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Re:Long term solution: by Kris_J · 2000-09-05 07:34 · Score: 2 · on Is There An Effective Way To Kill Banner Ads?

Anybody else think this is a strange topic for Slash-banner-ad-revenue-model-Dot?

Yes, although I suspect that the trained mammals are actively trying to find another revenue model as I type. I think we need an Ask Slashdot about the next internet revenue model after banner ads. I favour a subscription model or "product placement" (something like Deja has been trying -- eg; turn the word "Pepsi" in a message into an affiliate link to Pepsi Co.)

And my suggestion for a filtering windows package is Proxomitron -- works best with IE5.x so you can disable javascript errors (it kicks up a few).

Finaly by geekguy · 2000-09-05 02:38 · Score: 1 · on News Dragonball Z Starts Today, Plus Anime Bits

DBZ has been in reruns for far too long, I am happy to see that CN has purchased the rest of the series so I can watch with utter joy,
And yes I know that it will be horibly cut and the voices are crap but It's the only why I can see it. Before you start telling me to go buy the dubed uncut version let me tell you something, that is too damn expensive!! I get uncut versions of movies because that is a one time thing, can you imagine how mutch it would cost to get the entire DBZ series. I am in college so I don't have that kind of dough to spend on anime.

Historic Nokia bug? by MOSFET · 2000-09-03 12:25 · Score: 1 · on DoS Vulnerability On Nokia Phones

I seem to remember once managing to get my dad's Nokia 2160 to lock up, requiring the battery to be removed and reinstalled.... it used to be used on AT&T Wireless service, and they had this MessageFlash software that would allow text messages to be sent to the phone from your PC.. if I remember right, MessageFlash liked to crash the PC too... anyway, I sent a MessageFlash message saying "test" or something to that regard, and it went kaput. Not that it ever worked right, either... nor did it ever work right as a phone... can anyone say "paperweight"? Of course, we were paying serious extra for digital service... (sigh)

And just HOW does Nextel work so damn well? I think it's somehow magically enchanted.

Blue Neon - quite possibly the perfect semi-caffiene-inspired online comic.

Who Wants To Be a Criminal? by Platinum+Dragon · 2000-08-25 12:38 · Score: 3 · on Hollywood Says If You Support Open Source, You're ...

Let me see if I follow this logic:

By providing a link to this, this, or even this, I'm committing an injurious act to interests in the state of California.

Never mind that I legally purchased every single one of my DVDs. Never mind that I legally purchased the necessary hardware to play those DVDs, and that the DVD CCA got their cut from my purchases. Never mind that DeCSS "circumvents" CSS the same way entering my password "circumvents" the /etc/shadow file on my computer.

By aiding and abetting an open source programmer, I'm working to steal the intellectual property of Hollywood? I injured consumer electronics and computer manufacturers in California (whose products I legally purchased in order to be able to use the software player LiVid and the CSS decrypter DeCSS)?

If I have, then come get me .

At least /. got an anime topic now by geekguy · 2000-08-24 22:36 · Score: 1 · on Cartoon Network, Tenchi, Silverhawks, and DBZ

Yay, But as for CN, they don't seem to have that mutch good stuff. The DBZ they show is butured compared to the original, Tenchi in Tokyo is the worst of the series, and the other stuff they have on is not revelutionary or anything.
Sorry for complaining, I will still watch all of it(especialy DBZ) because we need to suport out anime on TV so that maby someday CN will make an anime network, that and it is still better than most any american cartoon crap on ABC or dizney.

Re:Argh by Benwick · 2000-08-09 23:22 · Score: 1 · on Academe: Technology For Sale

Oh, don't get me wrong, I am an academic snob. I like to sound as much as possible like Mr. Burns in whatever I write. My home page is entirely about trying to prolong academia into the post-collegiate milieu.

Like how I tucked "milieu" into there? :)

"Uh, excuse me, but... 'proactive'? 'Paradigm'? Aren't these just words dumb people use to sound important? ...Uh, I'm fired, aren't I?

Re:Instead of ICQ? by Dr.Gonzo · 2000-08-09 21:52 · Score: 1 · on Official AIM for Linux

If you hate the banner, get rid of it:
Check out the AIM Adjuster.

Hmm. by 0xCEFB0C4E · 2000-08-09 09:05 · Score: 1 · on Slashback: Reneging, Wandering, Spamming

The only reason the .cx thing got posted is because of everybody's favorite website, goatse.cx. As an open source project (bear with me on this one) they're losing their free domain, and will need to find a new one. How about goatse.sourceforge.net? Or maybe even just ? (Though if we're lucky, it'll be goatse.slashdot.org. Of course, there's always good old fashioned goatse.cjb.net, or come.to/goatse.

Ah well,...

Browsing and Security by Eloquence · 2000-08-05 10:09 · Score: 1 · on Java Security Hole Makes Netscape Into Web Server

With regard to browsers, there are three different security layers:

ActiveX: no security, can do anything if permitted, permission has been overriden by exploits. (MS operating systems only)
Java: "sandbox" security model, should be secure, but numerous exploits in the past have shown that it's not.
JavaScript/VBSCript/JScript: primitive scripting languages (VBS/JScript=MS proprietary), have been used for more exploits than Java, but usually more benign.

Exploits have been reported in all these areas. The first thing you should do is turn off Java. It hardly ever does anything good on webpages and is not so widely used that turning it off could be a nuisance.

Next, if you're using Windows, download Proxomitron. It will allow you to selectively filter JavaScript, per site or per user request. I don't know of similar solutions for Linux.

Turn off JavaScript by default and only turn it on if a site doesn't work anymore (chances are, there isn't much content there to be missed anyway).

By deactivating Java and filtering JavaScript, I have been able to greatly increase the stability of Netscape on my NT4 system. It hardly ever crashes (about once a week), although I have lots of windows open (right now, it's 14). That's Netscape Communicator 4.7. I have heard that Navigator alone is even more stable, but haven't tested that one.

Now you're safe from exploits like the one reported above. If you use IE, you are vulnerable to many other exploits (like the recent JavaScript bug that allowed sites to spy on your cookies and thus determine top-secret user ID data that can be used to compromise credit card numbers and much more). If you think that IE is the better browser, you should at least deactivate or filter the insecure layers mentioned above.

Oh, and you might also use Opera. You pay a few bucks once (and I urge you to pay, as they need your money to continue development) and get a rock stable browser with all the essential features, super high speed and high security. If you think IE is better coz Bill Gates gives it away for free, that's your decision.

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Ultima VII by Th3+D0t · 2000-08-02 00:15 · Score: 2 · on Plex86 Runs DOS

To run Ultima VII, there is already a project underway to completely rewrite it:

Exult

There are a couple others too, like this one, for Windows/DirectX:

Guardian Engine,

and then there's a project to turn Ultima VII into an online game.
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I messed up the HTML! by alert+system · 2000-07-29 20:04 · Score: 1 · on Preventing Vendors From Playing The Blame Game?

The Link is here.

Read the Documentation ;) by alert+system · 2000-07-29 20:01 · Score: 1 · on Preventing Vendors From Playing The Blame Game?

Of course, in one sense, there if "no problem" but is he wants to use three different products then there will be inevitably. Paying IBM to support all of them is one option.
As for the original question, there is no way to prevent one vendor from blaming another's product. The easiest way to get the problem resolved is to submit a detailed, accurate description of the problem, preferably with a test case, that demonstrates that the problem lies with one particular vendor.
I've done a lot of support and I can't tell you how many times people call and say "x is broken" and they don't describe the problem or provide any diagnostic data to support it. The first thing a support person is going to do is to throw it back at you and say "give me more detail." It's no wonder why people complain so much about support when they don't even help themselves in the first instance. In my experience, ore than 80% of the questions are answered in the documentation (for the stuff I support). Of course, no one reads it, they want the answer spoon fed to them. Pathetic.
If you're using complex software you damn well better read the documentation (yes, a lot of it is poorly written -- that's another thread).
Web app servers, networks, different databases -- all these make the problem that much more complex.
Another poster said "tell them to certify their products with the other software you want to use." This is a nice idea but if there's no business case for it it won't happen. If IBM is pushing WebSphere there's no real reason for them to bother certifying that Weblogic works with DB2. The answer is: read the documentation, keep up to date on the fixes and patches, and, when there is a problem (and there will be) send everything: the steps you took, the documentation you read, what you thought would happen, what did happen and provide data to back it up. More is better than less.
As usual i've found another link that deals with this matter .

Make them agree by slashdude · 2000-07-29 18:21 · Score: 1 · on Preventing Vendors From Playing The Blame Game?

Make sure that each part of their contract shows what part they are responcible for, there is a good example at private support.

Why? by slashdude · 2000-07-29 17:56 · Score: 1 · on New Zealand Government To Snoop On E-mail

If they are going to snoop on all email like the article says, they will have to look for keywords and that would be pointless as they would not be able to break encryption as long as it was good, ie. PGP or GPG, so what are you all so bothered about.
Slashdot has been pissing me off lately, why the fsck do they bother the nutters, once they have sorted their own act out I'll be happy.......

Lovely by slashdude · 2000-07-29 04:29 · Score: 1 · on Flash Carts For Gameboy

That's pretty cool, now I can walk around with only one cartiridge for all my games.
Releated links that may interest you:

It's ages since I played on my gameboy!!