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  1. Why make this harder than it should be? on Solving the Home Library Problem? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Separate the books into technical and fiction. Then group the fiction books by author. Group the technical books by subject. Don't make it difficult or cumbersome. Trying to maintain a database of books is not going to let you find them easier. Using barcode readers and other technical solutions will just take more effort and in the end you will still need to organize your books as above.

  2. How much... on Supercomputer Performs Simulation of Virus · · Score: 1

    How much does the Macafee virus scanner run for that system? Really a shame when you can't even connect your super computer to the Internet without it getting a virus. Of course it begs the question, why were they not using a firewall?

  3. And in this corner.... on Will Novell's Desktop Linux Catch On? · · Score: 1

    And in this corner Steve "The chair throwing Madman!" Ballmer and in the challengers corner Richard "The social zealot" Stallman! Watch them battle to the death in the first MS vs. GPL cage match! No holds barred! Two egos go in, one ego leaves!

    GEEEEETTTTTTTT READYYYYYYYY TO RUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. So how about a Linux port? on Spore Is EA's New Ace · · Score: 1

    So are they going to release a Linux version of the game?

  5. They are doing a great job! on McAfee Anti-Virus Causes Widespread File Damage · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually it sounds like they are doing a great job. They finally targetted the biggest virus of them all, Windows. Maybe this is the start of something really good. Finally the Windows virus is being actively targetted.

  6. Re:It's sad . . . on 1001 Islamic Inventions · · Score: 2, Funny

    And the latest invention on the list is the suicide vest bomb?

    Actually I am sure they have made some significant contributions. But like most things it gets over shadowed by the negative, which is what is normally reported by the media.

  7. Would they write a story about positive experience on Unpleasant Surprises for Online Real Estate Buyers · · Score: 1

    The New York Times investigates negative experiences of people buying investment real estate online.

    So people bought real estate without ever seeing it and some of them did not get what they thought they were buying? Gee, who would have thought that would happen? Probably the same people that are working with a Nigerian representative to get money out of that country. What better place to park a lot of money they will be getting soon, property purchased via the Internet.

    Such people should have their computers confiscated and be barred from using electronic devices. These are the same people that jam forks into toasters and plug to many things into a single outlet.

  8. Re:Control? on Cisco Plans Its Home Invasion · · Score: 1

    Consumers will exert as much control over their TVs as they now have over their Web browsers, ordering from a limitless menu of programming. With a few clicks of the remote control, viewers will be able not only to watch old movie classics,

    Do most of this now with a mythtv system. As to being able to see and talk with relatives using video conferencing, pretty much a non-starter. No reason to waste bandwidth on something as useless as that. There is a reason they are in another city 1500 miles away.

  9. Re:Was it classified as evidence? on Deleting Files is a Crime? · · Score: 1

    But not before they break him financially and make it so he can not get another job.

    At least he turned in the laptop in one piece. I once saw a laptop get returned that looked as if it had been thrown against a wall a few times. The laptop was destroyed. I wonder if that would constitute hacking.

  10. Let's run an experiment... on Financial Responsibility == Terrorism? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone on /. send me a dollar. I will apply it to one of my credit cards and then we will see how quickly the FBI shows up. I don't mind taking the hit. So as soon as I collect a dollar from everyone I will make the payment. Not a problem. Glad to do it. It's all for the experiment.

  11. The reason... on George Lucas Predicts Death of Big Budget Movies · · Score: 1

    The reason movies like King Kong did not do very well is that they tried yet again to re-use the same story line in yet ANOTHER FREAKIN REMAKE! How many times do they need to make the same movies? People are not going to pay to see the same thing made over and over again. So its not surprising that such remakes have trouble recouping their costs. If they want people to spend money on their movies then make GOOD MOVIES! It's really that simple. And don't be surprised if some movies don't make money. There are no GUARANTEES that every movie will make money. It's that old risk and reward thing, making a movie has risks. The more money that is expected to be made from an endvour the more risk involved. So some big budget movies will flop. Just the way it is.

  12. Re:Wait a minute on New AT&T Acquires BellSouth · · Score: 1

    The borg are slowly reassembling the whole from the many parts that were scattered across the landscape. They are almost at critical mass. The next move is to force all the VOIP providers to pay when their packets cross the new AT&T networks.

  13. Re:Forget the clothes... on Space Jackets Down to Earth · · Score: 1

    That link does not have them for sale yet. They claim they will be getting them some time in the future. Not going to hold my breath waiting for that. :)

  14. Forget the clothes... on Space Jackets Down to Earth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I want some Space Sticks. You remember them from when you were a kid? Chocolate and peanut butter flavors. Mmmmmmm!

  15. .4 mm a year???? on NASA Study Shows Antarctic Ice Sheet Shrinking · · Score: 1

    PANIC! PANIC!

    I say nuke the poles, lets get this done now, not 2500 years in the future!

  16. Re:Tried it, don't use it on Pen-Based PDA Market on Death Bed · · Score: 1

    ReallY? Kind of funny since I am looking at the box it came in and it has palm VIIx handheld on the box. P/N 340-1610A. Was setup for wireless access over the plam network service. I don't know that they even have that service anymore.

    They did make them. I don't think they were very successful.

  17. Tried it, don't use it on Pen-Based PDA Market on Death Bed · · Score: 1

    Tried using a Palm VII a few years ago. It kind of worked. But eventually gave up on it. It was more hassel that it was useful.

  18. Re:Just as long as not everyone believes them.... on Pen-Based PDA Market on Death Bed · · Score: 1

    I want something I can reference while holding the phone...

    So get a bluetooth ear piece. You can talk on the phone while looking at it to make notes, while driving down the freeway, eating a donut, drinking a Starbucks coffee. Just make sure to have 911 on speed dial, you will need it after the crash.

  19. Re:list has no posts on Searching for Botnet Command & Controls · · Score: 1

    Actually they are looking for valid email addresses to add to their spam lists. Looks like they have yours.

    1. setup fake web site describing new security initiative
    2. get article published on slashdot about new web site
    3. collect slashdot users email addresses to add to spam list
    4. ????
    5. Profit!

  20. Exchange backdoor.... on Microsoft Accuses European Union of Collusion · · Score: 1

    And they know this because they examined the logs from the exchange servers being used to send the communications. When push comes to shove it will be interesting to see if they produce the actual messages.......

    The NSA has nothing on Microsoft....

  21. Re:eek on The Financial Future of Space Travel · · Score: 1

    Our currency has not been tied to precious metal for many many years. The cost of those precious metals might drop if a large enough quantity was retruned, which should decrease the price of goods made from those materials. So this would actually benefit the average joe. Not only that but it should create lots of jobs to support such an effort.

  22. Movie? on Stealth Sharks to Patrol the High Seas · · Score: 1

    Didn't I see this movie already? It ended badly for the lead scientist and the money guy. To say nothing of a number of innocent people that were in the water at the time.

    Has TV gotten so bad that now the government has to do remakes of bad movies instead of leaving that to Hollywood?

  23. Re:Missing intructions on Professor 'Packetslinger' Assigns Questionable Task · · Score: 1

    Bonus points for hacking into the NSA's system and getting the list of people that have been wiretapped in the last six months.

  24. The reason Vista won't suck... on Why Vista Won't Suck · · Score: 1

    Dyson already has the patent for the vortex system used on vaccums. And they would not let Microsoft license it. :)

  25. How many monkeys? on Let Joe Average Help You Code · · Score: 1

    Are they trying to test the theory of having a thousand monkeys produce Word?