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  1. Re:I agree ... on How Can I Trust Firefox? · · Score: 2, Informative

    This one is just uneducated. Tools -> Extensions. Wait... that's, um, more obvious than IE. Oh well, someone wasn't wearing their glasses.


    I dare you to diable Flash like that. I love FF, but the man has a point.

  2. Re:For all registrars, or just some? on Faster Updates for DNS Root Servers Arrive · · Score: 1

    Actually this requires absolutly no change on the part of any ISP hosting any domain names. The serial numbers referenced are only used by the root servers to allow them to propagate changes within the 5 minute window to other root servers. All you gotta do is tell your new customers that you can have their .com and .net domains on your service in 5 minutes, no hassel.

    It ain't a bad thing.

  3. Re:google..... on Internet Meltdown Predicted for Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    http://www.centennialbulb.org/photos.htm

    Bulb cam.

  4. Re:Well on Dozens Charged in Spam Crackdown · · Score: 2, Informative

    Wired News ran this article on it. Essentially it is legit, but it's not easy.

  5. no posts showing up on the front page on "Buffalo Spammer" Gets 3.5 to 7 Years · · Score: 1

    Could I be first? Or do we have a bug?

  6. Re:Good they've merged. Why XML ? on SPF To Be Integrated With MS 'Caller ID' System · · Score: 1

    Because Microsoft has a patent on "Embedding XML in an XML File." That means, if you put and XML file inside another XML file, you've violated the patent. With mail systems gaining complexity and the flexibility of XML, you have a situation ripe for extending a basic standard by embeding further information in the XML. Microsoft's ideas so far have all incorporated some sort of XML implementation, and none of those ideas were rolled out until just after their patent was granted. I personally think they want to corner the e-mail market.

  7. I think I recall.... on New Online Advertising Model Riles Journalists · · Score: 1

    Wasn't there some Microsoft plan in the mid to late 90s that would do this to any web page viewed with Internet Explorer? I think it died as quickly as it was made public.

  8. Re:MOD PARENT UP on Windows 2000 & Windows NT 4 Source Code Leaks · · Score: 1

    The latest powertoys does, indeed. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/p owertoys.asp

  9. I'm waiting for the punch line. on Microsoft's New Core OS Team Learning from Linux · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    C'mon, where are all the witty comments? This certainly isn't one.

  10. What a tease! on 3D Modelling From a Sketch · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...and every nerd on earth collectively blows it up.

  11. I wonder on Could Google Be SCO's Next Big Target? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    how you can sue someone for violating your IP rights without legal backing saying your own that IP in the first place.

    Is it legal to send a big F-U in response?

  12. Right on Aquarium Modcase · · Score: 1

    Like THAT site is gonna last long.

  13. Re:In a galexy far, far away on AMD Buys Pre-VIA Cyrix Media-GX Division · · Score: 1

    I never actually owned the 2nd gen 166 (6x86L), but had a few friends who didn't like it. I remember something about a recall on the first one, and they got the L in return. Yeah, they weren't much good for 3d stuff, but they were great for most other stuff.

  14. Re:In a galexy far, far away on AMD Buys Pre-VIA Cyrix Media-GX Division · · Score: 1

    I just went through that site and looked up the two chips I had and they verified it all.

    The first Cyrix 166+ worked fine if you kept it cool.

    The first MII 333 was a flake.

    Those Pentium 166 boxes ran fine and solid, no argument there, but the Cyrix was a bit snappier. At least until the coffee...

  15. In a galexy far, far away on AMD Buys Pre-VIA Cyrix Media-GX Division · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I bought a montherboard with a 166+ 686 CPU from Cyrix. It worked better and lasted longer than the Gateway pentium 166 boxes we had at work. Alas, my rommate spilled a pot of coffee on the bugger and it died with a POP, a SNAP and a SIZZLE. From what I learned, there were two versions of that chip. Version 1 overheated a lot, but if you kept it cool it was fine. Verion 2 didn't overheat, but flaked and flaked and flaked until you wanted to beat it with a bat. My sis wanted a box and I got her a $199 PC with a Cyrix MII 333 chip a few years later. Mistake. 'nuf said. End of my Cyrix experience.

  16. Re:As much as I'd love to see this bill pass... on Citizens' Protection in Federal Databases Act Introduced · · Score: 1

    Ooo! But he can be overridden with a 2/3 majority in the Senate.

    HAHAHAHAHA!

    I think I'll go giggle myself into oblivion.

  17. Re:As much as I'd love to see this bill pass... on Citizens' Protection in Federal Databases Act Introduced · · Score: 1

    I found that very interesting since it's his DARPA man that came up with TIA.

  18. Re:This means nothing on Citizens' Protection in Federal Databases Act Introduced · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Terrorist.

  19. As much as I'd love to see this bill pass... on Citizens' Protection in Federal Databases Act Introduced · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think I'll start the official R.I.P. thread here. BushCo seems to hate the word privacy as much as the term Wind Power.

    On the other hand, does this law apply to the private sector?

    I already emailed my Rep. to support it. You should do the same.

  20. Re:WTF, over on DirectX Flaw Leaves Windows Vulnerable · · Score: 1

    That's because Mozilla lies about who it is as a browser. If you visit it with Firebird, Safari, Opera, Konquorer or Omniweb you get the following: Thank you for visiting BuyMusic.com. In order to take full advantage of BuyMusic.com's offerings you must be on a Windows Operating System using Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher. Download Internet Explorer Here.

  21. Re:WTF, over on DirectX Flaw Leaves Windows Vulnerable · · Score: 2, Informative

    You missed the Joke. Buymusic.com, in a fit of 1995 zeleousy, has designed the site to detect your browser and refuse to function with anything other than IE.

  22. Well on U.S. Imposes Big Tariffs On Korean Chipmakers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the U.S. is going to get itself involved in the WTO, it should learn to play by it's own rules. Free trade? Or free trade only when it's good for us?

  23. Re:and I ain't talk about the movie with the bus. on USB 1.1 Renumbered To USB 2? · · Score: 1

    So what is this Universal Host Controller all my systems have instead?

  24. You'd think on Have You Seen This Segway? · · Score: 1

    spending $5K on something would mean you'd want to secure it with more than a bike chain. I gotta give props to the theif. Nobody will notice them zooming around if they can hotwire it. They'll blend right in. Anyone check Ebay yet?

  25. I usually on Securing Your Network? · · Score: 1

    wait for a hacker to get caught in my etherNet and then squish him with an open boot.

    Sometimes you get a big one who can break his ip chains and you have to go after him with something larger. For these types I usually use a sniffer to find where he's hiding and send in my cat 5 times unil his time to live has expired.