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  1. Re:Turd Sandwich on Pre-Election Discussion · · Score: 1

    I heard that the Texas Hot Plate is a swing vote for sure.

  2. Re:No more Bush on Pre-Election Discussion · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Not to split hairs, but did Bush create his own intelligence report about WMD's in Iraq? I believe the CIA had their own intelligence, British sources provided intelligence, as well as general UN intelligence. He based a tough decision on information that was provided to him. As to whether or not you agree with his decision...Well that's another thing. But the people who say that he personally lied are off target.

  3. Internal MS Memo on XBox Owner Sues Microsoft · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dammit I knew we shouldn't have picked up that lot of IBM Deathstar drives off eBay...

  4. Re:Replacing Windows/Exchange with Suse/Groupwise on SuSE Linux 9.2 Professional Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    From what I had read on this, Microsoft Exchange Server is replaced with SUSE OpenExchange Server. It seems to be a good fit. That takes care of the server end. On the desktop end those shops still using Windows clients can continue running Microsoft Lookout as the messaging client. To the enduser everything is supposedly seamless.

    Of course this is all based on research, not practical experience. I'd love to hear of some practical success stories making the switch.

  5. Here is the link on Latest Ballmergram Bashes Linux TCO · · Score: 1

    Microsoft posted hotfix that appears to be similar to what you are experiencing...

  6. Your solution on Latest Ballmergram Bashes Linux TCO · · Score: 1

    I didn't read all of the other replies but your problem is due to one of the recent Windows Updates. If you check the Internet Storm Center's diary entries there is a reference to specifically what you are talking about. Microsoft's UNIX Services were broken by a recent Windows Update...

  7. Re:You know.... on Latest Ballmergram Bashes Linux TCO · · Score: 1

    If I was a cheerleader for the Chicago Browns I would wake up one day and realize some things as well...wait, who the hell are the Chicago Browns??

  8. Missing Link on New Hominid Species Unearthed in Indonesia · · Score: 1

    Here is their missing link. Dr. Shrinker at work again back then, no doubt.

  9. Levels of incompetence on PostNuke Open Source CMS Attacked · · Score: 3, Funny
    How many levels can we progress? Lemme see:

    A site is responsible for distributing an application based on a platform that's been a script kiddie playground for years now.

    The site gets its source code respositories compromised.

    The site's maintainers apparently don't verify any MD5 checksums on a regular basis.

    The general public knownigly downloads said compromised source code without verifying any MD5 checksums either.

    Boy oh boy. I thought Windows "experts" were clueless.

  10. Is it just me on PostNuke Open Source CMS Attacked · · Score: 1

    Or does there seem to be a lot of sites with PHP implementations having security issues? I know that it's not the fault of the tool as much as the fault of the mechanic. But sheesh. To me it seems as if PHP is on par with Visual Basic in being a springboard for insecure code.

  11. Re:I don't like it on Gambas 1.0 Release Candidate Available · · Score: 1

    Does that mean that all of the IT wannabes will have to wait for the Microsoft Access for Linux port? [/joke]

  12. Re:Hmmm... on A Technical RFID Primer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Look here. Here's the infamous cream pie episode as well.

  13. Re:Or Another Question? on Would John Kerry Defang the DMCA? · · Score: 1

    Yes I did read the article. The picture was taken long after the war, but its place in North Vietnam directly correlated to Kerry's impact on helping out the cause of the North Vietnamese **during the time of the war** through protests and higher level political pursuit. Why else would the picture be placed in a museum relating to the 1970's?

    Just like the pictures of Kerry and Fonda together I've run across. Sickening. I won't say that Dubya is my hero but at least he has a stance and sticks to it.

  14. Or Another Question? on Would John Kerry Defang the DMCA? · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Are you proud to be honored in Ho Chi Minh City as a North Vietnamese hero with your portrait prominently displayed?

  15. Irony on Would John Kerry Defang the DMCA? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's ironic that the verb "defang" is used here. Especially since Mr. Kerry looks like Frankenstein's monster after a pancake and mascara session.

  16. Whew!!!! on America's Most Connected Campuses · · Score: 1

    When I first read the subject of this post I was picturing a tin shack with Jason's mom's head on the table....

  17. Re:PSU underranked... on America's Most Connected Campuses · · Score: 1

    When Forbes polled your university for this survey they must've mistakenly gotten a hold of Joe Pa for the information. He can't remember where he parks his car, much less what new-fangled gadgets these kids nowadays are using.

  18. Good stuff on 7 hour BBS Documentary Nearly Ready · · Score: 1
    I'm not sure if I could sit through 7 hours of coverage, but I fondly recall plopping the phone receiver down on a 300 baud modem connected to a Tandy pocket computer. Then moving up to a 2400 baud modem a few years later connecting to Wildcat and Renegade boards and then moving up to the GUI environment of the Excalibur boards. Those were the days.

    Eventually the BBS'es became just springboards to logging onto the Internet through shell accounts. Before that turning point it was neat to think of the locality of communications. How you could walk past someone in a bookstore, at a bar, or at the movies and they could be someone from the local BBS you were part of.

    For anyone interested, check out this site. You can download your own Renegade BBS for fun and profit. Errr...for fun I guess.

  19. Sharp bails on the Western World on Sharp To Ship New HD-equipped Zaurus In Japan · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From what I see of their Japanese product releases they are trying to further the cause for more functional handhelds. Obviously there must be a high demand for such items in that part of the world. The demand for these must not be as high in the U.S. or Europe since they have steadily (and quietly without prior announcement) drawn out of these markets.

    I agree with the other takes I've read on this article. Yes, they should've added wi-fi or Bluetooth. And yes, they couldn't dropped the 4 GB HDD in favor of a 4 GB CF HDD. I had an SL-5500 and have to say having a Linux box in the palm of my hand that I could use as an Apache/PHP/mySQL server was certainly impressive. So was the fact I could code and compile on the unit. But the hardware was built on the cheap. And that is being kind.

    The thing that saddens me the most about Sharp is that after actively participating on their developer webboard for a couple of years I can say that they don't really foster many close ties with their user population. They drop things like a rock and without much dialog.

  20. Re:Reminiscing on New Technique Could Trace Documents By Printer · · Score: 1

    Just like the Brady Bunch episode where Greg steals the rival football team's mascot (Lucille the goat). This was almost exactly duplicated in a Differ'nt Strokes episode where Willis pulled the same prank. I don't think Todd Bridges capped or stabbed the mascot, however.

  21. Reminiscing on New Technique Could Trace Documents By Printer · · Score: 4, Funny

    I recall a Brady Bunch episode where Alice was typing letters and sending them to Jan to make her feel special. She was feeling overlooked, being the middle daughter and all. Well the Bradys traced the letters back to Alice's typewriter because it dropped its Y's. Not sure what all of this means, but it seems ontopic.

  22. Too bad... on Tracing the Evolution of Social Software · · Score: 3, Funny

    that this newly hyped buzzword isn't attracting a lot of collaboration based on the message threads here. Perhaps it's not robust and scalable enough to exist as a clicks-and-mortar bleeding edge institution.

    Sheesh. I think I'll start blogging about TPS reports to see what recoginition I'll get...

  23. Hey on Java 1.5 vs C# · · Score: 1

    Take it easy this article is a lot more correct then most of the ones I read here!

  24. supported overtime? on Java 1.5 vs C# · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does this mean the code developers get paid for working overtime?

  25. Irony at its finest on Dell Recalls Millions of AC Adaptors · · Score: 1

    First Dell offshores their Tech Support to the far reaches of India. Then they have it come back to bite them since the ghosts of departed Union Carbide employees who worked in the same Indian provinces have doomed their battery and AC adaptor line.