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  1. Try Wired/Ethernet. on A Wireless Network for a 4-Story Apt. Building? · · Score: 0

    Don't be so sure everyone is gonna want wireless. The weaker signals and compatibility issues with people's wireless cards on their computer could cause headaches
    I think it could be end up being cheaper and more practical to get the building professionally wired with Cat5 cable. Let the individual tenants setup wireless in their units if they so please.
    Also, I know there are issues with wireless networks and 2.4 ghz cordless phones that you might run into also.
    Goodluck.

  2. Terrible? on California Cybercafe Regulation Decision Released · · Score: 0

    >in a terrible privacy decision
    you've got to be kidding.
    The article even says "Given the well-demonstrated criminal activity observed at cybercafes, and their tendency to attract gang members,". That seems like reason enough to want video surveillance to keep cyber cafes safe. This whole "big brother" paranoia and loss of privacy bs is getting ridiculous.
    God forbid we ever do anything to curb gang violence!

  3. Was Richard in need of a job? on Stallman Goes to India · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hi, Thank you for calling Dell technical support. My name is Richard. How may I help you?

  4. noise on The Absolute Worst Working Environment? · · Score: 0

    i'm in a windowless 10x10ft room with an alarm panel that alarms at least every 15 minutes for 30 seconds and a copier next to me with a broken fan (very loud). and above all.. i'm required to use Windows! oh the humanity!!

  5. Re:Registration Free Link on One-Way Ticket to Mars? · · Score: 0

    >Sometimes, though, it's hard to tell the difference...
    ah yes.. the NYTimes: full of holes and run by asses. definately goatse.cx material ;)

  6. Re:Why do a manned mission? on One-Way Ticket to Mars? · · Score: 0

    and what is this global threat you keep speaking of? again i'll assume environmental. so by your logic we should just pack up and leave when we can no longer live on Earth and move elsewhere. and what happens when we get to Mars (or whatever planet) and begin to colonize, build cities, power plants, etc.. would we have changed our social/personal/financial needs for the things that originally polluted the Earth so much that it was made un-inhabitable? something tells me no. if we cannot correct our ways using the resources (money combined with better policy) we have on this planet then we are just doomed to repeat it again and again on any other planet we go to. so its not just about the starving boy in China. its about policy, logistics, and values.

  7. Re:Why do a manned mission? on One-Way Ticket to Mars? · · Score: 0

    and you honestly believe we are facing extinction (environmentally i'll assume) anytime soon? are you that stupid? wanna tell that to some 3 yr old chinese boy that hasn't eaten in days and drinks shitty water that his government would rather spend money on some wasteful idea that sending a man in space will help us colonize another planet in say... 100s (and thats a great under-estimate) of years from now? China has no other purpose of spending their money on a space program other than political/social "respect". curb your ignorance and wake up to reality.

  8. Re:Why do a manned mission? on One-Way Ticket to Mars? · · Score: 0

    people like you keep people starving in China while their government says "because we can".

  9. In Soviet Russia... on Matrix-Style Brain Interface Closer To Reality · · Score: -1, Troll

    .. remote-controlled monkies control you!

  10. Re:Nothing New on Microsoft Word Forms Passwords Hacked · · Score: 1, Interesting

    >I can see why you would do that for /authentication/, but not for /encryption/.
    .. because this isn't encryption. this is for mom&pops keeping their special docs away from the kids. trouble is, most kids know more than their parents anyways and probably already have this tool to break into the docs.

    there are many other tools that could probably encrypt and secure Word documents just as good, if not better, than using Office to "secure" it half-assly as shown here.

  11. Checksum == modification check on Microsoft Word Forms Passwords Hacked · · Score: 1, Informative

    >removing any trace of the modification.

    modification can be checked using a checksum of the original and suspect files. that is.. if the user knows how to obtain the checksums.

  12. Re:U.S. government surveillance on Feds Thwart Extortion Plot Against Best Buy · · Score: 0

    ah yes. once again we see the typical government paranoia from the whack imaginations fueled by science-fiction and not reality. you poor poor thing.

  13. Re:28 countries exempt on U.S. Begins Digital Fingerprinting In Airports · · Score: 0

    +5 Funny!
    was from the Simpsons.. "Simpsons go to England"

  14. Re:HA HA Europe on Spirit Rover Lands Successfully · · Score: 0

    with comments like that i like to remember that most of Americans ancestors were indeed from Europe. (I live in the US btw)

  15. Re:News For Nerds??!! on UK National Archives Divulge Secrets · · Score: 0

    Please tell us where you are from so we may tell you why your country already resembles the stoneage.. politically, morally, economically, and technological.

    you dickfore.

  16. Re:Great idea... on UK National Archives Divulge Secrets · · Score: 0

    else we would be able to see the fifty year old military documents that the government likes to hide so much.

    I love when people express their "government is hiding so much from us" ideas, especially when you have no proof of your own and your source is the already biased media, overly dramatic fictional movies, and your fantasy-filled thoughts fueled by either.

    Please indulge me with your conspiracy theories for my amusement.

  17. Re:Great, GREAT idea. on Finding MD5 Collisions With Chinese Lottery · · Score: 0

    ..limited by you having a web browser open...
    actually, if they are running windows with the activex desktop turned on he can run this as one of those hidden activex desktop item thingies.

  18. Re:That's really interesting... on Finding MD5 Collisions With Chinese Lottery · · Score: 0

    >Install one. Java Installation Site. Here's the SDK, if you want it. It comes with a JVM.

    uh, didn't you just say...
    >you don't have to bother installing something and hope it doesn't fsck up your computer
    ??

    Your explanation was redundant, btw.

  19. Cog commercial was free in the US.. on 10 Ads The US Won't See · · Score: 0

    With all the downloads on the net of the popular cog commercial, i'd say honda has gotten a fair share of free advertising without even putting it on "the air".

  20. Re:You want the coolest culture? Check out Canada! on Japan's Empire of Cool · · Score: 0

    My God! you forgot about Mounties!

  21. Re:Not a very encouraging year on LWN.net Linux Timeline 2003 · · Score: 0

    >Ditch KDE & Gnome and have all the developers work on the one true desktop
    By having 2 major desktops available for linux we have a sort of "checks and balances" among the two. Each pushes other to strive to be better. If there were only one desktop development can start getting lazy, bugs will rise up unfixed for longer periods of time, and the community will get frusterated.

  22. Re:Very nice on MySQL 5.0.0 (Alpha) Released · · Score: 0

    Keep on waiting. These are not real subqueries. Stuff such as SELECT name FROM TABLE_1 WHERE id IN (SELECT eligible FROM TABLE_2) still does not work.
    Many subqueries like that can be solved using left joins

  23. Cube? on Cube House · · Score: 0

    I was totally expecting a decorated GameCube.

  24. hmm... on Anatman, Pumpkin Seed, Algorithm · · Score: 0

    I love writing software, and I enjoy reading other people's source
    You must work for SCO.

  25. Re:LOTR question on The Cost of 12 Days of Christmas · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think you should ask Jared.
    (yes i know, way off topic)