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  1. I got 3 correct on Phish Scams Fooling 28% of Users · · Score: 1

    then the web server fell over from the massive /.'ing

  2. Re:Prison sucks. on DVD-Watching Driver Charged with Murder · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah, that works so well for drunk drivers. There's two perfectly innocent people who are no longer here as a result of this DVD-watching guy's actions. The punishment should fit the crime.

  3. Wake me when they launch the DWIM interface on Debugging in Plain English? · · Score: 1

    computers are too darn literal. :)

  4. Re:Missing equip for amatuer video? on Which Digital Video Camera for Amateur Video? · · Score: 1

    Try googling "Girlfriend Experience" or "GFE". See what it costs. It ain't cheap. Then again, if getting laid once a year is your idea of sexually active, maybe it is cheap.

  5. Missing equip for amatuer video? on Which Digital Video Camera for Amateur Video? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Dude,
    You need a girlfriend first.

  6. Re:Whew that was close on AutoZone Granted Limited Stay in SCO Copyright Case · · Score: 5, Informative
    "I can't believe Auto Zone wanted to drag them to Tennessee."

    Autozone drags SCO to Tennessee because:

    Autozone is headquartered there

    They don't spend a zillion dollars hiring a Nevada law firm or sending their attorneys there

    It's less distracting to the business

  7. You're not really a public company... on Red Hat Vs. The Lawyers · · Score: 2, Insightful
    ...until you've been sued by Millberg Weiss. They sue everybody.

    Get over it.

  8. Can you say "at-will employment"? on Does Your Company Pay For Broadband? · · Score: 2, Informative
    I knew you could.

    As long as I'm not firing you for issues relating to race, creed, color, sex, place of national origin, or sexual orientation (and, possibly one or two more), you're toast.

  9. Re:CIO is a doofus? on Does Your Company Pay For Broadband? · · Score: 1

    Mileage to and from your regular place of work is not deductible in the US.

  10. Re:"If you have the balls" on Sneak Preview Of Vernor Vinge's Next Book · · Score: 1

    Run along now, Brother John Birch is calling.

  11. Re:I remain: Unafraid, Undeterred. on Sneak Preview Of Vernor Vinge's Next Book · · Score: 1

    Hear, hear!

  12. Re:The Russians on World Computer Chess Championships Underway · · Score: 3, Funny

    And they'll hang around outside until the chess tournament ends and kick the shit out of the chess robots and take their lunch money.

  13. Re:What about conformal coating? on Zinc Whiskers Cripple Colorado's Computers · · Score: 2, Informative

    I like Humiseal, myself.

  14. What about conformal coating? on Zinc Whiskers Cripple Colorado's Computers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I thought almost all quality electronic devices have a conformal coating (non-conducting polymer) applied to PCBs? Colorado must be buying el-cheapo crap. Remember, you get what you pay for.

  15. Is life insurance one of the bennies? on Networking in the Danger Zone? · · Score: 1

    I'm betting no as it's thousands per week (not a typo)

  16. Re:It's called a "wife" on Best To-Do List Software? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Almost all versions are closed source and very expensive.

  17. It's really not a technical problem. on Best To-Do List Software? · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I've been a student of time management practices for some time, always looking for that perfect app, that will make me super efficcient. I've read many books on the topic. There is no silver bullet. Becoming an effective time manager is more akin to making a lifestyle change.

    It really boils down to self-discipline, much more than some specific methodology. I'm a fan of Covey's methodologies, but unless you really, really, really commit to it (or some other one more to your liking), you're no better off with a slick app than you are with to-do lists on the back of a Dilbert calendar page.

  18. Re:Government favoratism by courts. on Northwest Privacy Lawsuit Dismissed · · Score: 1
    If you are about what you are signing, you take the 15 minutes and read the contract. If, in your judgement, 15 minutes of your time is more valuable than the potential exposure of what you are agreeing to, then sign it without reading it.

    If you find out at some later point that you have, for instance, gone blind as a result of the exam, but forfeited all rights to redress the issue, then you look for a good guide dog and hope you can earn enough money to support the two of you by selling pencils on the corner.

    Contract law is extremely complex. Until that changes, don't expect to see many of those 10-line contracts.

  19. Re:It was a free service-Analogies. on Hosting Service Closes 3000 Blogs Without Notice · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Still no official 2.4 kernel from kernel.org even after the user-land crash vulnerability posted laat week. If this was MS, there'd be no end of slamming them.

  20. It was a free service on Hosting Service Closes 3000 Blogs Without Notice · · Score: 1

    The users got what they paid for.

  21. Re:I can do all this now on TiVo Will Stream Content From The Web · · Score: 1
    But, like so many people who both can and cannot do the tech themselves, I'm happy to pay for an elegant, out-of-the-box solution.

    Hear! Hear! Just because one "can" do something, doesn't necessarily equate to "wanting" to do something. Taken to absurdity, I'm quite sure I could grow/raise my own food, but I doubt I'd have much time for anything else.

  22. Oxygen is toxic on Is Your Computer Leaking Toxic Dust? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Studies have shown that long-term exposure over many decades results in death. As Red Foxx used to say, "you'll look pretty stupid, 80 yrs old and laying in bed, dying from nothing".

  23. Re:Incompatible Standards on China Developing own Standards · · Score: 1
    Oh shit! You mean that tri-band GSM phone I bought won't work in the US?

    China has a CDMA network as well as GSM. Korea is CDMA.

    The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them, you can pick and choose. :)

  24. Re:Screw Comcast! on Comcast Thinks About Stopping Zombies · · Score: 1
    Why should I get screwed just because you don't like spam?
    Why should I risk getting spammed because you want to teach yourself how to be a mail admin?

    At $50/month, they should be giving me a T3 line...
    and a Ferrari, all beer you can drink, and on-demand blowjobs.

  25. Re:Big difference between zombie and server... on Comcast Thinks About Stopping Zombies · · Score: 1

    No need as I don't use Comcast and my TOS allow me to run a mail server. I was taking issue with the generalization 'nobody should be running a home listserv with > 100 users'.