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- Wind that powers your home
- http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/16/magazines/business2/windpower_homes.biz2/index.htm?postversion=2007021907It's 13,000 a pop, but it's a start. And the bla bla bla line is that it will reduce energy cost's by 80 percent.Ok, my points on this are.1). It has to start somewhere, and this is a nice place to start. You make a difference, you bring...
- Tags: alternate energy, Dan, droolin, individual, off-topic, wind, windows
- Discussion threads 2007-02-19
- Hack lets intruders sneak into home routers
- http://news.com.com/Hack+lets+intruders+sneak+into+home+routers/2100-7349_3-6159938.html?tag=nefd.topChange the default password, christ. I can't beleive people still don't do that.Dan does a benny hill slap on the head of every person that does not change default passwords.DanHere's how I setup access points;1. Give the device a static IP and move it near the top (above...
- Tags: droolin, password, windows, security, hardware, hacks, routers, home user, Dan, router
- Discussion threads 2007-02-16
- Is my extra drive now a door stop?
- We just had a power spike with the snow we got, and when I checked. Neither of my machines had rebooted. When I rebooted my BSD box, I found that one of my drives would not mount. When I had rebooted, I did notice a clicking sound. ...
- Tags: BSD, circuit board, droolin, board, drive failure, windows, linux, hardware, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-02-14
- xp and f keys
- How come, or why does my f keys stop working after I have used my system for a period of time. Ie, I run for days with the system up..... Using alt/f4 to close windows... cntrl tab to switch between tabs, stuff like that. And I can't even give...
- Tags: Dan, droolin, F Keys, F Lock, F-Lock, windows
- Discussion threads 2007-01-29
- Microsoft extends service on Windows XP
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16805062/[i]On Wednesday, however, Microsoft said consumers who still have Windows XP running after April 2009 will be entitled to five more years of "extended support."In the extended plan, consumers will still get security fixes, but instead of free service from the Microsoft help desk, they will have to pay for...
- Tags: droolin, microsoft, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, service, windows, xp
- Discussion threads 2007-01-25
- Linux is not easier to use than Windows and it never will
- This article was nothing but a flameIf I wanted flames, I'd throw some wood in the fireplace and light a match. DanYour poll doesn't account for same level of difficulty.Well your little poll doesn't account for the possibility that Linux is equally easy/difficult to learn as Windows. Your poll...
- Tags: application name, droolin, Linux, Microsoft Windows, True Crypt, window on windows, windows
- Discussion threads 2007-01-22
- Does TR accept input normally on what topics to usee for blog/articles?
- I'm not making this a question on purpose, because I really want to know what everyone thinks. I also know that their have been TR representives that have asked what we wanted at various times. BUT, is there a way for members to provide input into what area's...
- Tags: droolin, feedback, windows, software, career, linux, hardware, networking, programming, off-topic, tr sugestions, Does TR
- Discussion threads 2006-12-14
- My Language Choice Conundrum
- I was thinking about the origional conversation that brought about this posWhen a specifc OS provides a language at the initial install, I beleive they are sugesting what they feel may be the best application for performing sysadmin tasks(origional
- Tags: programming and development, programming, networking, linux, software, career, windows, feedback, droolin, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-10
- Perl: My Secret Weapon
- I once used Perl...... to dynamically generate and deploy configurations to over ten thousand routers, test the configuration, double check connectivity, and flag routers where the configuration change failed or (worse!) the router didn't respond after the update.Sure, I could have cobbled it together in csh with grep, sed, tee,...
- Tags: backup, droolin, feedback, linux, Perl, programming, programming and development, security, software, windows
- Discussion threads 2006-10-20
- Unix file encrypt accessible to Windows
- I am putting in place a CVS repository that will reside on a Mac OS X server accessible by the application staff via ssh and pserver. I strongly suggested, and they agreed that we put in place a backup procedure that is automated. This backup procedure looks to be a...
- Tags: encryption, unix, cvs, windows, CVS Corp., GpG, Microsoft Windows, droolin, linux, backup, Perl, shell script
- Discussion threads 2006-09-13
- A reality check for Vista
- http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/07/technology/Reality_check_Vista.biz2/index.htm?cnn=yesWhat I find interesting out of this whole article is that Windows still has 95 percent of the desk top. No matter how many alternate OS's that there are out there that are constantly updating for improvements. Ie: Mac OS x, UNIX.I don't consider myself a Windows/Microsoft bash...
- Tags: droolin, windows, delivery, os's, hardware, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2006-09-08
- Reducing the size of the Recycle Bin in Windows XP
- I just empty mine regularlyI have a 2 prong approach to anything I delete. Try to shred it the minute I delete it. Or else, shred the contents of the recycle bin prior to logging off the machine. I use WinSweep for the shredding on my desktop. ...
- Tags: Recycle Bin, space management, windows, security, droolin, hardware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2006-06-29
- The mouse, love it or hate it?
- The mouse, love it or hate it?Chuckle, I just read the newsletter on the alt/tab power tool. My question to that article. How many people actualy know what the alt/tab function is?Me, I hate the mouse. I consider it the next worst invention next to ties. ...
- Tags: mouse, windows, keyboard, hot keys, droolin, networking, hot key, mouse lover
- Discussion threads 2006-06-15
Additional Resources
- Proud fathers pictures
- Yea, ok... From a previous post where I asked if I should go to see my daughter in Pennsylvania before she went to her semi-formal. 6 hour drive, and I don't want to think how much money latter... Here is the pictures...http://stephssemiformal.droolin.org:8000/Thanks for all the input everyone, I am...
- Tags: Dan, droolin, loL, Yea
- Discussion threads 2007-01-21
- 1867 nanomachine now reality
- http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/02/01/nanomachine.reut/index.htmlI just think its cool that something that was probably considered the mumbelings of the crazed at the time he said it has become a reality.droolin
- Tags: droolin
- Discussion threads 2007-02-02
- I feel like a pig in the cool cool mud
- Lol, sorry. I know this isn't a serious subject. But, I just bought a new dell with a 2.8 dual processor and 2 gig of memory. Damn SAM, I like this. And, the best part of all of this. I get to take my old machine,...
- Tags: gig, Lol
- Discussion threads 2006-08-18
- Oracle says may launch own Linux version
- please don't let it be FreeBSD that oracle buysI like FreeBSD, its not bloated. It works great. My home file server has an average up time of months before I screw something up and it needs rebooting. All the professional servers that I know that run FreeBSD, have...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Oracle Corp., Debian, FreeBSD
- Discussion threads 2006-04-19
- FTP Script
- I have an ftp batch script that I am using within a bat file. Is there anyway to capture/query the results of the ftp script. For instance, I would like to be able to tell if ftp error code 552 resulted during a file upload. I am...
- Tags: ifisher@..., FTP
- Discussion threads 2007-06-05
- First Contract job and resume
- I have recently started my first contract job which is for a 3 month period. My question is this, how do you show contract jobs in a resume. I have only ever done my resume for full time positions.Ie. Worked, date to date. ...
- Tags: job, droolin, employment, resume, contractor, career
- Discussion threads 2006-05-11
- Using arrays in bash
- More bash scripting tipsId like to see more shell scripting tips. I was using perl to do most of the utilitiy functions on my server until I started playing around with shell scripting. All I've had to work with are various tutorials that I have found and book...
- Tags: ${FOO, foonum=${#FOO}
- Discussion threads 2005-08-09
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