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  1. Re:Heak! it would even work in the US. on Aussie TV Networks Fight BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Yep, you got that right.

    6 Mbit ADSL... w00t!

    I download stuff from bitTorrent normally at about 120K/sec, I have had torrents with enough seeders come down at 500K/sec, love it.

  2. MOD PARENT DOWN on British TV Station Offers Downloads · · Score: 1, Redundant

    He has linked to his own page which markets a book through Amazon's affiliate program.

    The post is spam, plain and simple. A quick look at his user page shows it's not the first time he's done it, either.

  3. Symbian 60 on MiniMo(zilla) Running on Windows Mobile · · Score: 1

    Any news when something like this would be available for Symbian 60 series devices.

    Would be great to use something like Mozilla on my mobile phone, especially if it includes something like FTP client and maybe a decent IMAP client.

  4. Re:Acoustic couplers and tin cans on Notacon: Geeks, Community, and Technology · · Score: 1

    Or you can maybe use morse code :)

    Tap out the morse code on the tin can and the other guy then has to decode it and type out the message

  5. Acoustic couplers and tin cans on Notacon: Geeks, Community, and Technology · · Score: 1

    They mentioned both of these in the article, I think combining them might work well.

    Get a couple of tin cans with an acoustic coupler in each one. Have some good wire between them for transmitting the information. I don't think normal string would work well since the volume drop would be a bit much but maybe some thin steel cable or something like that would give better results.

    I dunno really, but something like that would be a really cool way to reuse old gear

  6. Re:Got datacap? on Australia Gets 8Mbit/s Broadband now, 20Mbit Soon · · Score: 1

    I don't see any .au ISP supporting unlimited 8mbps let alone 20.

    They don't offer unlimited, I have a 10GB limit.

    By saying "download heaps" I mean have say iiNet's internet radio service running and downloading a few files at high speed while browsing.

    Their heavy plan has 80GB limit which would be enough for most people I would imagine and still is a good price.

  7. I am with iiNet and on the new plans on Australia Gets 8Mbit/s Broadband now, 20Mbit Soon · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have just changed to the new plans and am getting about 7mbit connection. Loving the high speeds and the ability to download heaps and still surf the net without noticing.

    There is also an error in the above summary
    The only downside noted by Whirlpool readers is that iiNet is forcing customers to take their long distance phone service as well to get access to the 8Mbit/s speeds

    iiNet are not forcing you to take their long distance phone service, you need to sign up with their complete phone service, not just long distance. My local calls and line rental charges are all through iiNet now, not just long distance.

  8. Re:Horrible, just horrible on New Standard Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Erm... news flash for you, thats only one word.

  9. Re:PHPNuke on Open Source Content Management Discussion? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    PHPNuke has gotta be one of the most poorly written PHP apps available. Run the code with the error level set at E_ALL and watch the amount of notices you get for undefined variables and improperly used array references.

  10. Babelfish translation of official press release on Nvidia and Linux to Power Namco Arcade Games · · Score: 3, Interesting
  11. It's not all that good on Open Xchange Server Source-code Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    This product sounds good but out of personal experience it leaves quite a bit to be desired.

    We recently installed this and tried using it in our office and found it to be very buggy and unstable. The first version we installed, 4.0, wouldn't even create user accounts properly. It would screw up the samba each time it tried to create the account.

    The whole fact that it uses IMAP for its email made it clumsy to use in Outlook as you had your personal folders and then also had your IMAP folders and then also had your SLOX folders. Was quite confusing for most of the users. Also the calendar sharing wasn't that well designed at all. The user was forced to have two calendars, one in public folders and their own one. There was no way to share your normal calendar around the network.

    SuSE have a good product here but it is still far from a proper Exchange replacement. We ended up sending the software back and getting Exchange instead.

  12. Registering to get rid of ads? on Not Enough Ads? Install Adbar. · · Score: -1

    Can I register and get rid of the ads?

    Of course! Paypal $19 (51% cheaper than Opera!) to me or the Mozilla Foundation, then use Firefox's Extension Manager to uninstall adbar.


    Why pay to remove something you can simply choose to not install in the first place?

    It's like paying for removing Gator from your machine :)

  13. Re:What's coming out of your basement? on Office Depot Wants to Recycle Your Old Computer · · Score: 1

    http://irb.cs.tu-berlin.de/~zuse/history/eniac-pm. jpg

    Shoot... thats one big machine. I would love to see the truck you would need to transport that thing.

  14. Re:Where are the screenshots? on Video Chat Via Transparent Desktop Overlay · · Score: 5, Informative
  15. Re:Safe to upgrade yet? on Apache 2.0.50 Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    I am using PHP 5 and works great. The trick is to compile Apache using the prefork MPM.

    Quote from http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/prefork.html

    This Multi-Processing Module (MPM) implements a non-threaded, pre-forking web server that handles requests in a manner similar to Apache 1.3. It is appropriate for sites that need to avoid threading for compatibility with non-thread-safe libraries. It is also the best MPM for isolating each request, so that a problem with a single request will not affect any other.

    Using Apache 2 in this method will make it work perfectly with PHP.

  16. Old news? on Reverse Graffiti · · Score: 5, Informative

    I was having a look around to see if there were any photos of this and found instead references to them doing this back in Oct 2003.

    http://www.bizhelp24.com/marketing/guerrilla-marke ting-examples.shtml#oct2003

  17. Re:I miss from Mozilla... on Mozilla Project Officially Releases Firefox 0.9 · · Score: 1

    Sweet! Thank you!

    This has been the only reason I have not upgraded. Awesome to see there is a solution :D

  18. Re:Partial mirror... on Orac^3 -- Not Your Everyday Casemod · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is another of the front

    Front
    Back

  19. Only Chinese version of Wikipedia? on China Blocks Wikipedia · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Having a look at the article text is states "Ten days ago the Chinese government blocked Internet access to the Chinese version of the Wikipedia".

    To me that seems to imply that the English version of the site has not been blocked. Can anyone confirm if this is true?

  20. Other links on Google's Gmail To Offer 1GB E-mail Storage? · · Score: 3, Informative
  21. Re:Modding Non-Reg Links on Verizon's NYC 911 System Shutdown · · Score: 1

    Erm, what the heck is the underrated option there for?

  22. Bring it on! on SCO Seeks Licenses Down Under · · Score: 5, Informative

    The good is that we have the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

    If SCO calls you, give them the finger and then report them to the ACCC. The Perth company, CyberKnights, lodged a complaint earlier on this month.

    If SCO keeps going with trying to get UNIX licenses in Australia they should be prepared to face the ACCC.

  23. Re:Don't go to these guys... on Starting Your Own Community Driven Website? · · Score: 1

    I think this is a lot worse. Purple with mustard yellow...

  24. PHP link is for Canada Mirror on Apache 1.3.x vs. 2.0.x: The Debate Returns · · Score: 4, Informative

    The PHP manual link posted is a direct link to one of the Canada mirror servers. The PHP site is mirrored around the world and it automatically selects your nearest mirror server.

    Use http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.apache2.php instead so that it can select the nearest mirror server and save us slashdotting this one Canadian server :D

  25. Re:Use Flash? on Stop! Website Thief! · · Score: 1

    Good way to stuff up someones machine.

    Go to http://www.gator.com/download/msie.html and when the box appears click on the "Always trust content from..." option.

    Now go to as many spyware sites you can remember and do the same to each one of them. :)

    I don't think their computer will ever be free of spyware again.