User: adot

Re:About as bad as DRM gets

On: Students Skip College Music Services

You can still listen to all your music if you open it with winamp.

mobile, alabama

On: Hurricane Relief - What Would You Bring?

I am currently helping here in Mobile Alabama and most people have to replace the sheet rock and insulation on their houses up to where the water level was.

Sheet Rock Demolition:
Chalk Line
Chalk
Hammer
Skillsaw
Sledgehammer
Crowbar
etc.

Sheetrock Construction:
Hammer
Nails
Drill
Screws
Sheetrock Stuff
Putty Knive
Drywall Compound
Tape
Etc

Tree Removal:
Chainsaw
Gas
Oil
Rope
Chainsaw maintenance tools

Personal:
Ironclad (brand) gloves
clothes that you can throw away (don't let what you are wearing hold you back)
shorts
white t-shirts
comfortable boots
clothes you can relax in (including change of shoes)

Nationwide plan on your cellphone
Truck fo' haulin' stuff

thats all i can think of
good luck!

mod a cd jukebox

On: Suggestions for a DVD Video on Demand System?

find a cheap cd jukebox on ebay and swap out the drive for a dvd drive. I'm guessing it would be cheaper than a dvd jukebox.

I'm still smokin'

On: How are System Requirements Determined?

I've got an amd athlon 750mhz with 512ram a 128 geforce4ti4200 video card and i haven't found a game that won't run fine on it. point: compter reqs are higher because they don't want a million people calling in on why their box doesn't run smoothly.

been there done that

On: "Port Knocking" For Added Security

message144 (also known as xor) has been doing that since 99? yeah its not new.

ragnarok online

On: Online Gaming for Couples?

www.ragnarokonline.com
there are a lot of couples who play this game.
its a mmorpg and is a ton of fun.

cisco's standard

On: How Much Broadband Usage is Too Much?

cisco's standard is 5 nines or 99.999% (5 minutes a year downtime)

Great Idea

On: Christmas Lighting in Abundance

Nice idea - slashdot your boss.

ALIENS

On: Russians Invade with Flying Saucer

That goes to prove russians really are aliens.