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  1. Re:Next battlefield: Rise of inline popups? on Firefox Users Bad For Advertisers · · Score: 0

    have you try using the DOM tree to see if you catch the right one? It could be possible that there is a javascript loading that iframe i guess. I haven't meet any of these yet :)

  2. Re:Cheap? Clean? when will we learn on New Advances Bring Fusion Closer to Reality · · Score: 1, Interesting

    in nuclear fission, one atom break into two and spit out neutrons which further trigger other events. Material are inserted to slow the process down so it won't explode.
    On the other hand, nuclear fusion merge two atom (hydrogen?) into one. Energy are input to accelerate the atoms as well as confining it. IF it does fail, the hydrogens will escape (from the chamber?) but there won't be further reaction. This won't lead to explosion in power failure.
    They are cheaper than fission in the sense that hydrogen are easier to get than uranium. Furthermore, our current source would cease to exist one day and hydrogen are everywhere so they are a more common source of energy

  3. Re:Is Firefox unethical? on Firefox Users Bad For Advertisers · · Score: 0

    or they would change the way they advertise?

  4. Re:Next battlefield: Rise of inline popups? on Firefox Users Bad For Advertisers · · Score: 1, Informative

    install adblock in firefox
    click on adblock on bottom right
    find suspicious address (usually iframe or js)
    choose and click ok
    bravo, say bye bye to your friend

  5. Re:What next? on Firefox Users Bad For Advertisers · · Score: 1, Insightful

    i disagree

    firefox users are more security conscious generally (where do you know firefox from? friends? or IT news site? mozilla.org?) whereas ie are preinstalled. A large portion of the population use their computer just for work, searches and such an they won't even have heard of spyware.

    a better statistics would be how many people actually BUY product from ads. Since the clicks in firefox are more likely to be clicked because the product create an interest to the user.

    about your point, you might be better off with "car-savvy are less likely to crash" but you will have to take into account they are also more likely to speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed.

  6. why not on Tin Foil Passports? · · Score: 0

    just store the photo of the owner of the passport in it to start with so they can fix all sorts of bugs? No one would "really" care if they photo were stolen because their passport was stolen. The other detail would be the usual ones in the passport, which could be written ON the tin so it can't be read with RF

  7. Re:This would be great.. on Microgenerators Coming Soon to Electronics Near You · · Score: 0

    Tell you a great news. Nowadays, planes DO HAVE WINDOWS!!!!

    ;P

  8. Re:Obvious solution on Spyware/Adware Prevention In Large Deployments? · · Score: 0
    1/ It is hard to find ppl to maintain 2/ Those ppl are usually expensive to hire Flat out lies, and you should have called them on it. Odds are they never even seriously bothered to try finding a Unix admin, or know how to compare their value with Windows admins doing the same job.
    Well, I am not exactly sure about all those finding people since I am not involved. However, different country do vary with the number of linux admins. Possibly you might be right in your place but it isn't the case for every part of the world
    3/ Most of the staff would/could not pick up a new system Er, so they admit their Windows admins are too stupid to learn new things? Not exactly something to be bragging about.
    Hope you know I am not talking about the computing admins here since they could be rehired, but about the more important ones that actually make money for the company. Examples would be traders in banks, reseachers etc. They wont necessary know or should know linux to have their work done. Nor would they spend their time on it.
    4/ Most, if not all, of their "already working" program have to be redone for linux I don't know what that means. It sounds a lot like "our staff is too stupid to do portability, too". Even so, there is no reason to mass convert an entire operation from Windows to something else over night. People who really do need something that isn't immediately available on Unix can be phased over as things get made available. That should in no way prevent people who don't need Windows from using something else.
    You need resource to conver over, depending on the company and their language base (programming wise). Some might be able to wait but others can't.
    5/ Cost to retrain all staff Retrain for what? What are these people doing at the OS level? Or maybe a better question is why the staff would be so stupid as to significantly change interface elements at the same time they change OS. I mean, if someone knows how to click an OK button at some point, they should be able to do it on Windows, Mac, Linux, or anything else, right?
    again, i am not talking about IT specialists. Ask someone in your support dept and u will know how "stupid" can people be. Do NOT, ever, expect things are easy if they are easy to you.
    6/ If say there are 1000 staff, u pissed off 500 of them, I dont think it would be easy to hire 500 professional to keep the company working not to mention the productivity of the company came to a halt while the system is switching Why assume you're going to piss half the people off? In my experience, Windows is something that is tolerated more than loved. If you were trying to get them to give up a Mac, yeah, I could see some people getting upset. But given the headaches Windows causes (in this specific case, having to deal with malware), you should go in with the assumption that people are actually eager to try something better. And if your staff thinks they need to bring everything to a stop just to start switch over systems, that's just more evidence of their incompetence.
    window, though may be insecure, are very userfriendly. Though I do admit linux is better in most sense, windows have it use. When they are used to a thing, not everyone would like to have it change.
    7/ Even if the programs are all rewritten, there can and will have loads of bugs and security issue Are they seriously suggesting that stability and security are the strengths in Windows? Fire them.
    hope u know that some of the crashes in windows are DUE TO 3rd party program rather than the kernel (kernel does not includes IE!!!)
  9. Re:Obviously on Which VNC Software Is Best? · · Score: 0

    wondering if they got "pay per referral" :D

  10. what about changing the host file? on Spyware/Adware Prevention In Large Deployments? · · Score: 0

    I remember there was a list some where on the net which have a list of web address containing lots of spyware download or communicate URLs. put them in a host file and u dont need to worry about them

  11. Re:Obvious solution on Spyware/Adware Prevention In Large Deployments? · · Score: 0
    I do agree switching to linux is not the solution. It involves all the problem with cost, time, compatability etc... I have once asked why doesnt the IT dept to switch all comps to linux. Answer I was given is that

    1/ It is hard to find ppl to maintain
    2/ Those ppl are usually expensive to hire
    3/ Most of the staff would/could not pick up a new system
    4/ Most, if not all, of their "already working" program have to be redone for linux
    5/ Cost to retrain all staff
    6/ If say there are 1000 staff, u pissed off 500 of them, I dont think it would be easy to hire 500 professional to keep the company working not to mention the productivity of the company came to a halt while the system is switching
    7/ Even if the programs are all rewritten, there can and will have loads of bugs and security issue

    So solving spyware problems are alot less than switching system. Also to think if the company really does switched successfully, they wont need as much IT staff anymore since their computers are stable enough (think of losing your job).

    I would suggest to use spyguard/blaster along with firefox as mention above. Using Deepfreeze is another option and it is relatively easy to educate your clients to save their files in THEIR HOME DIRECTORY. If spyware like gator was installed in their computers, dont worry if it wont affect his work or the company. Just do a clean once a week. Write a batch file to do the job.
  12. Re:new excuse! on Make Your Own Digital Camera ISO Test Target · · Score: -1

    they would look better if printed on skirts :)

  13. just as on Microsoft Advised To Learn To Love Linux · · Score: -1, Redundant

    we have to learn to love our enemies

  14. Re:What Bill means on IE Holes Not Microsoft's Fault, Says Bill · · Score: 0

    then hackers would say they are trying to monopoly the virus market -_-'

  15. free software on What's The Linux Kernel Worth? · · Score: -1, Troll

    are priceless XD did i make it first post?

  16. Re:Neutrons on Air Force Researching Antimatter Weapons · · Score: 1

    i do think they can still use magnetic field to align and confine those antineutrons since there are magnetic moment. or maybe laser trap? correct me if im wrong...

  17. Re:magnetic media on Internet Heading to Light Speed · · Score: 1

    as in the passage, they are used mainly from contenients(spelling?) to contenients. ISP connect thousands or millions of ADSL/cable lines through this optic cables so that u can access site in other country.

  18. developing countries? on Olympic Medal Prediction Model · · Score: 1

    what about people living in developing countries? fitness (which is related partially to number of gold medals) of a country's population changed with the living conditions eg try to find a good runner in country that still do hunting. a "good" living conditions would make people more lazier thus making it hard to find good player especially evoluation takes place. just a thought