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  1. Re:What is worse that a first post? on The 10 Tech People Who Don't Matter · · Score: 3, Funny

    Long ago, I changed my user preferences to deduct a point from all Funny mods. You should try it (assuming you have an account).

  2. Re:This isn't too surprising on Malware Installed by LiveJournal Ad · · Score: 3, Informative

    Firefox and Flashblocker would have protected you.

  3. Re:The good thing about extradition to the US... on Email Bomber Faces Retrial · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Unless you're an "enemy combatant." The constitution doesn't cover them.

  4. Re:FuckedCompany? on Dot-com Boom's Biggest Duds, From Flooz to iSmell · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Bad URL on Places Feature Cut From Firefox 2 · · Score: 1

    I've been having a similar experience. I put it in my hosts file to point to 127.0.0.1 a week ago.

  6. Re:I wonder... on Boot Camp Flaw Leaves Some Users Fuming · · Score: 1

    The only solution is a reformat and reinstall of the os x partition.

    Good thing the Windows partition is unharmed!

  7. Re:Said it before, and I'll say it again on In-Depth ajaxWrite Review · · Score: 1

    You're right that ODT isn't used by the public that often. My problem is that I write a document at home and I need access to it from somewhere else. In that case, it can be handy.

  8. Re:Said it before, and I'll say it again on In-Depth ajaxWrite Review · · Score: 1

    Wordpad doesn't open ODTs, Ajaxwrite does.

  9. Re:Applying Patches Is Not Free on Two Unofficial IE Patches Block Attacks · · Score: 1

    Isn't that what Windows SUS is for?

  10. Re:CentOS? on CentOS 4.3 Multi-Platform Release · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought the money went towards a support contract? I'd double-check, but Red Hat's site is down for maintenance.

  11. Re:Far from "brutal" on Ubuntu, Macintosh and Windows XP · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Setting up a WPA connection is a bit different than your $20 linksys soho solution. The guide at my university explaining how to connect to our secured wireless network has 12 steps for WinXP. Whenever there's more than one option, people may need help in setting it up.

  12. Re:Doesn't work on Mac OS X on Windows Live Search goes Live · · Score: 1

    Works here, but it's slow as hell (process intensive, not network).

    Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060210 Firefox/1.5.0.1

  13. Re:From-the-before-the-beginning-of-time dept. on Windows Live Search goes Live · · Score: 1

    Dude, nothing works in Safari.

  14. Re:Protocols that can benefit from SCTP on Better Networking with SCTP · · Score: 1

    HTTP ... multiple page requests, each in a separate stream, avoids the flood of multiple TCP connections that can use many processes on the server, and avoids the wait of sequential chunks in persistent connections.

    Isn't that was HTTP persistent connections are for?

  15. Re:I hope there's a patent... on AOL to Charge Senders for Incoming Email · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Am I the only one who hasn't noticed it? on Instant-Messaging Attacks On the Rise · · Score: 1

    For IE 6 or FireFox users running on Windows XP with Service Pack 2, this results in a dialog indicating that you are about to run an application that came from an untrusted and unsigned source. STILL users click "run" on this dialog.

    Firefox doesn't offer this feature for that exact reason.

  17. Re:Bugs and Beta testing. on When Bugs Aren't Allowed · · Score: 2, Informative

    I also thought this was interesting, so I looked it up.

    However, fingerprints are not an entirely genetic characteristic. Scientists love to use this topic as an example of the old "nature vs. nurture" debate. Fingerprinting, along with other physical characteristics, is an example of a phenotype -- meaning that it is determined by the interaction of an indivdual's genes and the developmental environment in the uterus.

    The ultimate shape of fingerprints are believed to be influenced by environmental factors during pregnancy, like nutrition, blood pressure, position in the womb and the growth rate of the fingers at the end of the first trimester. Thus, you will find similar partterns of whorls and ridges in the fingerprints of identical twins. But there will also be differences -- just as there are differences between the fingers on any individual's hands.


    Taken from about.com

  18. Re:doesn't work with McAfee on Dell Pre-Installing Firefox in UK · · Score: 1

    I had the pleasure of testing McAfee personal editions against our Cisco Clean Access system at Miami (Ohio), and they're almost worthless. The install/uninstall would frequently break and it used MSIE for installs and updates. It made me appreciate our McAfee Enterprise license even more. I've heard the same thing about Norton's consumer and corporate editions.

  19. Re:Really, really big feral cat? on Slashback: Cancer, Cats, ICANN · · Score: 1

    Mr. McClanahan:

    Check your mailbox.

    Sincerely,
    Interscope Records

  20. Re:Record Attempt? on Microsoft's Answer to Google Base · · Score: 1
  21. Re:ok ...? on Hands on With the PSP Talkman Translator · · Score: 1

    what is in chinese?japanese? etc...?

    What?

  22. Re:They are behind this on Aluminum Foil Hats Will Not Stop "Them" · · Score: 1

    Who made up all the rules
    We follow them like fools
    Believe them to be true
    Don't care to think them through

    I'm sorry so sorry
    I'm sorry it's like this
    I'm sorry so sorry
    I'm sorry we do this

    And it's ironic too
    Cos what we tend to do
    Is act on what they say
    And then it is that way

    I'm sorry so sorry
    I'm sorry it's like this
    I'm sorry so sorry
    I'm sorry we do this

    Who are they
    where are they
    how can they possibly
    know all this
    Who are they
    where are they
    how can they possibly
    know all this

    Do you see what I see
    Why do we live like this
    Is it because it's true
    that ignorance is bliss

    Who are they
    where are they
    how do they
    know all this
    I'm sorry so sorry
    I'm sorry it's like this

    Do you see what I see
    Why do we live like this
    Is it because it's true
    that ignorance is bliss

    who are they
    where are they
    how can they
    know all this
    And I'm sorry so sorry
    I'm sorry we do this

  23. Re:Nice... on Novell to Standardize on GNOME · · Score: 1

    No entry found for standardising.

    Did you mean standardizing?
    Suggestions:
    standardizing
    Standard-wing
    standardise
    standardisation
    standardiser
    standardised
    standard nine
    standards
    standard's
    standards'
    standardize

  24. Re:This is bad? on DrDOS Inc Breaking GPL · · Score: 1

    And YAWTPTG (Yet another way to phrase the GPL): it perpetuates freedom as well

  25. Re:fun with popups on RIAA Suit Rejected With Prejudice · · Score: 1

    Actually, it's quite easy.

    In about:config add privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins with an integer value of 2

    Enjoy.