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  1. Re:Oh well on Transatlantic Cable Fault Disrupts Internet In UK · · Score: 1

    Yes, we feel terrible here in England that everyone on the continent and the US have been isolated and now have a crippled connection to the internet.

  2. Re:Strange... on Transatlantic Cable Fault Disrupts Internet In UK · · Score: 1

    Well, I have had some strange problems that I could not figure out, I just got the impression that my ISP had started to suck again.
    What I see is that most of the time, everthing works, but from time to time, a site seems to be unavailable, but before I get to trace it, it starts working again.
    It is not often, just from time to time and when I started monitoring my line, it had perfect uptime with no packet loss. but this will explain a lot.

  3. Re:What's the difference ? on Redhat Reports 90% Return Subscription Rate · · Score: 1

    And what is more important, will Oracle only be supported with Enterprise versions in the future.

    btw. do you have a link to any information regarding those Oracle optimizations?

  4. Re:I guess I'm in the minority. on Redhat Reports 90% Return Subscription Rate · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    PS: Can't get more off-topic than this :)
    Sure you can, here:
    You sir, are worse than Hitler!

    (and by that I have also ended the thread)

  5. Re:Micro to Macro on Gamers Are Good People, Too · · Score: 0

    Just don't watch Fox News. :)

  6. Re:I'd rather... on MPAA Sued Over DVD Screener Ban · · Score: 1

    I don't have a DVD player, yet. And that is just the sort of thing that will keep me from buying one. But of course, not buying their DVDs anymore will only make them blame piracy.

  7. Re:Geez on Recycling TV Ads · · Score: 1

    Yes, but all they need to replace is the "go see the ballet" with "Avoid injuries, Buy the new Nokia-n-Gage!" and the ad is back in business.

  8. that reminds me on Recycling TV Ads · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have anyone seen that new ad with a frogs in a row, down in the swamp, advertising for that new dish washer?

  9. Mr Ballmer and his wireless adventures. on Wardriver Charged with Theft of Communications · · Score: 4, Interesting

    link here
    "For all his success at bringing Microsoft's warring constituencies together, there are still things beyond Bill and Steve's control. "I was in a hotel in Sun Valley last week that was not wired," Ballmer recalls. "So I turned on my PC, and XP tells me there is a wireless network available. So I connect to something called Mountaineer.

    "Well, I don't know what that is. But I VPN into Microsoft. It worked! I don't know whose broadband I used," he chuckles. "I didn't see it in Bill's room. I called him up and said, 'Hey, come over to my room.' So soon everyone is there and connecting to the Internet through my room."


    So was that a crime?

  10. Re:bluetooth on iPod-Jacked · · Score: 1

    Well in the office, I can see phones and PocketPCs in the rooms to each side of my office. I have tried ranges up to 30 feet that worked, I guess it depends on what's between the devices.
    When I walked down the street, it was clear that they indeed was short ranges, just a few steps too far and they were unavailable. I expect the devices to be on the ground level or 1st floor. When just outside my office, I could still see my co-workers phone, who was on the second floor.

  11. Re:bluetooth on iPod-Jacked · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Speaking of Bluetooth, I was going home from work today, and for the fun of it I kept my phone searching for other devices, in the 10 minute walk I Found 3 PCs, one PocketPC and 2 Inkjet printers. One PC and the PocketPC seemed to accept my filetransfer of a picture. So did one Inkjet printer, I don't know if it printed anything but it got 4 pictures from the street printed out. All this time i was walking outside and I guess that the PCs and printers was inside the shops and small offices in that neighbourhood.
    When I got to the sub, I found 4 other phones and a Ipaq, one of them wanted the files from my phone. but all of the sudden, the trip home was a bit more fun. :)

  12. Re:The "hyperthreading" thing. on Ars Dissects POWER5, UltraSparc IV, and Efficeon · · Score: 1

    If making the home edition without SMP, required more of them than flipping a flag before compiling, I'd say what it was money wasted in development. but what do I know.:)

  13. Re:rTransmeta? on Ars Dissects POWER5, UltraSparc IV, and Efficeon · · Score: 1

    Recent studies show that e[something] is out and @[something] are dead, stone cold. r[something] is _the_ thing. so be prepared for a whole new line of rebranded products rServers, rApplications, rCPUs

  14. Their feeds on Microsoft Introduces Competition For Google News · · Score: 1

    It funny than altough their feeds are no longer free, all my old perl scripts still works and until recently, still fetched news for a couple of defunct/offline website. I had forgotten about the cronjobs and saw to my amazement that they were no longer free and my scripts still worked.

  15. Bring them together. on Fox Considering a Return of "Family Guy" · · Score: 1

    I don't know anything about the series, except for having seen it. :) Who made it and will they be able to assemble the team again for the project?
    We all know that when people work well together magic happens and the sum of their work is greater than the total of what each has put into it.
    You cannot expect to get the same result with different people as we have seen on the Simpsons where it was easy to see where Conan O'Brien left and the time it took to bring back the same quality(although some will say that it never did but don't listen to those old school hardcore dudes)... I am starting to ramble, cu :)

  16. Re:Use #5478.. on Epson Creates Tiny Flying Robot · · Score: 1

    You have been watching too many japanese cartoons. :)

  17. Re:Gateway actually sells servers? on Gateway Forges Partnership With SuSE · · Score: 1

    Indeed, I have never seen their "servers" but I guess it must be bought by the same people who buy Dell "servers".
    I mean, take a look into fx. a IBM Intel server(not the lowend, the real stuff), if you haven't seen that(or possible HP), you have not seen a real server.

  18. Re:What is wrong with these scammers? on Sweet Revenge On Nigerian Scammers · · Score: 1

    I believe that the people they meet first, are only low paid stooges and you don't see the people behind it before you have been checked out when meeting with him.

  19. Re:But... on Red Hat, SUSE Announce Educational Discounts · · Score: 1

    And you are free to download the kernel and build your own system around it.

  20. Gigabit on Broadcom Accuses Atheros Of WiFi Pollution · · Score: 1

    At least we got drivers for the gigabit ethernet ports. A good thing since now that they can be found in IBM's Intel servers. ;)

  21. Re:Not enough RAM on Move Over Mini-ITX, Here Comes The gigaQube · · Score: 1

    I had a server running on a Pentium 75Mhz 64MB with Freebsd, it was running Apache(with php), MySQL, Samba and 50gb disk. In the beginning, it only had 32mb and was slower but I found some memory and added another 32mb. It was even running one of those PHP bulletin boards. And I must admit it was not the fastest machine around but it served it's purpose for 3 years, serving the bulletin board for a small group(around 100) of people. With passive cpu cooling and a silent PSU it was great because it had to be located in my living room.

  22. Re:hmm on Why Personal Websites Matter · · Score: 2, Insightful

    give what people care about -- your opinions and knowledge
    I have yet to come across a blog of any value. Except once I found one with some compilation parameters for a program that I could use.
    Most people writing these things, thinks they have something interesting to say when most often, they do not.
    Reading about, to me, random people's thoughts and opinions are a complete waste of time, at most it can be amusing and if you have a closed mind, it may be able to open it to the world.

    However reading a blog (or the old finger/.plan) was interesting when the work and/or actions of the people writing it, has a impact on aspects of your life.

  23. Re:Finally Truthfull Headline from SCO on Forbes Examines SCO Subpoenas · · Score: 1

    All I got was this so I wonder what it said before :) :
    /K I L L K I L L K I L L -- The SCO Group/ October 16, 2003: 5:10 p.m. EST

    (PRNewswire) - We are advised by The SCO Group that journalists and other readers should disregard the news release, The SCO Group Closes $50 Million Equity Financing, issued earlier today over PR Newswire, as it contained some erroneous information. The SCO Group said a revised release will be issued later today.

    PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oct. 16

  24. Licensing structure. on Ask Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik · · Score: 1

    Don't you think most people running plan Redhat and doing their own suport will migrate away since there are no licensing structure for those who just wants the OS and the program updates?

  25. Delivery format on Replace Your Music....Again · · Score: 1

    So, it is nothing more than changing the delivery format from a CD to a chip. But I guess the delivery method is the same, music stores, online mail order etc. Now this chip won't do much unless they manage to pair it with a system where I can buy music online, download it and put it on the chip. and in a perfect quality that is... And the store must be a virtual treasure chest where I can find all that music I can think of, including that has been forgotten by most people.

    It does not seem to be any real solution to any of their problems other than presenting the music in a format that will ensure that you are breaking the law if you try to get it out in a non approved device