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  1. Re:No sound....? on HTML 5 Canvas Experiment Hints At Things To Come · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I got scritchy-scratches but no music.

  2. No sound....? on HTML 5 Canvas Experiment Hints At Things To Come · · Score: 1

    I don't hear any sound. :(

  3. Re:"Click to Unpause"? WTF? on Copyright Scholar Challenges RIAA/DOJ Position · · Score: 1

    Yeh. Occasionally get same bs, too. WTF?

  4. Re:Answer on How Private Are Sites' Membership Lists? · · Score: 1

    I've run into several sites that refuse any email address in that form (ie, foobar+somesite@gmail.com is rejected). Wish it worked all the time, though!

  5. Re:SPAM becomes CAPTCHA on What Can You Do to Stop Junk Faxes? · · Score: 1

    A small machine shp in the area receives most of their RFQs, orders and prints as faxes. I suppose it could be possible to set up a computer to do what you suggest, but who has the time to do that?

  6. Antivirus outlawed? on U.K. Outlaws Denial of Service Attacks · · Score: 1

    From the article:

    Other clauses prohibit preventing or hindering access to a program or data held on a computer, or impairing the operation of any program or data held on a computer.

    What about antivirus programs that impede virii? Are those now outlawed? After all, a virus, while definitely an unwanted beastie, still is a program held on a computer.

  7. Re:Jó szerencse pölö Charles = ? on Microsoft's Charles Simonyi to be 1st Nerd in Space · · Score: 1

    There's an importer in CA who does mail-order worldwide: http://members.aol.com/HungImprts/ Recipes can be found online; just Google. If you're in the US, you'll have to convert units from metric... HTH!

  8. Re:Jó szerencse pölö Charles = ? on Microsoft's Charles Simonyi to be 1st Nerd in Space · · Score: 4, Informative

    Amen. WTF was that all about? Besides, it should be Jó szerencsét, Károly, no?

  9. Re:No lube?! on Tech Columnists' Day Without Email · · Score: 1

    Wait a minute - isn't this Slashdot?! How do you know if non-lubed is not a good thing?

  10. Re:Hooray on HDMI and What it Will Do for You · · Score: 1

    And don't forget: it's DRM-protected. No more grabbing audio and visual signals from cables!

  11. Re:Deceptive Headline on Get Rid of Internet Explorer - Browse Happy! · · Score: 1

    As per my previous post, it is possible to remove access to IE in Windows XP. While you can not remove IE entirely, you can remove all access to it (except through Windows Update) using the Add/Remove Windows Components control panel applet.

  12. Re:Preaching to the Choir on Get Rid of Internet Explorer - Browse Happy! · · Score: 2, Informative
    Now if there was a button to make IE just disappear completely..

    Well, with Windows XP you can completely remove access to Internet Explorer, except when using Windows Update. It's in the Add/Remove Windows Components dialog.

  13. Re:How does this fit the Google company quest? on How Google Could Overthrow AIM · · Score: 1

    Misread that at first:

    Only I and a select few get to know just how little monKeys I have.
  14. Re:This isn't normal behavior? on Reverse Firewalls As An Anti-Spam Tool · · Score: 1

    Me, too!

  15. Re:User-Agent stats? on PC Magazine Reviews Firefox, Opera · · Score: 1

    Ahh, 'tis good to be admin of my own domain. Even if it is an NT4 domain. Ah, can't win 'em all. :/

  16. Re:VI is everywhere. on JOE Hits 3.0 · · Score: 1
    Who is the idiot that invented "hjlk" cursors? (never thought that the character to move up could be above the one to go down?)

    From a previous post: VT100 keyboard. Jinkies! Looks to me like this may be a clue.

  17. Re:Finally on The Pure Software Act of 2006 · · Score: 1
    The FireFox download dialog is much less informative than the IE one, for example.

    Not only that, but its default behavior (in Windows) is to save all downloads to the desktop. I hate that.

  18. Re:Now runs Linux... on Live Windows Bootable CDs for Sysadmins · · Score: 1
    I noticed that the Server Assistant CD now runs under Linux rather than NT. You can even switch to alternate consoles and tinker around if you like.
    Not only that, but you could also install RedHat Linux using the Server Assistant CD that came with our server, in addition to Windows NT/2000.
  19. Re:Go live, windows... on Live Windows Bootable CDs for Sysadmins · · Score: 1
    security auditing. It's under the "policies" thing. Set it to log all failures and It will write fails to the event log under the "security" section .
    If the disk is read-only, then how would Windows write to the system log? Or should the SYSTEM built-in groups's permissions be left intact in this case?
  20. Re:This is a good idea on Decode Your Barcode, Get Your Personal Info · · Score: 2, Informative

    The SWIPE Toolkit page has a link to a listing of the 39 states with barcode technology. It also lists those considering implementation of magnetic stripes and/or barcodes...

  21. Re:Vanilla Phones on Plain Cell Phones Fading Away? · · Score: 0

    Speaking of vanilla Motorola phones from Verizon, I love my V120c. Got pushed into Lake Chautauqua in NY (we were drinking on the docks) while it was on my belt. Dried it for a few days, and the sucker still works. That was back on July 4th weekend, 2002.

    I took it in to the Verizon store a few months ago to get the antenna replaced. The techs were shocked that it didn't crap out after a month, let alone keep going for more than a year and a half!

    Only complaint I have is the keylock isn't 100%: it locks and unlocks randomly, but otherwise my phone rocks. Has everything I need.

  22. Re:Powdered Aerogel = Diatomaceous Earth on The Amazing Properties of Aerogel · · Score: 0

    As forkboy said, diatomaceous earth is horrible for your lungs. It's used in some commercial pool filters, since it filters out all sorts of yucky stuff you wouldn't want in your pool.

    The only thing is you need to replace the DE every so often (at least 4-6 days at the pools where I worked), otherwise it would filter too well and not allow water through. Replacing it involved pouring 20-lb bags of DE over the filters. Particulate mask most definitely required.

    Also, I knew some old-school employees of the pools who got 'white lung,' similar to coal miners getting black lung, from breathing in DE. Back then they didn't know it was so harmful.

  23. Re:Not always a great idea on Long Term Effects of Outsourcing · · Score: 0

    You're hiring? I need a job, and can speak Hungarian. Where should I apply?

    :)
  24. FP? on The Best and Worst Technologies of 2003? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First post? Wow.

  25. Re:Easy on Stop Christmas-Gift PCs From Feeding Worms · · Score: 1

    Another way is to disable DCOM: Start > Run... Type 'dcomcnfg' (without quotes), then hit the Enter or Return key or click on the OK button. A Management Console will pop up. Click on Component Services in the left-hand pane. Click on Computers in the right-hand pane, then right-click on My Computer in the right-hand pane and choose Properties. Under the Default Properties tab, deselect the 'Enable Distributed COM on this computer' checkbox. Voila! No more Blaster!