Comment Re:have your own domain-get universal forwarding (Score 1) 251
If they're willing to not pay attention to the RFC, then I'd bet they are also willing to spam the shit out of me. I.e.: I won't do business with them, then.
Comment Re:There are plenty of file formats to choose from (Score 2, Insightful) 273
um, what about using it on machines that I don't have admin access on?
Machines I may not want another file system driver on?
Library machines, corp machines, etc.?
Comment Re:Amazing (Score 2, Funny) 269
because I don't want to pay $456,784 for a lightbulb
Comment Re:ridiculous (Score 1) 647
I disagree. If that were the case, why aren't our cities, metropolitan areas, and hell - whole regions like New England (which is as dense as any in Europe) wired better?
Comment Re:Botnet Zombies (Score 1) 369
um, thats a GOOD THING? Then, maybe someone can hit these guys with a clue bat, and get their infected machines taken care of?
Comment Re:measuring usage? (Score 1) 369
A) you admitted to watching Knight Rider. Please hand in your geek card over there --->
B) thats a TV show. What about movies? Granted, even at 3GB, I don't watch 33 movies a month, but between that, torrents, regular usage, VOIP, large emails, etc etc, I'm slightly worried.
Having said that, I have no real clue what I use now. I'll load up DD-WRT and get a clue. Thanks to everyone that dropped some help.
Comment Re:measuring usage? (Score 1) 369
every Netflix on-demand video is about 4-6GB.
Comment measuring usage? (Score 1) 369
I have Charter (no choice, its the only broadband, including DSL, available to me). Does anyone know of a way I can monitor my usage, to make sure I don't go over the cap? You KNOW Charter isn't going to give me the tools to do that myself...
Can Tomato or any other linksys alternatives do this?
100GB, jesus that sucks.
Comment good god (Score 4, Insightful) 664
...just do the cutover, get it over with. Sure, a short term pain, but I'm sick of hearing about it.
Really. Just do it already.
Bookmark ZoneAlarm Pro v8.0.059 (gods-inc.org)
Comment Re:Weekly updates? Still not enough. (Score 4, Informative) 242
Have you ever tried managing 17,000 desktops? No, didn't think so.
Most large corps run WSUS, with updates on a weekly schedule, at most. To do otherwise would cripple the network, or require such an investment in equipment and manpower as to be nearly impossible to pull off.
Having said that, most large companies also have a mechanism for quick-release of highly critical patches. I know we rolled out the MS08-067 patch to our desktops immediately, and had a 98% acceptance rate within 3 days.
Comment Re:wtf (Score 5, Funny) 333
my fav:
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Comment Re:Doesn't really matter what *WE* think, does it? (Score 5, Insightful) 412
Yes, the 'notability' guidelines are for crap, really. Its completely arbitrary as to what the mod of the day thinks is 'notable' or not.
The Best Burglar Alarm In History 137
Sportsqs writes "When Nikola Tesla got creative with transformers and driver circuits at the turn of the 20th century he probably had no idea that others would have so much fun with his concepts over a hundred years later. One such guy is an Australian named Peter who runs a website called TeslaDownUnder, which showcases all his wacky Tesla ways, or rather electrickery, as Peter calls it." Very cool stuff, I wish I would have had something like this to protect my comic books from my little brother when I was a kid.
Submission + - RIAA wins $222,000 in first ever file sharing case (engadget.com)
mytrip writes: "The first RIAA file-sharing case to go to trial just wrapped, and sadly, the outcome isn't a positive one.
The RIAA plaintiffs weren't required to show that Thomas had a file-sharing program installed on her machine or that she was even the person using the Kazaa account in question."
The RIAA plaintiffs weren't required to show that Thomas had a file-sharing program installed on her machine or that she was even the person using the Kazaa account in question."
