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  1. How about these escrow services? They're still up on Paypal Grinds To A Halt · · Score: 1

    OK, it's not like I've used many of these (o.k., just e-gold). Also, they don't have a O'Reilly hacks title dedicated to them:

    iKobo, Epassporte, e-gold, authorize.net, Yahoo! PayDirect, 2Checkout, iBill, Kagi, ClickBank, DigiBuy, VeriSign Payflow Pro® and Payflow Link®, Affero, BTClick&Buy, CCAvenue, CCBill, CCNow, ClickBank, DigiBuy, DigitalCandle, FastPay, ImagineNation, InstaBill, Jettis, Kagi, MembershipPlus, Moneybookers, MultiCards, MyPaySystems, NoChex, PartyKey, Pay-Line, Paymate, Process54, ProPay, Reg.Net, RegNow, RegSoft, Share*It, StormPay, SWREG, V-Share, Verotel, VolPay

  2. Huh! cracker has been slashdotted on First JPEG Virus Posted To Usenet · · Score: 1

    I saw a weak outgoing attempt to 209.171.43.27, but nothing came back :-(

    Better role the ol' VMware snapshot back just in case.

  3. obligatory quote... on The Last Starfighter--The Musical! · · Score: 1

    ...and gist of the plot/title:

    Alex: There's no fleet, no Starfighters, no plan. One ship, you me, and that's it?
    Grig: Exactly. Xur thinks you're still on Earth. Classic military strategy: surprise attack.
    Alex: It'll be a slaughter!
    Grig: That's the spirit!
    Alex: No, my slaughter!
    Grig: (makes some weezing sound thats supposed to be a laugh)


    HBO just HAD to run that one over and over during summer vacation. Now I can't get it out of my brain, that and some Conversation Alex was having with Grig about "Caves above ground"
    God, I hated the 80's

  4. Biomorphic robot indeed! on Hacking the RoboSapien · · Score: 4, Funny


    BioMorphic robot indeed! DO NOT go in there!!

  5. You've led a trite and meaningless life.... on Consumer Database Company Hacked Again · · Score: 1

    ...And you're a very bad person

  6. cat "/etc/emacs" /dev/audio on IT's Musical Habits · · Score: 1
    huh!,
    cat /bin/emacs: No such file or directory
  7. ATTENTION ALL SYS ADMINS: on 4 New "Extremely Critical" IE Vulnerabilities · · Score: 2, Insightful

    OK, for what ever reason, you can't switch all your users to a mozilla based browser for politics or whatever reason. but YOU should switch as should anyone with domain admin rights.

    Asumming you have some control, your users have "user" rights. But YOU have "Admininstrator" rights too all \\workstations & \\servers...

    All it would take is YOU clicking on the wrong link and bye-bye domain.

    (as if your ego would allow you to assign yourself a meager 'user' account.)

  8. Criteria? on Americans Read Fewer Books · · Score: 1

    I read, maybe, a novel every other year or so, though the other text I go through doesn't seem to met the criteria for arts.

    Hey! We can't all be libral art majors!

  9. Help us Sony, Pioneer or Fujitsu! on A Video Projector That Fits In Your Pocket · · Score: 3, Funny

    Help us Sony, Pioneer or Fujitsu!

    Focus group's of American electronic companys say no one is interested in such things!

    Help us Sony, Pioneer or Fujitsu! You're our only hope!

  10. Why alternative browsers may not be possible on Corporate Servers Spreading IE Virus [Updated] · · Score: 5, Informative

    I work at a bank. A lot of the applications used internally are web apps that require IE... Mozilla/Opera aren't an option because those apps require MSJVM (Microsoft Virtual Machine - no joke), Active X or other proprietary MS technology.

    I'm not talking simple forms here, this for Foreign Exchange transactions.

    Certificates, multiple passwords, encryption...all moot

  11. Vulcan Mini-PC / Flip-start ?? on OQO Examined · · Score: 1

    Now watch Paul Allen get his cheap ass and start funding his current vapor-ware project

  12. Hullo! Oil from anything!?! on Brew Your Own Auto Fuel For 41 Cents A Gallon · · Score: 2, Informative

    What ever happened to depolymerization?

  13. Yup, Saves .m3u streams too on The RIAA's Push for an Audio Broadcast Flag · · Score: 1

    Just snagged some tunes from magnatune

  14. They're just now figuring this out? on The RIAA's Push for an Audio Broadcast Flag · · Score: 2, Informative

    Zinf has long allowed for the saving of digital broadcasts, from shoutcast at least. But I havn't tested it on other formats, like .m3u streams and what-not (and can't 'cause I'm at work)

  15. Vulcan Mini-PC !! on Device for Taking Travel Notes? · · Score: 1

    OK, it's kinda like vapor-hardware, but might be out by x-mas
    http://www.flipstartpc.com/

  16. is 7-zip any more safe? on Attacking WinZip AES Encryption · · Score: 4, Interesting

    7-zip also uses AES with a 256 bit cipher key for it's password protected file option. I store my personal backups in the 7z format, as I've always had a bad feeling about WinZip's zip cipher scheme, so I wonder what issues the 7z's encryption implementation might have.

  17. Obligatory hints from Monty Python script on Cryptic Code Stumps Experts · · Score: 2, Funny


    BEDEVERE: Do you think he meant the Camargue?
    GALAHAD: Where's that?
    BEDEVERE: France, I think.
    LAUNCELOT: Isn't there a St. Aaarrrgghh's in Cornwall?
    ARTHUR: No, that's Saint Ives.
    ( A muffled roar is heard. )
    BEDEVERE: Oooooooooh!
    LAUNCELOT: No "Aaarrrgghh ... " at the back of the throat, "Aaarrrgghh ... "
    BEDEVERE: No! "Oooooooooh!" in surprise and alarm.

  18. How about this? on Apple Files Patent for Translucent Windows · · Score: 1

    Gradual highlighting in action, though written in javascript and geared more towards web usage...Though I'm going out on a limb here as I havn't RTFPA
    http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/stickyn ote.htm

  19. Half a TRILLION+ dollars? Write Senator Kinsey!! on NASA's Finances in Disarray · · Score: 1

    Being the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, I'm sure he'll get to the bottom of all this wasteful spending.

    I hear he's a potential presidential candidate too.

  20. Consulting on the side ... on To Recertify, or Not Recertify? · · Score: 1

    A computer science major can RTFM and get by where mosts certified vocational guys can't. Being that I'm a vocational certified type, I need to differentiate myself by doing what the rest of the drones can't. Sure! You can configure a router worth thousands of dollars, but can you build a linux router for under $800.00? Most branch offices under 200 people can live with a minimal router and a measly T-1, and they'll appreciate the savings,

  21. java.lang. OutOfMemoryError on Spirit Sends Debug Information to Earth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it using Swing?

  22. certs on CCNA Certification Library · · Score: 1

    Hey, if you think you can get a job after passing a test, (and keep it for more than a few weeks) maybe you should consider something closer to REALITY

  23. RE: Why are we sticking them together, then? on Managing IT As An Investment · · Score: 1

    Same reason why people bring me broken staplers, since, after all, I fixed a corrupted database and debuged a ven-duh's code.

    Policy makers, like users, are morbidly imbecilic and tend to clump unlike things together.

    Broken code BAD! But Ken Fix
    Stapler jamed BAD! Ken Fix code so Ken fix stapler too...(grunt)

    It's a complete logic disconect.
    If you like spaghetti because your house is made of bricks, then you to can be a policy maker.

  24. Ah shit! on Managing IT As An Investment · · Score: 1

    > I wonder how many parallels you could draw between HR and IT.

    In the last re-org, I.T. just got put under H.R.

    I smell death.

  25. Server Side OpenOffice ... sort of on IBM To Publish Java Office Suite · · Score: 1

    -I Installed OpenOffice1.1 beta on a Windows PC without the Java runtime environment
    -Then copied the "c:\program files\OpenOffice" contents to a share on server.

    To start it, I just navigate to:
    \\server\OpenOffice\program\soffice.exe
    and Launch!

    Now I can recover corrupted MS Excel and Word files AND create PDFs from user doc's from any users PC in the orginization. (ok, the "export to .PDF" needs some work, but it's still cool)

    Or if you don't want to launch the generic 'Master Document' thing, adjust shortcuts like so...

    "\\server\OpenOffice\program\soffice.exe" -web
    "\\server\OpenOffice\program\soffice.exe" -draw
    "\\server\OpenOffice\program\soffice.exe" impress
    "\\server\OpenOffice\program\soffice.exe" -calc
    "\\server\OpenOffice\program\soffice.exe" -writer

    Yeah, their is some lag. But it's not that bad.
    You can even burn the program directory to a CD and it works, save the occasional write error :p