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  1. A windows only answer on Public Outcry Over Popup Ads · · Score: 2

    is a cool FREE product called web washer, it controls cookies and allows you to do post and pre script blocking, redirect blocking as well as filters out ad banners you choose. The product will also prevent pop-up based on size :) No more pop-ups for this kid, I even turned it off to see the x10 ads..that sucks. The only ads I see on /. are the ones served by slashdot, any 3rd party domain banner shows up as broken. It is a great product :)

    http://www.webwasher.com/

  2. Try coils by Zelanzny on Lord of Light · · Score: 2

    Machine enabled Telepathy..clikidty clack ticker tock, an excellent book. But like several have pointed out The Nine Princes in Amber is in my opinion his best work and well worth reading. RZ has MANY books worth reading.

  3. Re:OTOH.... on Movies in Space? · · Score: 2

    How many actors Lloyd's of London issurance policies would be cancelled or not allow an actor into space ?? You'd be suprised at how rescrictive they can get and the studios ENSURE the actors stay within the boundries..too much money lost if Tom Hanks looses a hand or such...

  4. Bravo...finally someone else who on Movies in Space? · · Score: 1

    thinks Angelina Jolie looks like a crack whore. Lip implants, breast implants, and the one she needed was a brain and ass implant but got neither. The movie was POOR, save your money and download the DIVX.

  5. Re:tax dollars funding movie studios and theme par on Movies in Space? · · Score: 2

    except it doesn't cost 40 million to get a film crew to a battleship...

  6. StarOffice is ok..the word pro on .NET has Open Source Competition · · Score: 2

    works nicely, a WORKING excel clone would boost it 4000%.

  7. Openmail is NOT a M$ exchange on .NET has Open Source Competition · · Score: 2

    competitor except by the loosest of terms. Not that I am a big M$ head but the functionality of exchange far exceeds openmail.

  8. Indy in a wheel chair on Fourth Indiana Jones Installment · · Score: 2

    pushing his ancient dad in an Iron lung ? Somehow it looses its' appeal. Unless it is Indy staying at home and sending a younger assistant into the wilds to find stuff I am not buying it...

  9. ok so more basic on Melbourne Man Patents ... The Wheel · · Score: 2

    I've just been granted the patent on Fusion, so anyone making use of any molecule beyond Hydrogen will be paying royalties, shall we form a LLC and live like kings on the backs of everyone else ??

  10. and what does it being free matter ?? on Adobe Threatens KIllustrator Over Name · · Score: 1

    that point is totally irrelevant to the discussion.

  11. a very valid veiwpoint on Microsoft "Bans" Use Of GPL Code · · Score: 2

    well put with most of the large enterpsie issues highlighted :)

  12. Not too much the same but, on Adobe Threatens KIllustrator Over Name · · Score: 2

    it seems an obvious attempt to capitalize on the name and market of adobe illustrator. I would think a simple request to change it would be first, but as many folks have stated maybe they did ask ?

  13. Sorory I have the patent on Melbourne Man Patents ... The Wheel · · Score: 2

    on the proccess by with two oxygen molecules are bound and made breathable, I'd be happy to license to you so WE can collect on breathing though

  14. Anyone willing to give up on Prying Eyes of Tampa Police · · Score: 2

    their freedom for safety deserves to be caged....

  15. Ahh but excessive light interferes on Prying Eyes of Tampa Police · · Score: 2

    with the successfull operation of the camera. It might swing around and white out. It is much easier to use in the dark with the night filter, so it can see and YOU CAN'T :) That does tell you the priority of the local government.

  16. I live in a little town like that... on Prying Eyes of Tampa Police · · Score: 2

    in California, if you look around quietly you'll see cameras springing up everywhere. I am not sure we have the backend high tech bio-metrics stuff...YET. But it is very eery how these things have popped up very quietly over the past year. They even have them on residential streets now. We play a game at work and in the neighborhood looking for the "blind spots"

    Big Brother is here he just got sidetracked by a dozen years.

  17. where do you get the power on 1/4 Width Rack-mount Linux Servers · · Score: 2

    density for that ? I've got 42 compaq 2U webservers, (2)1Ghz,1.152 GB mem and 2 18gb disks, all crammed into one 19" rack, but I have to drag power from 3 nearby rack to supply everything. Someone needs to invent a rack with 440 power so it can supply the needed juice. I also ran into a heat problem but the was fixable with the addition of a rear rack extension and a large fan.
    Sun makes a similar box, a netra I think, but same problem. These things do make great SAN boxes.

  18. Just for further info. on "Opt-Out" Of Financial Data Sharing · · Score: 2

    Out here on the west coast several of our employees sent letters to the SF Chronicle which did do a minor write up. Also the JULY deadline is NOT for you to OPT-OUT but for the companies to notify you. You can OPT OUT at any time, that is the LAW. Believe me I share your frustration, when so many of their employees reacted badly and that did not send a message I should have known :(

  19. I work for one such firm on "Opt-Out" Of Financial Data Sharing · · Score: 5

    and they quietly notified us employees of this several months ago, and then seem ASTONISHED at the incredible response they received, like 85% of the employees responded in writing that they would not allow the sharing of confidential info.
    Not that it seemed to matter one bit, nor did the Management seem to learn anything. They consider your information an asset these days which is true, it is JUST YOUR ASSET not theirs. Some sharing of info MUST happen for banks and such to function, but the wholesale data marting of all your info is what NCAG is looking for, and the won't be happy until the believe they know everything about you :(

  20. after reading some of the replies I feel lucky on How Much Do Employers Budget for Education? · · Score: 1

    My company bought me an unlimitied SUNKEY, and a 16 day M$ xchange bootcamp. You are so very right, without training on new tech a staff grows stale and often the best leave to pursue newer more challenging (read better paying) jobs.
    Although I think a GOOD network tech is worth his/her weight in GOLD.

  21. You have little experience with big companies on MSDN Subscriber Forced to use Passport · · Score: 1

    I see. M$ moves with KID gloves around their BIG enterprise customers trust me I KNOW. We generate WAY too much money for them. We support 160,000 exchange email clients and nearly 300,000 copies of MS os's. We get EXCELLENT response from them. Now I will agree if you are not a big business M$ will be NON-responsive and you have little recourse. M$ likes bringing clients to our site to tour and show off our use of their stuff. They bend over backwards to keep us happy. Oh and BTW delusional is spelled slightly different and OUR lawyers have backed M$ into a corner on 2 seperate ocasions regarding licensing issues and we have WON both cases PRIOR to it ever going to court. If you think a company DOES NOT GIVE a RAT'S ass about email and LIABILITY then you have much to learn beyond how to spell.

  22. the above has a point on Linus Says No To Annoying Boot Messages · · Score: 2

    I'd like to see NEW services and devices etc, but after they are running nicely I'd just as soon they fade in the background and not take up screen time unless an ERROR is generated. As a development system builder I never know what specs the developers will want.

  23. yes but that is a test kernel on Linus Says No To Annoying Boot Messages · · Score: 1

    and the messages are more likely to be of use. I like the idea of using a -v parm to get any info beyond a silent load. These things should load quietly and quickly unless the admin wants further info.

  24. You are not French by any chance on Linus Says No To Annoying Boot Messages · · Score: 1

    are you ? It would explain so many things. What I find most annoying is the folks who can't read past a typo. If we are talking about a serious grammar error that alters the context I can see some uproar, but I'll bet there are more grammar gestapo posts that hot grits posts. You take your choice at which is a bigger TROLL....

  25. yeah right on Microsoft To Delay IE "Smart Tags" Release · · Score: 1

    as long as you aren't a business or anyone trying to actually make money off the net. If you want to lock you site down feel free, you can even take it off the net. That will show people and I am SURE M$ will regret your departure A LOT...