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  1. Not your issue on Podcasts of University Lectures? · · Score: 1

    You have been charged with making this happen at a technical level. You have not been charged to make University policy. The requirements document should be telling you how you should or shouldn't limit access to these pod-casts of the lectures.

    A technical person should have input into the requirements document to make sure that they are not asking for something stupid or impossible to implement but you should not be setting University policy. Implement what they want based on the requirements document.

  2. May not be ergonomic on Ars Technica Reviews Controller Keyboard · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the website http://www.alphagrips.com/store/shopping.html

    "The AlphaGrip may not be ergonomic. The company has not conducted the requisite studies to make that determination."

  3. Einstein Papers Project on Preserving Old Research Notes and Documents? · · Score: 1

    Ask the experts at the Einstein Papers Project. They have been doing this for quite some time.

  4. Re:Egads on Custom Software vs. COTS Products · · Score: 1
    You could take a dump in a box, shrink-wrap it, and sell it to somebody.
    Isn't that what Peachtree did and continues to do?
  5. Re:Registration Not Required on Intel's Expensive Disco Ball · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Using Firefox?

    Try BugMeNot. It is also available by doing Tools --> Extensions --> Get More Extensions in the browser.

    I am in no way related to this extension. I just love it.

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

    I must say that I have wasted more than a few weekends playing your great game.

    Thank you!

  7. Re:The turkey has already been eaten on Thanksgiving Bits · · Score: 1
    Thanksgiving was observed on October 11, 2004 ... which fortunately coincides with the start of our hockey seas... oh, never mind, eh.

    Watch Basketbrawl. The NBA has attempted to emulate a hockey game in Detroit. Maybe with a little more work....
  8. Re:New York Lock... on Kryptonite U-Lock Security Flaw · · Score: 1
    That's not a New York Lock is it?
    Why, yes it is. It has the New York brand on it and it is a lock. Now if they have a model called the Lock (which by the way the article does not show, it shows lock) it is a pretty stupid naming scheme. If I said there was a recall on Ford cars, would you assume that it was the model Cars?
    You hereby stand corrected.


    I never stand while sitting at my computer.
  9. Re:New York Lock... on Kryptonite U-Lock Security Flaw · · Score: 1
    OOOPS!!

    Seems New York Lock is just a Kryptonite lock in disguise. From the Kryptonite website:

    Consumers who have purchased an Evolution lock, KryptoLok lock, New York Chain, New York Noose, Evolution Disc Lock, KryptoDisco or DFS Disc Lock in the last two years are eligible for a product upgrade free of charge from Kryptonite. Customers will need to have either registered their key number, registered for the Kryptonite anti-theft protection offer or have proof of purchase to qualify.
  10. Better for Patients, Nurses and Hospital on Would You Bid for a Job? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This system is better for all concerned.

    The standard way to fill shifts is to find someone willing to work (at regular pay) or go to an outside source known as a nursing registry. The hospital pays the nursing registry between $60-$80/hour and the registry pays the nurses from $30-$45.

    In this system, the hospitals are paying less for than they would going out to the registry. The nurses are getting paid more than they would be paid if they got their extra work through the registry. The patients get care from someone who acutally works for the hospital and this usually means better care as most registry nurses just do their time and go home.

  11. Re:Guess the Indians shot themselves in the foot . on U.S. Interior Dept. Unplugged... Again · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Doesn't look like this will do anything positive for the Native Americans.

    No, there is no way that protecting their privacy and keeping the money that is rightfully theirs from being stolen is doing anything good for them. Give me a break, read the article and not just the headline.

    Oops, this is Slashdot. (Rosanne Roseannadana Voice) Nevermind!!
  12. Re:how to save all the updates? on Windows 98 Phased Out · · Score: 1
    How would one go about saving all the win98 updates?

    Go to the Windows Catalog(Link only works with IE), choose "Find updates for Microsoft Windows operating systems" and then choose your OS and the patches you want.
  13. Re:I pity no one on The Battle Against Junk Mail and Spyware · · Score: 1

    I educate the people I help and teach them how to run Windows Update on their own. I don't want to go back and fix the same thing again. I teach them how to use Windows Update so that I don't have to burn a CD and run around to the 20 or so people (friends and relatives) that I help everytime an update is released. You keep on creating work for yourself. I will continue to help people help themselves.

    I do install Firebird and show them how to use it.

  14. Re:I pity no one on The Battle Against Junk Mail and Spyware · · Score: 1
    Typically, this is install adaware to get rid of the junk, and then patch their goddamned systems. Install Mozilla, set it default give it an IE skin, block popups and remove iexplore.exe from their system. Set firewall (of your choice), add an AV ( http://www.grisoft.com for a free as in beer one) and explain the basics. Scare the crap out of them by exaggerating a bit what spyware really does.


    Obviously you are just talking about this and have never really done this or you have never gone back to a machine that you have done this to. If you remove IE, they can no longer run Windows Update. You have condemned them to a life of using an unpatached M$ system.
  15. Re:Interesting Mandrake quip on Slashback: Picnic, Pistol, Doggedness · · Score: 1

    And all together Suse, Red Hat, and Mandrake has actually sold more then Windows XP since XP's release.

    I call Bullshit!

    I know this is /. and facts don't really matter, but this statement is absolutely ludicrous.

  16. Re:588??? on Weta Prepares to Render LOTR: ROTK · · Score: 5, Informative

    I would just like to know why 588 computers?

    IBM Blade Center that holds the blade server is 7U. Each Blade Center holds 14 blade servers. IBM's racks are 42U.

    42U Rack / 7U Blade Center = 6 Blade Centers/rack
    14 servers X 6 Blade Centers = 84 servers/rack
    7 Racks X 84 servers = 588 Servers

  17. Re:40h bit, not 64 bit! on PPC 970 Powerbooks and Powermacs in Production? · · Score: 1

    LOLOLOLOL
    it took me a minute, but it was worth it :)


    That should be:
    l0l00lll00l

  18. Re:Phoenix forums, themes and extensions on Phoenix 0.5 Has Arrived · · Score: 1
    Well that's clearly unacceptable! I expect a penance of five karma for my trouble! :)

    I don't have 5 Karma. :-P
    Is there a reproducible way you can cause this? I've just tested that on Win'XP w/ Phoenix 0.5 and under Linux with a slightly-before 0.5 nightly build and it worked. I don't think I've ever had scrolling problems, except for the nuisance when I've got a text box selected and it scrolls it instead of the page, but that's PEBKAC.

    I just open the page, WinXP w/ Phoenix 0.5 freshly downloaded after this article was posted. Never used it before, so there shouldn't be a problem with the "install". It is set as hompage, does the same if I get there through a link or address bar as well. Logitech Trackman Wheel with Logitech drivers installed. It is very strange.
  19. Re:Phoenix forums, themes and extensions on Phoenix 0.5 Has Arrived · · Score: 1

    I don't use any mice without scolling fucntionality anymore, and Phoenix scrolls just fine for me. WHat sort of problem are you having with it?

    I'm not the poster you asked, but I'll answer anyway. :-)

    I am having scrolling problems on some pages. The scroll wheel simply won't work. Works on slashdot, works on Amazon, doesn't work at http://start.earthlink.net. What is really strange, is if I move the cursor over to the scroll bar and use the scroll wheel it will work. I will sometimes have to click somewhere in the body of the page to get the scroll wheel to work, but even that does not work on that one page.

  20. Re:here's a scary thought... on Win32/Linux Cross-Platform Virus · · Score: 1

    A hybrid virus could have its own filesystem code, and thereby infect say a linux partition on a dual-boot machine that is currently booted in windows

    Sorry, but this won't work unless you have taught windows how to read a Linux partition. Yes, while booted into Linux, the virus could infect the windows partition. But, no way that windows virus accesses and infects the Linux partition.

  21. Re:They're not U.S. Senators on California Considering Recycling Fees on PCs · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's OK; most Californians I know can't name the two U.S. Senators they elected (Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein)

    Can't? Or won't admit that our state as a whole would elect these two idiots. I am ashamed that they represent the great State of California.

  22. Re:Three sure things in life... on Reviews of Hard Drive Reliability? · · Score: 1

    1. Death
    2. Taxes
    3. Hard Drive Failure

    4. Hearing this joke.

  23. Re:Get out! on Handling Discrimination in the IT Workplace? · · Score: 1

    What legal means? Age discrimination is defined as discriminating against someone over the age of 40. It is quite legal to tell someone they are too young. When a boss has a hard on for you, you must make a decision. Am I going to work through this or am I going to leave.

  24. Re:I say let it play out in court on Sklyarov Indicted · · Score: 1

    I am not saying by any means that this is a fair and just law, but it is law. Do I hope he goes to jail? No. I hope he wins and the DMCA is thrown away like the garbage it is.

    I hate to say it, but if he wins his court case and doesn't go to jail, there will be no appeal. Without an appeal, the courts can't overturn an unconstitutional law. So, you can only get one of your wishes. As much as I dislike the DMCA, I hope that he is set free. It is not his battle and a Russian should not be the test case for a ridiculous U.S. law.

  25. Re:The ultimate PDA on Toshiba's Handheld Enters the Fray · · Score: 1

    Yes! I sold my Visor Phone on E-Bay and bought the Kyocera 6035. It is a great unit. It is about the size of a Visor, a little narrower and a little lighter. The screen is the size of an M100. This thing is great! Not only does it have a speakerphone that really works and recognizes voice commands, but it will take voice memos at the touch of a button. I have been using it for a couple of months, and am quite pleased. I can access the net with a text browser (not WAP) from the phone, it supports web clipping like the Palm VII, and is also a modem that can be hooked up to the laptop if you just have to get your PrOn now! Everyone is mentioning that it is available for Sprint but Verizon actually had their version out first. I think these are the only two providers for this phone in the U.S. at present.