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  1. Re:"Run WindowsUpdate first thing Monday morning" on 13 New Windows Security Vunerabilities · · Score: 1

    And again on Wednesday for people living in New Zealand and Australia (Wednesday morning is NZ & AU is Tuesday afternoon in US).

  2. Re:Government IT Projects Don't Fail They Succed 1 on Struggling With Major IT Projects · · Score: 1

    It is also worth mentioning that a number of Government IT projects "Succeed" only because the politicians sponsors of the project can't afford the project to fail (they may be of almost zero use in the real world, but success is still claimed). In these situations contractors are normally able to get extra money to help make sure the project appears to succeed.

  3. Re:Unknown connections on Businesses Discover Skype · · Score: 3, Informative

    I believe that Slashdot article from last Friday points to a paper that answers your question. Basically clients in the Skype network can become supernodes that are used to route traffic.

  4. Re:Celebrex? on Cognitive Enhancement Drugs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    New Zealand and the USA are AFAIK the only two countries that permit advertising of prescription medicine on TV. It would be interesting to compare how these ads have evolved and how they work differently within the health frame work in the two countries.

  5. Re:Politics of poverty on Build a House Out of Recycled Cardboard · · Score: 1

    To see proof of this you only have to compare the death rate from earthquakes in countries with strict building codes (such as the US and New Zealand) with countries that don't have any standards or have very low standards (such as Turkey). In the latter cases otherwise survivable earthquakes are capable of wiping entire cities off (along with there population) the map.

  6. Re:Removing spyware on What Do People in the IT Field Do for Side Jobs? · · Score: 1

    So your side job title would be "Bit Bucket Operator"

  7. Re:RSS Readers too on Worm Exploit Distributed by Advertising Network · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yesterday I was wondering why McAfee VirusScan kept complaining why Sharpreader was attempting to download a Trojan when I attempted to read some articles on The Register. Now I know.

  8. Re:Firefox & Thunderbird on The Tech Support Generation · · Score: 1

    And a nice big USB memory stick to help prod them in the direction of regular backups.

  9. Re:Close, but no cigar. on Siemens Sells Skype Adapters For Wireless Phones · · Score: 1

    Actually want would be ever cooler was some software that turned your Bluetooth enabled cellphone into a VoIP handset when within range of the computer. Then all those corporate-types who are wed to their cellphone no longer need a normal phone on their desk as well. Step outside Bluetooth range and the all the calls automatically get forwarded to the cellphone.

  10. V8 Supercars on Wi-Fi Toys · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The V8 supercars in Australia use a system that includes Wifi and Linux based computers to record car information for use by race officals. See an old story on the setup here.

  11. Re:Absurd on Is Microsoft Crawling Google? · · Score: 1

    Worse than that, he only checked the MS search after the spider had scanned the site, so of cause any old invalid URL's will have been purged (assuming MS have been running their spider for a little while now). I entered name of a domain that I have recently registered (currently serving a single static page and not linked from anywhere on the Internet) in the MS search and got no results back, while the same search in Google (where I have submitted the URL) returned my domain at an unimpressive number 5

  12. Re:my experience on FCC Rules States Can't Regulate VoIP · · Score: 1

    No idea. My geeky looks and techno-speak conversations scares them off before I can find out.

  13. Re:my experience on FCC Rules States Can't Regulate VoIP · · Score: 1

    To get a wife you need to replace the lamp with a candle.

  14. Re:Antifreeze on Water Cooling With A Car Radiator · · Score: 1

    A '79 Corolla is very unlikely to put out more than 60Kw (80Hp). But even then the radiator is still gross overkill.

  15. Re:To be expected on Mt. St. Helens Magma Reaches Surface · · Score: 1

    Actually I think that this is the "worst case" for a volcano.

  16. Re:Regular backpack with water bladder sleeve on Advice On Notebook Backpacks? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Second that. I've got a Macpac daypack for transporting my Laptop. Several other people that I know of use a laptop bag made by Kathmandu. The other main advantages of this approach are that you get a bag is more likely to keep your machine dry if it rains, and the harness on the pack is likely to be better designed and consequently more comfortable when used for extended periods of time.