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  1. Re:According to my sources... on Exploit Found to Brick Most HP and Compaq Laptops · · Score: 1

    ...I can't support Sony Vaio's despite the fact that I like the hardware, they don't provide a way of taking a VLK disk and getting a working machine
    You can't extract the drivers from the reinstallation CD and create a bootable installation with nlite/WindowsPE/other tool? Just curious...I usually discourage Sony purchases because of their horrible depot repair.
  2. Re:On Purpose? on Wired's 2007 Vaporware Awards · · Score: 1

    It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum...but my dentures can't handle bubblegum.
    And the occasional rupturing incontinence retention device can sour the mood of a good ass kicking.
  3. Re:Major Changes Between 3.0 and 4.0 on NetBSD 4.0 Has Been Released · · Score: 1
  4. Re:I don't get it on Dell's Linux, IT Re-Invention · · Score: 1

    The picture I just imagined with a horde of pasty white, skulking geeks in badly laundered t-shirts following along behind their penguins with Starbucks in one hand and a bag/shovel in the other.....priceless.

    Yes, the Linux community could use some self-discipline and maturity.

  5. Re:Meh. on Dell's Linux, IT Re-Invention · · Score: 2, Informative

    We are talking no power to even get to a BIOS screen. Depending on your purchase cycle depends on what GX270 you received -- bad capacitors or not. I purchased GX270s in small batches over the life of the model; I had a 50/50 failure rate on the motherboard capacitors. (which usually took out the P/S also)

    M782 monitors? OH THE HORRORS! The 17" LCDs are really affordable now. Best just to forget about those monitors; they had bad juju beans.

  6. Re:Obligitory... on Cloned, Glow in the Dark Cats · · Score: 1
    They will find openly sourced mice, common pile in your sandbox, and transmit the modified input as a compressed hairball to distributed publicly available targets.

    shrug Sounds alot like Linux to me.

  7. Re:FrontMotion Firefox Community Edition? on Firefox 3 Beta 1 Review · · Score: 1
    Honestly, no I had not heard of this.

    All your browser are belong to us!

  8. Re:Pied Piper anyone? on Robots Assimilate Into Cockroach Society · · Score: 1

    Mishap -- this is the definition of the US Congress. No, no method exists to get rid of them. They refuse to swarm in any useful organized fashion.

  9. Re:No, not overlords on Robots Assimilate Into Cockroach Society · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...united groups of individuals have caused masses of people to perform actions that contradict their instincts, common sense...
    Why did I think of the user interface for Microsoft Office 2003 when I read that?
  10. Organic shield on Stopping Cars With Microwave Radiation · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shield the microprocessor with some left-over casserole. Microwaves never fully penetrate the the center of that mass.

  11. The scenic view on Predator-Style Helmets Allow Pilots to See Through Planes · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Seeing right through their own aircraft fuselage to the ground below...
    How many pilots will get vertigo the first time they look down thru their seats at the ground zipping by a few thousand feet below? I would. Will the masks include organic fluid caching and isolation?
  12. Re:Microsoft isn't the only irresponsible company on The World's Biggest Botnets · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Absolutely....did that immediately. I keep the Netgear router on the shelf as a reminder of why the extra effort of the Linux router is necessary.

    PS actually your reply is Redundant; but a good reminder for all. Keep up the good work ;)

  13. Re:Microsoft isn't the only irresponsible company on The World's Biggest Botnets · · Score: 1

    Would you like a free router -- fully configured, compromised, and guaranteed to contact the botnet control node -- to put on your network to answer these questions yourself? Free shipping to the US!

  14. Re:Microsoft isn't the only irresponsible company on The World's Biggest Botnets · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Microsoft is not the only culprit. I have a Netgear FVS124G (with the latest firmware) which has been compromised: 3 sets of packets were sent on port 80 to the router and after the last set of packets "Access rule 257 added" was logged. Access rule 257 did not show in the interface. Then the router started sending botnet check-in packets on IRC ports to various IP addresses. And, the router log showed the malware was sending traffic using every MAC address in the route table as a "compromised PC" -- even the laptop which was disconnected from my network.

    Yes, the router was still emailing me every log of all network traffic -- my traffic and the malware traffic also. Seems the malware author does not think my ability to log their traffic was significant.

    Netgear was very helpful. Tier1 tech support said securing the router was my responsibility. Asshats!

  15. Re:tech innovation? on Former Intel CEO Rips Medical Research · · Score: 1
    See Stargate SG1 Season 6 Episode 16 Metamorphosis

    Nirti is conducting experiments on a group of locals ....
  16. Re:Don't forget Rural Areas on Australian Researcher Boosts ADSL Speeds · · Score: 4, Funny

    He is probably using the Kangaroo connection protocol where messages are passed using a pocket hopping procedure.

  17. Re:not the first on Students Assigned to Write Wikipedia Articles · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm not sure it is newsworthy.
    No one was murdered, raped, bribed, extorted, or assaulted. I would claim TFA is far more newsworthy than most of what is claimed as news.

    In this exercise the sum total of human achievement is increased rather than decreased. I find that highly newsworthy.

  18. Re:options on Anti-Terrorism and the Death of the Chemistry Set · · Score: 1
    BE QUIET! Oh, heck, you already let the proverbial genie out of the proverbial bottle.

    Now you have to rectify the situation. Start a pro-consumer group whose purpose is to educate the government on how consumers can save money if only the government has the access to allow us to use the gasoline in our cars. The idea will get buried permanently.

  19. Re:Shift the blame on US Democrats Accidentally Publish Whistleblowers' Email Addresses · · Score: 1
    Yes, I know who the players are; and, my post may appear to confuse the facts. The politicizing of an organization like the DOJ has a corrupting affect on all related, and supposedly independent *cough*HJC*cough*, groups which interact with the DOJ -- just like the Slammer worm on a network of Win2000 computers. Such corrupting influences is also one of the hallmarks of fascism.

    To those who would explain away this error due to the technical quirks of Outlook:

    If while driving a car you run a red light or cause an accident, this is not a technical error caused by the auto. Likewise, if one's employment tasks -- such as working for the HJC -- include communicating thru email and you are not proficient with the standard email tools provided, the tools are not to be indicated as a cause of failure. Calling this a technical failure is another sign of creeping fascism.

  20. Shift the blame on US Democrats Accidentally Publish Whistleblowers' Email Addresses · · Score: 5, Informative
    "A technological error in a recent communication inadvertently disclosed certain email addresses."

    I call bullshit on the source of the error. By implicating the technology as the source of the error, the Justice Department is failing to address the real cause -- human error and incompetence in the Justice Department. This single statement alone reinforces the point of the original investigation -- the politicizing of the Justice Department.

  21. Re:In other news... on US Democrats Accidentally Publish Whistleblowers' Email Addresses · · Score: 1

    How? After the Justice Department investigates itself? Now there's a metaphor for bureaucratic masturbation.

  22. Re:Quite obviously on purpose on US Democrats Accidentally Publish Whistleblowers' Email Addresses · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, Rumsfeld should be charged with treason. Or be given the option of having the whistleblower work in Rumsfeld's office as a liaison for other military whistleblowers.

  23. Re:If I was choosing friends... on US Democrats Accidentally Publish Whistleblowers' Email Addresses · · Score: 2, Insightful
    You have friends who are email incompetent and choose not to learn? I suggest you change your definition of friend. Those who choose not to learn from their friends and continue to abuse that trust I would no longer consider a friend.

    If they willing buy me beer and discuss technology, politics, and women, I may not call them friend but I would certainly give them my gmail address!

  24. Hot technology on NASA Ikhana Assists SoCal Firefighters · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can it Google map the hotspots where the really hot sorority girls congregate?

  25. Re:backup? on Slashdot's Setup, Part 1- Hardware · · Score: 1

    I hear you can get cheap space in New Orleans -- no earthquakes there either.