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  1. WorkOrder TS might work on Ticket Tracking and Customer Management? · · Score: 1

    I wrote WorkOrder TS to track service tickets for computer stores but it can handle more. It currently keeps track of instore tickets, onsite appointments and it can run multiple branches from one installation.
    Ohhh yeay, did I mention that it is almost operating system independent since it is web based?

    It is not open source but a free (not demo) edition is available and a Pro edition can be purchased for not much money. It's is pre 1.0 release but it is already being used by a lot of companies around the world.

    WorkOrder TS - Web-based, Operating System independent Work Order Management System

  2. Re:It will come up sooner or later... on What's the Worst Technical Feature You've Used? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Probably for debugging, I program micro controllers every once in a while and use a serial connection to transmit information back to my PC. It is a lot easier reading a message from a terminal screen then it is reading blinking LEDs ;)

  3. Re:The Video in question on Student in Court Over Suspension For YouTube Video · · Score: 1

    The problem with the "misfits" in school is that when they disturb the class everybody in the class will loose education. Suspensions for kids that don't get it also protect the "good" kids from constant interruptions.

  4. Re:The Video in question on Student in Court Over Suspension For YouTube Video · · Score: 1

    Thanks for posting.
    Now that I have seen the video, 40 days is not enough. It is one thing to document "bad" teacher behavior but it is another to act like an undisciplined high school kid. Teachers must be held accountable for their behavior but students must be held responsible as well.

  5. Re:Linux Support is coming on Adobe Releases Cross-Operating System Runtime · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If you would have bothered to check their Website you would have found this on the FAQ page:

    http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Apollo:develo perfaq#Does_Apollo_support_Linux
    Does Apollo support Linux
    Apollo 1.0 will not be available on Linux. We plan to release Linux support shortly after the 1.0. release.
    While we had originally planned to support Linux in the 1.0 timeframe, we have had to wait on the core Flash Player's support for Linux to be finalized.

    I might give it a try for my Computer Store Work Order Tracking program.

  6. Children don't have rights. on Cyberbullying Laws Raise Free Speech Questions · · Score: 1

    To loosely quote the comment my English teacher wrote on one of my papers: "In the USA, children have no rights."

  7. She might have deserved it... on Second Life Mogul Challenges Press Freedom · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't know anything about Second Live but I have found the WIKI article about her http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anshe_Chung and after reading I think she might have deserved it.

    Too bad we can't spawn massive dicks in real live. This would come in useful when our officials make an ass out of us on TV.

  8. Re: Agendas on MySQL Changes License To Avoid GPLv3 · · Score: 1

    And why would the vendor of that hardware have any interest in preventing the airline from installing whatever software they want? To save money.
    Let's assume there is a software glitch which reverses the steering input for flight control. Now the plane is headed straight into the ground....
    After investigating it is believed that the pilot control system malfunctioned, unfortunately all the chips holding the code burned up and the airline will not admit that they "customized" the code.
    Who do you think the relatives will go after if they find out that there was a software glitch?
  9. Re: Agendas on MySQL Changes License To Avoid GPLv3 · · Score: 1

    It is until they give me, the person who purchased their hardware the ability to change what software it runs. It's my hardware. They don't own it any longer. They should have no right whatsoever to tell me what I can and can't run on it. None at all. Until you call the company and demand support for the "strange behaviors" without telling them that you "customized" the product they spend a lot of time and money tweaking. What we really need is multiple purchase options.
    1. The device is protected from third party tampering, you get support.
    2. The device is open, hardware issues are covered, any other problems and you are on your own.
  10. Re:quadrouple dipped on RIAA Goes for the Max Against AllofMP3 · · Score: 1

    Score:5, Insightful - WTF?

    Somebody produces something, be it a car, a program or music. Once the product is ready it IS a physical item.

    Now if the creator wants to sell their produced item to person A but person A already stole the music or program then the creator can not sell his/her product to person A anymore.
    Therefore, person A stole from the creator and the creator was deprived of the sale.

  11. Re:What do you expect? on How One Small Business Switched to Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    If he needed a print server he would not have installed a RAID array with DVD backup solution. A server needs to be reliable and cheap hardware is NOT reliable.

  12. Re:GUI for D language on The D Programming Language, Version 1.0 · · Score: 1

    Looks like it's called DUI and it works on Linux and Windows.

    DUI is D GUI

  13. What do you expect? on How One Small Business Switched to Ubuntu · · Score: 0, Troll

    The problem with a lot people is that they want EVERYTHING for $0.01 What do you expect when you buy a computer with a 40GB drive as a server? It's not even a low end workstation!!!!!!!!! Let me guess the guy paid $199 for the "server" and expects HP to give him world-class tech support, 10 year warranty, restore software written by the brightest guys in the world with more options then a Linux kernel compile. Come on, you get what you pay for. And the guy is setting up one office a week, scary.

  14. I just wrote one.... on HTML Encoded Captchas · · Score: 1

    I just wrote a sample CAPTCHA system as well but kept in black and white for various reasons. I also use whole words to make text input simpler for humans. Here is a competing article explaining a different approach.
    ahref=http://www.network-technologies.org/Projects /Virtual_Brain_Online/article/user_validation_imag e_verification_code_captcha/rel=url2html-31631http ://www.network-technologies.org/Projects/Virtual_B rain_Online/article/user_validation_image_verifica tion_code_captcha/>

  15. Odd article on China Heralds Year of the Fluorescent Green Pig · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The main picture of the article shows animals created by Taiwanese scientist instead of the pigs created by the Chinese scientists mentioned in the article. MSNBC .....

    Another article I have read explained that the Taiwanese pigs where superior due to their much stronger glow throughout their bodies which can be seen in the picture.
    Link to the other article:
    ahref=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/29/fluo rescent_pig/rel=url2html-7150http://www.theregiste r.co.uk/2006/12/29/fluorescent_pig/>

    And here is where the pic came from:
    ahref=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacifi c/4605202.stmrel=url2html-7150http://news.bbc.co.u k/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4605202.stm>

  16. Run Seti@Home for your privacy on Computer's Heat May Unmask Anonymized PCs · · Score: 1

    Here is a simple way of beating this attack, run Seti@Home to keep your computer cooking at all times.

  17. 95% Cpu Solid on Linux Netwosix Creator Discusses 2.0 Vision · · Score: 1

    Nice Webiste, my 1900+ Laptop runs mozilla at 95% on their site and slows way down.