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  1. Re:WAR! on Hotmail Means to Double Gmail Storage · · Score: 1

    remember, before the storage increase all the hotmail users were used to deleting email to keep within a 2MB quota. I wonder if they'll let themselves go, become spam hogs, then Microsoft will slash storage citing "malicious internet hackers pirating Linux, raising costs" and where will the hotmail users go? I prefer my 80GB of email space (courtesy of Maxtor).

  2. Once at band camp... on 80% of WiFi Networks are still Insecure, Kismet Author Says · · Score: 1
    When I first set up our wireless, it was totally insecure. When we moved, I had to figure out how to secure it, which turned out to be quite easy. For anyone wondering how to, search google for "web key generator"

    Or use this wep key generator. It's almost foolproof.

  3. Re:I'm going to be laughing at this one for days on XP Starter Edition Examined · · Score: 1

    you forgot the filesharing program. Although that could double as a media player.

  4. Re:Beowulf cluster is no more?? on Hydra vs. Shredder · · Score: 2, Funny

    imagine a beowulf cluster of hydra clusters.

  5. Re:LZW check, JPEG, erm... on Forgent Squeezing Money Out Of JPEG, Other Patents · · Score: 1

    I just tried that... With my complex background picture, jpeg in mspaint=150kb, png in mspaint=1.6MB. Jped in irfanview with compression on low=190kb, png in irfanview with compression on high=1.4mb. Gif got about 350Kb. VIRTUAL MEMORY LOW... okay i gotta go my computer is choking on all these image formats :-P

  6. Re:How can a court enforce the ruling on Meta-tag Spam Declared Illegal in Germany · · Score: 1

    go to Kafene.org, my website. Check out the meta tags ;-) Maybe I'll be prosecuted.

  7. Lohan. on Hiptop/Sidekick Sequel Unleashed · · Score: 1

    I wonder how long until Lindsay Lohan gets one? She uses a tricked out "old version" currently.

  8. p2p on FCC Says TiVo Owners Can Share Shows · · Score: 1, Informative

    now hopefully they can be shared over p2p as well. same concept, different deployment.

  9. Indeed! on Software Monoculture in Schools? · · Score: 1

    my school had ONLY macs and that's it. But funny thing is, the server ran windows server 2003. I never used my account except to download mp3s anyways. Next year (new school) there'll be a better situation though: my school has windows computers in the library and calssrooms, and redhat linux comps in the PC lab, and I've met the teacher who is a real linux geek, even though he admits to being a mac user. Heck I'm a linux geek who admits to being a PC user! ... i do have a linux boot floppy though.

  10. I wouldn't want it. on Duke University Giving iPods To 1650 Freshmen · · Score: 1

    I don't like the iPod. I don't listen to much music and it's just an extra piece of equipment you've got to carry around. eBay, anyone?

  11. Re:Why not an Open initiative? on AOL-Yahoo-MSN Messaging Unified... in the Workplace Only · · Score: 1

    I read elsewhere that was in competition with Jabber, which is gaining in the workplace. Although I cannot verify this as I am not a Jabber user, it seems plausible. If your workplace needs jabber, I would still suggest Gaim.

  12. Re:Free shell with IRC, web hosting, etc. on Unix Shell Accounts? · · Score: 1

    Actually I signed up for metawire (after I submitted this). I don't care if it's sponsored by Satan himself, it's free and has everything I expected from a professional paid host. And they will continue running OpenBSD, and according to their site, their host is hostdime.com, not microsoft. If "pine" ever gets replaced by "outlook", "irssi" by "mirc" and "links" by "ie", then I'll look elsewhere.

  13. menuet on Linux Laptop w/ 3.5" Disk, USB, and No Hard Drive? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Google up "Menuet OS" 32-bit assembly graphical OS with internet capabilities. Not sure about progs included, but it does have irc.

  14. Lindows on Dell to Ship Linux Desktops in Europe · · Score: 1

    I used Lindows for 5 months on my laptop, as it came with it. It worked fine (if a bit slow) and apt-get worked perfectly until I broke it installing kmldonkey but that was my fault. When 4.5 came out I tryed it but couldn't get used to it and went back to my windows/mandrake duo.