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  1. Re:you know on Backups to CD-R? · · Score: 1

    I suspect someone said the same thing about a Web Browser so MS created and gave away IE. Then they got sued, again and again and again...

  2. Re:Retrospect vs. Acronis TrueImage on EMC Buying Dantz · · Score: 1

    Acronis is a good image product, but Retrospect is file-by-file and that is sometimes required.

    Hi Anton :)

  3. Re:I find this funny. on EMC Buying Dantz · · Score: 1

    Actually, it is my snapshot software that Dantz is using. It is also used by PowerQuest/Symantec and several other backup vendors.

    It works with most backup applications, but ISV/OEM integration is better than running it standalone. Anyone can download the standalone version from BetaNews (search for "Volume Snapshot"). It support NT 4.0 all the way up to Server 2003.

  4. Ancient on The Swiss Army Knife of USB Drives · · Score: 1

    Dude, tis product is so old the mastadons were using them before the last ice-age. How does such an old and lame story make it to /.; Oh, there is a relationship between /. and ThinkGeek.... Looks like a commerce thing and not a real story of interest... Someone is slacking over at /.

  5. He was one of the Java geniuses on The Programmer Who Could Save Tivo · · Score: 1

    For God's sake... Please... A new oxymoron has been invented ("Java Geneius")

  6. Re:The Romans on Off Grid Via Slow Moving River? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The paddle Wheel would be perfect to float charge some batteries

  7. Super lo tech version on Running for Geeks · · Score: 1

    - Put on Carhart pants
    - Put on Carhart shirt
    - Put on boots
    - Grab Axe
    - Chop wood

    And guess what: you got a pile of usable wood. Sure, it is not "hollywood", but it works.

  8. Re:but.... on Testing Relativity · · Score: 1

    Yes, I feel the same way. 1 or infinite.

  9. Re:but.... on Testing Relativity · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Please, take some time and read this paper. It was the most facinating paper I have read in years. It explains many phenomina using classical mechanics.

    http://www.newtonphysics.on.ca/Newton-physics/Ne wt onphysics.html

  10. Anarchy on What Would The World Be Like Without Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    One word would sum up that situation: Anarchy.

    You get what you pay for. There is not one Linux/Unix based GUI or Kernel that can hold a candle to Windows. You all know it; you just will not admit it.

    Exception: BSD/Darwin is a very nice *nix. God man, if we are going to settle on a *nix OS for the future, how could anyone in their right mind chose any other than BSD? Everytime I plow through the Linux source code, I gasp!

  11. Life of Brian on Always Look on the Bright Side of Life · · Score: 1

    Talk about irony... The week before "The Passion..." was released, I went to the video store to buy "The Life of Brian". My intention was to put this whole issue in perspective before going to see "The Passion..."

    I was glad that I did and I will also go and see it on the big screen if it shows in my area.

  12. Read this! on The Fabric of the Cosmos · · Score: 1

    http://www.newtonphysics.on.ca/EINSTEIN/index.html

  13. ecret hard disk space on Recovering Secret HD Space · · Score: 1

    Hahaha! I can ot believe this one made it through as a headliner on /. Someone must have been drinking on the job this evening :)

  14. XFree69 on MSN Search Blocking Results For XFree86? · · Score: 1

    Paranoia will destroy ya.

  15. My experience on Experiences with DirecWay Satellite Internet · · Score: 1

    I have been using Starband since it started. It had it issues in the past, but I have been very happy. I have friends who have DirecWay and they are not so happy. I also hear the new DirecWay hardware is better and their experiences may be different now.

    Starband has a new modem that has a 4 port switch and requires no special OS gateway software. I have it connect to a LinkSys RV082 router with multiple operating systems on the LAN side with no problems.

    Starband will give you up to 4 static IP addresses.

    Starband is extreamly reliable. If you are using the model 360 modem, you will surly want to have a dedicated gateway machine for sharing the Internet. I used XP with ICS until the model 460 model was released. Now I have no gateway, just the VSAT modem/router.

    Again, my experience is that it is very reliable. latency is bad; 700 to 2000 ms. I have seen downlaod speeds as fast a 1.25 MB per sec (no lie). I get 300K+ occasionaly, and 80K to 120K is normal. DOwnloads are very fast. VOIP and such stink. But, when it is all that you have, it is better than dial up.

    I have just had a T1 sent up here via 5 gig wireless link (there is a tower 6.79 miles away). I have found the satellite to be more reliable. Not as responsive, but far more reliable than wireless. This is why I have the new LinkSys RV082 router. It has two WAN ports to allow redundancy and load balancing between the two WAN connection; plus it has great VPN capabilities.

  16. Dugh on Secure Programmer: Keep an Eye on Inputs · · Score: 0, Troll

    Written by a contractor for sure!

  17. WIndbag on Microsoft at the Tipover Point · · Score: 1

    Yeah, how many other windbags have made this same prediction? Get real...

  18. Diesel plus batteries on Laptop vs. Small Desktop: Best Bang Per Watt? · · Score: 1

    A amall diesel generator and some very good batteries and a sine wave inverter.

    You would be surprised how cheap your electric costs will be. I am 100% off-grid.

  19. Re:Backing up live system drive, 3 reviews.... on Experiences w/ Drive Imaging Software? · · Score: 1

    Check out my software:

    http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=10 43 424705

  20. Re:PowerQuest V2i Desktop Works and Ghost will die on Experiences w/ Drive Imaging Software? · · Score: 1

    You can use my product to backup live systems. It is generic and will work with almost any backup or imaging product under Windows.

    http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=10 43 424705

  21. Let's ban E=MC2 first on Current Thoughts in String Theory · · Score: 1

    We have made some serious and fundamental mistakes in physics. Let's go back and rethink things since we now know that the speed of light is variable. Maybe we will gain some new insight.

    Space-time does not dilate mass dilates. This changes many, many things.

    String theory is like E=MC2; some of the anwsers are right, but we are asking the wrong qiestions.

  22. Bravo on Freedom of Speech in Software · · Score: 1

    I have always looked at Software like art or literature. You can copyright your specific implementation, but you can not patent it!

    Larry, Moe and Curley over at the patent office need to be smacked!

  23. Re:Divide-by-zero, NO DIV please on The Death of A Universe · · Score: 1

    Interesting; mass with no energy. I will have to think about that one. I thought mass was energy and vica versa.

  24. Divide-by-zero on The Death of A Universe · · Score: 1

    Well, since the speed of light as been 100% proven to be variable (not C), everything changes. If light gets slower as the universe get older (or larger depending on your perspective.) What happens when light reaches 0 (Zero)? Well, reverse E=MC2 to M=E/C2 == ERROR! Divie-by-zero; please reboot.

  25. E=MC2 on Find Out About the Future of Science · · Score: 1

    How do you feel not that Albert has been proven wrong and that E=MC2 is totaly useless?

    It seems that more and more in todays society, people get a lot of right anwsers by asking the wrong questions. Ironic?