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  1. Strange... on The 1991 "X-Box" · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In the notes, he says "Always boots from C: (never from A: or D:)". An if you look at the history of the El Torito spec, it mentions that they began thinking about the possibilities of a bootable CD-ROM in 1993.

    Does anyone know if DOS supported booting from CD-ROM in 1991?

  2. Where to buy? on LGP Announces Two More Titles · · Score: 1

    I clicked on their reseller link and clicked on the one line they had for the US. That page only had Quake for Linux under the software category.

    How do they expect to make a profit if they're only reseller for the US doesn't carry their stuff?

  3. Embedded advertising won't work for everyting on News on TiVo, "God's Machine" · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Some shows just won't work with embedded advertising. Some cartoons take a year to make, so unless it's a generic "Eat at McDonald's" ad, you can't put it in. Also, if you have something that's for a limited time (like a special type of pizza) you don't want that ad shown again in the future. Plus you'll want that add shown often during the limited time, so you'll have to find many different shows that will put it in.

    Documentary type shows, like the Crocodile Hunter, would also have problems placing products.

  4. Behavior Modification on Dealing with ADHD and Other Problems in Young Children? · · Score: 1

    My wife has a degree in Psychology, and she says that behavior modification has been shown to be as effective as drugs. Behavior modification with drugs works even better.

  5. Go out for lunch on Company Gift Time Again? · · Score: 1

    Take the whole team out for a nice lunch. Find a place that everyone enjoys and just take a long lunch hour shooting the breeze about non-work stuff. When it's done. Tell them they're free to go home if they want.

  6. Get you're Karma on The Darker Side of Computer Recycling · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Go to when the story was already published here and here, take some of the good comments and paste them here. Be quick before others steal "your" comment.

  7. Re:Not a completely original idea on Software For Ransom · · Score: 1

    Didn't that have more to do with licensing that was required for non-free decoders? They didn't want to bother with that so they just made it free.

  8. Bad screenshots on picoGUI: An X Alternative? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Take a look at the screenshots. There are no xeyes running! How can we take any X alternative seriously when they don't bother to port xeyes.

    When I first showed my wife Linux, the first thing she asked was "What do those eyes do?" My reply, "Some people use them as a status indicator for predictive multitasking thread optimizer, but mine just look at the cursor." "Cool"

  9. Re:Port 80--Why not? on PA ISP to Restrict P2P Uploads · · Score: 1

    Because some ISP's will redirect all traffic bound for port 80 to a proxy server and handle it that way. So now you'd need to implement the P2P protocol over HTTP instead of just IP.

  10. Screw high-tech on Neat Homebrew Halloween Tech? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get yourself a green t-shirt, a grey sweatshirt, some Robitussin and go as Ellen Feiss.

  11. Re:Doesn't any READ ? on OpenBSD Gains Privilege Elevation · · Score: 1

    If other users are on the machine, they could easily set up a program that just loops trying to bind to port 8080 and when your webserver restarts, they now have control over it. Even if it is for a little bit, they might be able to do some damage.

  12. Re:Which reminds me... on 37 Operating Systems, 1 PC · · Score: 1

    Just try even a high end Pentium. I worked for an ISP and we still had a few customers that had Win 3.1 so we had a Pentium 233 with Windows 3.1 so we could work with the install program. Everything was instant.

  13. Re:I wrote a paper about IMs in the work place... on Financial Companies Ask IM Companies To Work Together · · Score: 1

    So? If they don't have IM they might use the company phone or compose a long e-mail to the person? I tried looking for the paper but couldn't find it. I use an IM at work all the time and it's nice. If I'm talking on the phone to someone and they want a URL, I just IM to them, instead of trying to spell out the URL.

  14. Re:Mirrors? on Beyond Dvorak via Genetic Algorithm · · Score: 3, Informative
  15. Re:The Downside of an Ionized Education on Good Morning, Professor Romero · · Score: 1

    I think if you have Romero complaining about you being late, just call him Dr. Kettle.

  16. Re:I wonder about the opposite: on To Digitize or Not Digitize the Family Photo Album? · · Score: 1

    OK, so I have some pictures on reel tape with some libraries written in an obsolete language. Now I just need someone who can read the media and translate the library to some more popular language.

  17. A former coworker on Geeky Child Names? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Named his daughter Amanda Perl. Amanda is the name of a UNIX backup utility. And Perl should be fairly obvious. He should have named her Ada Perl.

  18. Re:Save your bandwidth on Klez, The Virus that Keeps on Giving · · Score: 1

    Use a Perl script that would do this would be better. You could also try running "stty -echo" before you run telnet. But it's a pain when you can't see the commands you typed. Also, with the Perl script you could implement the more secure ways to connect, such as APOP, so your password isn't sent over the network in plain text.

  19. Re:Save your bandwidth on Klez, The Virus that Keeps on Giving · · Score: 1

    Actually, the second argument of TOP is the number of lines to read from the body, not KB. Also, make sure no one is looking over your shoulder since you password will appear on the screen.

  20. Re:Gateway is NO BETTER.. on Gateway as Content Distributor? · · Score: 1

    My Gateway isn't like that. Sure, I bought it back in 98, so things might have changed, but I can crack open the case to add new hardware and the warranty was still fine.

  21. Check with the voicemail provider on Fetching Your Voicemail from the PC? · · Score: 1

    Check with the provider of the voice mail system. They might have an application already. Whether or not it works under WINE might be a different story.

  22. Automessages.... on All MS Settlement Comments Now Online · · Score: 2

    Here's a google cache of a webpage that some of the pro-comments came from here. I wonder if the DOJ would consider these comments less valuable.

  23. Re:have you looked at the responses? on All MS Settlement Comments Now Online · · Score: 2

    I noticed alot of them had "@inetgw" appended to the address. Maybe someone set up a web page with Enter your Name and Address and send this premade comment.

    If someone downloads the comments, do a search to see how many of them have "@inetgw" or a duplicate message.

  24. Re:if you want to help the artist... on PressPlay and MusicNet vs. Artists · · Score: 1

    Nice gesture, but some artists don't go to smaller venues. Sure, I'll pay to go to a concert, but I'm not going to pay a high price for the ticket, spend a day travelling, take time off from work, etc....

  25. Re:I *should* have gotten First Post! on Kathleen Fent Read This Story · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good the the lameness filter allowed her to post. Otherwise Taco would be really mad.