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  1. Interesting... on Why Software Piracy is Good for Microsoft · · Score: 1
    A SW company that protects its interests by not protecting its interests.


    Cop-out or not, they can't be extremely rigid to everyone all the time. Especially with that kind of business.

  2. Re:hi! on Lycoris Desktop/LX update 2 Released · · Score: 1
    And why is this guy +2 for being a troll?

    The Troll mod order goes down kids, down.

  3. Re:another victory for Open Source! on OpenSSL Security Update · · Score: 1

    Er, I was under the impression that Apache still has the larger market share, so who's walking all over who? Honestly, I don't think even this ".Net works with Apache" crap is gonna switch people over either.

  4. Re:Nope. on Take a Mac User to Lunch · · Score: 1
    That's true.

    I know it's an early release, but why not use Chimera? It's got a cocoa front end which is pretty smooth and it's just the browser.

  5. Re:Nope. on Take a Mac User to Lunch · · Score: 1
    Sorry, I don't buy your reasoning.

    My Dual-533 at work performed beautifully. The 1.7GHz P4 my office supplied didn't cut it. Mind you, neither of us are giving hard data/numbers here, so our statements are opinion.

    Why would you even bother running OS X on a Beige G3? That's like running Windows 2000 on a PentiumII/350 with 64 MB RAM. It's a minimum, but not recommended. OS X ran fairly well with my blue & white G3/256MB. Kingston memory makes all the difference with OS X.

    As for wired, I'm not impressed with their tech pop reporting. Sure, I'll grab a copy once in a while to check out new technologies, but their accuracy on Mac stories remains to be seen.

    Enjoy your weekend

  6. Please re-file this article on .Mac Webmail Security Hole Allows Arbitrary Access · · Score: 1
    under the Freaking-out-over-FUD department.

    Just because you don't want to pay for it doesn't mean you have to spread ill-researched crap about it.

    I'm keeping mine because I like the features. Roughly $8/mo isn't much to ask.

  7. Re:MEN on Bad MEN Of Wireless · · Score: 1
    Take the "M" out of AIM.

    Life with Macintosh Computers will improve.

    And AI just sounds cool. That and IBM can taken PowerPC chips WAAAAAYYYY beyond.

  8. AOL doesn't do other people's work on AOL Won't Enable Instant Messaging Interoperability · · Score: 1
    OK, so someone has to be in a contract to make software that complies with AOL's IM servers. So what?

    From the article it sounds like they don't want to standardize. Typical, fine. Get a company in a contract and AOL will provide the company info needed to create a client.

    No one said AOL will do the work for you.

  9. Not sure what to make of this on Gates Tries to Explain .Net · · Score: 1
    With this article and the news of .Net working with Apache and Oracle databases, I'm tempted to say "embrace and extend with modesty?"

    Is he trying to make it look like MS doesn't want control over data management, just buddy up with the competition?

    Why would he even admit this?

  10. Re:Know Your Adversary... on Should Virus Distribution be Illegal? · · Score: 1
    But it's not LIKE saying anything.


    Somebody's going to make the virus. Odds are they're going to distribute it whether legal or not. It's up to folks who track viruses to find distributions of viruses and counter. I figure it as preventive maintenance.


    I gave my impression of the concept. Jump down someone else's throat.

  11. Know Your Adversary... on Should Virus Distribution be Illegal? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    If you're using mailicious code for analyzation so it can be diffused, yes.


    The more known the code becomes, the easier it is to counter it.


    It also separates the wheat from the chaff in terms of IT employees. Whoever keeps up is a valuable resource in a sea of lax workers

  12. computer vs. television on The Widening Tech-Savvy Gap · · Score: 1
    This is ridiculous.


    A television has limited function; you watch it, you adjust the volume, you change the channel.

    Computers are two-way; you input from one of the many sources you can, the computer gives you a result (whether you like it or not)


    Why even bother mentioning that?

  13. Is Apple claiming credit for others' work? on Mac OS X Labs Deployment Initiative · · Score: 1
    Granted, I've taken a quick look through of the Integrating OS X with Active Directory PDF, but I didn't see mention of their higher education initiative.


    These guys had preliminary information concerning this...did Apple complete the info or take the information from the Universities it was working with and publish it without giving them credit?


    I'm not trying to start anything, just want to make sure credit is given where it's due.

  14. altering AD schema? on Integrating Mac OS X With Active Directory · · Score: 2, Interesting
    It seems from the instructions that you have to create custom fields in the schemato make this happen (e.g. unixid). Higher-ups are a little nervous about this because changing the schema can severely alter the AD.


    I was under the impression that if you installed Services for Unix on the box hosting the AD, these fields would be automatically added, but would you still have to create unique LDAP IDs for each user? Is there a way you can do this in bulk?