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  1. Confirmation on CSS Support IE 7.0's Weakest Link · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do we call this a dupe or a confirmation ?

  2. Re:Even the submitter didn't read the article!! on Keylogging Used To Catch Bank Crackers · · Score: 1

    history lesson: first it was RTFM, the grandfather of all the RTF* family :)

  3. Re:Even the submitter didn't read the article!! on Keylogging Used To Catch Bank Crackers · · Score: 1

    Well it seams he read it, if you refactor his sentence it would say:
    British police National High Tech Crime Unit has foiled an attempted fraud by "hackers using keylogging software".
    He just didn't understand it and hence the misleading title :D

  4. sitcom for the geeks? on TV Show About The Scene · · Score: 0

    Good for the married geek to have something to watch while the wife watches Oprah

  5. Is it in the EULA ? on Microsoft Search Advertisers Get Personal · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess we should have read the license agreement....

  6. Re:yawn on Google 302 Exploit Knocks Sites Out · · Score: 1

    Just for the record, I'm neither a father nor even close.

  7. Re:yawn on Google 302 Exploit Knocks Sites Out · · Score: 2, Insightful

    it will be when your 14 year old boy searches for something for his research paper and gets redirected to pr0n instead.

  8. Patenting XML on MS Files for Broad XML/Word-processing Patent in NZ · · Score: 1

    So is there any sense for MS to adopt an open standard such as XML for saving documents and then prevent others from reading and writing it?

  9. Re:I wonder on 'Millipede' Prototype Shown at CeBIT · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't say this is a dupe, the other article is about a startup company aiming at what could be considered a similar target. This is new information regarding IBM actually realizing that target.

  10. Been Asleep? on AMD and Intel CPUs Supported On Same Motherboard · · Score: 1

    We haven't seen AMD and Intel CPUs since Socket 7
    Dude, speak for urself, you have got to have been sleeping for a really long time.....

  11. Archive IM? on How Do You Store and Reconcile Email Archives? · · Score: 1

    Why would you do that? Do you record all your phone conversations? IM is just like that, unless it's important (rarely happens) you'll never get to look at it even if it was archived anyway. We just feel the need to archive every piece of information as geeks as long as it's electronic and hence possible.

  12. wonder if I can on IBM Provides Access to Blue Gene On Demand · · Score: 4, Funny

    book some time to play doom3...

  13. When It's upgrade time... on AMD and Intel CPUs Supported On Same Motherboard · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I do wonder who is actually gonna buy this board in place of their usual favorite, since it's not like people are swapping their processors around every chance they get, unless they don't actually use the computer they've built.
    The problem is that by the time you'd want to upgrade your processor and want to have the choice between AMD and Intel, both will have changed their socket designs and u'd need a new mobo anyway.

  14. Re:Marketspeak on Microsoft to Offer Patches to U.S. Govt. First · · Score: 1

    I'm sure you're a programmer yourself, noone else could have known about the water cooler :)

  15. viva la revolution! on P2P (More) Legal in France · · Score: 0

    gotta love the french :)

  16. A misleading title on Open Source Tax Products? · · Score: 1

    I thought it was about some new computer product tax to finance open source software :D

  17. Re:French Court: "Surrender Now" on Publishing Exploit Code Ruled Illegal In France · · Score: 1

    Keeping it quiet, while not always effective or preferred, is still security (through obscurity).
    No No No, security through obscurity is not security, a few hundred years ago locksmiths thought it was, but it never was and never will be

  18. Re:The product is free; support isn't on Making Money Using Open Source Software? · · Score: 1

    I really can't understand the logic for that. Don't charge for the development and charge for the support? Support money should go to the support personnel so how would you pay the developers? And if you'll end up charging the same, is there any value in what you "call" the charges?

  19. Re:Fines ? on Aus. Gov't Considers Fines for Online Suicide Info · · Score: 1

    If you're out looking for suicide info that should mean you're not serious about it. If you are you would have commited it (it's not that hard) without much ado and poking around searching for information.

  20. Re:Nonsense on NZ Business Fined For Out-of-Date Website · · Score: 1

    The thing to note is how easy the Internet made one commit false advertising unknowingly. a website will stay the same unless updated, which is not the case with paper or tv ads... Firms are just not used to the new medium implications.

  21. Re:Testing for real-world use on Too Darned Big to Test? · · Score: 1

    sometimes bug reports from QA can be a bitch to decode
    Yes I agree, that happens, but it usually means that the QA personnel are not sufficiently trained/experienced. Also for a Quality Engineer to come from a development background helps a great deal there...

  22. Re:Three Letters: on Best Degree to Pair w/ a B.Sc. in Computer Science? · · Score: 1

    Programming isn't a difficult task
    That probably means you spent too much time with books and too little time writing code yourself.

  23. Re:Testing for real-world use on Too Darned Big to Test? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The developers grew to hate me so much for finding bugs in their code and the RDBMS vendor's code that I was moved to another job (YAY!).
    I don't know what kind of developers you were dealing with there, but I am a developer myself and I actually like and respect QA or test engineer who come up with creative and "smart" bugs, they keep it interesting, they make my job easier and they make for a more successful product, so what's there to hate about them?

  24. Re:Longhorn on WinFS to be available in WinXP · · Score: 1

    If everything will be back-ported to XP and Windows 2003, how does Microsoft plan to make any money off Longhorn, which has cost the company a lot in development time and money?
    By selling more windows xp and 2003 right now....

  25. Re:wow on Windows 2003 and XP SP2 Vulnerable To LAND Attack · · Score: 1

    r attempt to install water cooling while I'm drunk...
    Actually I'd take back the "while I'm drunk" part