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  1. Re:How about some nice menus instead? on Preview the Office 2007 Ribbon-Like UI Floated For OpenOffice.Org · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ehh, double-click it like always...

    Ok, done with my asshole moment. Took me about the same amount of time to realize the circle was a menu, not just a stupid logo/marketing thing.

  2. Re:Nows not the time to be logical on Navigating a Geek Marriage? · · Score: 1

    You seriously need to look elsewhere for women. The kind of women that you have been dealing with who act like this are not marriage material. What you are describing is not respect, it is fear. Why the fuck do people keep getting those two confused? They are different.

    Respect is a good thing. It is earned and it is given to the person being respected. It causes good feelings for the person expressing it. Fear is negative. It is forced onto someone by the person being feared. It causes bad feelings for the person expressing it.

    A person who is showing respect to you WANTS to give you that respect. A person is is fearful of you resents you and hates you and will strike back if they ever get the chance.

    Like I said, you really need to take a long look at the kind of people you hang out with if this is how they act.

  3. Re:Find other couples on Navigating a Geek Marriage? · · Score: 1

    cheating only works if you are way more clever/intelligent than your significant other

    ... and remember, if you're the male, you aren't. Not in the way that is necessary to pull it off forever.

  4. Re:Intriguing on Navigating a Geek Marriage? · · Score: 1

    I thought it was referring to Windows XP and had already written it off as a doomed marriage...

  5. Re:Guitar Hero World tour had ads also on Ads Retroactively Added To Wipeout HD, Soon Others · · Score: 1

    Ads for their other games

  6. Re:Ad blocking on Ads Retroactively Added To Wipeout HD, Soon Others · · Score: 1

    Looking at a girl's "set"... you're doing it wrong.

  7. Re:Wolfenstein 3D? on From Doom To Dunia — the History of 3D Engines · · Score: 1

    It's still just a 2D representation on a flat screen. Let me know when the REAL 3D engines come. And no funny colored glasses allowed!

  8. Re:Yay. on Blackboard Patent Invalidated By Appellate Court · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't be surprised if there was a system of online registration with many publishers to ensure that the student bought a NEW copy of the book to get access.

    There is. I got bit by this real bad one semester. I was fortunate to get to the bookstore and find the last used book. It was a nice hardback book in good shape that cost around $100. When the class started, it turned out that we had to have one of those registration codes. The code slip managed to survive with the book up until then and I typed it in. It was expired. I called them to get the code reset and they told me that I would have to purchase a new book. I ended up having to take the book back to the bookstore and turn it in for a new one in order to get a stupid code. The worst part wasn't the fact that the new one cost me $160 when the used one was only $100. It was that the new book came as a 2 inch stack of loose paper wrapped in plastic. I had to buy a binder to hold it all.

  9. Re:Will there be any action against Microsoft? on SFLC Says Microsoft Violated the GPL · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why aren't they being sued for $150,000 per violation?

    Gentlemen, start your FTP clients!

  10. Re:Each sex is defined by the needs of the other on Are Women Getting More Beautiful? · · Score: 1

    The decision as to weather they will sleep with you or not is made before the guy even opens his mouth.

    And their decision often reversed soon after...

  11. Re:Everything works for me on Gaming On Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    I believe the inane reason is "I need to see the PowerPoint slides without looking behind me at the large screen because I can't press the spacebar without seeing the picture."

  12. Re:Good riddance. on Music Game Genre On the Decline · · Score: 1

    Anyone up for a game of Operation?

  13. Re:Too much cost... on Music Game Genre On the Decline · · Score: 1

    But... but you won't have the same names as on the TV!!!whine!!! That makes it old and useless!!11!

  14. Re:Wow, at that cost... on Kingston Unveils $1000 USB Flash Drive · · Score: 1

    Of all the people here that you could get pr0n from, THAT is who you choose?

    Sicko...

  15. Re:Whole Disk Encryption on Delete Data On Netbook If Stolen? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Billie Mays took it with him.

  16. Re:Whole Disk Encryption on Delete Data On Netbook If Stolen? · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Use subversion either hosted or your own server on Collaborative Software For Pair Programming? · · Score: 1

    Teamviewer also works amazingly well under Wine.

  18. Re:And what of Microsoft? on Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers As GPL · · Score: 1

    I hope they don't find anything bigger than a womp-rat.

  19. Re:Just imagine... on Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers As GPL · · Score: 1

    It will look a lot like this.

  20. Re:thats nice and all on Something May Have Just Hit Jupiter · · Score: 3, Funny

    Folks, let's hear it for Ant. He'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress!

  21. Re:why Rainbow Tables when there is KonBoot? on Free Rainbow Tables Looking For New Admin · · Score: 1

    One more time with paragraph breaks...

    I think you are correct. The users are able to log into the laptop with the old password as long as they want until they connect to a network. Then the laptop tries to authenticate the password with the domain controller. If it is not the same password as on the domain controller, you get the usual bad username/password error. If you know the old password, you can log in at any time as long as you don't connect to a network. As a bonus, if you connect to a network that is too far removed (expiring TTL, behind a router with strict rules, etc.) you get the wonderful "unable to find the domain controller" error.

    As far as I can tell, the full credentials would need to be cached so that once logged in, you can still access your files via permissions. I'm not really sure how it works past that point as I have not done any real testing, just observations based on irate users who are unable to log in to their computer from home because I forgot to have them log in first at work.

  22. Re:why Rainbow Tables when there is KonBoot? on Free Rainbow Tables Looking For New Admin · · Score: 2, Informative

    The local machine caches the credentials. We see this with laptop users. They have to be connected to the network here to log on the first time, then they can take it home and log in just fine without a network connection. If they change their password on their work desktop, the laptop still uses the old one until they try to log into the account again while connected to the network. So, the domain controller does not take the local machine's word for it, but the local machine does not necessarily check in with the domain controller.

  23. Re:slow start for _some_ on Firefox 3.5.1 Released · · Score: 1

    9 addons and it only took mine 16 seconds from clicking the icon to home page (Google) after a fresh boot. Maybe it's because you are doing it the second you log on. Windows is barely even booted at that point. You still have a good 5-10 minutes before everything is fully functional.

  24. Re:wait wait wait... on New Service Converts Torrents Into PNG Images · · Score: 1

    Just put the keys in another picture! A picture of the Florida Keys, just as a hint. Or Key Lime Pie. Or best of all, in this picture.

  25. Re:Exercise bike at work? on Staying In Shape vs. a Busy IT Job Schedule? · · Score: 1

    Duct tape. You gotta try harder than that...