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  1. Been using it the past few weeks on PHP 5 Released; PHP Compiler, Too · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Ever since I picked up George Schlossnagle's Advanced PHP Programming as few weeks back I've been using PHP5 RC3 to get used to the new Object-Oriented layout. It's my first real step into using strong OO in my web application and I'm learning a lot!

  2. Re:IE User on PC Magazine Reviews Firefox, Opera · · Score: 1

    You have just spoke for a billion people.

    Now let's just hope those billion people are listening as well.

  3. MaximumPC on What Magazines Do You Read? · · Score: 1

    This is the only mag that I read as it were my Bible. It's geared towards people who treat their computer's like Hot Rods (the car, not the Transformer...er, he was a car. Nevermind.)

    You don't have to have a huge budget to enjoy this magazine. But when I do make that huge purchase once a year, I can never go wrong when consulting them.

    Recently, I purchased the Western Digital Media Center External Hard Drive for my backups and love it!

  4. Re:If this won't get people to switch, what will? on New IE Malware Captures Passwords Ahead Of SSL · · Score: 1

    For some people it's not that it's hard to download a different browser. Some people just don't care. My Dad still uses IE and well, I don't think he cares about any other browser. He still thinks IE is perfectly fine just because nothing bad has happened to him....yet.

    It takes something dratic to make people change and for the most part, nothing drastic has happened yet to them.

  5. Is it worth your life? on Networking in the Danger Zone? · · Score: 1

    My subject is very forward but true.

    A co-worker of mine is from India. We were talking about the the tension between India and Pakistan and the tragic incident of Paul Johnson when it changed to about doing contract work in the Middle East. She had mentioned how one her friends was recently offered a job in that region with pay of around $2,500 per day with a total stay of about a week.

    My eyes widened at how high the pay was...then it sort of made sense. There's a risk to your life, a possibe fatal and brutal one. We both agreed that going to the Middle East in its current state is highly dangerous. You'd have to be needing the money real bad to make such a decision.

  6. New products won't even matter on SCO Announces Product Line Updates · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Today's news of SCO's new product line up isn't even enough to help their stock.

  7. Slashdot through proxy on Web Logs Finally Meet Sim City · · Score: 1

    So now Slashdot is using other news sites to Slashdot people's servers. How often do we get a chance to use a new site that can hold up to our bombardment only to follow their link and bring that server to a crawl?

  8. Do both but more for the SO on Playing Games While Not Ruining Your Relationship? · · Score: 1

    My girlfriend of over 4 years knows that I'm a gamer. And me being 30, I'm well aware that this relationship requires both of us to work.

    I do have some luck in that I get home before she does. So I usually get to play about an hour of UT2004 before she gets home. Once she's home, I turn off the game and spend time with her.

    On the weekends, she'll occasionally have her shopping days which gives me many, many hours of UT2004 (talk about massive adrenaline overload). So it works out for both of us.

    I have a friend who's addicated to City of Heros and each and every night he's at the computer playing while she cleans up dinner and takes care of the kids. That's a marriage doomed to fail and it's all his fault.

    YOU need to make sure that you spend more time with her than with the game. BUT...she also needs to understand your hobbies and what you enjoy and allow you to have your gaming moments.

  9. Re:really safer? on Cell Phone Jammers: Coming To An Event Near You? · · Score: 1

    I'm sure in the event of a disaster, the jamming can be switched off. It's not like it's permanent.

  10. Wow! on Japanese Cell Phones Offer a Glimpse of the Future · · Score: 1

    Supposedly, in their next upgrade you'll be able to actually make phone calls.

  11. Government on Microsoft's Long-Playing Business Record · · Score: 1

    Microsoft is not only to blame for their tactics. Our government lets them do this. After all the trials and settlements and "Don't do this again, okay? Please?" from the administrations, it's no wonder Microsoft thinks they can get away with this. We need someone in office who has the balls to give it to Microsoft like they should.

    --Matt

  12. Two-way pager on Using Employee-Owned Technology in the Workplace? · · Score: 1

    My company did the same thing a couple years ago. So I got a two-way pager. I can send and receive emails from my co-workers as well as receive alerts.

    You don't really need a cell phone, just a medium to communicate remotely.

  13. Not all stores are getting killed on Requiem For The Record Store · · Score: 2, Informative


    Here in San Francisco, Amoeba Records is surviving quite well. With three store locations, they're actually turning a profit while the Best Buy in San Francisco is having problems with their CD sales. In fact, I just came back from shopping the Haight and grabbed a couple of CDs myself at Amoeba. Everytime I walk down the Haight I always stop by Amoeba and grab something new from their used section. (Recently, it's been the Drum & Bass section.)

    These reviews pretty much sum up Amoeba records.

    Maybe Best Buy can learn some of the tricks that Amoeba does, like maybe lower prices, a good used section, oh! Or maybe unique listening styles rather than top 40 crap!

  14. Re:Mozilla Firebird on Another Serious MSIE Hole · · Score: 1

    It does look like a pdf file.

    *bzzzzz* Sorry, but not quite. In Mozilla the filename is ie.{3050f4d8-98B5-11CF-BB82-00AA00BDCE0B}Secunia_I nternet_Explorer%2Epdf

    In IE, the filename is ...Secunia_Internet_Explorer.pdf

    A file ending in %2Epdf is not the same as .pdf.

  15. Can't wait! on Guide to Digital Preservation from NIST · · Score: 2, Funny

    Boy, I can't wait to use my ??? on my ??? in the future!