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  1. Re:Number Re-assignment on Homemade Cell Phone Call Blocker? · · Score: 2, Funny

    That happened with my Cingular line. The funniest thing was that they didn't delete the "say your name" recording that the previous number had. Moussad Arryah (something like that.. really thick arabic accent).
    I really enjoyed leaving messages to other Cingular customers because it left Moussad's greeting and it was ominous. The downside is that I occasioanlly got calls from his creditors.

  2. Re:GoDaddy.com looking for people with Linux Skill on GoDaddy.com Dumps Linux for Microsoft · · Score: 1

    GoDaddy is not very Linux friendly despite their Linux hosting. Everything but the super deluxe plans has significant constraints that makes most open source CMS/gallery/wikis appear broken.

    I tried to build a PHPNuke/Gallery connector so only one login would work across both systems and I could never get gallery to work right. Debug messages:: sh: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable.

    I'm cheap and thats why I picked GoDaddy, I'll admit that. I'm about to move to tikiwiki and it's known as an "unfriendly" host.

    Screw GoDaddy's Linux hosting. It's known to be "broken"

  3. Re:Postgresql vs. Oracle flame-war.... GO! on Database Business Problems at Oracle? · · Score: 1

    "The listener isn't listening to the network, so I only have local access"

    Type in "lsnrctl status" and take a look at the results - you'll have to probably change your listener. Take a look in $oracle_home\network\admin\listener.ora and if you see only a SID_NAME = PLSExtProc entry, chance are that you haven't set up your listener correctly. Also, make sure you're static IP.

  4. No.. the answer lies within his dilemma on What Would You Demand From Your IT Department? · · Score: 2
    "Additionally, they haven't been able to sell needed changes to senior management."

    Answers:

    • Put senior management on the same file server and the downtrodden masses
    • Put senior management on the same switch as the masses
    • Put senior management on the same proxy server as the masses
    When senior management feels the pain, they're likely to release the thumbscrews if they can. If they still don't respond, then you've identified your bottleneck.

    -B

  5. Re:So what was the point on New AT&T Acquires BellSouth · · Score: 1

    So that what passed as comedy in the early 80's with Lily Tomlin, now holds pretty true. I can't find the SNL "We're AT&T. We don't care. We don't have to.", but I did find her Call to Mr Veedle video.. .. Funny and sad at the same time.

  6. Re:Yep, it works... on Symantec Users, Start Your Keyloggers · · Score: 1

    Sometimes it works in reverse......

    Quits: ****(*****@*****.charter.com (Killed (DeepMpact (that lame exploiot only disconnects *you*))

  7. Re:Infinim Lab is an excellent company! on Infinium to Infiltrate Gamer Forums · · Score: 1
    Look- These jokes are funny but they really should stop. Slash will cause some pagerank increase in google. See it's already happening. I know your joke is funny, but you're giving Infinium the last laugh. I even tried Infinium scam, infinium fraud, and infinium r u l e s still wins.

    -B

  8. For the "Old School" retro geek - Fossil Palm on Interesting Wrist Watches? · · Score: 2, Informative
    I'm at work but Amazon is safe for me - Here is the Fossil Palm OS watch. I've been seriously debating this as a novelty. It bet it sucks the souls out of batteries and is difficult to synch.

    -B

  9. Url? Torrent? on Google's Response to the DoJ Motion · · Score: 1

    Page 11 (OTFPDF) - "In addition to bot queries, an individual may run hundreds of queries .... Some users have deliberately sent pornography queries to Google in response to the Government's subpoena. One striking example is that of an individual who wrote a feature for the Firefox (Mozilla) web browser that will send random pornoggraphy query to Google"

    Can I get a url to this new "feature" please?

  10. Whoa... How did they get away with this? on ATI Claims HDCP Then Covers Its Tracks · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Some products boast HDMI connectivity, when they do not even have a physical HDMI connector nor do the products ship with an adapter. Even if they do, having a HDMI connector does not mean the board is able to output a HDCP-DVI signal."

    How in the world can they ship this? It's not even a firmware bug.. It's missing in its entirety! Been disliking ATI recently.. this dropped them down to the "I'd rather buy a S3 Virge" video card level..
    -B

  11. IR port on phone + Laptop = 9600 baud on Verizon Blesses Phone-As-Modem Plans · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Maybe I don't want to spend $60/month - My old Nokia 6340i had an IR port that I could use and get 9600 easily. Slow? Sure. Free data access? You betcha. For the money they're asking, it's probably better to get tmobile hotspot access at Starbucks, or get NetStumbler and an Orinoco card.

    Greedy

  12. A little too late? on IBM Sets DB2 Database Free (Beer) · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Just some thoughts and possible misconceptions - I haven't used DB2 at all, but I am a heavy Oracle and occasional mysql DBA/user. I just went to IBM's DB2 page and was not very shocked to see their migration page

    "Migrate Now! for DB2 Universal Database (UDB) facilitates the migration from Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL server, and additional database platforms to DB2 UDB at a special price. Migrate Now! is an end-to-end offering that includes migration tool kits, no-charge online education, sales teams and resources to assist you in planning and implementing your migration based on IBM's proven methodology."

    I think it falls directly in step with IBM's shift in strategy - lower the software cost and generate service based revenues. I don't think I'll be moving my stuff over anytime soon. Oracle on the data warehouse (the app was built before mysql could do cross table updates), mysql on the select only local repository.
    IBM may be too late for the vast majority of developers. The ones that offered their products to develop and learn on are the ones that will find some sort of loyalty.

  13. Remember kids! on Major Piracy Bust Against Top Providers · · Score: 4, Funny
  14. Re:*sigh* Dell on Equipment Suppliers You Can Trust? · · Score: 1

    If it *REALLY* can't wait until tomorrow, there's always same day delivery service through Sonic Air/UPS.. Nothing beats having your stuff hand carried and in your hands in under a few hours. *Very* premium service.

  15. Re:3 steps... on How To Get Free Stuff At Shows · · Score: 5, Funny

    4) Post it on your website
    5) Get the article mentioned on /.
    6) Have your webserver nuked, and past out the ass for extra bandwidth
    7) Hock all of your new free goodies to pay for upgrades/bandwidth
    8) Back to square zero

    Moral of the story - If you're going to try and play the system, be discreet

  16. Re:the thing about the list.... on Linux/Unix Tops Charts for Vulnerabilities in 2005 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Okay I "uniqued" it by removing the (Updated)'d and it came out to 1048 - I know this isn't a good # because I didn't review if these were multiple platforms, or if they were seperate incidents within a software package...

    Top 10 by bugs listed -
            * GNU GZip Directory Traversal 13
            * Multiple Vendors LibXPM Bitmap_unit Integer Overflow 13
            * Multiple Vendors Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities 13
            * GNU GZip File Permission Modification 12
            * Gzip Zgrep Arbitrary Command Execution 12
            * LBL TCPDump Remote Denials of Service 12
            * PCRE Regular Expression Heap Overflow 12
            * BZip2 File Permission Modification 10
            * GNU Xpdf Buffer Overflow in doImage() 10
            * Multiple Vendor Zlib Compression Library Decompression Remote Denial of Service 10

    I was particularly surprised to see that Gentoo, RedHat and SuSE, Debian had roughly under 10 problems with their distro specific code (portage, Yast, sysreport)

    It looks like there was a half assed attempt to categorize the bugs as "Multiple Vendor" and then someone gave up on it, or else someone wasn't really consistent with the counting strategy...

    -B

  17. Re:most dangerous virus on Share Your Most Dangerous Idea · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've posted this before... Have a virus that
    a) extract software name, serial #'s / keys
    b) email the results to the BSA saying that they think their company is using unlicensed software
    c) ask for the reward to go to a paypal acct
    d) spread like crazy

    Nice, Huh?
    B

  18. Credentials completely shot in 3rd PP on Pro Perl Debugging · · Score: 1
    Okay this make me choke on my MD - "He's presently working for Amadeus, on an automated software testing application for their flight booking system."

    Also, lets see if we can debug the website and make that next button work......Not functioning in FF1.5/Win
    -B

  19. Re:online vs offline advertising on 2005 The Turning Point For Online Ads · · Score: 1
    No mention about returns but this statement alone ..
    "By contrast, Google, which dominates the fast-growing market for keyword-search advertising, has been growing at three times the industry rate, or around 100 percent a year"

    Google has some very key data centers... give them some an entry into the cable market, set top boxes with targeted ads, disable TiVo ad skipping, and I'll probably have to quit watching TV entirely. It easy to firewall off my wife's shopping habits, but this would be the turning point for DVD only. Interesting article here

  20. Re:Are you certain this is what you want? on How to Write Comments · · Score: 1
    form.BackgroundImageLayout = System.Windows.Forms.ImageLayout.Stretch

    Kind of redundant, don't you think?

  21. Re:forgot the scare quotes on Microsoft Claims Firms 'Hitting a Wall' With Linux · · Score: 1
    Yeah but we've seen this shit before!

    "Finally, we would like to thank Richard Ford of the Florida Institute of Technology for his co-creation of the underlying methodology used here as well his extensive contribution to the analytical underpinnings of these studies." In the pdf page 44!

    Where have we seen this before? HERE. I'm tired of this crap methodology. How many times can you regurgitate scare quotes until you get dry heaves?

    Drink some water Microsoft, maybe you'll find something new to throw up...

  22. Re:How does that work? on Microsoft Settles Korean Antitrust Case · · Score: 1

    First, someone in accounting is going to see the amount for check printed, then they will pronounce the company's name wrong... "Daaayum" (southern drawl)

  23. Re:Birth Certificate on Identity Theft-What Can Really be Done w/o a SSN? · · Score: 3, Informative
    It's not even that hard - apparently all you had to do was buy a wallet from Woolworth. Interesting read - In a nutshell, a wallet manufacturer used a sample SSN in each wallet. Company Vice President and Treasurer Douglas Patterson thought it would be a clever idea to use the actual SSN of his secretary, Mrs. Hilda Schrader Whitcher. Over 5700 people adopted the SSN in 1943.

    Heh
    B

  24. Link to online version on Your Favorite Math/Logic Riddles? · · Score: 1

    Kind of annoying background music - link to an online Soduku game is here

  25. Soduku on Your Favorite Math/Logic Riddles? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They drive me nuts. Array and vecor logic. Fun

    -B