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  1. Re:Abandonware in 3....2....1.... on Skype For Linux To Be Open-Sourced "In the Nearest Future" · · Score: 1

    Um.... maybe you didn't notice but Ebay sold skype to a VC firm.

  2. Re:flash ? on Mozilla Releases SeaMonkey 2.0 · · Score: 1

    So when I watch several hours of 720p !TV in a row from hulu.com on Saturdays using Ubuntu and Firefox..... what exactly sucks about flash on linux?

  3. Re:Oh no... on Microsoft Opening Outlook's PST Format · · Score: 1

    That is open. Microsoft released it a while ago. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc307725.aspx

  4. Re:BIOS on New Phoenix BIOS Starts Windows 7 Boot In 1 Second · · Score: 1

    Yep. I would love to see those optimizations in servers as well.

    Not sure why your post got modded funny. It's quite true, and most certainly not funny.

  5. Re:Buy a Pre on iPhone 3.1 Update Disables Tethering · · Score: 1

    Um no they haven't stopped unlocked phones from using the data network.

    I have an N95 that works just fine with edge.

    T-mobile doesn't offer the N95.

    I just plugged in a SIM from my bb and away I went. No issues.

  6. Re:Another scam on Hackers (Or Pen-Testers) Hit Credit Unions With Malware On CD · · Score: 1

    Yes that's true. However it will come from microsoft.com, have you're case number referenced in the subject and the contact info for the engineer you are working with. So pretty hard to forge.

    I suppose one could work up a scenario where they randomly crash servers with a new exploit. You call microsoft. They try sending you some hot fixes. The hacker intercepts the e-mail and DNS. Hardly seems likely though.

  7. Re:I could get him in ten minutes. on Wired Writer Disappears, Find Him and Make $5k · · Score: 1

    Um. How is it a crime if the information is provided to you?

  8. Re:Ideas want to be public on How To Vet Clever Ideas Without Giving Them Away? · · Score: 1

    I agree with this. I talk over all my ideas with my wife and she shares incredible insight. I also have a fairly small group of friends in the tech and business arenas, which I've known for some time. I run things by them after my wife vets it. Works out quite well.

  9. Re:The system is air gapped in two ways. on Hacking Nuclear Command and Control · · Score: 1

    Wow.... personal attacks really help your case.

    I actually don't watch a lot of television, the shows that I do watch don't cover that sort of thing.

    I've read up on the subject a fair amount. I'm certain there are things that are classified that I don't know about.

    I'm well aware of how the EAM process works.

    It's unfortunate that many brilliant people can be real jerks. I hope you find some peace and relax a bit.

  10. Re:The system is air gapped in two ways. on Hacking Nuclear Command and Control · · Score: 1

    Dude all you did in your comment was reference common knowledge. Using a phrase like "without going into too much detail" and then simply relaying common open source knowledge just makes you look bad. Nothing to see here. Move along.

  11. Re:Gnu screen on Collaborative Software For Pair Programming? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think that screen is very easy to use.

    ssh
    screen -S "blah"
    ctrl + a :multiuser on :acladd user (repeat for every user you want to have access)

    Took just a couple minutes of googling to find a howto the first time I did it.

  12. Re:Another thread, another flamewar on Firefox 3.5 Benchmarked, Close To Original Chrome · · Score: 1

    Um.... checkout http://usnatch.sourceforge.net/ there are also numerous FF plugins to do that.

  13. Re:Not as big of a deal as they're making it look on Satellite Glitch Rekindles GPS Concerns · · Score: 1

    How do you know if the sky is falling or not?

    GPS is defective now. It's how we determine this sort of thing. :)

  14. Re:Disaster? on Weather Balloons To Provide Broadband In Africa · · Score: 1

    Um..... last I checked, planes don't fly at 80,000 feet. They fly between 25 and 35 thousand feet.

  15. Re:The Volt is not a hybrid on G.M. Opens Its Own Battery Research Laboratory · · Score: 1

    What's your source for 80% or more commutes ~40 miles for their workday? Each way? Total?

  16. Re:Complaints? on European Union Asks US To Free ICANN · · Score: 1

    Oh.... useful sites exist. Like http://layerone.info/ for example. :) Sweeping generalizations..... yep this is /. :)

  17. Re:Ubiquity on Internet Hardware For White-Space Spectrum? · · Score: 1

    Your right. They make excellent gear. I have a nanostation2. The general consensus is that UBNT will be the first to provide TVWS gear. I definitely plan to get some when it becomes available.

  18. Re: fixed amount of bandwidth on ISP Capping Is Becoming the New DRM · · Score: 1

    This is disingenuous in the extreme. If you are guaranteed bandwidth you're guaranteed uptime as well, you have a SLA, and you are a totally different entity than some DSL consumer. I call shenanigans. That's exactly the point the OP was making.

  19. Re:Oblig on Time Warner To Offer Unlimited Bandwidth For $150 · · Score: 1

    Check out fixed wireless providers. What is your budget per month?

  20. Re:Remember 2003 Blackout from Worm on US Electricity Grid Reportedly Penetrated By Spies · · Score: 1

    Completely unrelated. See https://reports.energy.gov/ for a very thorough analysis of what happened.

  21. Re:so subsets don't count? on Microsoft Launches Free Web Software Eco-System · · Score: 1

    The article you linked to is for Apache on WINDOWS. Not Linux. So yes ASP runs under apache, but it doesn't appear to run under linux.

  22. Re:you are wrong on Microsoft Launches Free Web Software Eco-System · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Right..... he said run under linux. Not run under apache. So your rather rude let me google that for you link wasn't helpful.

  23. Re:Better than nothing on Recovery.gov Not Very Transparent · · Score: 1

    Laws that change human behavior take time and are incredibly expensive (lot of studies by those opposing/supporting the law, petitions etc). So the law was introduced in phases. Phase one required hands free, phase two eliminated texting.

  24. Re:Aggressive Social Sites on Social Search Reveals 700 Comcast Customer Logins · · Score: 1

    UH.... I'm sorry but that seems a bit too difficult to believe. I'm gonna say that you are spreading FUD here.

  25. Re:Carte blanche? on Mozilla Contemplates a Future Without Google · · Score: 1

    Ah but think of this.... MS writes a check for a couple hundred million to the mozilla foundation in exchange for default search being live.com. Mozilla uses that money to fund numerous open source projects. quid pro pro.