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  1. Spamhaus and Spamcop on Choosing a Good DNSBL · · Score: 1

    Those are the only two that work for me (located in North America).

  2. Re:Engineering is dead anyway, be a lawyer on Higher Tuition For an Engineering Degree · · Score: 1

    Nope - there is an oversupply of lawyers and they don't make much money. While it is true that a few Lawyers make tons of money, the same is true of Engineers - a few make tons of money. However, the average lawyer makes far less money than the average engineer, bad engineering job market and all. Also, just like Engineers, lots of Lawyers have abandoned their profession and are doing other things.

    I've been lucky and after years of doing other shit, I am now doing real Engineering work again, but there are still many of my friends that are doing anything from running retail stores, repair shops, building houses, running fast food franchises, selling insurance and houses and so on.

  3. Catching up to the rest of the world... on Higher Tuition For an Engineering Degree · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Geez, I thought the USA is a capitalist country. This is normal in the rest of the world. The law of supply and demand you know - let the free market decide the pricing...

  4. Patent? on Microsoft Reinvents Bittorrent · · Score: 1

    So has MS patented bit torrent yet? As a company that continuously innovates, they really deserve one for this break-through...

  5. Kamikaze pilots on Houston, We Have a Drinking Problem · · Score: 1

    Well, the reliability of the shuttles are only marginally better than the Japanese flying bombs of WWII, so I don't blame them...

  6. Re:Convenient for people in the Canadian Prairies on Toyota Unveils Plug-in Hybrid Prius · · Score: 1

    You can't suck much power out of those plugs and they are usually only active in winter when it is below -20...

  7. Re:Not the only use on Give iPod Thieves an Unchargeable Brick · · Score: 1

    Yes, like refusing to use an ink cartridge by another manufacturer...

  8. Re:weeee on Give iPod Thieves an Unchargeable Brick · · Score: 1

    gtkPod is also good at fixing corrupted iPods.

  9. Re:Crap on Cisco to Kill Linksys Brand Name · · Score: 1

    Dang, I really feel for you. At least it is not a SCO certificate.

  10. Re:At Walmart ... on Cisco to Kill Linksys Brand Name · · Score: 1

    Or Sysco?

  11. Re:Hungary systems ? on Hungary Officials Raid Microsoft Office · · Score: 1

    You mean, "iT's mIicroSoft tHat iNtroDuced tHe (iN)fAmous hUngaRy nOtaTion." There, fIxed iT fOr yOu... ;)

  12. LCD backlighting on Change Google's Background Color To Save Energy? · · Score: 1

    is constant. The energy use is rather minimal too. So, well, duh...

  13. Lots more running Linux on Microsoft Claims a Billion Windows Installs by End of 2008 · · Score: 4, Informative

    A few years ago, I saw an IBM analysis that estimated more than 1 billion device are running Linux (mostly cell phones and routers).

  14. What the hell is this guy blabbing about? on Public Discussion Opened on Space Solar Power · · Score: 1

    "Klystrons" - does he even know what to do with a Klystron? Secondly, the silicon needed for solar cells is the lightest part of a solar array. Where does he think the rest of the stuff is going to come from? Furthermore, to do any of that he propose you have to lift a great many factories and loads of mining equipment and people to man them into space - all of that is much heavier and expensive than just lifting the finished products.

  15. Re:What about SCSI? on Seagate to Drop IDE Drives by Year End · · Score: 1

    SATA is compatible with Serial SCSI, so I guess SCSI will be given the boot too.

  16. Re:It's a bad idea on Seagate to Drop IDE Drives by Year End · · Score: 1

    I'm sure that sales will bounce back for all the other PATA drive manufacturers though... Sorry, bad pun, can't kick the habit.

  17. Re:Oh fuck. on Seagate to Drop IDE Drives by Year End · · Score: 1

    Well, maybe you should add a fan to cool the HDD down???

  18. Shock and vibration on The Nanomechanical Computer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If the Nikei stock exchange uses a mechanical computer, then an earthquake in Japan will really send a shudder through the financial markets...

  19. Shoot artillery down on Truck-Mounted Laser Guns · · Score: 1

    "...to shoot missiles and artillery down."
    Well, I guess that once the enemy is throwing their artillery at you, it either means that the gun is broken or that they are seriously out of ammo, in which case, all you got to do is duck, no need for lasers... ;)

  20. Personal freedom on TimeWarner DNS Hijacking · · Score: 1

    only extends to where someone else's nose begins. If someone is harming your chattels, then you have the right to take appropriate action to limit the damage. I'd love to see a botnet operator sue Time Warner - "Judge it is not fair, they hit back first! Waaaaaahhhh..."

  21. Their DNS Server... on TimeWarner DNS Hijacking · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If I wish to black hole something on my DNS, it is my prerogative to do so. If someone else is using my server for free and complains about the shitty service, then I'll gladly refund his money...

  22. Re:I'm glad on Africa - Offline And Waiting for the Web · · Score: 1

    Actually, the cost of the African undersea cable runs are shared between Portugal, Nigeria and South Africa. So, Nigeria isn't all bad in this regard! Other African countries are simply too poor to contribute anything at all.

  23. Re:How can an American company get involved? on Africa - Offline And Waiting for the Web · · Score: 1

    You have to talk to the government departments of Telecommunication in Portugal and South Africa. The cable runs hook into the European net in Lisbon and runs down to Milnerton near Cape Town City. The cost of the cables are shouldered mainly by South Africa and Portugal, with some money thrown in by Nigeria. Maintenance is done by the Cable Restorer ship operated by the South African Department of Telecommunications. At least, that is how it used to be, when I worked there long ago.

  24. Re:Out of Africa... on Africa - Offline And Waiting for the Web · · Score: 1

    Actually, I am an African.

  25. Pistachio nuts on High-Tech Squirrels Trained to Conduct Espionage · · Score: 3, Funny

    is Iran's main export product after oil and their government is full of religious nut cases, so this is just far too nutty...