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  1. Re:diebold. by tpgp · · Score: 0 · on First Trojan for Windows CE Released

    I wouldn't be surprised if they used it for their ATMs

    Yes. They do

  2. The Applix 1616 project by Shiny+Metal+S. · · Score: 2 · on Andrew Morton And The Low-Latency Kernel Patch
    I haven't finished reading the article yet, because one thing caught my entire attention:
    Andrew Morton: Well, I've always been that-way inclined. Back in '86 I developed a build-it-yourself 68000-based computer. Both the hardware and its unix-like operating system. We sold about 400 of them. We licensed Minix from Macmillan and my great friend Colin McCormack ported it - I think this may have been the only non-PC port of Minix. The Applix 1616 project was fun, and a lot of people learned a lot of things.
    So I found The Applix 1616 project website. Very interesting read. I'd love to see something like this today. If anyone knows anything about something similar to 1616 which is available today, please share with us.
  3. Another 3D approach by SurturZ · · Score: 2 · on 3D w/o Goggles

    I've had 3D images on my website for years without the need for funny spectacles or wacky layered LCD screens....

    http://www.zipworld.com.au/~surturz/threed/3dindex .htm
    -SurturZ

  4. I've got one of these running already. by VC · · Score: 1 · on Spambot Poisoner

    On my website on my website ( www.vans-colina.com ) .
    Feel free to take a look at the random, and sometimes quite funny email addresses it generates.

  5. Palm III + IR Cell Phone= by shave · · Score: 1 · on Looking For Wireless Handheld E-Mail And Web?

    I have a Motorola Timeport Tri-Band and a Palm III, get online via IR port to the phone..works great! Just connect to your existing ISP no problem.
    Instructions for setup at this page. Also some other info about Palm & online access.

  6. Re:It's all about banner ads by whoop · · Score: 1 · on Attacking Open Source

    For what it's worth, Ad Zapper for squid knocked out seven images on the page. So no ad revenue from me. :) It really does make browsing much more pleasant.

  7. Re:BSOD by JDax · · Score: 1 · on Free-PC Bites the Dust

    EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module KERNEL32.DLL at 015f:bff9d709. Registers: EAX=c00300f0 CS=015f EIP=bff9d709 EFLGS=00010216 EBX=0312ff88 SS=0167 ESP=030efe3c EBP=030f00d8 ECX=00000000 DS=0167 ESI=030f0228 FS=3fc7 EDX=bff76859 ES=0167 EDI=0312ff80 GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP:

    Like this?

  8. Why we should be worried ! by Manifest · · Score: 1 · on RealNetworks' RealJukeBox Monitors User Habits

    Real seems to have landed itself into a big mess this time around.
    It is not the fact that they are monitoring people's trends/preferences, but it is the fact that they are doing so without the knowledge of the user. A lot of softwares that connect to internet have some form of ID that can be used to track user traffic etc. But they are publicised. Here evrything is done in secrecy.
    This brings to mind the case of ICQ rumour (confrmed?) that it gives back to the server a list of all sofwtares that are on the host computer !

    Things have to be looked at in bigger picture. Every network based software has the inheretant capability to send info back to the server and every software has the inheretant capability to do alomost anything on your computer. These two conditions when brought together is an explosive mixture ! Where do we draw the line ?
    I am sure that with more internet based applications coming up, cases like this may become more common. Things have to be nipped in the bud.

    And oh yaah.. ZDNET also carries a article on the Real issu e

  9. high-performance/high-availablity apache by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Ask Slashdot: Optimizing Apache/MySQL for a Production Environment

    Scaling up Apache is as easy as putting out a web server farm and setting up DNS round-robin entries for each web server. If you then add in use of the Fake package, it become trival to create a high-availablity enviroment.

  10. High Availablity Web Services by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on IBM Exec Says no Large Web Servers on Linux
    IBM is one to talk. Ealier this month www.rs6000.ibm.com was down. When IBM can demonstrate that they can achieve high availablity for *their own* web servers, I will be more likely to listen to them.

    I am currently working for an ISP that is taking advantage of affordable price of Linux to create a web farm which maintains high availablity for all of the round-robin IP addresses via Fake. The Fake package combined with Rsync make it trival to produce a scale-able web server enviroment.

    Btw, we did evaluate AIX & HACMP as a possible solution. The turn-around time for leasing additional RS/6000 and the design of HACMP did not lend itself well on being able to grow a web farm on the fly as needed. The reality was that HACMP appeared to be much more difficult to administrate and *scale* than using the Linux Fake package.

    Also, IBM is right that no one runs *1*-million-hits-per-day web sites on Linux. That is too trival. We are gearing to be prepair for 3-5 million-hits-per-day. We saw a web server become unavailable shortly after a popular prime time news program announced the address. With Linux, that will never happen to us.