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  1. True 64 bit processor on AMD Releases 2 Low-Power 64-bit Processors · · Score: 1

    I'm a little rusty when it comes to 64 bit processors. Are these processors true 64 bit processors or are they 32 bit processors with 64 bit extensions? I haven't kept up on them.

  2. Website on Protected Memory Stick Easily Cracked · · Score: 1

    I think only the main page is down. You can get to the English page by copying and pasting the following link. http://www.secustick.nl/engels/index.html

  3. Educating users on Do You Allow Webmail Use on Your Network? · · Score: 1

    Whatever happened to educating users and enforcing software policies? Instead of calling users stupid and locking down desktops like a prison, how about you actually take the time to hold a class. Teach them and show examples of what happens when they treat a computer like a toy. If they still don't listen, then enforce the company's software policy. (If there is one.)

    I am a junior admin at our firm. Our motto here is that if a computer has a problem then it is because of IT's fault. Not the user's. If a user doesn't understand how to use a computer then it is our fault for not teaching them.

  4. Legality on $5 Social Wi-Fi Router · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't know about the rest of you but with Cox we can't share our Internet connection with other people in that manner. You would probably have to get some kind of agreement with your ISP before they would let you share your Internet connection for a profit.

  5. Re:So, what about online retailers? on Jack Thompson's Violent Game Bill Signed Into Law · · Score: 1

    Not trying to be a Nazi or anything but Louisiana law is not based on English Common law. It is based on the Napoleonic Code. They are very similiar but they have some small differences. To quote la-legal.com: The common law is a system of law that is based on court precedent. Laws and statutes are interpreted, and the ruling of one judge may influence or even control the ruling of another judge. The Code Napoleon takes the civilian law approach. Civilian law is based on scholarly research and the drafting of legal code which is passed into law by the legislative branch. It is then the judge's job to interpret that intent more than to follow judicial precedent. Is there really that much practical difference? Not really. The differences are eroding every day. Much of Louisiana's codes are being replaced by uniform law to be more in step with other states. This is especially true in the area of commercial law. Louisiana is adopting the Uniform Commercial Code used in other states to keep on a competitive footing with the other states. In other areas, like succession rights, we have steadfastly kept concepts like forced heirship alive. Just a little FYI...Peace!

  6. Re:bad analogy on The Future of the Internet · · Score: 2, Informative

    Could have sworn that these big telcos are getting government subsidies. I think currently Bellsouth gets in the area of 150 million dollars (combined) a year in subsidies from nine states. But I would have to agree that most of that money probably doesn't go to infrastructure but to buy someone a nice home in Manila.

    http://lafayetteprofiber.com/Blog/2005/10/banner-o f-hypocrisy-whose-subsidy.html

    http://www.lafayetteprofiber.com/

  7. Re:Anyone who has ever used Quickbooks Enterprise on The Trouble With Software Upgrades · · Score: 4, Informative

    We are having the same issues here with Quickbooks 2006 Standard and Accountants Edition. THis past weekend Intuit released a patch for the "File must be opened on the server feature" and other "features" which have given us a headache. We just updated our test "Quickbooks server" this morning and are working on getting the testing done. For those of you unaware, any flavor of Quickbooks 2006 is ectremely problamitic becuase they have made major changes to the database. One of them being (I beleive) is that they use Sybase now instead of a proprietary database. Anyways we are urging our clients to hold off on upgrading to Quickbooks 2006 until Intuit cleans up 2006.

  8. Re:R.H.I.N.O? on Review: Ultimate Spider-Man · · Score: 1, Funny

    Robotic Hindrance in New Orleans?

    Wait thats Kathleen Blanco...

  9. Patents on Creative MP3 Players Ship With Virus · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Lets see if Creative will patent this.

    They could patent an idea of shipping units with preinstalled anti-virus testing software.

  10. Close-minded persons on Lean Software Development · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think the waterfall method and a preponderance of documentation and process control are the bee's knees.

    Seriously, who uses the phrase "bee's knees" anyway and what is so great about bee's knees?

  11. iRobot on Digital People: From Bionic Humans to Androids · · Score: 1

    Please, Please God do not let Will Smith be in this book.

  12. Wessels on Self-Governing Online Worker Communities · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Walter Koenig: When we woke up, we had these bodies.
    Fry: Say it in Russian.
    Walter Koenig: [groans] Ven we voke up, we had these wodies.
    Fry: [delighted] Wheeee. Now say "nuclear wessels".
    Walter Koenig: NO.

  13. Windows compatibility on Windows Interoperability in A Linux Distro · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The only question that comes to mind is:

    When do these Windows compatibilites start to become security issues in Linux? I mean I am all for having some Windows apps run in Linux. The main reason I use Linux at home was because things like IE and other security ridden problems in Windows arent available in Linux.

    Just my $.02

  14. Re:Right... on Gates On Future of CS Education · · Score: 1

    or Bill Gates talking about problems facing the computer indstry makes about as much sense as Wesley Smipes getting in a tanning bed...

  15. Re:Please remember to patch! on Firefox Community Site Hacked · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just because a patch comes out doesnt mean to jump on it immediately and patch the vulnerability. There must be testing first to make sure that this patch does not break anything important in running that site.

    A fatal mistake I see with some admins is that they run patches, service packs, support packs (for you Novell lovers out there) or any kind of fix without extensive testing. The only reason I would throw a patch on a system immediately is if that exploit is causing an immediate problem.

    Yeah they could have patched earlier but then we might be reading a ./ article about how a Drupal patch crashed the spreadfirefox.com site.

    Just my $.02

  16. Re:Opening the door for game pirates? on PlayStation 3 HDD to Ship With Linux · · Score: 0

    It didnt run Linux. It ran a strip-downed version of Windows 2000.

    That's the reason it was so easily hacked. :)

  17. Funny stuff on Breathe Under Water Without Oxygen Tanks · · Score: 0

    Fry: "I cant smallow this thing."

    Professor: "Good news. Its a suppository"

  18. Re:Digital disease on Open source Digital Bacteria · · Score: 0

    OK so what your saying to do is go to start>run type in cmd and hit enter.

    OK now type in format C: and I hit enter.

    Just great. My computer wont boot now and I still have the discharge and itching. I mean my computer still has the discharge and itching.

    Yeah my computer. Thats what i meant.

  19. Digital disease on Open source Digital Bacteria · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anybody know the cure for digital chlamydia?

    I networked with this infected computer and didnt have my firewall turned on.

  20. For some its not an addiction on Email Addiction Runs Rampant · · Score: 1

    At the company I work for we use email as a way to handle support requests. We use Groupwise as our email system and have a folder full of emails to keep track of support requests. I must check that box 20-25 times a day or more to see how current SR are doing and which ones need my attention.

    On a side note our Groupwise server alos has the ability to retract unread emails. It has saved me from having a partner/manager read some un-tactful emails. I guess you could say go Novell??? :)~

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    I had a nightmare and in it there was all these 1's and 0's floating around. I even think I seen a 2.

  21. Price on ATI Announces 512MB Graphics Card · · Score: 1

    $150 dollars extra to get 4.1 frames more on Half-Life 2.

    Doesnt make much sense.

    Mess with an engineer and youll wake up with a mess hose in your bunk

  22. Fiber to the home on Broadband War & an Interactive Municipal Map · · Score: 1, Informative

    We in Lafayette, Louisiana have been fighting this for some time now. We have given both BellSouth and Cox commmunications several years to start working on a plan for fiber. Neither company has even started on it yet. The second that LUS (Lafayette Utility Systems) starts to run fiber, both monopolies cry foul and bring in the courts. I say let LUS do its job that the monopolies didnt want to. For more info check out http://lafayetteprofiber.com/

  23. Tired of Spyware auto-installs? on Blogs Latest Source of PC Infection · · Score: 0

    In IE, you can turn off Install on Demand

    Go to Tools-Internet Options-Advance tab

    Make sure both Install on Demand boxes are not checked.

    Now IE will prompt you instead of doing an auto-install. If you see soemthing suspicious than dont install it.

  24. But I already got tickets on COMDEX Cancelled Again · · Score: 0

    i guess I'll just have to go gambling and visit a whore house. "Piss on that. I'm bringing a ma-sheh-tay"

  25. No Jokes?? on ISS Releases Baby Sputnik · · Score: 1, Funny

    10 posts about a Russian satellite with no Yakov Smirnoff jokes. Maybe the slashdot crowd has matured a bit ......