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i’ve been having this problem with hp laserjet 1200 printers being served through a win2K machine where print jobs stay in the queue, even after they’re printed. this normally isn’t a big deal until the server is restarted. if i don’t delete the jobs manually, those jobs will reprint. most of the time i’m on [...]

i have an exchange 2000 server that also happens to be a domain controller. it’s not ideal or recommended, but until i can get another server ordered, configured and safely migrate all the accounts it will have to do. lately i’d been hit with attacks on a couple of different ports that i closed off [...]

prince of persia: the warrior within - i picked this up last spring, played the first two levels and quickly dismissed it as an attempt by ubisoft to make a grizzled, harder-edged character (read: lame) and more combat-intensive game in order to appeal to the mass market. the fact that the theme was provided by [...]

the newest frontline is a must-see. titled the torture question, it looks at how the viciousness of interrogation methods have been amped up exponentially under increasing pressure to produce intelligence in a post-911 world. it’s an unpleasant but necessary debate that raises the question: are coercive methods of interrogation that go way beyond the scope [...]

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cnn reports that the death toll in the devastating south asia earthquake has gone well over 42,000. international aid organizations are accepting donations. we’ve seen such incomprehensible loss in the past 12 months; please give what you can:
americares (800) 486-help
american jewish world service (212) 736-2597
the british red cross (44-20) 870-170-9240
the american red cross (800) help-now
the [...]

well, it’s october; time come in from the cold and retreat to the warm, dare i say motherly glow of the television. here’s a few quick things i wrote about some of the games i’ve been playing on the old xbox.
hulk: total destruction: my hands hurt for a few days after finishing this a few [...]

caught the 4:45 showing of serenity this afternoon. let’s hear it for matinee pricing! despite not following firefly or even buffy the vampire slayer (in fact, my only exposure to joss whedon is his run on astonishing x-men, which i really like), i enjoyed this movie thoroughly. the story is smart but not overly geekcentric, [...]