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  1. Re:Of course on Is Your OS Tough Enough? · · Score: 1

    One of our stupid engineers put a Win2k SP4 box on a DiRECWAY satellite internet connection up at one of our transmitters, no admin password, and it was exploited with some IRC bots within 3 minutes. What the hell was he thinking?

  2. Re:And a note on the word "blog"... on ALA President Not Fond of Bloggers · · Score: 1

    Thank you for piquing my interest about the "bated breath" meme.

  3. Re:Had Similar Experiences on eBay Accused of Price Gouging Scheme · · Score: 1

    His original bid was the winning bid as 100.01 is more than 100.00. If no one else bids why does it get bumped up to 102.50 just because he raised his MAXIMUM bid to 125.00? It's a proxy bid, he hasn't actually bid until someone bids more than 100.01.

  4. Re:Had Similar Experiences on eBay Accused of Price Gouging Scheme · · Score: 1

    I'd have to say stronger monopoly. For c-to-c and b-to-c auctions none of the other sites have any traction now whatsoever.

  5. Re:DeVry University? on Sim Icarus Boeing 777 Handmade Flight Deck · · Score: 1

    Devry is a flavor of the month certification mill only interested in keeping a minimum standard to turnover as many people a year as possible. Simple as that. Smart people buy equipment for less than the amount of tuition and self-study.

  6. What's next? on Verizon To Acquire MCI For $6.7 Billion · · Score: 1

    Eventual consolidation back into one monopoly. I swear eventually we're going to have one telecom company, one bank, one insurance company, one supermarket, etc.

  7. Re:What To Look Forward To? on Philadelphia Considering Municipal Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Wow, sounds like you work for a cable company or a telco. What part of "low-cost" do you not understand?

  8. emusic is already selling mp3s... on MP3tunes Offers Music Service Without DRM · · Score: 1

    ...at 25 cents a track. It's mostly older alternative stuff but I find enough worthwhile tracks a month to make it useful.

  9. If it's a "time-shifting" device... on RadioShark for Windows and Mac OS X · · Score: 1
    ...can it shift broadcasts from the future back to now? Or is it simply a recorder that can delay content?

    "time-shifting" has got to be the most inappropriate meme ever.

  10. I have to say... on Man Builds 7-foot Grandfather Clock from Lego · · Score: 1

    ...I'm not usually impressed by Lego stories but that is pretty fuckin' cool.

  11. Re:They're not going to be missed. on De-spamming Your Inbox The Hard Way · · Score: 2, Insightful
    "The servers trying to reach you will fail to connect, timeout, wait, try again. They don't try once and then give up."

    Legitimate servers do that. Spammers and SMTP trojans on hijacked home computers don't usually try again.

  12. Re:Too narrow minded! on Laptops May Be Hazardous to Your Fertility · · Score: 1

    Interesting. When I'm too fatigued, too busy, or too injured to exercise I eat less. It really is a simple equation. I'm cursed with a slow metabolism but still manage to maintain or lose weight when I pay attention to how much calories I'm consuming.

  13. Re:Too narrow minded! on Laptops May Be Hazardous to Your Fertility · · Score: 1

    If we're talking about the USA then the "thin as a stick being desirable" excuse is BS. US Americans are bordering on obesity, no ifs ands or buts about it.

  14. Re:Daring Fireball covered this on Rumored iPod Flash Leaked · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, my gf and I like listening to my special playlists while engaging in vigorous sex and she does call me Supercock (and it's not because of the size, it's just normal in that respect).

  15. Re:Daring Fireball covered this on Rumored iPod Flash Leaked · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's got a 20 minute buffer but they'll lock up if you keep bouncing it for that long. I know mine has.

  16. Re:Don't cut Intel any slack... on Update On OpenBSD Firmware Activism · · Score: 1

    Don't know why this AC was moderated as Flambait. He's right. I no longer purchase Intel products and will recommend against them at work.

  17. Re:Dear gods, its just an optical cable! on Fl. County Halts FTTP Until Installation Is Safer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No kidding. How many things are safely installed underground every day around the country? This has nothing to do with FTTP.

  18. Re:Ridiculous on Iraq law Requires Seed Licenses · · Score: 1

    How naive. You really think the US is going to allow an election outcome that would lessen our influence?

  19. Re:WTF on Fox Starts TV Production For Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    So basically you're a coward. Afraid to do what's right for the environment, afraid to try and improve the neighborhoods that are close to your employer, and afraid to make the school districts better. Selfish, selfish, selfish.

  20. Re:WTF on Fox Starts TV Production For Cell Phones · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why would I do that? I walk to work in 15 minutes. I'd rather live close to work in a 100 sq ft apartment shared with 12 other people than take 1 1/2 hour train ride.

  21. Re:PhotoShop killer (GIMP) on What OSS Programs are Still Needed? · · Score: 1

    Lack of features aren't why I stopped using the GIMP. Hideously slow performance is.

  22. Ain't no way... on Creative Zen Micro Ships Today · · Score: 1

    ...that fugly thing is getting anywhere near me.

  23. Re:goodbye CS... hello law school on SCO Puts a Cap on its Legal Expenses · · Score: 1

    That's for sure. But the only reason we need lawyers like the IBM ones is because of the overly litigious environment created by the other 99%.

  24. Re:Oxymoron noted? Puh-leaze on Anti-Spyware Vendor Partners with Spyware Company? · · Score: 1

    If Windows is so great why does it come with such a crappy browser?

  25. Re:Need more challenges on Programming Challenge: Triangles Puzzle · · Score: 2, Informative

    Pedant mode: it's piqued, meaning aroused, not peaked.