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Microsoft to Security conmpanies: SSHHHHHH! - (Silverlock) - (2) - Dec. 13, 2001, 08:29:05 AM EST

Computer users with soul.. - (Ashton) - (1) - Dec. 13, 2001, 09:22:34 AM EST

"Pee-Arr, Pee-Arr, u-ber All-is" (everybody SING!) - (jb4) - Dec. 13, 2001, 02:05:24 PM EST

Interesting review of a Segway - (static) - (9) - Dec. 12, 2001, 10:19:00 PM EST

This is what I guessed too. - (Ashton) - (2) - Dec. 13, 2001, 02:35:44 AM EST

Ya know what? I want one! - (static) - (1) - Dec. 13, 2001, 05:55:27 AM EST

Welcome to the world of duality - (and inept marketing) - (Ashton) - Dec. 13, 2001, 09:04:50 AM EST

Looks interesting - (SpiceWare) - (5) - Dec. 13, 2001, 11:01:34 AM EST

Proposed models connect directly to wallet. - (Ashton) - Dec. 13, 2001, 11:15:32 AM EST

Probably one of the more obscene episodes... - (admin) - (3) - Dec. 13, 2001, 11:18:38 AM EST

It was - (SpiceWare) - (1) - Dec. 13, 2001, 11:29:16 AM EST

as it happens... - (cforde) - Dec. 13, 2001, 01:13:43 PM EST

Stopped watching... - (Yendor) - Dec. 13, 2001, 12:55:30 PM EST

Giant Question: who is competent in IT ??? - (Ashton) - (38) - Dec. 11, 2001, 09:03:23 PM EST

Looks like I found me a new line of work. - (nking) - Dec. 11, 2001, 09:30:49 PM EST

We had that debate circa 1990 in Alaska - (boxley) - (2) - Dec. 11, 2001, 09:38:48 PM EST

NJ tried that with programmers, I think -NT - (tjsinclair) - Dec. 12, 2001, 12:13:27 AM EST

Too many political issues - (nking) - Dec. 12, 2001, 02:01:40 PM EST

*giggle* Nice connundrum! - (jb4) - Dec. 12, 2001, 02:19:30 PM EST

The answer is obvious . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (32) - Dec. 12, 2001, 04:02:02 PM EST

So I tell my students... - (tjsinclair) - (30) - Dec. 12, 2001, 04:25:53 PM EST

Re: So I tell my students... - (wharris2) - (29) - Dec. 13, 2001, 12:01:06 AM EST

Thanks! - (tjsinclair) - (28) - Dec. 13, 2001, 04:02:36 PM EST

Where to look things up - (wharris2) - (27) - Dec. 13, 2001, 10:36:06 PM EST

The three hardest things to teach - (tjsinclair) - (24) - Dec. 14, 2001, 01:20:29 AM EST

There's a fourth and a fifth. - (static) - (7) - Dec. 14, 2001, 01:31:44 AM EST

Good ones! -NT - (tjsinclair) - Dec. 14, 2001, 10:07:48 AM EST

Code modularity - (wharris2) - (2) - Dec. 14, 2001, 12:07:03 PM EST

Oh, aye. - (static) - (1) - Dec. 15, 2001, 01:14:54 AM EST

Oh sigh - (wharris2) - Dec. 15, 2001, 04:34:56 AM EST

Well, if you do "5" right, "4" isn't so much of an issue - (drewk) - (2) - Dec. 14, 2001, 01:09:08 PM EST

You mean it's less of an issue. - (static) - (1) - Dec. 15, 2001, 01:10:47 AM EST

How to make it even less of an issue. - (admin) - Dec. 15, 2001, 09:36:28 AM EST

that's pretty crappy - (SpiceWare) - (14) - Dec. 14, 2001, 10:47:11 AM EST

When you get stuck... - (kmself) - (10) - Dec. 14, 2001, 04:21:29 PM EST

I think she's her own worst enemy - (tjsinclair) - (2) - Dec. 14, 2001, 05:45:48 PM EST

Is it typical youth response? - (wharris2) - (1) - Dec. 14, 2001, 06:52:22 PM EST

Well... - (tjsinclair) - Dec. 15, 2001, 09:03:52 AM EST

Exactly. I only got to do this once... - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Dec. 15, 2001, 11:56:05 PM EST

::chuckle:: - (Ric Locke) - (5) - Dec. 16, 2001, 10:09:50 AM EST

Hmmm... - (tjsinclair) - (1) - Dec. 16, 2001, 10:26:44 AM EST

Watch it. That law isn't commutative :-) -NT - (Ric Locke) - Dec. 16, 2001, 10:36:13 AM EST

Not necessarily true. - (inthane-chan) - Dec. 17, 2001, 11:45:57 AM EST

Depends on the student - (drewk) - Dec. 17, 2001, 01:22:28 PM EST

That depends - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 17, 2001, 01:25:01 PM EST

Actually... - (tjsinclair) - (2) - Dec. 14, 2001, 05:42:17 PM EST

Bryce's sister? -NT - (jb4) - (1) - Dec. 17, 2001, 09:05:18 AM EST

Mmmmmmaybe... - (tjsinclair) - Dec. 17, 2001, 09:47:44 AM EST

Code Complete, Ch. 32 - (kmself) - Dec. 14, 2001, 04:25:16 PM EST

Re: Where to look things up - (lister) - (1) - Dec. 14, 2001, 11:50:04 AM EST

Same here - (SpiceWare) - Dec. 14, 2001, 02:41:32 PM EST

Re: The answer is obvious . . yes, it is. - (Ashton) - Dec. 13, 2001, 05:52:42 PM EST

\ufffd The Uncensored News \ufffd____ Saturday edition - (Ashton) - (5) - Dec. 9, 2001, 05:54:49 PM EST

Minor correction: - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Dec. 9, 2001, 05:04:10 PM EST

Oops. Thanx - missed several mid-week. Will fix. -NT - (Ashton) - Dec. 9, 2001, 05:49:37 PM EST

to be fair, looks like the gay republican whos partnered - (boxley) - Dec. 9, 2001, 10:42:34 PM EST

The real thing. - (a6l6e6x) - Dec. 9, 2001, 06:22:05 PM EST

Zippy the Pinhead - if my memory serves me... - (inthane-chan) - Dec. 10, 2001, 12:44:55 PM EST

Does anyone else think... - (bepatient) - (57) - Dec. 7, 2001, 02:50:38 AM EST

(giggles) Nice change. But back to topic, - (wharris2) - (1) - Dec. 7, 2001, 03:37:13 AM EST

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. - (nking) - Dec. 7, 2001, 08:19:21 AM EST

Takes just one test case.. - (Ashton) - (39) - Dec. 7, 2001, 04:04:25 AM EST

The problem is... - (jb4) - Dec. 7, 2001, 08:49:51 AM EST

And just how... - (bepatient) - (37) - Dec. 7, 2001, 10:37:30 AM EST

Dunno if I can put it in teerms simple enough for Econ. - (Ashton) - (36) - Dec. 7, 2001, 06:04:46 PM EST

Weird - (bepatient) - Dec. 7, 2001, 07:24:27 PM EST

Sure...fine...whatever. - (bepatient) - (34) - Dec. 7, 2001, 07:23:41 PM EST

Of course she is. - (Ashton) - (27) - Dec. 7, 2001, 09:28:32 PM EST

Presumption - (imric) - (26) - Dec. 7, 2001, 09:45:47 PM EST

comfort? utter BS. - (Ashton) - (25) - Dec. 7, 2001, 10:34:05 PM EST

Get this. - (imric) - (24) - Dec. 8, 2001, 12:48:42 AM EST

These are quite 'special' circumstances. - (Ashton) - (23) - Dec. 8, 2001, 06:21:30 AM EST

Insolent? - (imric) - (20) - Dec. 8, 2001, 08:46:48 AM EST

Ah how EZ it would all be if.. logic alone were enough! - (Ashton) - (14) - Dec. 8, 2001, 07:37:23 PM EST

Logic alone? - (imric) - (13) - Dec. 10, 2001, 10:26:18 AM EST

Piffle - (Silverlock) - (12) - Dec. 10, 2001, 11:42:49 AM EST

*chortle* -NT - (imric) - Dec. 10, 2001, 11:50:54 AM EST

Not quite. - (bepatient) - (10) - Dec. 10, 2001, 11:58:19 AM EST

anti-piffle - (Silverlock) - (9) - Dec. 10, 2001, 12:50:21 PM EST

Reinstate it - BeeP (of all people) corroborated it! - (CRConrad) - (8) - Dec. 10, 2001, 05:03:20 PM EST

Yup. - (imric) - Dec. 10, 2001, 06:01:58 PM EST

not really... - (bepatient) - (6) - Dec. 10, 2001, 08:59:03 PM EST

Seems it only notes that they DO; doesn't say HAVE TO. - (CRConrad) - (5) - Dec. 12, 2001, 07:36:18 AM EST

So you are all in favor... - (bepatient) - (4) - Dec. 12, 2001, 09:32:10 AM EST

Nice two step - (Silverlock) - (2) - Dec. 12, 2001, 10:01:00 AM EST

Upthread - (bepatient) - (1) - Dec. 12, 2001, 10:19:35 AM EST

Yeah. And? - (Silverlock) - Dec. 12, 2001, 10:46:24 AM EST

You're making Marlowe's mistake: Conflating... - (CRConrad) - Dec. 12, 2001, 10:21:23 AM EST

Hey Maggie! - (Ashton) - (4) - Dec. 8, 2001, 07:41:16 PM EST

Hey Ash! - (slugbug) - (3) - Dec. 8, 2001, 10:29:20 PM EST

Thanks. - (Ashton) - (2) - Dec. 9, 2001, 12:57:38 AM EST

not 100% - (slugbug) - (1) - Dec. 9, 2001, 01:08:21 AM EST

Well, then, start a new topic. - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 9, 2001, 05:12:30 PM EST

Even easier solution. - (Brandioch) - (1) - Dec. 8, 2001, 08:47:54 PM EST

"The play's the thing wherein we'll catch the conscience of - (Ashton) - Dec. 9, 2001, 12:40:47 AM EST

Third option: - (mhuber) - (3) - Dec. 7, 2001, 10:02:59 PM EST

That would be the Decent, the Honorable, the American thing - (Ashton) - (2) - Dec. 7, 2001, 10:45:11 PM EST

And I suspect - (mhuber) - (1) - Dec. 9, 2001, 02:20:38 PM EST

Thanks, Mike.__ Al punte, as usual. - (Ashton) - Dec. 9, 2001, 03:15:45 PM EST

Two thoughts comes to mind.... - (Simon_Jester) - (1) - Dec. 8, 2001, 11:00:44 AM EST

Third: What (?) do we 'Stand For' _...if anything at all (?) -NT - (Ashton) - Dec. 8, 2001, 07:44:05 PM EST

[OT]Ad on the page... - (inthane-chan) - Dec. 7, 2001, 11:07:55 AM EST

Fine point - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Dec. 7, 2001, 12:29:26 PM EST

In that case - (nking) - (1) - Dec. 7, 2001, 04:22:27 PM EST

Yes You Can, Norm - (Ashton) - Dec. 7, 2001, 06:14:15 PM EST

having met some AF wimmen it may give a renewal of the term - (boxley) - (6) - Dec. 7, 2001, 08:20:02 PM EST

Maybe glamour + toughness aren't a common mix; and for sure, - (Ashton) - (5) - Dec. 7, 2001, 09:48:43 PM EST

Re: Maybe glamour + toughness aren't a common mix; and for s - (wharris2) - (4) - Dec. 7, 2001, 10:32:30 PM EST

No need for 'Duck' if that were his meaning (?) - (Ashton) - (3) - Dec. 7, 2001, 10:50:11 PM EST

As the Huron said to his soup, e tu Brule? - (boxley) - (2) - Dec. 9, 2001, 10:40:44 PM EST

Yeah well, I figure in any *real* misogynist situation, - (Ashton) - (1) - Dec. 10, 2001, 11:21:30 PM EST

define "underdog" :) -NT - (boxley) - Dec. 11, 2001, 09:40:47 PM EST

Take from the Soapbox - (bepatient) - (3) - Dec. 10, 2001, 12:02:40 PM EST

More info - (bepatient) - Dec. 10, 2001, 12:07:29 PM EST

It becomes more apparent that, the State Dept. presumes its - (Ashton) - (1) - Dec. 10, 2001, 11:51:05 PM EST

No...actually... - (bepatient) - Dec. 11, 2001, 10:13:13 AM EST

Intel and Rambus out to jointly screw the PC world - (tonytib) - (28) - Dec. 5, 2001, 11:41:29 AM EST

Intel-free... - (inthane-chan) - (14) - Dec. 5, 2001, 01:47:58 PM EST

Well, Intel is also litigation happy (e.g. suing VIA) - (tonytib) - Dec. 5, 2001, 03:44:05 PM EST

MeToo (tm) come to think of it. - (Meerkat) - Dec. 5, 2001, 05:05:20 PM EST

Never owned an Intel based PC - (Silverlock) - (11) - Dec. 5, 2001, 05:08:26 PM EST

You mean the NEC V20 chip, an improvement on Intel 8088? -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (10) - Dec. 5, 2001, 05:30:41 PM EST

Don't think so. - (Silverlock) - (7) - Dec. 6, 2001, 08:44:54 AM EST

Z10? Not Z80? - (broomberg) - (1) - Dec. 6, 2001, 09:24:38 AM EST

Am I sure? - (Silverlock) - Dec. 6, 2001, 09:47:54 AM EST

Well, the V20 was compatible with Intel 8088 used by IBM... - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - Dec. 6, 2001, 12:03:22 PM EST

Z80 - 8088 - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 6, 2001, 12:19:48 PM EST

Damn. I used to have a memory that worked. - (Silverlock) - Dec. 6, 2001, 12:28:15 PM EST

Sigh... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Dec. 6, 2001, 01:03:32 PM EST

Another machine from the earlier days... - (Another Scott) - Dec. 6, 2001, 02:24:39 PM EST

NEC V20 - (nking) - (1) - Dec. 6, 2001, 02:31:05 PM EST

Well, you would have had to change the crystal as well. - (a6l6e6x) - Dec. 6, 2001, 03:04:09 PM EST

I thought Microsoft was...? - (static) - Dec. 6, 2001, 05:32:21 AM EST

Since we're going all nostalgic - (wharris2) - (11) - Dec. 6, 2001, 08:01:36 PM EST

I remember a rash of "upgradable" PCs. - (Andrew Grygus) - (9) - Dec. 7, 2001, 12:23:45 AM EST

Wasn't upgradable PC - (wharris2) - (8) - Dec. 7, 2001, 02:34:04 AM EST

I remember - (nking) - (7) - Dec. 7, 2001, 08:16:27 AM EST

It's been on-going - (wharris2) - (6) - Dec. 7, 2001, 12:08:50 PM EST

Tandy 1000 series - (nking) - (5) - Dec. 7, 2001, 04:18:18 PM EST

History redux - (wharris2) - (4) - Dec. 7, 2001, 10:30:21 PM EST

Is he selling any of them? - (nking) - (3) - Dec. 9, 2001, 09:01:26 PM EST

That's not his purpose - (wharris2) - (2) - Dec. 10, 2001, 01:39:58 PM EST

What is his purpose? - (nking) - (1) - Dec. 10, 2001, 10:42:07 PM EST

What's money? - (wharris2) - Dec. 11, 2001, 12:51:44 PM EST

Similar - (hnick) - Dec. 7, 2001, 07:29:47 AM EST

Sigh. Will they *never* learn? Going, going, goner. - (wharris2) - (12) - Dec. 4, 2001, 05:22:50 PM EST

Uhh.. do I right-click or left click? or both? -NT - (Ashton) - (2) - Dec. 4, 2001, 05:50:13 PM EST

It only works if you middle-upside-down click it. -NT - (Yendor) - Dec. 4, 2001, 07:01:30 PM EST

Click your heart out, you'll get there someday -NT - (wharris2) - Dec. 4, 2001, 07:53:36 PM EST

If they were using Outlook XP they wouldn't have a problem -NT - (andread) - (8) - Dec. 5, 2001, 08:04:02 AM EST

Spoken like a true M$ hack - (bbronson) - (7) - Dec. 5, 2001, 09:35:04 AM EST

Well Brian - (andread) - (6) - Dec. 5, 2001, 10:08:07 AM EST

I've clicked on those attachments for years . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Dec. 5, 2001, 11:04:59 AM EST

**chuckle** -NT - (jb4) - Dec. 5, 2001, 01:34:54 PM EST

You can do the same thing under Office 2k. - (inthane-chan) - Dec. 5, 2001, 01:44:40 PM EST

not a new feature, available since day 1 - (boxley) - Dec. 5, 2001, 08:58:25 PM EST

It's going to take the bad guys almost a week - (mhuber) - (1) - Dec. 5, 2001, 09:06:23 PM EST

There's more to it than that, actually... - (inthane-chan) - Dec. 6, 2001, 01:00:48 PM EST

Ginger's skirt lifted - reveals all (almost) - - (dmarker2) - (5) - Dec. 3, 2001, 09:17:35 PM EST

Taking over in-city transport? - (wharris2) - (2) - Dec. 3, 2001, 09:43:58 PM EST

initially the yupites will buy - (boxley) - Dec. 3, 2001, 10:44:38 PM EST

Scene I saw this morning. - (static) - Dec. 5, 2001, 05:20:06 AM EST

A chopped C5 with apehanger bars? - (scoenye) - (1) - Dec. 5, 2001, 01:57:46 PM EST

Briggs&Stratton - a lawnmower w/ actual mowing bits removed. -NT - (CRConrad) - Dec. 6, 2001, 08:23:39 PM EST

Big break in the Green River killer case... - (inthane-chan) - (2) - Dec. 3, 2001, 04:43:52 PM EST

Reason for delay appears clear enough.. - (Ashton) - (1) - Dec. 3, 2001, 05:41:08 PM EST

A few did... - (inthane-chan) - Dec. 3, 2001, 08:53:38 PM EST

well this screwed about 5 things I have been dinking with - (boxley) - (12) - Dec. 2, 2001, 08:41:05 PM EST

Here's the link - (Simon_Jester) - (2) - Dec. 2, 2001, 10:10:21 PM EST

Wonder how it does in the rain . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Dec. 2, 2001, 10:44:07 PM EST

'Bout same as motorsickle? ___Free wash. :-) -NT - (Ashton) - Dec. 3, 2001, 04:43:00 PM EST

NY Times article with picture. - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - Dec. 2, 2001, 11:18:17 PM EST

Heavy. Expensive. Slow to charge. Why 2 wheels? - (Another Scott) - (2) - Dec. 3, 2001, 01:21:20 AM EST

More/different details - (admin) - (1) - Dec. 3, 2001, 10:48:43 AM EST

segway.com - (Another Scott) - Dec. 3, 2001, 06:50:03 PM EST

Think it was discussed here ~ couple years ago. - (Ashton) - Dec. 3, 2001, 03:28:32 PM EST

Transforming Personal Transportation - (ChrisR) - (1) - Dec. 3, 2001, 11:06:40 AM EST

I'd use it. - (admin) - Dec. 3, 2001, 11:45:38 AM EST

Get Omniweb - (tuberculosis) - Dec. 3, 2001, 04:26:17 PM EST

LRPD Hath Spake, re this-all: "NO CARRIER"____:-\ufffd -NT - (Ashton) - Dec. 3, 2001, 05:00:42 PM EST

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