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  1. Re:Give a discount to those running clean systems. on Australian ISPs To Disconnect Botnet "Zombies" · · Score: 1

    Dear ISP,

    I'm running two BSD boxes (1 Open, 1 Free) four Linux boxes, an XBox 360 for games, a Nintendo DS and a PDP-11 with full TCP/IP stack. What is my discount?

  2. Re:Give a discount to those running clean systems. on Australian ISPs To Disconnect Botnet "Zombies" · · Score: 1

    For a car analogy, it's like a good-driver or no-claim bonus from your insurance company. We'll give you 5% off since you haven't been a problem for three months. Only problem I see, when does p2p traffic get treated as 'a bot.' I'm sure the content industries would love to piggy back on this.

  3. Re:Sounds like a pyramid scheme on Artwork Re-Sells Itself Weekly On eBay · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a cube scheme, not pyramid.

  4. Re:WoW TWAT! on Microsoft Dodges Class Action In WGA Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    "Maybe she's yanking your chain."

    That comes later

    Only for the self-starters.

  5. Re:Open Link in New Tab changed on Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Randomly changing UI behavior without warning is the way MS has been doing it for a while too. Glad to see Mozilla catching up. What's next, a ribbon?

  6. Re:Personas, lightweight themes? on Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Released · · Score: 1

    Hey, at least they've made new tabs work like IE. If I wanted IE, I'd be running it. Gotta love random, unexplained 'fixes.'

  7. Re:Javascript performance on Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Released · · Score: 1

    That's a trade-mark issue. It has nothing to do with the source.

  8. Re:Windows 7 on Newly-Found Windows Bug Affects All Versions Since NT · · Score: 1

    Get them to try CMD.EXE and COMMAND.COM and see if they spot the difference. The 'DOS prompt' is still there, at least in XP, and just as horrible.

  9. Re:Windows 7 on Newly-Found Windows Bug Affects All Versions Since NT · · Score: 1

    WOW is still in XP. (NT 5.1) Not sure about Vista and 7. (NT 6 and 6.1)

  10. Re:WARNING: Technical stuff follows on Newly-Found Windows Bug Affects All Versions Since NT · · Score: 1

    Yeah, the headline is a bit dumb, "since NT" is silly since Windows 7 is NT version 6.1 and last I heard is still shipping.

  11. Re:He is correct on Why "Running IT As a Business" Is a Bad Idea · · Score: 1

    Hopefully that was after Cute PDF became free for business use. It used to have a different license, so we used PDF Creator instead. One of the joys of due diligence.

  12. Re:He is correct on Why "Running IT As a Business" Is a Bad Idea · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I often wonder if large IT and small IT are two completely different beasts. I prefer the small shops because I can do a bit of everything and I feel like I'm helping people directly. I know all of my users (~200) by name and face and can tailor responses and solutions for each person.

  13. Re:He is correct on Why "Running IT As a Business" Is a Bad Idea · · Score: 1

    Tell that to Oracle. We only just recently got the OK to use IE7 or Firefox 3.5 with Oracle Financials.

  14. Re:He is correct on Why "Running IT As a Business" Is a Bad Idea · · Score: 1

    I'm currently working at a job with internal IT, but large parts of accounting and HR are out-sourced. It does happen and the results are just as bad as out-sourcing IT.

  15. I'm guessing he doesn't have to deal with a digital PABX.

  16. Re:Ummm... on ReactOS Being Rewritten, Gets Wine Infusion · · Score: 1

    Which versions of Windows come with Putty?

  17. Re:Ummm... on ReactOS Being Rewritten, Gets Wine Infusion · · Score: 1

    Knoppix disk?

  18. Re:Ummm... on ReactOS Being Rewritten, Gets Wine Infusion · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Anything telnet can do, SSH/OpenSSH/PuTTY can do better.

    Telnet gets used for things other than remote terminal sessions. Given that it used to be on every Windows box from NT 3.51 on, it was often used as a poor man's netcat. How do you do that with ssh, and how do you do it with a clean install of Windows?

  19. Re:No substance? on Police Called Over 11-Year-Old's Science Project · · Score: 1

    Better yet, airport security has to check for 'air' based explosives. No liquids, no empty containers or would that be no sealed containers?

  20. Re:Science fairs before High School.... on Police Called Over 11-Year-Old's Science Project · · Score: 1

    Best drug talk we ever got was the cop that said the guys would grow breasts if they smoked pot. The guys looking down their shirts was a give-away.

  21. Re:Science fairs before High School.... on Police Called Over 11-Year-Old's Science Project · · Score: 1

    Kid gets busted as a grower later in life. "My teachers suggested it." Career counseling?

  22. Re:Talk about overreacting on Police Called Over 11-Year-Old's Science Project · · Score: 1

    No, you pervert. Stop thinking of the children.

  23. Re:Apparently, not so much on Police Called Over 11-Year-Old's Science Project · · Score: 1

    Especially since the vice principal was holding the 'bomb.' Walk it out the back behind some concrete, block off the area, let the bomb guys do their thing.

  24. Re:At my daughters school... on Police Called Over 11-Year-Old's Science Project · · Score: 1

    Better yet, get the kids to do some research. Margin notes including 'unconstitutional, illogical, anatomically impossible, and "english, please"' would be a starting point.

  25. Re:I recommend ... on Police Called Over 11-Year-Old's Science Project · · Score: 1

    Have you noticed they've changed tactics. Get some low-level idiot caught every so often and let the TSA do the heavy lifting. Shoe checks, liquid restrictions... Next step, peanut based explosives.