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  1. Re:Will it... on Vista's 'Next Gen' TCP/IP Stack · · Score: 1

    At least in Linux it's doable. There is "owner" firewall matching rule:
    OWNER match v1.3.5 options:
    [!] --uid-owner userid Match local uid
    [!] --gid-owner groupid Match local gid
    [!] --pid-owner processid Match local pid
    [!] --sid-owner sessionid Match local sid
    [!] --cmd-owner name Match local command name

    as a result of match, packet could be -j CLASSIFY'ed to any defined traffic queue. As usual, there is a possibility, but noone packaged it desktop-friendly way.

  2. Re:And so why do we care? on Origin of Quake3's Fast InvSqrt() · · Score: 1

    You really missed this link? (NSFW and offtopic).

  3. Re:Vista: An Enigma Wrapped In a Paradox on Why Vista Took So Long · · Score: 1

    No more control-esc n:\ enter for me. It is nowctrl+esc n:\ wait..wait..wait.. enterDude, you really should try Winkey-R shortcut.

  4. Re:DNS won't break on ICANN Under Pressure Over Non-Latin Characters · · Score: 1

    It ate the letter. So I'd add Slashdot to possible broken systems.

  5. DNS won't break on ICANN Under Pressure Over Non-Latin Characters · · Score: 2, Informative

    DNS won't break. In fact, it already works! The thing is called IDN and is supported by all modern web browsers (including IE). Try for yourself - http://www.kozowski.pl (I hope Slashcode won't caniballize letter "").

    So DNS and Web is OK. Any breakage I can think of may appear in email systems or other domain-based forms of communication.

  6. upgrade on Patches For Pine Going Away · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's time to upgrade to Mutt.

  7. Few here and here on How Many Windows? · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty used to following setup:

    On first virtual desktop:
        two terminals, each with two tabs:
            - email client and usenet client
            - irc session and jabber client
    On second virtual desktop:
          WWW browser
    Third:
          content based on work context, so word processor, or terminals with compilers, or some simulation programs etc.
    Fourth virtual desktop:
        - RSS reader
        - additional terminals needed by work from third desktop
    Five desktop:
        - music player

    Also, on every desktop I have 3-line high terminal showing logs.
    So how do you count windows? Only currently visible or summarizing from all virtual desktops? Are tabs windows?

  8. OMG CUTE on IE7 Blocking Google Image Search? · · Score: 4, Funny

    OMG KITTENS!!!!!

    So, basically any page with frames containing other pages is evil now? Thank you, MS.

  9. Causing bad image? on YouTube Removed 30,000 Japanese Videos from Site · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not suprised. I seen too many clips from weird japanese tv-shows on Internet. People making idiots from themselves, running naked, shooting sperm, diving in hot water to watch boobs.... Based on those videos, image of japanese people is clear: they are lunatics, they are insane, their society is really fucked up.

    So Japanese took the first step to correcting (hiding?) this public image of them.

  10. Re:Rats first and Captain last on Novell Moves Away From ReiserFS · · Score: 4, Informative

    Almost right, but the fact is Hans Reiser wasn't reisersfs3 maintainer. He long ago declared version 3 was dead and only reiser4fs worth using. reiserfs3 was maintained mainly by one guy in SUSE, who became fed up with it. And rightly recomended going to ext3/ext4.

    Just BTW, I am using reiserfs3 on my system and I thinking about migration to some FS with future.

  11. Re:Stability. on Firefox Accepting Feature Suggestions for Version 3 · · Score: 1

    No, it isn't. In Firefox 2, session in restored only after browser crash. If you close it properly, session is forgotten. It's the same annoying bahaviour as Epiphany has. I have a shortcut to "xkill" in my panel for storing session in those browsers.

  12. Re:Move the vector processor on-board? on Impressive GPU Numbers From Folding@Home · · Score: 1

    In six months, with Opterons K8L. That's what AMD Torrenza platform is offering.

  13. Re:Walmart on North Korea Says It Has Conducted Nuclear Test · · Score: 1

    Your mention of "24" reminded me that we won't have to worry. Right now, China is shipping Jack Bauer to North Korea, in order to correct this "nuke situation".

  14. 32 km, pretty nice on Space On a Shoestring · · Score: 1

    They beat guy from Cygnus High Altitude Balloon by almost 3 km. But there was three of them, 11 km for each. Cygnus guy did 28 km alone. So he is over two times better than them :)

  15. Re:Next, they get guns on CCTV Cameras In UK Get Loudspeakers · · Score: 1

    Well, if they mistaken thousand of kilometers with thousands of meters, and then converted km into miles, and mistaken it again writing "km" instead of miles... This would match.

  16. New generation? on New Generation of Hydrogen Fuel Cells Powers Up · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm still waiting for previous generation to be available as laptop battery.

  17. Most important question on Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Playback Under XP · · Score: 1

    Will it play on freenix (for example, on Linux)?

  18. Re:60 days? on Edgy Eft Knot 2 Released · · Score: 1

    There is a release every 6 months. So 60 days is 1/3 of development time.

  19. Re:ZFS Port on Slashback: Moon Footage, KillerNic, ZFS Leopard · · Score: 1

    It took 10 days for FreeBSD hacker to port ZFS to FBSD. The result is available here.

  20. Broken font rendering? on Windows Vista and the Future of Hardware · · Score: 3, Interesting

    But a 1920x1200 resolution often creates legibility problems for some users resulting from the tiny size of the default Windows font.

    Only if font rendering are broken on such OS. Font size is configured in points, which are physical unit equaling about 0.35 mm (or 0.014 inch). Now matter what resolution is, ten point font will always be 3,5mm high. Higher resolution can help -- if resolution is bigger, there will be more pixels per those 3,5mm, so font will look better. That's why configuring display DPI is so important when it's not autodetected.

  21. Re:Where to buy a decent thinkpad? on Insights Into the Future of the Laptop · · Score: 1

    "m" and "t" models are different. "m" is bigger and heavier, while "t" is smaller and more portable.

  22. Re:If this is about bandwidth costs... on Microsoft to Charge for Office Beta · · Score: 1

    Microsoft dislikes BitTorrent. But MS has an avalanche.

    Hey, that sounds like a cunning plan. In half a year increase beta download cost to $5. And say "Pay $5 to download now or upgrade to Vista and use Avalanche do download for free".

  23. Re:Wireless USB? on Extensive Coverage of Ottawa Linux Symposium 2006 · · Score: 1

    Yes, specification is finished. Moreover, Linux already has an implementation.

  24. lowfat on BumpTop, Pushing the Desktop Metaphor · · Score: 3, Informative

    Fortunately for Linux (and other freenixes) users, an alternative is beeing developed since February.

  25. Re:Well, it *is* old on Microsoft Stops Supporting Win98 Early · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Solaris is bad example ;) It's properly supported OS. I will cite Alan Hargreaves:

      Solaris 2.6 was released in February 1997. Last ship was July 2001. It drops off support in July this year. That makes for nine years of support, the first six of which were complete with rfe and cosmetic bugs being fixed.

    How about Solaris 8? Solaris 8 was released in March 2000. We have still not done that last ship for it, so this means that there will be phase one suport for at least until mid 2008, and phase 2 support until at least mid 2011. Folks, that's 11 years and still may be more depending on when we have the last ship of Solaris 8.


    Old age don't exclude OS from getting proper support. Microsoft is just beeing lazy and greedy. They want to force upgrades on people. Too bad Win98 was good enough OS for many, many people. They don't need anything above (ME, XP, Vista). Now MS is playing dirty tricks.
    It's funny how MS is saying ,,our Operating System suck''. Similar to their ,,Office dinosaurs'' campaign (discrediting their own office suite!).