:Easy thing to do- on Geeks in Management? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget, you must read Dogbert's Top-Secret Management Handbook, so that you know the correct way to treat your underlings!

  19. Re:Not a First Amendment Issue on US ISP Terminates Iranian News Website · · Score: 1

    So you won't mind if I go put a pro-Bush sign in your front yard, right?

    No? Hey! You're trampling on my Freedom of Speech!

  20. It's obvious on US ISP Terminates Iranian News Website · · Score: 1

    If you're on the left, it's the Evil Bush Administration [insert gratuitous reference to bombing here].

    If you're on the right, It's just good business [insert left bashing here].

    Me, I believe in Hanlon's Razor.

  21. Re:Rest of your life and beyond on Kahle v Ashcroft Appeal Filed · · Score: 1

    Damn straight! Elvis still owes us 42 more years of creative works!

  22. Re:Different question on Kahle v Ashcroft Appeal Filed · · Score: 1

    the continuous extensions of the period of copyright protection violate the limited times clause

    SCOTUS already ruled on that one in Eldred v. Ashcroft, and unfortunately said that the current copyright regimen was constitutional.

  23. Re:W95 geekishness on Gecko-based K-Meleon 0.9 browser Released · · Score: 1

    Yes, I know about the Ballmer video.

    No, I didn't pay JUST $99 for it. It was bundled with my Tandon PCA-10 (10MHz AT Clone), back in 1988.

  24. Re:Typical lies... on Sun Chief Calls Out IBM, Demands Compatibility · · Score: 1

    I forget. Was it VMS 4.2 or 5.0 that had the A-1 Orange Book rating?

  25. Re:W95 geekishness on Gecko-based K-Meleon 0.9 browser Released · · Score: 1

    Windows 1.1? Ha! You're a piker. I still have my Windows 1.03 disks (all 6 360K floppies -- 5 for the system and one for Windows Write).