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| 2005/3/23-24 [Computer/HW/Laptop, Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:36819 Activity:nil |
3/22 Say you buy a brand new laptop that says it comes with Windows XP,
Word, Excel, etc. I know that they come preinstalled, but let's say
you want to reformat your drive and reinstall. Are ALL the softwares
included in the package (CDs) so that you can reinstall them?
\_ Usually they are, but sometimes they are packaged in annoying way,
i.e. the laptops comes with a rescue CD that let's you restore it
to the (lame) factory defaults it shipped with (which does include
all that software, but is also the default Toshiba or Dell or
whatever configuration) -dans
\_ You are buying OEM copies of the software (WinXP, Office), which
amounts to hundreds of dollars. The OEM license allows you to
re-install the software on that computer. If you don't have CDs,
you can request them from the manufacturer of your notebook.
No migrating the license to another computer, though -- that's not
covered by the OEM license. |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Uncategorized] UID:36820 Activity:low |
3/23 Terri's bone scan the day of her accident
http://www.earnedmedia.org/bonescan.htm
\_ Oh, noes! Her husband was a bad man! Or, wait, did her parents
beat her? Let's save her from her evil oppressors who have sat
by her side for the last 15 years!!!!
\_ seems like pretty damning evidence. another scott peterson
\_ I guess I'm fairly dumb, I don't know what this says.
\_ So you think this escaped the attention of the courts for years
and years? Could it instead be a result of her being bulimic? |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Politics/Domestic/Abortion, Politics/Domestic/Gay] UID:36821 Activity:moderate |
3/23 Mother arrested for attempting to intervene
in her 14-year old's decision to have abortion
http://www.illinoisleader.com/news/newsview.asp?c=23788
\_ Yeah, let's protect family values by letting 14-year-old rape
victims have children! -tom
\_ Yeah, let's protect family values by allowing non-relations
to take 14 year olds out of school, and disallow them from
speaking with their parents! -jrleek
\_ Sorry, "family values" isn't the Democratic party line.
\_ Perhaps it should be. They've lost the last three elections.
\_ well, no they haven't. -tom
While how this was done may not have been totally appropriate,
the result is certainly better than the alternative. -tom
\_ Perhaps it should be. They've lost the last three elections.
\_ well, no they haven't. -tom
\_ well, no they haven'T. -tom
\_ And you're deluded if you think "family values" is
is the reason for that.
\_ Wow, you must be reading a different article where
they describe in deatil what the alternitives were.
-jrleek
\_ you're right; one alternative would be to send her
moronic parents to somewhere godforsaken like Utah;
that probably would have been a better alternative.
-tom
\_ I don't think you understand the case.
\_ Are you responding to tom? It's hard to tell.
\_ Hard-core liberal (tom) vs. hard-core conservative (jrleek) fight
round 1!
\_ tom and jrleek, I'd like to hear from 2 very different perspectives
as I don't have any opinion on this. What is your opinion on the
idea of Federalism, where you move a lot of the government powers
to individual States, or even counties. For example, a system where
people in the Bay Area can have abortion, gay marriage, etc, and
where people in Utah can go to jail for abortion, gay marriage, etc.
In another word, do you believe in one government for all, or do
you think Federalism has merits? -a curious moderate w/no opinion
\_ I would be more interested in California (or just the Bay Area)
seceding. The idea of the US as an entity dilutes if the laws
are totally different in every state. -tom
\_ According to the Christian World View Weekend web site
(http://www.worldviewweekend.com/test/register.php it is more
sinfull to have no opinion on abortion (-2 points) than it is to
to think abortion is ok (-1 points). Try it! !tom !jrleek
\_ The problem being the people wanting to travel to the 'less
restrictive' states to get away from laws in the 'more
restrictive ones.' What's to stop them? Fencing in the
citizens of the more restrictive states?
\_ I already escape to Las Vegas so that I can legally gamble my
life savings away and live in a life of debauchery for a few
days before I become broke, and I'm sure I'm not the only one
doing it.
\_ The concept of states rights doesn't mean that the states have
the abs. right to create any laws that they want. What laws
they do create must be consistent w/ the constitution. In the
instances that you cite, there may be greater federal interests
in consistency btwn the states than in allowing the states to
make their own rules. BTW, in terms of criminal law the system
does largely operate the way that you describe, almost every
state has a different set of rules for most serious crimes. |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Computer/SW/OS/FreeBSD] UID:36822 Activity:nil |
3/23 graphical tool in linux/freebsd that lets me mess
around with my WEP key and ssid id? |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Uncategorized] UID:36823 Activity:nil |
3/23 Araft was killed by an Israeli laser attack!
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=124651
\_ He was poisoned by the laser attack. Yeah right.
\_ They blinded him with science. |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Computer/HW/Laptop, Computer/HW/Printer] UID:36824 Activity:kinda low |
3/23 Any recommendations for an Ethernet print server for a
USB printer. Ideally would like it to work with XP and OS X.
\_ Just use your PC as the server and let other PCs print to it.
\_ If OP wanted to do that, they wouldn't be asking about standalone
print servers, would they?
\_ Correct. OP is working with a single laptop setup. -op
\_ Just curious. Why do you need a server?
\_ My friend uses his laptop in his family room
on the ottoman, and his printer/WiFi/Cable modem
is all in his office. He wants to be able to
print from his family room to his USB printer.
A wireless print server is not necessary, but
a ethernet->USB print server would perfect.
\_ Also, a PC running 24x7 as a printer server prolly sucks up
a ton of pcu-cycles and energy.
\_ Good point.
\_ Buy a real network printer. That's the real answer. I recommend
a Brother DCP-8045D with the Brother NC9100H Ethernet interface, not
the overpriced HP stuff. Laser, duplex, flatbed scanning,
photocopy, fax. I have the HL-5170DN (no fax, no photocopy, no
scanning); now I wish I just splurged.
To answer your question, go to http://newegg.com and search for "print
server", and sort by "Best Rating". The problem with generic
USB->Ethernet print server hardware is that you can't do any custom
stuff over Ethernet (e.g., monitor ink levels, most manual duplex).
\_ Yes, that is what I have personally. a LaserJet 4MP/PS with
a built-in JetDirect Ethernet card print server. Got it at
northbaynetworks in emeryville. I think it was $100.
\_ If you want wireless w/ your print server, get an airport
express.
\_ Great idea! Can it share any USB printer?
\_ I think so. I don't know which exact models it
supports but I've seen people hook up all sorts
of cheap ass usb printers and have them work. |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Uncategorized] UID:36825 Activity:nil |
3/26 This reminds me of my marriage:
http://www.yirmumah.net
\_ Yuck |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Science/Biology] UID:36826 Activity:high |
3/26 Wow, religion is getting stronger and stronger every day:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/23/volcano.movie.ap
\_ Don't you mean "ignorance of science?"
\_ Is it ignorance or denial?
\_ Given the state of our educational system, I'm much more
inclined to believe it is ignorance. I think the number
of people who are just ignorant of biological science
far outweighs the number that actively deny its
underpinnings.
\_ um, no. People just want to hear what they like to hear.
Just look at the 2 Mormons on motd. They are well
educated but they choose to believe in something else.
It's their right, they can believe whatever they want.
\_ Wrong! People don't even know what they like to hear.
They just don't want to think, so they want to be told
what to do and think.
\_ It's scary thinking on your own. What if you're
wrong? More importantly, what if it's different than
what your peers think? Then you might be mocked or
insulted.
\_ I don't think jrleek and emarkp are really a
representative slice of the general population.
Are you really trying to say that?
\_ I think the theaters are stupid for not showing the
movies. I think evolution should be taught (and taught
/well/) in schools. -emarkp
\_ I am *SHOCKED* to hear this. I guess it's a good
and pleasant kind of shock, but still, a shock. I
guess when liberal news portray Religious folks
as supporters of "Intelligent Design", it's just
liberal trash news.
\_ That's probably what emarkp means by
"taught well" -tom
\_ In as much detail as possible. I didn't have
much more in high school than survival of the
fittest + handwaving. I would like to see
what current theory is about how an organism
of more chromosomes can evolve from one of
fewer, examples of complex structures evolving
from simpler ones, etc. We're homeschooling
our kids and I'm actually looking for a good
primer on modern evolutionary theory. -emarkp
\_ You're better off finding a field biologist
who'll let your kids tag along and learn
by assisting. I was homeschooled, and
that's what I did. It was awesome.
\_ Intelligent design and "creationist science" are
junk science. They're science with an agenda,
which is bad bad bad. -emarkp
\_ you know, I'm beginning to feel bad for
making fun of you... it's now more clear
that you're not one of them.
\_ I never understood what conservative/religious
has to do w/ evolution. Sure there are some
lunatics out there who think that god made the
world in 6 days (or whatever) but there are
plenty of conservatives who accept evolution
as generally true.
\_ You misunderestimate the american public.
http://gallup.com/poll/content/login.aspx?ci=14107
\_ And God created Weapons of Mass Destruction
in Iraq, and He was pleased with what he
created.
\_ And God said, "Let there be Weapons of
Mass Destruction in Iraq", and He was
pleased with what he created.
\_ I Buh-LEEVE!!1! |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Recreation/Dating, Computer/SW/Security] UID:36827 Activity:high |
3/26 One more reason to use PGP, and maybe the Anonymizer. And by the way,
only 1700 porn pictures? I have at least 100X that:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4376959.stm
\_ You have over 170,000 porn pictures?
\_ I do.
\_ Assuming no repeats an a minimal 10 seconds per picture,
\_ Assuming no repeats and a minimal 10 seconds per picture,
it would take you 472.2 hours to looks at all that pr0n.
Where are you getting the time?
\_ 10 seconds? Try 1.
\_ 472 hrs? Spread that over five years and you are talking
about an hour a week.
\_ Just another slow work week.
\_ How about yet another reason to get your mind out of the
gutter and use your higher cognitive functions for something
more useful than viewing pictures of women in various states
of undress?
\_ How about two or more women?
\_ I agree. He should spend more time getting out of the house
to find women willing to undress live and in person. There's
no cognitive function more useful than that. |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Computer/SW/Unix] UID:36828 Activity:kinda low |
3/23 What's the best way to configure a day-to-day WinXP user
account to be unprivileged? Is there something like sudo,
or does the user need to switch to admin before making
system changes/software install?
\_ For some program icons in the Start menu, you can right-click on it
and get a "Run as..." option. If not, go to Properties -> Shortcut
-> Advanced -> Run with different credentials.
\_ Ah cool. Then when you "Run As" does windows prompt you
for the root password?
\_ Yes, but there are some administrative tasks that need root
which I don't know how to 'sudo'. Example would be control
panel stuff and things done through Explorer itself.
\_ And for those tasks do you first switch users
and then run explorer and/or control panel?
\_ Yes, but kind of a PITA.
\_ Is there a non PITA way to do it?
\_ I'd love to hear it. -pp
\_ my trick for this is to start
iexplore as root with "run as"... you
can probably bookmark desktop,
control panel, etc in root's iexplore but i
just navigate there myself.
\_ Thanks! that is great. kinda
like "sudo bash"..
\_ Thanks! That is great. kinda
like "sudo bash" -op
\_ You could do the opposite; run certain programs (Outlook, IE,
etc.) with fewer privileges. Search http://microsoft.com for "DropMyRights". |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/Japan] UID:36829 Activity:kinda low |
3/23 I don't get this. How can you go to jail by playing chess? CHESS???
Fine there's a stupid international saction but it's just a game.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4374811.stm
\_ didnt he burn his correspondence from the state dept. on tv
\_ "The American exile angered many of his fellow countrymen when he
went on Philippine radio on 11 September 2001, applauding the
attacks on the US on that day and launching into an anti-Semitic
diatribe."
\_ he was exiled many years BEFORE 9/11
\_ At the time, it was a fairly big deal. Now-a-days I would
expect them to be happy with just getting rid of the wack-job,
but I guess he probably injured some big-wigs pride. -jrleek
\_ He violated sanctions on Yugoslavia by going there and accepting a
prize for the competition. Chess wasn't illegal, so desist with the
red herring. -emarkp
\_ woooo... that's sooo scary. He went there to play a tourney...
wow. He's as evil as Martha Stewart.
\_ The investor who put up the purse intentionally chose
Yugoslavia as the venue to thumb his nose at the sancations.
Yugoslavia as the venue to thumb his nose at the sanctions.
You don't agree with sanctions? Fine. -emarkp
\_ I think it's not a question of whether we agree or not
with the sanctions. People should be free to go wherever
they please, maybe they even don't agree with the sanctions.
Why should the government stop them?
\_ Umm... look up sanction in the dictionary. |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Industry/Jobs, Computer/SW, Academia/Berkeley/CSUA] UID:36830 Activity:nil 66%like:37457 |
3/23 We need a(nother) "Senior Web Applications Engineer" here at AvantGo.
Job descr and contact info in /csua/pub/jobs/AvantGo --dbushong |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Computer/Companies/Yahoo] UID:36831 Activity:nil |
3/23 Has anyone else noticed that rapidly loading yahoo mail messages into
separate tabs results in some messages not being displayed (the initial
welcome screen shows instead)? This didn't used to happen for me, and
I find it very irritating. |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Reference/Military] UID:36832 Activity:moderate |
3/23 "I've challenged our human resource people to get as innovative as
they can. ... " One of those is designed to persuade more parents to
steer their children to the Army. "We're going to appeal to
patriotism," [Secretary of the Army Francis J. Harvey] said.
\_ What is wrong w/ wanting people to serve in the armed
forces?
\_ Nothing is wrong with wanting people to serve in the armed
forces. Nonetheless, the decision to serve must remain a
choice that is not subject to undue duress applied by third
parties. Thus, it gives me pause to see efforts designed to
encourage *parents* to push their children toward the military.
-dans (!OP)
\_ When I asked about (college) ROTC before graduating HS, I
got an unsolicited note in the mail from a marines recruiter
saying something like "Dear Mr. & Mrs. Salomon (not my mom's
last name, and she is/was single) I am visiting you on xyz
date to discuss your son's joining hte Marine Corps." -John
date to discuss your son's joining the Marine Corps." -John |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Recreation/Dating] UID:36833 Activity:moderate |
3/23 Are there any basic expression between "I like you" and "I love you"
other than the Dumb and Dumber line "I like you a lot".
\_ I'll suck but I won't swallow
\_ Hard to say this to a woman if you're a man.
\_ "I'm very fond of you". "I adore you". "You really mean a lot
to me". "I care very much for you". "I'm really glad we're
friends". Or even, "I love you dearly", which, oddly, means
less than just "I love you". --Cyrano
\- You brain/body has been classified as: loveworthy.
\_ Most of these sound really icky. Like cringe-worthy icky.
\_ Do you know who Cyrano is? Read a book once in a while.
\_ Isn't he the guy with the schnoz who came up with "hey
baby, nice cans"? -John
\_ "I'm full of like for you."
\_ Let's fuck.
\_ You forgot: "Nice shoes"
\_ That's ``Nice boots''
\_ That's "Nice boobs".
\_ I propose "I loke you" -- Loke is defined as a noun, but I don't
think there is a verb yet ... Other languages have sayings for
something more than like but less than love ... Why not loke
\_ Dont start sentence with "I ..." Talk about her instead. You...
or honey...
\_ ya, that's all good and nice too, but was looking for an "I"
statement to balance all the "Nice tits, wanna fuck" statements.
\_ I want to slip you the hot beef injection, I want to play
'hide the salami' with you, you're a Cal student, take it
from there. Display some goddamm adaptability, son. |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Computer/HW/Laptop, Computer/HW/Display] UID:36834 Activity:kinda low |
3/23 Besides dealcoupon and slickdeals what are the good sites to get a
19" Dell LCD?
\_ Buy Mac, support DNC. Buy Dell, support RNC (1/2 million of it).
\_ That's just about the dumbest thing I've read all day.
\_ why? The pp boycotts Dell the same reason he/she boycotts
Wal-Mart. It's just personal choice based on principle.
Whether the boycott is effective or not is a different issue.
\_ http://gotapex.com
\_ http://techbargains.com, http://fatwallet.com, http://bargainshare.com |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:36835 Activity:nil |
3/23 We paid $200000+ to help that piece of shit?
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/23/laci.peterson.costs.ap/index.html
\_ Well, he was the defendent, and he did run out of money after a
while, apparently.
\_ It produced more than $200K worth of tax and "entertainment" for
the state... |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Computer/SW/Mail] UID:36836 Activity:moderate |
3/23 I am running NAT. My smtp server (on the other side) refuses to allow
connections from anywhere but my own domain. I am mapping my
internal IPs to external IPs. Is there something I need to do to
the sendmail client to prevent "550 5.7.1 Access denied"? The
server seems to disconnect me because it sees the original
headers. Do they need to be rewritten?
\_ What smtp server?
\_ Dunno. I am not the admin. I assume sendmail, but maybe not.
\_ your question is not clear. the smtp server is on the public
network and you are connecting from behind nat? if the server
is checking tcp/ip addressing, it will see the address of
the NAT device's WAN interface. otherwise, it will see the
HELO name provided by your sending agent, which perhaps also
has to match your domain? the internall addressing on your
LAN should have no impact, unless you are trying to configure
the sending agent's self-identity in a perverse way. what
happens if you telnet to the server's smtp port? are you
dropped immediately or only after issuing a HELO/EHLO command?
\_ Correct. I am not dropped immediately. I can connect and
issue a HELO with no problems.
\_ then what are you asking again? can you manually
send a message via telnet? can you get a trace of the
failing sessions? what is different between the two?
I punted and use "msmtp" to deliver messages via my
authenticated SMTP server. |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:36837 Activity:high |
3/23 Modern Conservatism has truly become the party of Big Government.
Now Jeb Bush wants to "take custody" of Terri Shiavo, away from
her husband and away from her family. How can anyone who calls
themself a Conservative really be in favor of this kind of thing?
http://csua.org/u/bh5
\_ I don't think that they do. The polls I saw had 58% of self
described conservatives opposing the federal intervention.
This is a direct consequence of the religious right hijacking the
Republican party.
\_ "When a case like this has been heard by 19 judges in six courts
and it's been appealed to the Supreme Court three times, the
process has worked - even if it hasn't given the result that the
social conservatives want. For Congress to step in really is a
violation of federalism."
-(Conservative) Hoover Institute member
"This senator has learned from many years you've got to separate
your own emotions from the duty to support the Constitution of this
country. These are fundamental principles of federalism."
-Sen. John Warner (GOP), Virginia
\_ Now it's around 32 different judges
\_ every one of them is a tyrant!
\_ You misspelled "activist"
\_ None of the judges other than Greer have ever looked at the
findings of fact. That's why they're trying to have his findings
of fact reviewed 'de novo'
\_ The standard for appeal is that findings of facts by
the trial ct are accepted as true unless there is a
showing of abuse. There was no showing of abuse in
this case b/c Greer did nothing wrong.
While a de novo review may turn up something different,
this is unlikely. Absent some huge new revelation, the
facts found by the dist ct judge will be roughly the
same and if he applies state substantive law the tube
will stay out. Unless she finds some fed statute to
sue under (maybe disabled persons), she is SOL.
\_ Personally I hope the USSC takes this case and lays down the
law. Under Art. 3 congress cannot create subject matter jx
over a particular state law claim in favor of a single citizen.
What congress did was ridiculous and I hope that many of them
lose their jobs over it and are replaced by true conservatives.
\_ Please quote the section ofArticle 3 you are referring to.
\_ Please quote the section of Article 3 you are referring to.
\_ Art 3 Sec 2.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/article03
The original jx of the fed cts is limited to admiralty,
international disputes, federal question (arising under
the constitution/fed statues), or diversity (btwn two
or more states, citizens of different states, citizens
of the same state claims lands under grants of different
states, btwn a states/citizen of a state and a foreign
country).
Congress cannot create more jx for the fed cts than
the constitution provides w/o an amendment. In the
Schiavo case, congress has created jx for the Dist
Ct in the Middle District of FL to hear a suit on
behalf of Schavio for violations of her rights arising
under the constitution.
While one might argue that providing a specific dist
ct w/ jx over constitutional claims is still w/in Art
3 Sec 2, what congress is really doing is creating
jx for a fed ct to hear claims that are already
subject to res judicata under state law. This is not
allowed.
\_ The SC will refuse to hear the case and send it back down with
no comment. This is modis operadi. Shiavo will die and social
conservatives will have a new face for an old issue to play
with next election. Ooooo. Shiny.
\_ I'm hoping the USSC has a vested interest in telling
congress that they can't overstep their bounds.
\_ http://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/05.03.22.GrandOldPragma-X.gif
\_ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1367722/posts |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Uncategorized] UID:36838 Activity:low |
3/26 Can LCDs be transparent, without the back whitelight? I'm asking
because I think it would be REALLY cool if you can layer one
transparent LCD after another. And if would be cool if there is
an eye focus webcam that can track your eyes and make whatever
layer you're looking at brighter than the other LCDs. Someday...
\_ try google Organic LED (OLED)
\_ Wouldn't it be even better if it can bring the layer you're looking
at to the front instead of just making it brighter? Oh wait, it
already exists. It's called windowing GUI, and it requires one LCD. |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Computer/SW/Languages/Misc, Computer/SW/Security, Transportation/Car/Hybrid] UID:36839 Activity:nil 50%like:36690 |
3/23 Now you can RIDE ELECTRIC BIKE!
http://tinyurl.com/59b77 (gizmodo)
\_ Electric bikes are not new. -tom |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:36840 Activity:low |
3/23 My my...
CBS News. 3/21-22. MoE 4%. (February results)
Congress Job Approval
Approve 34 (41)
Disapprove 49 (44)
Bush Approval Ratings
Approve 43 (49)
Should Congress and the President be involved in the Schiavo matter?
Yes 13
No 82
\_ Does anyone care about Bush's approval ratings now? Bush won't be
running again.
\_ I just think it's amusing that he is likely the least popular
second-term president in the history of the Union. -op
\_ So? PEople hate him but he's still your president.
\_ It's more like, "We told him Iraq should be our #1 priority,
so wtf is he doing spending his 'political capital' trying to
cut our social security?" |
| 2005/3/23-24 [Computer/SW/WWW/Browsers] UID:36841 Activity:nil 60%like:36408 60%like:39828 |
3/23 Firefox 1.0.2 is out, mostly security fixes:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/1.0.2.html
\_ Gee, I just installed 1.0.1 three days ago.
\_ Is it becoming another IE which needs constant patching? |
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