posted October 01, 2004 14:15                         

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Originally posted by Cap'n Vic:
GM: Out of curiosity....is a 'packet protector' anything like a 'pocket protector'? Or is it some sort of network/firewall device I am not aware of.

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You mean you've never heard of them before? They are ... ummm... bluetooth firewalls for ... uhhh... pen drives that use a special flash memory made out of ink. So you also have to buy a pocket packet protector protector, so the hardware companies have you comming and going.

So I typo'd again... so, use^H^H^H sue me.

posted October 01, 2004 17:00                      

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Originally posted by Xanthine:
You, this comparing of uptime has a striking resemblance to the comparing of penis sizes.

/me starts reeling from the reek of testosterone
/me flees

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I thought women liked men with a long uptime

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posted October 01, 2004 17:06                      

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Originally posted by The Famous Druid:

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Originally posted by Xanthine:
You, this comparing of uptime has a striking resemblance to the comparing of penis sizes.

/me starts reeling from the reek of testosterone
/me flees

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I thought women liked men with a long uptime

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But then they sometimes don't seem to mind so much when men go down on them, either.

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6 weeks to go!

posted October 01, 2004 17:48                      

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Originally posted by Cap'n Vic:
Dirty boy!

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Moi? You're just annoyed I got to it first

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6 weeks to go!

posted October 01, 2004 23:23                         

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Originally posted by Cap'n Vic:
GM: Out of curiosity....is a 'packet protector' anything like a 'pocket protector'? Or is it some sort of network/firewall device I am not aware of.

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posted October 02, 2004 11:41                         

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Originally posted by Cap'n Vic:
Dman.....I 'm pretty sure I don't want to know how you came across that.

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I saw that *years* ago, and then sometime earlier this year, I wanted to find it again, and it took me for-fscking-ever to find. I made a local copy, and kept reference to the location by naming it kissmyfloppy-com-virus-protection.jpg or what-have-you, so it was fresh on my mind. That, and I had recently relocated it on my HD such that I could show it to my boss, due to some virus issues we've been having at work (some clueless people we're trying to help). I just put it on my screen for about 2 seconds to show it to him, and then closed it, and he was laughing his ass off for a good minute . I'd really like to incorporate a similar bit of art concepts for posters warning about computer safety, but obviously, you run the risk of offending a very select few :-/. Seriously though, it gets the point across so easily - it's just unmistakable, and similar ideas might just get people to *think* for a moment about protecting their PC.

A colleague of mine has taken to warning people about file sharing as follows: "You really need to be careful about what you download with this software. You're downloading files from complete strangers and trusting it. Would you just have unprotected sex with a random stranger right off a city street? This is what file sharing is like at times - you're not even looking at the person, let alone what they might have." Seeing as we've learned that the many variants of SDBot first infect a network via file sharing downloads, I'd say he's spot on.

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posted October 16, 2004 20:50                      

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Originally posted by spungo:

Saying that, I wouldn't try to do anything like video editing on Linux (not just yet) as the existing tools are a bit rubbish. (Not the programmers' fault, you understand - more a problem of undisclosed codecs, etc. )

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SGI just ported its Graphics and Video stuff to Linux. The stuff that was available for Irix that is.
So, it might be possible now. And yeah, other OSes have positive, increasing Velocity value. Linux has positive, increasing Acceleration value, on the other hand...

Of course it is not forever (most probably)... But...

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"Who like KOF official license comic in high quality vegetarian is absolutely will not be miss!"

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