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  1. The Best System on Growth Job Sector: Freelance Technical Support · · Score: 1
    Well, its slashdotted right now so I can't read it, but...

    I go to college. I've done IT jobs such as tech support and sysadmin forever, and am now an engineer. Got a broken computer? Case of beer!

    I'll do anything for your computer depending on the beer :)

  2. Re:Still isn't available for Linux though... on New Kazaa Lite Protects Identity · · Score: 1
    I use Kazaa Lite 1.7.x with Wine. I'm going to try this 2.4.0, but 2.3.0 ran too slow on my computer. Google around to find out how to use it, it's not all that hard once you find a good doc.

    Don't listen to any posts telling you to go use Limewire or whatever. Kazaa is currently the absolute best network out there, hands down. There isn't anything I can't find on it.

  3. Re:Simply wrong on USS Ronald Reagan Commissioning Tomorrow · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    This applies to the wrong president, but is still funny:



    Dear Abby:


    My husband is a liar and a cheat. He has cheated on me from the
    beginning. When I confront him, he denies everything. What's worse is
    everyone knows he cheats on me. It is so humiliating! Also, since he
    lost his job two years ago he hasn't even looked for a new one. All he
    does is sit around the living room in his underwear and watch TV while I
    work to pay the bills. And since our daughter went away to college he
    doesn't even pretend to like me. He keeps calling me a lesbian. What
    should I do?


    Signed Clueless


    Dear Clueless:


    Dump him. You're a New York Senator now. You don't need him anymore.

  4. Re:Some perspective on SARS. on SARS Contained · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Am I the only person that is NEVER impressed by these dry humored new-age internet comics?

    Hahaha as I read what I just wrote, maybe you don't want to check out my signature.. :)

  5. generic on Hormel Sues Over SpamArrest Name · · Score: 1

    this is why i bought kroger-brand chili today rather than hormel. cheaper, same taste, and i know that extra 30 cents is in my pocket rather than going to some lawyers!

  6. Re:You know what you're thinking... on Backscatter X-Rays Coming to Airports · · Score: 1

    Which is another good thing as you don't want to have to pay for two tickets!

  7. Re:More accidents? on 42-Volt Autos · · Score: 1
    smoothy

    The day I see a properly spelled post on slashdot is the day I stop reading slashdot

  8. Re:Hooked on Crack on Will Microsoft Subsidize WinXP For Lindows Buyers? · · Score: 2, Funny
    I think they're pretty closely related though! First off, Microsoft's bait and switch licensing schemes are very similar to a drug dealer selling harder and harder stuff.

    Then you gotta consider all of the crashing and how much productivity is lost by using said products!

  9. Re:Part of a live ISO PVR? on Ogg Theora Alpha 2 Released · · Score: 1

    Wow! Thank you - this is exactly what I need. I'll take the time to set this up for sure!

  10. Re:At some point it's going to backlash. on RIAA Grabs Student's Life's Savings · · Score: 1

    You've already witnessed the beginning. It all starts with Apple.

  11. Re:No SSH port on Mount Remote Filesystems via SSH · · Score: 1
    Thank you - I now have it setup so that the server forwards port 443 to 22 (hts -F 22:443)

    Now I'm not sure how I'll connect in tomorrow -- with the win32 client? Or is there an ssh client that can connect in with a http proxy?

    And can this be encrypted all the way so that it just looks like normal https traffic? Thanks if you can help, otherwise i'll search and ask around more!

  12. UNBELIEVABLE! on MIT Introductory EE Goes Hands-On · · Score: 2, Redundant
    Wow - a hands-on introductory course at MIT in 2003! They must be so ahead of the curve because they're MIT!

    Oh wait, they're not. Hands-on courses like this have been widely available at many public schools for over a decade.

    But of course, MIT undergrad actually did something, so we HAVE to post it. Very unimpressive.

  13. Re:No SSH port on Mount Remote Filesystems via SSH · · Score: 1

    Thank you VERY much for those google terms -- They shall help a lot! I'd love to do it secured, so https sounds great. You rock!

  14. It's all in the system on What Kind Of Computer To Bring To College? · · Score: 1
    It doesn't matter what you do - just get a PROCESS (I almost said "system" but you guys would think I meant computer system) that WORKS and stick with it.

    My process? I take notes on plain white paper, front and back. No lines. I use every little inch of the paper, and in the top-right corner i number what page i'm on. I then have nearly-indestructible plastic blue folders that have lasted me 3 years so far, and keep each subject with that (some classes and labs come with binders, but i always bring the blue folders anyway).

    Then when it's time for exams, I put my notes in order and staple them. Everyone hates my notes because they're so damned hard to read, but for me, I love it, and can find anything within a minute.

    The point is that you have to have your own process, and stick to the winning formula. If you're unorganized or don't have a system in place, it'll catch up to you eventually.

    As a bit of background, I'm a junior (senior ranking) at a rather large national championship school studying Electrical and Computer Engineering, currently doing a co-op at an enormous and extremely successful corporation. Not to brag, i'm just saying that this works: I party at least 5 times a week, play water polo, lift weights 3 times a week, have more friends than I can fit in my cell phone, and run a 3.78 GPA. How? Because I have a system. I don't fool around online unless my work is done. I do my work early so that it's not rushed, it's done well (and not while drunk or on a caffeine high), and then I go drink afterwards.

    It's all in your process. Get one down and you'll find more free time to do fun stuff than you ever imagined. A little hard work now pays off in fun or laziness later.

  15. Thoughts on The Computational Requirements for the Matrix · · Score: 1
    I really don't know where I stand on these kind of issues, but thinking about this kinda stuff makes me just think that we shouldn't take life too seriously, and go out, get drunk and laid, and have a good time.

    Of course, that is unless you got SO drunk that you couldn't get laid, like me on friday :)

  16. No SSH port on Mount Remote Filesystems via SSH · · Score: 1
    I'm behind quite an evil corporate firewall, and the only way I can get to the outside world is through an http proxy (5 or so ports open). I can FTP into my stuff to do some file management, but it stinks. Is there any way I can get something like this going through an http proxy?

    Maybe I should just tunnel somehow?

  17. 20 Years Old on Minitel Hits Twenty · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Had Minitel been American and not French, then this would mean absolutely nothing. Turning 20 in the states gets you nothing but more of the bad responsibility while still unable to drink!

  18. Re:Reminds me of the mid-1980's on Lanlink Linking The Coasts · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I dare you to show me any other country or civilization that can or would do this on such a large scale. Critics might say that Americans are terrible, conceited people, but we are the most generous of them all. Just takes a few rotten ones to spoil the whole batch. You won't find something like that anywhere else in the world.

  19. Parma Heights on Lanlink Linking The Coasts · · Score: 2, Informative

    I was born and raised in the Cleveland, OH area (Parma Heights is located on the west side). So in case you were wondering, YES, there is absolutely nothing to do in Parma.

  20. Re:In other news... on Lanlink Linking The Coasts · · Score: 1
    Nothing drives me more mad than the extension cords without your "ground pluggy things"... every time I need a ground pluggy thing, I'm stuck with a stupid brown extension cord and anger management issues.

    Of course, I can get a converter, but i want to plug in NOW! I think others can sympathize.

  21. Lame on PDA/Radiation Detector · · Score: 1
    I'm waiting for the next generation; I want one that also tracks hungry, angry bears and emits a loud noise when it senses their proximity."

    Is it me or have the submissions gotten lamer and lamer lately? I mean, I know this is slashdot, but this one is TERRIBLE. And its trending that way

  22. Holy Redneck! on Phoenix and Minotaur Get New Names · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised everyone is making fun of these names and not the guy who submitted this! Where's them redneck jokes? :)

  23. Re:In Other News on Webcams to Enforce Singapore Quarantine · · Score: 1
    Only 85%? Hell, that's almost as much as IT!

    But now maybe the IT guys will get hired back to admin those webcams!

  24. Re:8 Years?? on Samba Exploit Discovered, Fixed · · Score: 1
    Don't fret Jeremy - We appreciate every line of your code, even if it had a bug in it 8 years ago!

    And so did everyone else in my freshman year of the dorms appreciate it, as I supplied more porno to the ohio state campus than you would ever want to imagine :)

  25. That's nice, but on Red Hat Linux 9 Release And Interview · · Score: 0, Insightful

    It's still not better than Mandrake 9.1 (for Desktop)