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  1. Re:Not much to do on Ask Slashdot: Is There a War Against Small Mail Servers? · · Score: 1

    That wouldn't be so bad except the price of the backup connection leaves no extra cash for small businesses so few places can afford it. Any experience using SVR record priorities?

  2. Re:Not much to do on Ask Slashdot: Is There a War Against Small Mail Servers? · · Score: 1

    I would really like to know various solutions for cutting-over to the backup. How do you deal with DNS for internal email and web services? Are the solutions worth the effort to avoid a two hour downtime? Do you have the next priority MX record pointing to the backup connections IP as a cold stand-by? Does IPv6 offer any solution to these DNS problems of cutting over to a backup connection?

  3. Re:Are there any spam-filters for end users? on Amazon Bulk-Email Service Could Lure Spammers · · Score: 1

    I get no satisfaction filtering the email after it has been delivered. I go out of my way to run spam assassin and a dozen other methods to end the session before it gets delivered. I know they don't get the message that I won't be spammed, but it makes me feel good when I see that 500 or 554 rather than giving them a friendly 250.

  4. Re:Was doing this years ago on Attack of the Trojan Printers · · Score: 1

    No one noticed that their UPS was plugged into the network? I find that hard to believe. So you dealt with companies that have no network auditing, no auditing of UPS systems, and no one smart enough to notice that the UPS was plugged into a switch? Sounds like you should have just installed a WAP with a sticker on it saying DO NOT TOUCH and leave it at that.

  5. Streaming vs Broadcast on ABC, CBS, and NBC Block Google TV · · Score: 2, Interesting

    We have passed the Iron Age, the electronic Age, and entered the information Age. We will look back upon this time as the turning point of entertainment distribution. Will Cable companies become Internet on-ramp companies or will they wither and die. I use UseNet for all my needs. A GBPVR system gives me all that, free radio, and a bag of chips. Will new networks arise? American Internet Corporation? National Broadcast Internet? What will it take to change the cash flow from broadcast advertising to the Internet Google HD Streaming Network? What if Conan left TBS and did an Internet only show? Oprah? Will infomercials and house flipping shows become relics? Will adverts cease if we pay (Netflix)? How will the cable companies keep ripping off consumers when more and more of their programming becomes available online?

  6. Re:3D TV? on The Joke Known As 3D TV · · Score: 1

    It's not an optical illusion, it just looks like one.

  7. all of the major browsers were vulnerable on Nasty Data-Stealing Bug Haunts Internet Explorer 8 · · Score: 0

    No matter what browser you use you should expect a bug like this. Thinking your browser is secure because it has patched a flaw that Internet Explorer has not is a colossal oversight.

  8. More expensive tires that need replacing often on Cambered Tires Can Improve Fuel Economy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just what I need; tires that wear quicker. I couldn't give two shits about my mileage. Where are the inexpensive tires that don't deflate? Isn't there a honey-combed tire that I can afford, or will it put firestone-death-wheels out of business? Yeah, yeah, I know. They changed their name to bridgstone because they've had so many recalls over the past 80 years that people started getting a clue. I'd invent the wheels myself but I know I'd probably get hit with a piano on the way to the patent office. I'd call them Lux-O-Glides or maybe X-Flats-O-Matix.

  9. cheating on Valve Apologizes For 12,000 Erroneous Anti-Cheating Bans · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wish punkbuster worked as hard as Steam at keeping cheaters offline and making up for their mistakes. I'd get all my games for free and I wouldn't get kicked as often.

  10. Off Topic on Tennessee Town Releases Red Light Camera Stats · · Score: 2, Funny

    I always stop at intersections with cameras, but because some intersections have them and other do not, I take the intersections that do not have them less seriously. No red light camera, no traffic, and no cops, means drive through. I feel if they want to force their authority down my throat on some intersections, say by giving me a ticket because I missed the yellow by less than 1 second or inched into the crosswalk, then I can practice my free will at unmonitored intersections by yielding rather than stopping.

  11. Re:Best Alternative(s) to Dell on Dell Settles With the SEC For $100M · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Although I build systems for family from parts off Newegg, there are problems with it. When a single component breaks what do they do? They have figure out which component it is then determine the brand and then call tech support for that component. Then they either have to troubleshoot that particular component and remove it from the computer to send it back. Who's going to help them? Me? So the more systems I build, the more calls I get for hardware and software because the user usually can't tell the difference (or they think they are one in the same). No thanks. If they buy a Dell, they get a system with the same length warranty on all the parts and one number to call for problems where they get a friendly English speaking foreigner to hold their hand while they troubleshoot and remove the offending component. Not a bad deal I say. Then again, I can build a kick ass system with kick ass parts that Dell wouldn't dream of using because of their profit margin, which is why my parents have a Lian Li case with an ASUS USB 3.0 board sporting an i7 930. The equivalent Dell would have been some ugly ass gaming rig worth its weight in gold.

  12. Obligatory on Brain Scans May Help Guide Career Choice · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yay! I'm a delivery boy!

  13. Stinger on Stand-Alone Antivirus Software? · · Score: 1

    Try McAfee's Stinger. http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/ Although it is limited, it is stand alone and another tool in your arsenal to remove the nasties. I haven't used it in a while, so YMMV.

  14. Re:To avoid one taking in 10 cards... on RFID Checks Student Attendance in Arizona · · Score: 1

    How dare you suggest that! Those are students, not animals! They should have ankle monitors like criminals under house arrest.

  15. Flag planting as proof of ownership or visitation on Japanese Consortium Projects a Humanoid Robot On the Moon By 2015 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Flag planting by proxy? Will the robot then walk over to the U.S. flag and tear it down?

  16. Easy on What Happens When IPv4 Address Space Is Gone · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just do what I do at work. Ping the address, if there is no reply, assign it to something else.

  17. If computers were simple on Confessions of a SysAdmin · · Score: 1

    I always thought error messages were informative. I think the examples provided are interesting. Computers make perfect sense. They behave exactly as design and programmed.

    Computers are too complex for you . Please use Apple products as they are designed for people just like you.

    Computers don't fail. Components or errors in programming cause failures. Documentation for building a redundant system and implementing a backup plan is available on the interwebs.

    Computers are not overwhelming, they are computers. They are diverse and complicated. If they weren't we would call them toasters. It is just like rocket science. We should all be glad you are not a brain surgeon.

    I like computers. I like Windows, Linux, cracking DRM, and amber displays. I am very good at fixing them and I get paid well to do it. I like astounding users when I make the computers do what they want.

    If computers were simple they wouldn't be able to do so many things.

  18. Re:I Agree on Confessions of a SysAdmin · · Score: 1

    My intention is not to bash M$

    You're doing it wrong.

  19. Re:San Diego red light scam on Red-Light Camera Ticket Revenue and Short Yellows · · Score: 1

    I believe the article is wrong. It states "that they had set the yellow signal time at Union City Boulevard and Lowry Road at 3 seconds, despite the state law mandating the time be 4.3 seconds or greater." There is no 4.3 seconds or greater mandate. I assume a boulevard has a speed limit of 45 MPH or less. The law, as set by Caltrans, states at 45 MPH the yellow light can be 3.1 seconds, Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/01-02/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_667_cfa_20010712_151407_asm_comm.html, even though other studies have found it causes more accidents. I've timed the yellow lights here in San Diego and in most cities they lower it to the minimum of 3.1 seconds for the red light cameras. If I am wrong, please show me where yellow light have to be greater than 3.1 seconds, and please link to a government site if possible. I've seen many articles discussing this and how cities profit at the expense of safety, and the truth is Caltrans and the California city governments are more interested in stealing your money than keeping you safe. Radar detectors are available with an updating GPS that warns of red light cameras. I suggest we give these companies our money rather than a third party whose best interest is a dishonest profit at the expense of our lives.

  20. population sample on Japanese Guts Are Made For Sushi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Czjzek's team compared the microbial genomes of 13 Japanese people with those of 18 North Americans.
    If I used this many test subjects in my job I would get fired.

  21. Re:As noted by others on Could Colorblindness Cure Be Morally Wrong? · · Score: 1

    If you could see radio waves you'd think you were snorkeling in the Hudson River.

  22. Re:No .. on 25 Years of the .com gTLD · · Score: 2, Informative

    Domain Name.......... microsoft.com, Creation Date........ 1991-05-02

  23. Re:iPhones work beautifully with Exchange. on Microsoft Employees Love Their iPhones · · Score: 1

    I have 7 iPhones and over 30 Blackberrys at my workplace. The iPhones work with Exchange for 3 days then fail. The blackberrys never fail. When I reconfigure the iPhones they work for another 3 days and fail again. I had to switch them to POP3. I find the iPhone touch interface unresponsive and frustrating as the Blackberry interface is easy to use and very responsive (Tour, Storm, and Bold). I only have 2 users with Windows mobile phones, but I have had no issues with those either. Am I the only one experiencing this?

  24. Re:i'm safe on A Balanced Look At Cellphone Radiation · · Score: 1

    What does the tiger eat and what do you have against rocks?

  25. Re:i'm safe on A Balanced Look At Cellphone Radiation · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bone alignment? Do you really think your bones can get out of alignment without leaving their sockets? If you are having problems with your bones go to your doctor, not a chiropractor.