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  1. Do they tag gas cans ? on More on Oregon and GPS-tracked Gas Taxes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What happens if you run out of gas and need to fill a can up or somthing ?

  2. errr how is this different from any college on More on Futuremark and nVidia · · Score: 1

    course...It is not what you know, it is what the instructor thinks you need to know. If you know what you are going to be tested on and study for just that are you cheating ?? Hardly...
    What this says is that the criteria for the test are not real world enough, if optimization for testing ADVERSELSY effects real world performance, I'd have to say the testing criteria are INCORRECT.

  3. Re:why would the infra in Korea bother a hacker ? on North Korea's School For Hackers? · · Score: 1

    Can't apply 'normal' logic to fanatics...Do you think normal people strap dynamite to themselves ?
    While your point is true to human nature, I give their re-education program enough respect to figure they will produce a few that will not be swayed by logic, reality or any other rational argument. After all, it is common knowledge over there that they WON the war....Arch

  4. yeah this will go over like a lead on Trepia: A Buddy List Of Strangers · · Score: 3, Interesting

    balloon, just what I need, my IM populating itself with people I have to ignore. It is hard enough with a OLD ICQ account...Next will be a client with a feature that shares all your info with the national consumer agency so they can find you a friend :)

  5. Re:Ogg Vorbis support! on Archos Releases Portable Video/Image/MP3 Player · · Score: 1

    I get quite a few Ogg's from WINMX...I am not going to convert my mp3's but everything new I convert from CD goes to Ogg.

    After looking at the site it seems to me that ALL the adaptors mount on a parallel port ?!?! can that be true ?

  6. why would the infra in Korea bother a hacker ? on North Korea's School For Hackers? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    you think they are gonna do it from a government compound ? Nah I bet they go to a net cafe in Belgium or somewhere totally unrelated. The ability and knowledge is the hard part, access can be had all over the place...

  7. the whole freaking point is on Major Tablet PC Running Into Problems? · · Score: 1

    USEABILITY, you choose which sacrifices you are willing to make...I carry a usb drawing tablet (8 oz.) and a usb micro mouse( maybe 4oz) along with me becuse the track point thing is awful and I like being able to sketch quick diagrams.
    You are certainly carting along some extra attitude so why not drop it and then you might have room for some equipment :)
    Hope the rest of your day turns out better...Arch

  8. nah... on Online Auction Industry In A State Of Limbo · · Score: 1

    we are not using patents as a way to stifle creativity in this country, it is just your imagination, now please move along there is nothing to see here...

  9. then get a on Major Tablet PC Running Into Problems? · · Score: 1

    $49.00 usb attached drawing pad and save a ton of bucks. I've got one that doubles as a mouse pad when not in use and it works great for network diagrams and such. I think someone was counting on the ' coolness ' factor of this, and like the segway, cool just ain't enough...

  10. Re:What's the difference between Government... on The Mafia Everquest Connection · · Score: 1

    EQ has a government, it is an absent Tyrant who has delegated his power to a group of mercenaries called GM's, who answer only to the inscrutable master and have the absolute power over every facet of existence. They also have much better things to do, so as long as the train keeps rolling they allow the prison to run itself so to speak. If the rabble interfere with the motion, they crack down without mercy :)

  11. there are problems, and there are problems on Application Layer Packet Shaping on Linux · · Score: 1

    This one is not an insurmountable problem, I AM the network admin, and the router is like 3ft from me, I was just thinking a dynamic weighting system, ala mainframe would be the IDEAL solution to the problem.

  12. Re:this could be a help for me at home on Application Layer Packet Shaping on Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    DirtyD, I think
    somehow that is appropriate :)

  13. Re:You get what you pay for... on Law and Virtual Worlds · · Score: 1

    no we get 30 plus a 20 break. In reality my local managers are as farking confused by this new legal mess as we all are...Corporate management lives in a different world and views this as a benfit somehow. I can take an hour I just have to then ensure I work the requisite 8 hours :). What we CAN't do is waive our lunch and leave early, that is specifically forbidden by the new laws, YOU MUST TAKE your breaks.

  14. this could be a help for me at home on Application Layer Packet Shaping on Linux · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My bro is an avid Kazaa/WinMX Pr0n colletor, and I'll come home and find 25 people downloading from him and his HUGE collection of trashy pr0n.
    I'd like to be able to leave it running in a weighted environment without having to manually decide what share he should get or kill all the downloads :)

  15. Re:You pay for what you get on Law and Virtual Worlds · · Score: 1

    I accomplish in 30 hours what most folks, not a shot at you or anything, do in 40. My resume is excellent but you do make good points. I did not request 40 hours a week I was TOLD by the company NOT TO EXCEED 40 because of the recent law changes and a lawsuit. They FARKED us out of large sums over the last 2 years, I received 15k in settlement. In this climate you can do better than one who manages to keep his job in a field where 5 of 10 have been fired ? I am SUN certified, RH certified, I've been VM/MVS, SNA support, a CICS/DB2 operator, a Teradata admin, Logical router config on Cisco and DECNET, and I've even some lousy papers from M$, and while I don't usually advertise it I am M$ exchange cert'd too. I've been offered jobs at least once a month for the last 2 years but stay where I am at because of the LOCATION, like 5 mins from where I live. As for a reference our company policy allows the manager to say ONLY, they do, or did work here and ARE rehireable or NOT REHIREABLE so I've little to worry there.

    TGIF, cheers and have a good weekend all :)

  16. Re:$C0 COLLECTION PLATE on Today's SCO News · · Score: 1

    I've got some Cray/SUN CD's that are filled with SCO stuff...kept them in my locker for some insane reason.

    We used to have a couple of Cray's before we went the 10k/12k route.

  17. Your post on Fyodor Answers Your Network Security Questions · · Score: 1

    comes real close to trolling, How about we declare you a troll, or better yet just because someone doesn't like what you have to say they attack you and your computer system. YEAH that is good stuff, Fyodor has knowledge, to bad he doesn't have the restraint to not perform illegal acts with it. You wonder why business people have such a low opinion of the OSS movement in general, it is because beyond the geek circle, people like this ARE you and ME, and when they act like asshats, we all look like punks.
    So a troll is annoying, so is a Hare Krishna on the street, but that doesn't give me the right to go redecorate him and his house.
    Once a thief ALWAYS a thief, Once a HACKER never to be trusted again...

  18. You get what you pay for... on Law and Virtual Worlds · · Score: 1

    I thought I was the only one...I've told my boss that he can't afford my overtime hours. He laughed and I said,"For real boss, I won't work OT unless you tell me it is a MAJOR EMERGENCY, and IT BETTER BE, or you pay 5x my normal salary." Needless to say he's not really happy with me, but thanks to the wonderful new laws in California I am back on a timesheet and now have right of refusal on any OT :) 40 hours a week is exactly what the company pays me for, and since in the NEW economy, extra's perks and bonuses are gone, I don't OWE the company 1 second beyond my 40, and I feel no pain over it :)

    Mind over Matter...I don't mind because it does not Matter anymore :)

  19. Visa offers an on Contactless Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    online PIN function that you can sign up for. The idea that the brick and mortar vendor is going to check your signature vs the one on the back of the card, and the added bonus of a picture is supposed to make it even more secure. Reality is that the merchants rarely even glance at the card, and the most frequently stolen numbers come from resturants....
    The problem with an EFT is the vendor HAS your money and you have very little leverage, with a credit transaction they've yet to be payed and you can use VISA as a moderator to deal with vendors who refuse to live up to their word.
    In all cases KNOW your transactions and check often (daily)...

  20. Re:It sounds good but on YOPY Arrives · · Score: 1

    that whistling sound you hear is the CLUExFOUR heading for the back of your skull. Don't worry it is a painful but necessary procedure.

    Hopefully it will shake up and reactivate your humor circuits, because too much time in the dark tech industry has damaged them.

    J/K BTW :)

  21. thank-you on SCO Might Sue Linus for Patent Infringement? · · Score: 1

    that was the best summary I've read on the subject to date :)

  22. Re:WTF? on SCO Might Sue Linus for Patent Infringement? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    you hit on the piece that has been puzzling me, WHAT CODE, or FUNCTIONS ? Has it been revealed to those in the know under some kind of NDA or is SCO still just making intangible references ?

  23. not the first BAD xp update on Microsoft Pulls Broken XP Update · · Score: 1

    there is a q update that caused a MASSIVE system slowdown, that I've yet to see updated or explained. I am at work on a 2k station so I can't see what the update is but it was an overflow correction 811 somthing or other

  24. Great... on Buying Computing by the Computon · · Score: 1

    next they will redefine Pi as a whole number to 'ease' the mathmatical overhead in computing all these tough numbers :)

  25. Re:useless concession...for you as well ? on MS Tweaks Ill-Received Licensing Plan · · Score: 1

    so even though you are using a completely different path the end result is the same, if I read your usage correctly. You don't need a license on a 2nd machine either you are using server side resources ?