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  1. Re:wireless SPDIF on Poor Man's Whole House Audio? · · Score: 1

    Wow, it's so simple yet so cunning! It makes sense too. Digital signals are more resistant to interference so I'm sure a transmitter designed for a video signal could carry it fine. I think I might just have to try this.

  2. Re:Wow! on FEC Rules Bloggers Are Journalists · · Score: 1

    And I was under the impression that neither has any real authority to make such a determination and a judge could overrule them at any time.

  3. Re:Educational Costs a major issue here on MA Governor Wants More New Tech · · Score: 1

    While it is concerning that such an agenda has an influence on high school education, this is neither here nor there. Greater Asia believes in a host of things, including a 6-armed elephant god.

  4. Re:Educational Costs a major issue here on MA Governor Wants More New Tech · · Score: 1

    So don't pay for it. Ignoring the fact that there is the HOPE credit, Lifetime Learning credit, and Educational Savings Accounts (tax free).. there are always student loans. It's good that you want to help your kids but if you have to struggle to do it then teach 'em a life lesson and let them learn to be adults. If they finish school and get a job with their education it's not hard to pay back the debt. That is unless they are going to Harvard to get a degree in General Studies in which case your children are silly. :)

  5. Re:Educational Costs a major issue here on MA Governor Wants More New Tech · · Score: 1

    And when a college degree becomes the equivalent of a high school diploma and you have to get an advanced degree to get jobs that used to only require an undergrad degree, you have devalued the educational system and you are really back at square one. Think of it like educational inflation. It's like saying "If only we could give everyone $10,000, everyone would be better off." Not exactly how it works.
    If people want to go to school they can go to school, there is just a large lack of motivation on the part of people here in the US whether they are rich or poor. Problem is they don't take it seriously until they are 30 and still sweeping floors and THEN they decide they have been cheated and should have paid attention back in high school so they could get into college. In fact the US system here favors the poor and non-white student with special scholarships and grants so there is no reason they can't go to college if they actually work for it... but therein lies the problem in general.

  6. Re:Just a few points... on MA Governor Wants More New Tech · · Score: 1

    Translation: They want the government to control everything.

  7. Re:Bad Comparison on MA Governor Wants More New Tech · · Score: 1

    Somehow your theory doesn't hold up when comparing the infrastructure of the United States to that of greater Asia...

  8. Re:NT AD or Domain? on Ubuntu On The Business Desktop · · Score: 1

    Yeah it's not the easiest thing to do if you have to do it by hand but distributions are starting to have automagic configurations for this kind of setup nowadays. Not sure if Ubuntu does though.

  9. Re:Freedom? on Ubuntu On The Business Desktop · · Score: 2, Funny
    BBL, I have a special meeting in HR to go to. I wonder if I'm getting a raise.

    Be sure to tell them that you probably only do about 15 minutes of real, actual work. When they get surprised mention that you are not being challenged and have no motivation. That raise will come your way! ;)

  10. Re:NT AD or Domain? on Ubuntu On The Business Desktop · · Score: 4, Informative
    There's an app called winbind that is used with Samba and it can tie you into a Domain using Kerberos tickets. Pretty neat.



    More info:

    http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Co llection/winbind.html

  11. Re:A share of profits? on DVD Jon's Code In Sony Rootkit? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps a copyright infringement, but copyrights and patents are two separate things.

  12. Re:Thats it, I quit everything on Drink Decaf and Die · · Score: 1
    As a former owner of many rats I can certainly attest that this is true. The little guys are fun and if you give them enough attention and a bit of training you will realize they are pretty smart little buggers. If they don't get sick and die then it will just be a while longer before they get a huge tumor and die.

    I had one who was a domesticated "blue" rat and he was really smart. He was sick and getting close to time to go and somehow he managed to figure out how to get out of his cage in the middle of the night and crawl up my bed sheets and snuggle up next to me in bed. He was lonely. They are very social. Poor little guy.

  13. Re:Damn... on Lunar 'Lawnmower' Devised for Moon Colonists · · Score: 2, Funny

    Awww come on Dad!! I was going to go to Tosche station to pick up some power converters!!

  14. Re:Well on Microsoft Claims Firms 'Hitting a Wall' With Linux · · Score: 1
    What is a huge market share and a formidable barrier to entry, Alex?

    Hehe well of course that's true, but I was speaking in terms of things they really didn't ALREADY have. :)

  15. Re:Translation on Microsoft Claims Firms 'Hitting a Wall' With Linux · · Score: 1
    With Linux, they couldn't figure out what they needed to press to make it crash and couldn't determine out when it would crash.

    Just add the kernel driver for some cool new feature that's less than six months old and you'll probably get there real quick.

    Of course I say this with great love for Linux. ;)

  16. Well on Microsoft Claims Firms 'Hitting a Wall' With Linux · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I wouldn't discredit it completely. I think the conclusion is possibly quite true. Microsoft is generally easier and quicker to deploy, but then... what has that gained them over the past 5-10 years? A reputation of horrible security and systems that seem like they were thrown together by monkeys (again, because it is in fact so easy).

    Linux may have more implementation overhead but the results, I would argue, are generally superior.

  17. New hat on Aluminum Foil Hats Will Not Stop "Them" · · Score: 2, Funny
    I've recently replaced my hat with lead instead of aluminum.

    I've been throwing up a lot lately though, I think They're getting in.

  18. Re:Empty Threat on SBC CEO: Pay up if you want to use our pipes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Exactly. His comment is like saying he wants a piece of online gambling profits because people are using 'his pipes' to play.

  19. Re:Go for higher pay when you first negotiate on Are Skimpy Raises the New Normal? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps, but this is much easier to do when you are going from one job to another. If you find yourself out of work due to a layoff then this strategy might land you in a hole.

  20. No joke on Are Skimpy Raises the New Normal? · · Score: 4, Funny
    Sometimes I wish Princess Leia was my boss...

    "If money is all you love, then that's what you'll receive." Yes ma'am!

  21. Unless you live in the District of Columbia on Holding Developers Liable For Bugs · · Score: 1

    Where activist judges and politicians believe that gun manufacturers ARE, in fact, liable for murder.

  22. Re:Ouch on Wallace and Gromit Studio Loses History · · Score: 1

    I could have lent them my matter duplicator but I was in my basement trying to interface it with porn, err... digital video.

  23. Re:Just put them in your microwave on You Need Not Be Paranoid To Fear RFID · · Score: 1

    Try that out on your new iPod and see how well it works!

  24. Look on You Need Not Be Paranoid To Fear RFID · · Score: 1

    You can't convince me that bar codes aren't tracking me, or that RFID won't either.

    Bar codes are the mark of the devil...

    Just like that damned foosball.

  25. Re:In the words of Jim Carrey on RIAA Sues a Child · · Score: 1

    Sure, laws are not morality, but we're talking about a class of people here that WANT the music but don't want to PAY for it. Blame the artist for selling his rights away to an evil organization. People want to blame the RIAA but the RIAA gets its power from the artists who want to be millionaires. Of course most of this is moot because the majority of people don't analyze the issue this deeply, they only see free music available with ease and low risk of getting caught.