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  1. An insider's view on Hatemongering Becoming A Problem On Orkut · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Here is a post from an insider giving some of his oppinions about what's going on:

    http://media.orkut.com/articles/0100.html

  2. The small print on Amazon Offers 2-Day Shipping For $79/Year · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The free shipping/$3.99 overnight is only available if you purchase directly from Amazon. i.e. it is not available if you purchase from third party Amazon Marketplace or zShops sellers.

    For many items, Amazon is actually competing with third party sellers that are selling on their site. This new service might be the incentive necessary for many people to not buy from third party sellers, but to only buy from Amazon which will result in more money for them. That could be one of the reasons behind introducing Amazon Prime.

  3. But still.... on MSN Search - From A UI Perspective · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...its gone from about 130 errors when it was first released, to eight errors now. Not bad. Not bad at all.

  4. It's not... on MSN Search - From A UI Perspective · · Score: 0, Offtopic
  5. Which is... on 'Evil Twin' Threat to Wireless Security · · Score: 1

    For those that don't know, Wikipedia has a nice article explaining man-in-the-middle attacks.

  6. Mug shot photos on Bill Gates in 1983 Teen Beat Magazine · · Score: 1

    While we are on the topic of pics of Bill Gates, has anyone else seen his mug shots?

  7. Re:The FTC going after spamers is like someone on FTC Tries to Can Sex Spam · · Score: 1

    The solution is going to have to be technological, not regulatory.

    I disagree. That's like saying, "we should not use the law against bug-exploiting black hat hackers, but instead we should build bug free programs."

    Bug free programs will never exist. Likewise, there is always going to be some way to sneak spam past all the technological filters we create. If there is not some legal consequence, people will just keep doing it.

    Just MHO. What do you think?

  8. my thoughts.... on iPod Shuffle, Mac Mini, iLife '05, iWork · · Score: 3, Funny

    iHope iCan get one!

  9. Wrong! on Security Issues in Mozilla · · Score: 1

    Only the buffer overflow issue has been fixed! This article on the Register should clear things up:

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/07/mozilla_fl aws/

  10. Wrong! on Security Issues in Mozilla · · Score: 4, Informative

    Only the buffer overflow issue has been fixed! This article on the Register should clear things up:

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/07/mozilla_fl aws/

  11. More About DRM on Welcome to the Future of DRM Media · · Score: 3, Informative
  12. Official EPA Global Warming Site on Consensus on Global Warming · · Score: 4, Informative

    The official EPA Global Warming website is located at: www.epa.gov/globalwarming/

  13. Netcraft Reports on Lycos Pulls Vigilante Anti-spam Campaign · · Score: 2, Informative

    Netcraft is reporting this too. Check out there story here. I wonder if the fact that several Internet backbones were blocking Lycos's site had anything to do with them finally deciding to pull it. My guess is simply that this was creating too much bad publicity. Everyone was talking about how Lycos was using unethical tactics to try to stop spam. Lycos probably figured it was not worth it.

  14. More about XORP on BusinessWeek On XORP vs. Cisco · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is more about XORP (the Extensible Open Router Platform), for those that don't know.

  15. Link to the original article on 2004 Interactive Fiction Results · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is the article announcing the beginning of the competition. May be interesting.

  16. Yet at the same time... on AOL Releases Netscape Beta, Based on Firefox · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...they are beta testing a new IE based browser.

  17. Java Programs Need Them on GIMP 2.2 Splash Screen Competition · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually, some splash screens are good for something. Think about Java programs that have to be runtime compiled, they usually take long times to load. In a case like that, a splash screen is extremely useful.

  18. GIMP Splash Screens on GIMP 2.2 Splash Screen Competition · · Score: 4, Informative
  19. EA Controversy on Can People Really Program 80+ Hours a Week? · · Score: 5, Informative

    For those that dont know, here for about this 'EA controversy':

    http://www.livejournal.com/users/ea_spouse/

  20. SP2 is immune on How Much Harm Can One Web Site Do? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Interesting to note that Windows XP SP2 is immune. Only old Windows versions are vulnerable. I think its pretty pointless to keep pointing out that OUTDATED products have bugs.

  21. Official site on Holub on Patterns · · Score: 5, Informative

    The official site is located here.

  22. HCL Principles on The State of Natural Language Programming · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    More about HCL Principles can be found here

  23. The Official Site... on Boeing Successfully Tests Anti-Missile Laser · · Score: 5, Informative

    The official site about this laser is here

  24. Re:Security by obscurity? on Study Recommends Mac OS X as Safest OS · · Score: 1
  25. Security by obscurity? on Study Recommends Mac OS X as Safest OS · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I am glad you pointed out that this is about manual exploits, NOT about which OS has the best security. If we were talking strictly about vulnerbility the story would be quite different. Quite simply, Mac OS would lose (IMHO): http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp ?liArticleID=131513&liArticleTypeID=1&liCategoryID =2&liChannelID=22&liFlavourID=1&sSearch=&nPage =1