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  1. Re:Viva La XP! on Meet the Diehards Who Refuse To Move On From Windows XP · · Score: 1

    I have a Tandy 1000 but I upgraded the memory with a Zuckerboard so I could play BC's Quest for Tires

  2. Re:grammar police on Texas Rangers Use Internet To Breathe New Life Into Cold Case Homicides · · Score: 0

    That's a breathe of fresh air.

  3. Old News on University of Minnesota Launches Review Project For Open Textbooks · · Score: 1

    Everybody knows that if you don't open your textbook, it is easier to return as new at the end of the semester. This is just a ploy by the bookstore to foil my plot to save money.

  4. Re:Am i missing something? on Japanese Guts Are Made For Sushi · · Score: 1

    I'm not a biologist nor in any sense of the word am I qualified to answer your question. However, I feel that I might be able to lend some perspective on that matter that might otherwise be useful in gaining a firmer level of comprehension on the issue at hand.

    Onto the question regarding the transfer of some of the bacteria from mother to child I'm almost certain that someone may be able to shed some light on this puzzle.

    As noted earlier, I'm almost nearly certain that I am in no way shape or form the person who could assist in this conundrum.

    Don't hesitate to ask should you require further assistance.

    I wonder if the mom's in Japan test out the baby's bottles with their mouths to see if they are too hot. That might explain bacteria transfer.

  5. Re:Christmas Shopping now? Um... No. on BlackBerry Outages Across North America · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Actually, Blackberry has been advertising frequently lately, and if you were thinking of buying one for a Christmas present, and hear about the outage.... maybe you reconsider.

  6. Re:Why is this guy being treated as a Martyr to IT on The Trial of Terry Childs Begins · · Score: 1

    It's quite a stretch to say he had stolen the entire network. In fact, it's absolutely false. They could have done a hard admin reset on the routers and affected systems and been back in complete control of them. They chose not to, for various legitimate reasons, but the network remained in the possession of the legitimate owners.

    Using the door analogy, what if he was a custodian, changed all the locks, kept all the keys, refused to give them to the owners? Sure they could hire a locksmith to change all the locks, but why should they?

  7. I can disable RFID on this easily on AU Government To Build "Unhackable" Netbooks · · Score: 1

    Just pop the netbook in the microwave for 30 seconds on high. RFID gone!

  8. Stop being so paranoid on FBI Investigating Mystery Laptops Sent To US Governors · · Score: 5, Interesting

    A likely explanation is that somebody either stole a credit card or cards or somehow ordered them fraudulently and is using this as a smokescreen. Send 10 laptops to 10 governors. Send 10 to random people including yourself. Profit! Or else an employee at one of the offices is in on it and wanted to cover themselves by sending them out to other offices.

  9. Re:Am I off base on First Floating Wind Turbine Buoyed Off Norway · · Score: 1

    For suggesting that a measure of tidal power could be harvested as well here? After all, kites can be used to harvest power through the tension exerted on their cables, if I'm correct. Similarly, these turbines are going to be tethered, right? How about it?

    Kites harvest power with keys tied to their strings, not tension.

  10. Obvious Solution on Buying a Domain From a Cybersquatter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just wait until it expires, then swoop in and register it. /then email the squatter and ask them if they want to buy it back

  11. Re:ask mom on How To Store Internal Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    Fireproof safes have a nasty habit of having little or no ventilation, so be extra careful about humidity. Store some paper in with your drives and the moisture will leech out and condensate in those static bags.

  12. Re:Opportunity on Verizon.net Finally Moving Email To Port 587 · · Score: 1

    Clueless users use webmail

  13. Re:Easy way to massively improve fuel consumption on Simple Device Claimed To Boost Fuel Efficiency By Up To 20% · · Score: 1

    plenty of european and japanese cars already feature such a device.

    Some American cars have had "instant fuel economy" readouts as an option for many years. I know the 1992 Lincoln Town car had this as an option. Of course it still got 12 miles per gallon, but at least you knew about it.

  14. Re:So? on Comcast Discontinues Customers' USENET Service · · Score: 1

    The alt.dbs.echostar and alt.dbs.directv groups have some decent discussion going on with little spam. I think blogs and forum sites have taken most of the usenet traffic however.

  15. Obligiatory Homer Quote on Homer Simpson and the Kimya Botnet · · Score: 5, Funny

    They have the Internet on computers now?

  16. Re:It flew under the radar on Best Buy Is Selling Ubuntu · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What average consumer ever paid for Windows? For the vast majority of people it is preinstalled on a new pc.

  17. steal this domain! on NSI Registers Every Domain Checked · · Score: 1

    nsistolethisdomain.com Registrant: This Domain is available at NetworkSolutions.com 13681 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 300 HERNDON, VA 20171 US Domain Name: NSISTOLETHISDOMAIN.COM Administrative Contact, Technical Contact: Network Solutions, LLC 13681 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 300 HERNDON, VA 20171 US 1-888-642-9675 fax: 571-434-4620 Record expires on 08-Jan-2009. Record created on 08-Jan-2008. Database last updated on 8-Jan-2008 16:25:34 EST. Domain servers in listed order: ns1.reserveddomainname.com 205.178.190.55 ns2.reserveddomainname.com 205.178.189.55

  18. Re:Our company was required to delete emails on White House Ordered to Preserve All Email · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Another reason for regular, scheduled email and other document destruction is to avoid the COST of combing through old archived tapes, etc in the event of a lawsuit, to classify evidence that is ok to turn over, and evidence that is disputed (i.e. trade secrets, etc). Say you have 500 employees, who each receive 20 emails a day on average. That's 10,000 emails per day, with a 5 day work week, that's 2.6 million per year. If your company is sued, you can't just turn over copies of every email without first reviewing them. If your policy is to delete email after 1 year, the most you have to deal with is 2.6 million. If you are not allowed to delete email, you are looking at a much larger (and expensive) job

  19. ALT-F4 on How Small a PC Is Too Small? · · Score: 1

    Get back to me when you combine ALT-F4 into a single key.

  20. Good Idea on Using Cellphones to Track Your Kids · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Freedom is great for adults, not for kids. As a parent, part of your job in raising kids is to keep them safe, and to keep them in line. A cell phone with GPS fits into my scheme of "Trust, but Verify" When the kid shows enough maturity, etc. to get a little more freedom, give them the benefit of the doubt, let them stay out later, let them stay over at a friends, but have something like this to verify they are where they SAY they are, if you are suspicious. You can't follow the kid around 24/7, and you would look like a nut to call the other parent's house every 30 minutes or so to make sure they are still in the house. (Believe me, there are other parents who, either through neglect, indifference, or whatever, let their kids and guests leave the house at all hours of the night during a sleepover) I have a GPS tracker on the car my daughter uses that you need to manually download the data, so it isn't real time, but it gives me where she drives, and what speeds she drives. We only use it to verify her story if she shows up late with some lame excuse, and was unavailable by cel phone for an extended time. Wait until you have a teen daughter, it is SCARY!!! The technology gives us the comfort level to give her MORE freedom, because we can check up on her if needed.

  21. My Thunderbird doesn't suppress .gif files on Spam Doubles, Finding New Ways to Deliver Itself · · Score: 1

    I have images turned off, and the .gif files get through. Also, lately I've noticed a rash of spam that has a chunk of that day's slashdot stories/headlines in the body of the email. I suspect this is to defeat the filters.

  22. I liked the more webpages feature on Google's Test Search Engine · · Score: 2, Informative

    Kind of cool that to get more results, it displays on the same page, and you keep scrolling down, instead of loading a new page.

  23. Re:5,500 copies must look big these days on Analog Revival Means Vinyl Will Outlive CD · · Score: 1

    PIPBoy3000 The latest White Stripes' single, The Denial Twist, was helped into the Top 10 by 7-inch vinyl sales -- the band sold 5,500 singles in the format. 5,500 seems pretty tiny in the grand scheme of things. It must be that CD sales are so low that just a handful of singles can make a difference. I would guess that there aren't too many CD singles sold, and the Top 10 they refer to is for singles, not albums/cd's

  24. CD's not physical items? on Analog Revival Means Vinyl Will Outlive CD · · Score: 1

    "the tactile joy of owning a physical object" Why not just buy a CD if you are looking to get that "tactile joy?" /I'd rather get my tactile joy from a chick

  25. High Alert on Do Not Flush Your iPod · · Score: 2, Interesting

    After the fact it may seem silly, but after the recent arrests in London, I sure would want the flight crew/law enforcement to fully investigate an electronic device in a toilet. After all, the alleged plot involved liquid explosives that were to be detonated in the bathroom, *using an electronic device or camera*