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  1. Re:Exchange Support? on Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4 Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    Thunderbird can use IMAP. I do it at home.

    Even though IMAP is not Exchange's native language, i have seen some Exchange servers running an additional IMAP service. So you may be lucky.

    But doesn't Deutsche Banke have an opinion regarding employees installing unapproved software on the company's computers? I would certainly hope so, even if it means that you can't use a proper mail client.

  2. My mother is a professional LEGO builder on New York City, LEGO Style · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...and has been so for something like 20 years. Just to put some weight behind my second hand knowledge. (And of course to brag of a mother with an unusual occupation.)

    I can tell for a fact that almost all structures build by the LEGO company are glued together - including the structures for indoor use.

    Further, the largest ones are internally reinforced by welded steel structures. Sometimes because they have moving parts, and sometimes because they would not be able to carry their own weight (not all LEGO structures are just vertical piles of bricks).

  3. Intruder alert! on iPod-Jacked · · Score: 3, Funny

    Go get this intruder. He is not a real ./'er. He got laid.

  4. Use mkisofs to create boot CD from boot floppy on Mandrake Linux 9.2 Hits the Street · · Score: 1

    You can use mkisofs to create an .ISO file from any boot floppy:

    mkisofs -b bootfloppy.img -c boot.catalog -o bootcd.iso

    The file bootcd.iso can be burned to a CD using your favourite CD burning software.

    However, there are some caveats regarding ramdisk creation. See the file README.eltorito in the mkisofs documentation for details.

  5. THIS REALLY WORKS!!! on Where Is Spam When You Want It? · · Score: 1

    1. You submit a patch to the developer of some open source webtool.

    2. The developer adds you to his "Thank you to" list in the documentation - not by name but by email address.

    3. Thousands of users of the webtool include the documentation, including your email address, on their websites.

    4. ???

    5. Profit

    Worked for me. I destroyed my email address at work that way. Suddenly Google told me it was mentioned on thousands of websites.

    And it was really an insignificant patch, not worth all that publicity.

  6. At least 15 different TLDs are doing this on ICANN, IAB Ask VeriSign to Suspend SiteFinder · · Score: 3, Informative

    In a quick search I found 12 two-letter TLDs doing the * thingy:
    .ac, .cc, .cx, .mp, .nu, .ph, .pw, .sh, .td, .tk, .tm and .ws

    Including .com, .net and .museum this makes 15 TLDs.

    The search was done using this very clumsy one-liner:
    for b1 in a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ; do for b2 in a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ; do host asqerdfqewrd.$b1$b2 >> dom.txt.slet; done; done

    (I wonder if there is a character equivalent for 'seq 1-27'.)

  7. Re:Don't hold your breath - need to see it in acti on UK Makes Spamming a Fineable Offense · · Score: 2, Informative

    In Denmark, we have had an antispam law for 3 years, probably similar to the new UK law. And this law is actually enforced.

    Recently, a company named Fonn was fined by the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court for sending 156 spam emails to 50 recipients (including me). The fine was DKK 15000, which equals $2280 or GBP 1410 - or GBP 9 per email.

    English summary here: http://www.fs.dk/uk/misc/fonn.htm

    More cases are under preparation by the Danish Consumer Ombudsman, this time involving a lot more than 156 emails.

    Noone knows if future rulings will use the same fine amount per email. But some of us hope that they will. As one of the cases involves more than 50000 emails and SMS messages, this would result in a GBP 450000 fine.