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  1. Re:Here's how my police use it on Scottish Police Revert to Microsoft Office · · Score: 1

    So your saying you don't allready have a fulltime security staff to protect your distributed very confidential data stored on various places and files in a windows context?
    I'm sorry, but if you truly consider this secure and practical, I suggest you stick with it.

  2. Re:Here's how my police use it on Scottish Police Revert to Microsoft Office · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm not impressed.
    Really, you could automate that much better using web forms.
    If you have to do a mailmerge in word everytime you want to send something out, you're just wasting taxpayers' money.

    You're blaming grandparent for not knowing what he is talking about, but what do you mean with :
    "They also have to save that form data, which could not be done with a web form..."
    Can you kindly explain what's the point of filling out a webform wich can't be saved ?

  3. Anandtech Post on Completely Silent Media PC · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not really a mirror, but some pics from this case are at anantech. They took them while visting Computex.
    Just wanted to mention it since zalman.com and hexus.net are currently down.

  4. Funny Slashdotting on Ajax On Rails · · Score: 1

    Traditional Web App (at this moment running fine)

    Ajax Web App (Crashed / burnt)

  5. Re:Oh, great. on Steering Wheel Checks Alcohol Consumption · · Score: 1

    While I do sympatise with you and your friend, I do believe your logic is skewed.
    If you're going to use economics to make a point, you should use it right.
    Make an assumption of the cost generated by accidents from drunk driving, and compare that to the total cost of equipping every car with this system.

  6. It's just a hacker. on iPod Dangerous When Wet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I mean, it's just a kid. His expensive Ipod was dead, he prolly panicked. And he messed with stuff he knew nothing about.
    It's a stupid accident I have to admit. But isn't mucking about with stuff you don't (yet) understand one of the trademarks of the true hacker?
    Cut him some slack. It could well be possible he could've gotten the moist out before the oxidation got too worse. With a bit of luck he could have re-assembled it and be listening to it right now.
    He's learned a lot of things now, maybe he'll do better in the future.

  7. Re:Next story about this will be... on UK Government Launches Virus Alert Service · · Score: 1

    Before you call it funny, it happened in Belgium.
    The belgian postal service set up a mailinglist which they used to warn people on new worms spreading.
    Only staff members had the right to post, guess somebody messed up because the Lirva virus got spread by this list. (Translation of ZDnet article).

  8. Re:PHP bayesian filter. on How to Get Rid of Referrer Spam? · · Score: 1

    Well , I must admit I haven't had any personal experience with this specific referrer-spam problem. But I 've tried the php module and think it learns pretty fast. Maybe i should experiment with the referred script and some URL little later.
    Personally I think it's as good as any solution because it will be smarter and more adaptive than most word-filter ideas mentioned in this thread.
    Furthermore, you raised a valid point. A url is quite limited to filter. But maybe the script could get the referring page and filter that content too?

  9. PHP bayesian filter. on How to Get Rid of Referrer Spam? · · Score: 3, Informative

    You could write a module that would check entries from your referrer log.
    The best way to check if it's spam would be with a bayesian filter.
    Sure , it will take some coding / training the filter but this seems to me like the best option.

  10. Doesn't work that good. on MPAA Releases Software For Parents · · Score: 1

    Just tested it, and it works like it's described in the other posts. You could just as well use the find function of windows to look for media files.
    Furthermore it doesn't seem to be able to recognise all file sharing software. It got Azureus and Shareaza but didn't get eXeem Lite.

  11. Puuty for symbian OS ? on Which Cell Phones & Networks for SSH? · · Score: 1

    From the site:
    PuTTY is a free SSH client developed by Simon Tatham and others. This page contains a port to the Symbian OS, with support for Series 60 (Nokia 3650, 6600, and N-Gage) and Nokia 9200 Communicator series (Nokia 9210, 9210i, and 9290). The current version contains SSH protocol support, terminal emulation, and a basic user interface. More documentation is available in the distribution.
    I would check out the docs if I were you.

  12. Ghost / backup on The Tech Support Generation · · Score: 1
    It takes some time but it can save you time in the long run:
    1. install soft / clean computer
    2. Use partition magic to resize the disk
    3. Create a OS, data and ghost partition.
    4. Point 'my documents' link to data partition
    5. Insert ghost-bootdisk, create ghost on last partition
    6. Tell them to put the disk in a safe place and never ever touch it.

    Next time the have a problem, they can simply call you. And you guide them by phone trough the ghost restore. You could also write a small howto.
  13. Re:I don't think I could ever trust it on Will Our Cars Become Our Chauffeurs? · · Score: 1

    Actually it's a mechanical system that prevents elevators from falling down.
    See here.

    Elevators werent popular when they first came out. People wouldn't trust is so they were only used for lifting goods.
    After the invention of the second brake system mentioned on HSW they became accepted by the general audience.

  14. Sinister on Fred Nilsson Leaves id Software · · Score: 1

    This post reads like an obituary.

  15. I wonder how it will effect the work - relations on Would You Bid for a Job? · · Score: 1

    Normally you would get a raise when you get older. So there's a difference in the wages nurses get.
    In this system the lowest bidder wins.
    Will the nurses agree on a (informal) minimum-wage, and what will happen when none of the nurses really needs the cash and decides to go under it ?
    This is not ebay where venders and buyers are 'anonymous' , I would expect a lot of competition between staff members would come from this.

  16. Re:BitTorrent Link on Ubuntu Linux Preview Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Download mirrors are still doing fine :
    Italy
    US
    UK

  17. Re:Yet more good reasons to switch from IE on Exploring Firefox Extensions · · Score: 1

    The fact that it is a browser doesn't mean it's only fit for web. Suppose you have a intranet-site on a local network wich serves your business applications.

    That would qualify as "mission critical".

  18. As a belgian... on Privacy vs. Security: Biometric E-Passports · · Score: 1

    I'm not happy with this situation. Mind you , every belgian allready has a Sis-card. They say you need that card to get medicines, but with a bit extra paperwork you can get everything anyway.
    I'll guess it'll be the same with this. The minute I recieve this card I'll put it in the microwave for a few seconds. I'll still have id, since it's printed on the card, but I won't be carrying that extra data with me.

  19. Re:Captin, she cant take much more of this on Crossplatform iTunes Sharing and Trading · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This is modded as insightful? You're kidding, right?

    It isn't "stealing". It's called "copyright infringement".

  20. Re:Lies, damn lies and... on Nobody Gets a Tan at Video Game Camp · · Score: 2, Informative
    It doesn't look too technical ... no calculus involved. They should call it : "how to be a videogame-manager".
    From the site :

    Skills gained by taking this course:

    How To Pitch Projects

    Thinking Creatively

    Pre-Production And Production

    Teambuilding Skills

    Video Role-Play Sessions

    Understanding Rigging And Animation Controls

  21. Re:Whats funny about this.. on Another Zero-Day IE Scripting Exploit · · Score: 1

    What's really funny : it's just another trick. The top-search doesn't lead you to the results of this search, like with other search-engines.
    Instead it leads you to a advertisement for a spyware remover.
    This software looks terrible, and to download it you have to pay: "Instant Download- only $59.95 one time charge". So it's not that a lot of users used this site to search for a removal tool, more that whoever made this is trying to scam his victms a bit more.

  22. The heat stays in your laptop. on Heat Insulators for Laptops · · Score: 2, Informative

    As mentioned before, the heat stays in your lappy.
    This cooler (active) or this cooler (passive) look like better alternatives.

  23. Re:Sounds low to me on Infected Windows PCs Now Source Of 80% Of Spam · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You see this is what I don't like about ISP's, they're not too shy about taking the money from those mom's & pop's wnating to see their (grand)childeren on the intarweb.
    Sometimes the ISP's even advertise the protection against viruses in their advertising campains, wich usually only means protection of your email-inbox. In belgium they even install high-bandwith dsl or cable on that crappy unpatched, non-firewalled win98 box.
    Free service they call it, the tech dude comes over hooks your pc up and has leaves the house if the 'ipconfig' worked.
    So when the shit comes down, they take the money, blame the hackers and live happy ever after.

  24. Calculations, not frames. on Rendering Shrek@Home? · · Score: 1

    Uhm , why does everyone assume it's about rendering frames rather than doing calculations?
    As a previous poster mentioned, it would take far too much bandwith to send the data to calculate a whole frame. I would assume the textures alone would be to much for an avagare home-PC.
    We're really talking about calculating 'pixels' here. Als far as the screensaver concerns, I think you can consider yourselves lucky if your background colo(/u)r changes according to your last produced pixel.

  25. Re:Do it while their backs are turned! on Kill Bill, IBM vs Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Yes, if they are salty peanuts, people will drink more.
    You don't get out much , do you ?