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  1. Re:Still haven't learned their lessons on Half-Life 2 Delayed Following Code Leak · · Score: 1

    So, if one machine has IE, Outlook, and other general use stuff, and the other computer has your nice programming IDE and all your source code, how exactly is the source code going to jump across to the other machine through the KVM? Silly. At worst you'd type in a username/password on the wrong machine inadvertently and some keylogger on the internet box would grab it. As long as the Source-code machines are on a private network not connected to the internet, you are fine.

  2. Re:Human psycology and online games on Restart, Restore, or Continue Creating Democracy? · · Score: 1

    Probably because some of them use it for training for playing real poker with real money. Either with their buddies or on a Vegas Trip. Blowing the virtual money wouldn't be very good practice, would it?

  3. Re:Why... ? on Half Life 2 Source Code Leaked · · Score: 1
    Wow, that's it, you've solved it. That's a genius idea. Releasing the source code to the game they've spent five years making, before the game is even released, out there for the world to hack. Making it much less attractive to all those other companies were were planning on licensing it. (ie much less $$$$ for Valve.)

    If that's your idea for a good logical, rational decision, I suggest the next time you want to take a day off from school/work but are worried about being blamed for playing hookey, saw off your arm at the elbow with an old rusty hacksaw. Losing and arm is a great excuse as to why you'd miss a day.

  4. Re:Not so fast pal. on Computers, Unemployment and Wealth Creation · · Score: 2, Informative

    Try reading the post next time. He said he LIVED in Taiwan and was just back in the states on vacation. He Lived there. You know, when you live some place, work there and pay taxes, your not 'leeching off thier system'. It's your system.

  5. Re:NAT is 80% of a firewall on End Of the Line for SpeakFreely: NATed to Death · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should learn some networking besided 'dummies' books. All that can be down without NAT. I suggest getting some Orilley books and really learn about networking.

  6. Ni! on Monty Python's Holy Grail goes Broadway · · Score: 5, Funny
    And we shall decorate the set with shrubbery.

    One over there, an another over there...

  7. Re:Past Article on Investigating Infinium Labs · · Score: 1

    Uhh, the strip mall stuff and more are in THIS article, if you'd bother to read it that is.

  8. Re:I have a lament too on Half-Life 2 - A Linux User's Lament · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Some of us are familiar. We just think it's bullocks.

  9. Re:Get real! on Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Should I Buy? · · Score: 1
    Funny, I didn't realize the brakes on a normal Civic converted the braking energy back into electricity for the car's batteries.

    Then again, maybe there are different (and expensive) parts on this car besides the engine and batteries.

  10. Re:Here kiddie, kiddie on Open Source Database Clusters? · · Score: 1
    The problem here is you are talking about the need for clustering. That's generally a higher end function. Yes, you don't buy a stealth fighter to deliver a pizza, but most pizza shops don't keep a fleet of spare delivery cars in the back in case their regular car breaks down.

    Listen, I like opensource. I use opensource a lot of places. I use MySQL for lots of little blogs and little things. But when working for clients where serious money is on the line, I use Oracle or SQL server.

    Oh, and you have to take that userlist at MySQL with a grain of salt. Google does use MySQL for a few little jobs, but they sure as heck aren't running their big search engine on it. They use it for little, non-critical stuff. Like reasonable folks do. That doesn't make it a powerhouse database, sorry.

    Oh, BTW. BASF uses Oracle as well. Imagine, a big ol company like that using multiple databases? Maybe they use the high end one for the critical stuff? Nah.

  11. Re:Prohibited by law from accessing your own docum on Microsoft Prepares Office Lock-in · · Score: 2

    Uhh, how about reading the article? In order to use the new features you will have to also have a windows 2003 Server running with Windows Rights Management Services software running on it. Not exactly something a home author will have lying about. Besides, no one forces you to turn on the feature, or prevent you from saving a copy in rich text or some other format. Get a grip and stop FUDing.

  12. Re:Obligatory on Balloonists Attempt World Altitude Record · · Score: 1

    oops, second article says the do in fact use helium. I'm surpised. It's safer, but won't get them as much altitiude.

  13. Re:Obligatory on Balloonists Attempt World Altitude Record · · Score: 1

    Actually, I didn't see it in the article, but I'll bet they use hydrogen for it's greater lift. When your going for that kind of record, you need every bit of lift you can get.

  14. Re:its about blocking linux/*bsd etc access on Microsoft Introduces IM Licensing · · Score: 1
    Actually that doesn't mean anything. Windows has 95% of the desktop market, and Trillian is by far the best windows IM client. I'm going to guess that it has a larger market share than any of the dozens of *nix IM clients. It's a logical choice to go after. It's also run by a company while some of the *nix ones are just run by some folks putting their opensource apps on sourceforge. It makes sense to contact companies first about licensing if your going to charge $$.

    Personally, I'm sticking with Trillian, I'll just stop using the MS IM service.

  15. Re:Paint the town red! on CWRU Opens Largest Wi-Fi Net · · Score: 1

    Sorry, Coventry ("hippy street") is almost certainly out of range of any of the access points. You will have to continue to use a 56k modem to push out your anti-capitalist screed.

  16. Re:Administration nightmare on CWRU Opens Largest Wi-Fi Net · · Score: 2, Informative

    At CWRU you have to register your MAC address for your wired network cards in order to get a IP address on the regular LAN. Otherwise you get an IP in a different range with limited access. With wireless, you are on a separate network and must VPN in to the regular campus network LAN.

  17. Re:why so many? on CWRU Opens Largest Wi-Fi Net · · Score: 1

    Spoken like someone who's never tried to provide coverage in dozens of large several stories tall buildings made of brick and stone and steel. One access point covers a lot of space in a house made of two-by-fours, but these type of buildings are a different manner. Add in the fact that in some of the large labs (100+ med students all on laptops) you need a few access points to cover the same area just to make sure they don't get bogged down. There are a number of campuses that have 1000 access points.

  18. Re:Why does he think it's spammers? on DoS Assaults Underway Against Spam Blocklists · · Score: 2, Informative
    There is no libal/slander involved. Anyone who is capable of competently running a mail server realizes you must close holes which make you an open relay. The also realize other admins may mistakenly leave a machine set as an open relay accidently (and other idiots who do it deliberatly).

    It's not secret information that sometimes folks get put on the list because of an accidental mistake in their setup that they soon correct.

    The question is if it is worth it to you (and your users) to have this potential loss of legitimate mail in order to reduce the ammount of spam you are recieving. To some it is, to some it's not, some even set up two different mail servers, one blocking the other not so folks can use different accounts on each if they wish.

    Putting someone on the list does not say that company/isp whatever, is a spammer, only that some spam was reported at some point to come from that IP or IP range. It's up to the individual running the mail server to determine if it is a greater benifit or not to use the list. No one is forced to use the list. If the users don't like it they can either get the mail admin to remove the block, or get another mail account on another server that doesn't block. It's not like email accounts are exactly tough to come by these days.

  19. Re:i love trolling on VIA K8T800 Chipset Preview - Dual Opteron in Action · · Score: 1
    Sorry, webster's says it's jury-rig.

    "Main Entry: jury-rig
    Pronunciation: 'jur-E-"rig, -'rig
    Function: transitive verb
    Etymology: 2jury
    Date: 1788
    : to erect, construct, or arrange in a makeshift
    fashion "

    Like a rigged jury, you get a result, but you don't get there in a nice clean way.

  20. Re:what they are taxing... on Florida Proposes Taxing Local LANs · · Score: 1
    So I guess I the pointy hair politicians will soon cause our pointy hair bosses to have us replace those expensive Cisco core switchs with a bunch of linksys 8 port hubs.

    Think of the money we'll save on depreciation costs!

  21. Or... on Open Source at TiVo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Or you can just use OpenBSD and not worry about any licensing issues.

  22. Re:A moving target is still a target on WindowsUpdate.com Secured, Permanently · · Score: 1
    Actually, that's just a different part of Active Directory which can do that. Software Update Service (SUS).

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate /sus/default.asp

    It can be used to automatically roll out those security updates to all machines on your domain (after you've tested each patch on your test box first of course).

  23. Re:They should market these towards geeks on The Diamond Age · · Score: 1

    Not to mention, a saphire is actually much more of a rare gem in nature than a diamond is.

  24. Re:Thank goodness on Photoshop in Linux Thanks to Disney · · Score: 2, Interesting
    They don't use Photoshop just because it's the 'standard'. They use it because the user interface is orders of magnitude better than Gimp's. Artists's don't want each and every step they take to take 2-3 extra clicks. They don't want to memorize three million shortcuts, they want an easy to use interface so they can concentrate on the art and get it done quickly. People who make money doing this stuff laugh at suggestions they use Gimp.

    So you do this for a living... let's see, spending a few hundred bucks up front, verses several extra clicks for each and every manipulation you do for 8 hours a day for the next couple years. Hrmmm, not exactly a rough choice is it?

  25. Re:Paper was mostly philosophy on There Is No Single Instant In Time · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Funny, on my Ph.D. degree (in hard science), it says Doctor of Philosophy (that's what a Ph.D is...). All good scientists, by definition, should be philosophers. Unfortunatly, too many don't realize that.