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  1. Wait a minute on Personal Submarine for 845k · · Score: 1

    "The official site has lots of pictures"

    Oh slashdot, haven't we learned anything?

  2. I suggest a solution in the spirit of open source on Branding Mozilla: Towards Mozilla 2.0 · · Score: 1

    That being, why not have an open submission of logos? Allow people to submit their designs, then have a popular vote to whiddle down the entries. Let the final decision go to the Mozilla foundation. The current lizard head design just doesn't strike one's memory IMHO. The sad thing is that most people associate the IE logo as being the Internet and will just click on it without thinking that there might be something else out there (or caring).

  3. Re:The Whole Thing is a Scam on For Americans, Imported Textbooks Can Be Cheaper · · Score: 1

    From personal experience, I have found that I can make much more money by selling my books on Amazon than selling them at the school bookstore. It takes a little more time, but the return is usually much, much more.

  4. I don't mean to troll, but on Windows iTunes Sells A Million Songs In 3.5 Days · · Score: 4, Interesting

    do we like or hate the RIAA today? Keep in mind, buying iTunes songs is supporting the people that subpeona grandmas and 12 year-old girls. iTunes sounds attractive, but I hate to give anything to people this greedy and corrupt.

  5. Yeah but... on AMD to debut multi-core CPUs in 2005 · · Score: 1

    If i get one of these, will it make my Aibo jealous?

  6. Wait a minute! on Kazaa Backs Plan To Bill P2P Music Transfers · · Score: 1

    Does this mean I'm going to be billed for downloading the free software song?

  7. Mars' true colors on Mars Sundials - True Colors, Ambiguous Hours · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm more excited about the use of these dials for photocalibration. Mars may or may not have a blue sky, but at least we can know for sure with these things on their way.

  8. And the #1 vulnerability is... on New SANS/FBI Top 20 List · · Score: 4, Informative

    Windows! On a more serious note, the web site listed a very nice link for manually removing Outlook Express. At last I can purge my hard drive of that thing!!

  9. If you ask me... on Oops, Dave Barry Does It Again · · Score: 1

    The telemarketing industry needs to update their business model. I think they need to move on to something more modern like selling their products through email. Surely then we'd all be much happier, without all those unwanted telephone calls!

  10. Synchronous release? on Final Matrix Set for Synchronous Release · · Score: 1

    I'm sure the P2P networks will have something to do about that...

  11. Re:Information systems jobs (MOSs) in the Army on IT Training in the Military? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it's a big secret.

  12. Duality torrent on Homemade Star Wars Flick/Fanimatrix Movie · · Score: 2, Informative

    I posted a BitTorrent for the Duality 640 DivX here.

  13. Re:Information systems jobs (MOSs) in the Army on IT Training in the Military? · · Score: 1

    I forgot to mention, at least I got a Secret Clearance and some more muscle out of it all.

  14. Re:Information systems jobs (MOSs) in the Army on IT Training in the Military? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Since you brought it up, I entered the Army Reserves with the MOS 74B (Information Systems Operator/Analyst). I wanted the job to help my resume while I get my B.S. in Computer Science. I'm the kind of person that I had never imagined myself in any form of the military. I went to basic training back in January 03, then went to AIT at Ft. Gordon in March up until July. Unfortunately, the 74B training in AIT was sadly lacking.

    I'm sure anyone else here on slashdot would have agreed with me. In the exciting 74B school you will learn things such as installing Windows 2000 Professional and Server, adding users to the active directory, changing the background, etc., which lasts 2 weeks. You will repeat the same online quizzes over and over for two weeks while you cover A+ and N+. You will spend a week on the Unix command line, and a week on Solaris adding users and setting the time. You will learn about subnetting, configuring low-end Cisco switches and routers, and building a LAN. Oh, and then you'll learn Access 97.

    The course was entirely geared for people with little or no computer experience. Some of the other trainees with me had CCNA's and MCSE's, yet no one was allowed to test out of any of the courses. Of course, the Army has needs for more than just installing windows and typing a few Unix commands, so we were always told that the "real learning" would occur during active duty, after AIT. I can't say what opportunities there are after AIT since I'm in the Reserves and choose to work in the civilian sector.

    If you choose to go into this field, be aware that during the 4 months of AIT as a 74B (which I believe they are going to lengthen to 5 or 6 months) you will have little rights. If you're 17 or 35, you will lose a lot of things that you take for granted during your normal life. Despite being in the IT field, don't expect to have much access to Internet, or a computer for that matter. TV doesn't really exist, cars don't exist, cell phones exist 2 days a week (guess which ones).

    Good luck to you if any of you choose this field in the Army. I was begging to go back to college by the time I got done with this course.