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  1. Re:Wire it, you lazy bum on A Comparison of 802.11g Firewalls? · · Score: 1

    Slang term for high lumen lights usually found on electric poles.

    I found a type of light that emits large amounts of 2.4 GHz static. Because of this, we could guarantee the security of INTERCEPTING communications outside of the factory.

  2. Re:Wire it, you lazy bum on A Comparison of 802.11g Firewalls? · · Score: 1

    Premises that I based my decision on:

    1: Parents are probably computer stupid
    2: I dont think he wants to fix whenever one machine 'does not work'.
    3: Wireless security is about non-existant (Yeah, wep-hackers are really big now)
    4: Wired is 2x times the fastest wireless protocol, and cheaper to boot

    In my experience, unles you're trying to get 2 or 3 machines in a large factory on the corporate lan, wireless is NOT the way to go.

  3. Re:Wire it, you lazy bum on A Comparison of 802.11g Firewalls? · · Score: 1

    Trust me, I know. I work for a contractor who has me do this about half the time. I've put in wiring from old 50's businesses to going onsite for conduit work for tomorrow's buildings.

    The only place I know we're using wireless is in a huge factory to send data from fringe stations in. And we also use the 2.4GHz 'flood lights' to prevent onlookers. That and wep have discouraged ANYBODY from looking in.

  4. Wire it, you lazy bum on A Comparison of 802.11g Firewalls? · · Score: 0, Insightful

    If the people you're buying wireless stuff for doesnt know what 'security' is, wire it. It prevents leechers, black-hats, spammers and other undesirables.

    And .11g is ONLY 55Mbit. Regular ethernet gear is 100Mbit. What exactly is the reason you need wireless?

  5. Re:I would NOT give anything to OS on Do Companies Take Software, And Not Give? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you just dont understand, but the whole ideal of CAPITALISM breaks down when there is a total over-abundance. For a world where products go from comon to scarce, capitalism seems to work.

    In the digital world, hardware costs, network, and power costs are all the associated costs. Bits are 'free', but the orderings are not. Simply, since everything can be duplicated, the cost per unit approaches 0.

  6. Re:What I got on Weird Presents Anyone? · · Score: 1

    The reason I asked is because in Columbus, IN , we got a tonload of P2-233 and selling them dirt cheap. I just thought you might be onbe of those 'lucky ones'. ;-)

  7. Re:What I got on Weird Presents Anyone? · · Score: 1

    Dumb question, but do you live in 1 hour south of Indianapolis, IN?

  8. Re:When worlds collide... on Weird Presents Anyone? · · Score: 1

    #3 is the much better cat

    http://joecartoon.com/pages/katfight/

  9. Re:here's a weird one for you on Weird Presents Anyone? · · Score: 1

    Maybe I'm clueless here, but I dont think you get a divorce over a chinese checkers game fight....

    Just a guess, but it's probably more than that.

  10. Re:Unofrtunately... on 90nm 3GHz PPC 970FX by Summer · · Score: 1

    >>>So, instead of Lightning frying my PCs, it'll actually make them work!?

    Yeah, and it'll make your computer go throught time! Course, the clock crystals'll probably be destriyed till you can raise the funds to rebuild them...

  11. Re:Bandwidth limits? on Have You Fought Your ISP Over Bandwidth Limits? · · Score: 1

    Try reading how TCP works. It works by ACKnologing packets. Those go the upstream, so if you eat the upoad, you can send data through TCP.

  12. Re:Time travel on Where Are The Edges Of Today's Technology World? · · Score: 1

    Hmm... An AC asking for credentials.

    Now THAT'S a laugh.

  13. Re:Time travel on Where Are The Edges Of Today's Technology World? · · Score: 1

    Can I assume that you dont believe in string theory and the multivere?

    If you did, according to those theories, there are an infinite amount of universes. Causality would only apply to that universe.

    Also, the idea of causality can only approach the speed of light. No information or energy can go faster than a light-time sphere from where you are relative from.

  14. Re:Safe Nuclear Batteries on Where Are The Edges Of Today's Technology World? · · Score: 1

    Smoke detecters these days have got rid of the americurium(I know, wrong spelling) and instead use a led and photosensor. That's why crap like sawdust sets off detecters these days. In the old days, the radiation could easily pass from one side to the next with macro-particles like sawdust.

  15. Re:Technology is more of an evolution. on Where Are The Edges Of Today's Technology World? · · Score: 1

    I'd buy that most people in the mid-early 1900's wouldnt believe of cordless phones... Well, except for Tesla. He made wireless controls for smallish gizmo's around his labs.

    Given a decently small mic and speaker, he could have made a "cell phone" with remote power at that!

    And all of those "mysterious disturbances" and other 'mystic' happenings... I dont believe it. A lot of that is plain bunk.

    Ref: US patent # 685,956 on NOV 5, 1901: Appratus for utilizing effects transmitted through a natural media

    US Patent # 787,412 on APR 18, 1905: Art of transmitting Electrical energy through the natural mediums.

  16. Re:Time Time Time on iTMS Named Fortune's Product Of The Year · · Score: 1

    Yeah, your point? Justin Frankel made Gnutella and WASTE. Now, he's gone from Nullsoft.

  17. Re:identify codecs on Dealing w/ Codec Hell Under Multiple OSes? · · Score: 1

    Shut up. You're just being an ass when you know what I'm talking about.

  18. Re:Why does it matter? on Final Fantasy's Lost Translation, Greatest Hits · · Score: 1, Interesting

    To me, "polishing" means they make it politically correct along with generic nationalization. The ripped FF4 a new one, and took away much of the nuances of
    FF6.

    On FF4, not one mention of "death" could be told. It was "off this world" or somesuch pap. Cid was much more true to form in the Japanese, as he cussed a bit when it made sense. And that's not to mention they ripped out the whole developer room because of the "Porn Mag".

    I'm not some sort of fanboy or somesuch tripe. My main point was "What's the big deal". Square had their chance and they blew it. I've had the translation since '99 or so.. It's a decent game.

    FF3's better in that they forgo the "levels" and go towards an adaptive stat balancing device. Great to prototype as another game.. It'd work wonders on games like NWN or oter RPG's.

  19. Why does it matter? on Final Fantasy's Lost Translation, Greatest Hits · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Fan translation by Neo Demiforce was done well as was FF3.

    The translation community has had these games for years. Why it makes "such a story now" lands a question mark on me.. unless Square paid slashdot for advertising.

  20. Re:identify codecs on Dealing w/ Codec Hell Under Multiple OSes? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Windows works ok for playing basic stuff, but fails when you have many AVI's with the same 4 character ID. Then the AVI lookup library gets in a fit and doesnt bother to try to lookup the correct format.

    Mplayer WILL attempt to find the correct codec to the media being played. It just doesnt run well on windows (or so I've heard- I've never attempted it).

  21. Crack out mPlayer from mplayerhq.hu on Dealing w/ Codec Hell Under Multiple OSes? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Put as many windows codec's under /usr/win32 and let mplayer have a shot at them. I've not seen one AVI that it couldnt play correctly.

    Xine, on the other hand....

  22. Cluck the chicken says... on "Forking" Greatest Danger of Adopting Open Source? · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Sky is falling!!! Watch for falling Bits.

    Havent we had enough of this "dangers of open source" crap?

  23. Re:"Restocking" fees, especially! on Stealth Inflation · · Score: 1

    I dont know about you, but I'd like to hook some AC circuits to those asses that sell broken shit. And I bet by saying "Charge to test" was saying you'll pay to see if it's good, and then find out it doenst and THEN take the restocking fee....

  24. Re:Sad state of affairs... on Stealth Inflation · · Score: 1

    Not if it's stated as a "Customer Business Fee". Remember, they dont have to pay it...

  25. Re:FAT filesystems to be banned in California on Microsoft to Charge for FAT File System · · Score: 2, Funny

    lets see....

    touch && unzip && mount && fsck && fsck && fsck && umount && zip && sleep