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  1. Re:Sensationlist much? on Vendors Rally While Windows Sleeps · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    If Microsoft were adding features to Windows, like when they added an internet browser and media player, would you be happier?

    Yep, provided they were:

    1. Easily replaceable by OEMs
    2. Easily replaceable by my own choices
    3. Coded to follow open standards
    4. Costed separately from the core OS (So I could save $10 by deselecting IE or WMP, for example.)

    Just like Apple.

    Against a free market, eh? You're not a communist, are you?

  2. Re:WINDOWS ONLY. on Faux-CNN Spam Blitz Delivers Malicious Flash · · Score: 1
    > Since I'm on a 3270 terminal to an OS/390 box the size of your house right now

    I doubt that. My house is pretty small. Do you have a Kaypro?

  3. Re:worried about moderation? on Apple Still Has Not Patched the DNS Hole · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points so I could... Nevermind.

  4. Re:Try Dubai.. on Olympic Media Village – Most Expensive Internet In the World? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I see buildings in a fucked up shithole wasteland. I'm sure Dubai is really great with no racism, no rampant class separation, no traffic problems, no public dress code, religious tolerance everywhere, and nice breezy T-shirt weather. Of course, I could be wrong.

  5. Re:Might work ... on Second Mac Clone Maker Set To Sell, With a Twist · · Score: 1

    This is gibberish. You grammar is poor and all I can make out is that somehow you believe breaking the EULA is justified.

  6. Re:Why Do You All Doubt So Much? on Apollo 14 Moonwalker Claims Aliens Exist · · Score: 1

    I'll give you one plausible technology. A transporting device. I predict that humans will be able to convert matter into energy and send that energy at light speed to another location. I also predict that we will need a transporter to re-assemble that energy back into matter. So anywhere we go, will would have had to already been there and have brought along a transporter device. Here's your spaceship, here's your transporter. See you in 5,000 years when you get to that habitable planet that's probably infested with Tyrannosaurs. Oh yeah, by the time you get there the company that made the device will get sued for patent infringement and switch to open source that is incompatible with your proprietary transporter. Enjoy!

  7. Re:Why Do You All Doubt So Much? on Apollo 14 Moonwalker Claims Aliens Exist · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Uh, no. It would be truly remarkable that alien life would have master traveling at the speed of light to get here. Otherwise it would take a journey of hundreds or thousands of years. What's next? Are you going to tell me that maybe these aliens have a life span of twenty thousand years and they just read a book on the way here? I don't think so. Alien life is more then plausible, it is all but assured. Space travel to far away solar systems is very, very unlikely.

  8. Re:Microsoft's hamfisted "patch" on Attack Code Published For DNS Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    Zone Alarm already has a patch out because KB951748 brought its existing problems to the surface. Try contacting your other software vendors as they most likely have a fix for their software too. Of course, blaming Microsoft is good too if you want to stick with that.

  9. Re:drivers may be a problem on Making the Switch To Windows "Workstation" 2008 · · Score: 1

    I'm very confused by your post. You stated "because it was the only major MS operating system at the time that didn't have some sort of workstation edition." I'm confused because Windows XP is the workstation edition of Windows 2003 Server, just as Vista is the workstation edition of Server 2008. Also, using Windows 2003 for workstations would be rediculously expensive. Type ver in a command prompt. Windows will tell you the exact version without the Workstation or Server moniker.

    Server 2003 is version 5.2.3790.3959
    XP is version 5.1.2600.5512
    2000 is version 5.0.3700.6690

  10. Re:Windows Server 2008 has a better kernel..but on Making the Switch To Windows "Workstation" 2008 · · Score: 1

    You are wrong. Vista and 2008 share the same kernel. Are you just making shit up?

  11. Summary on Making the Switch To Windows "Workstation" 2008 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It is easier to slim Vista into a real workstation than it is to tweak 2008 into a real workstation and a lot cheaper. Try adding $100 worth of RAM. If you can't afford $100 worth of RAM then you don't need a real workstation (or you're broke from buying an iPhone). Post suggests "rarely needs to reboot" so I call BULLSHIT. I run 20+ Vista systems and none, if you don't install unsigned drivers or crappy software; ever need a reboot or get sluggish. One user thought there was a problem when WSUS installed SP1 and rebooted; they had to logon rather than unlock the workstation. They thought there was a power failure. I'm sick of reading about users who have ONE computer that they upgraded from {some OS} to Vista then complained about driver problems. Puh-leez. Stop installing Vista on VIA chipsets with AMD 3D NOW processors.

  12. D-Link? Linksys? on Why Do We Have To Restart Routers? · · Score: 1

    I've got many routers in use (Cisco 1600, 2600, 3600, Asus WL500g, USR 5461, Netgear 302, etc...) and none of them ever need rebooting, and yes, most of them are on a UPS. Title should be "Why do my cheap-ass Apple, D-Link, and Linksys routers suck? After all, I only purchased the cheapest model available."

  13. Re:Joe was amazing! on FBI Illegally Tapped Phone Phreaks In 1969 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh Yes, phreaking\hacking was\is so glamorous and elite. It is immoral\unethical\illegal (pick one). Thanks to the gentleman who started it all by whistling into the Gibson and making our government even more paranoid. They have helped set the stage to enact current laws that inflict us. And thank to all the kiddies who praise the good ol days and the patriots who periwinkle boxed into the man. My favorite is the token - But it was hackable! Well, Goodyear and Michelins are slashable, and they often are. Should I blame Firestone and his Vulcan madness? No, I blame the wrongdoers who do because they can. They are so smart.

  14. You are being watched on Data Retention Proven to Change Citizen Behavior · · Score: 1

    Religion was invented for this purpose thousands of years ago simply because the monitoring technology wasn't available. Does this mean Germany will abandon religion?

  15. Re:Inevitable on Olympic Tickets Contain Microchip With Your Data · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There is a huge difference between voluntary and mandatory. This is the Union. You're thinking of Britain. Try that mandatory shit here and hundreds of Michigan militias, California cults, and Utah polygamists will forcibly remove every senator and congressmen and throw them into the Boston Harbor. It will be the Boston RFID Rave of the century. China can do what it wants... for now.

  16. Large Artwork on Old Computer Game Covers - Collectible, Or Just Nostalgia? · · Score: 1

    Some games came with larger samples of artwork. If they still did this I would buy them more often. Id still sells some posters, but they are more marketing material than artwork (Quake Wars). This one has the user's manual on the back. I had it framed for my computer room:
    http://networkzombie.googlepages.com/IMG_1406.JPG
    I remember buying the game in 1994.

  17. Web 2.0? on Homer Simpson Drawn With Web 2.0-Style ASCII Art · · Score: 1

    I've been doing this in Web 1.0 for years.
    http://www.dogmatix.com/dk.html

  18. My Advice on Disillusioned With IT? · · Score: 1

    It's not only what you love, it's also what you can do well. I suggest you find another area of IT that you are interested in, such as writing gyroscope drivers for Predator Drones or designing bongs in SolidWorks. Don't let your computer knowledge go to waste. The IT field is a large one, I'm there is something out there that you love to do and can do it well.

  19. Deterrence is the key on Is Cheap Video Surveillance Possible? · · Score: 1

    Deterrence is the key to low cost. Infrared interior alarms for when you are not at home to scare them away and attract neighbors (loud). Infrared perimeter alarms for when you are home (quiet but enough to wake you up). My favorite is the totally obvious camera with a red LED and a cable feed that is all fake. It doesn't matter if it is fake, it is a fantastic deterrent. Make sure the red LED is visible.

  20. No way! on Macs Gaining a Bigger Role In Enterprise · · Score: 1

    When they sell an OSX for any x86 architecture system I'll try it. With the OS tied to the hardware the flexibility is reduced. Giving one vendor too much control in a corporate environment will eventually give them leverage. If Microsoft tried this they would only have 3% of market share and we would all be using Linux.

  21. Re:2 million records, or people? on Backup Tapes With 2 Million Medical Records Stolen · · Score: 1

    Do you mean 18,000 patients per month is impossible or that because you are a small hospital, a large hospital could do 18,000 patients?

  22. Re:2 million records, or people? on Backup Tapes With 2 Million Medical Records Stolen · · Score: 1
    Probably right. TFA mentions "all patients at university medical facilities since Jan. 1, 1999" and "Financial data from approximately 47,000 people". The University would need over 18,000 patients per month to have two million patients over nine years. That's a lot.


    As far as proprietary encoding goes, that data is owned. If it's Windows just start with Arcserve, Backup exec, etc... If it's UNIX just start with cpio, tar, dump, etc... The big question is why the vehicle was parked with the tapes in it.

    I like the part where TFA states "we're not transporting anything until we conduct our own internal evaluation of the incident and see if there's anything that could have been done differently or better." I wonder how long it will take them to come up with "Don't park the van at the Cheesy Burger." (Idea stolen from previous post).
  23. I'm a gamer on The Last Pinball Machine Factory · · Score: 1

    I grew up playing Star Raiders on an Atari 400, held a high score on BERZERK, and I play a game based on some ID based engine pretty much every night. I still try any game that I can get my hands on, even MMORPGs. I would love playing pinball if it wasn't a trade off of 50 cents for 20 seconds of agony. Even Battlezone and Joust lasts longer than any pinball machine I've ever played. Re-design or die. Good riddance to the armless one-armed bandit. The ONLY good thing about pinball is the artwork. Okay, maybe the sounds too.

  24. Re:Let's be realistic on Meteorites May Have Delivered Seeds of Life On Earth · · Score: 1

    Quite plausible and I do see your point in support of the article. I always imagined only chemical, electrical, and temperature environmental attributes would be involved in the creation of amino acids/proteins and the remaining (left and right handed) would duke it out for dominance. The article mentions light rays destructive force resulting in the left handed, but I can't help but think that these light rays would happen on earth, especially if we had a limited atmosphere. So why only asteroids? What is the distance limitation for neutron star light rays to destroy right handed amino acids to the point the left handed amino acids have dominance in creating proteins? I still think the article is reaching too far. Great reply, thanks. I still think you must be left handed.

  25. Re:Let's be realistic on Meteorites May Have Delivered Seeds of Life On Earth · · Score: 1
    That's the chicken and the egg. Lack of oxygen doesn't mean there was no atmosphere to stop enough cosmic rays for amino acids and proteins to form, especially in the ocean where cosmic rays are filtered. I've never seen an ocean on an asteroid and a more inhospitable place to form amino acids I cannot imagine.


    The catastrophic collision earth suffered is the event that sent seeds into space (I saw it in the cinema) and they were all right handed, not left. Are you left handed? More seriously, yes, that would combine both hypotheses, but I still feel it is highly unlikely for anything to survive cosmic rays with no protection save the lip of a rock hurling through space.