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  1. OpenOffice.org on Holes in PowerPoint and Excel · · Score: 2, Interesting
    This does fit in very nicely with stable betas of OpenOffice.org and of course Sun's version StarOffice. Talk to your manager, show them that you can do everything you need to do at work with free software, that as a side-benefit don't allow people to take over your computers.


    It does work.

  2. Re:Super duper mega dailies encryption on Digital Dailies and the Matrix Sequels · · Score: 1
    No, it's not. re-read your crypto books. 3DES use three rounds, but two keys.

  3. Re:Try typing your old nic into Google... on A Documentary About Bulletin Board Systems · · Score: 1
    No. Don't. You're probably a well-respected software engineer nowadays, and you don't want to be reminded about you posing as one of the top phreakers bragging about your free calls on military satellite trunks all over the world [bluebox].


    ... or, something ...

  4. Re:How about OS's that should be brought back? on Niche Operating Systems · · Score: 1

    (I'll just make a quick comment to myself here, I was trying to make a funny remark in the remembrance of the old OS-wars - where type of multitasking etc was one of the things always argued about. I didn't mean to claim Amigas had co-operative multitasking ;)

  5. Re:How about OS's that should be brought back? on Niche Operating Systems · · Score: 1

    That's quite biased .. right? Where's the pre-emptive multitasking? I for sure don't want to go back to cooperative :)

  6. Re:Super duper mega dailies encryption on Digital Dailies and the Matrix Sequels · · Score: 1
    Moore's law says CPU power doubles each 18 months. I'll use 1 year for the below calculation, the point's still made ;)


    Let's pretend we break 56 bit encryption in one week with today's computers. 57 bits would need two weeks - or we'll wait a year and still break it in one week with next years computers.


    From that follow, to break 3DES (112 bit) we need to way 112-56 years (which is, 56 :)


    So, in 56 years we'll break 3DES in one week. While we'll be able to pick up cheap DVDs then, you worry me about predicting the sun will be burnt out ;)


    *smiling*

  7. Re:"Freenet needs food... badly!" on RIAA Looks To Stop KaZaA, Morpheus & Grokster · · Score: 1
    is TCP/IP searchable?


    Services performing searching can be put _on top_ of the current Freenet protocol.

  8. Re:US joins the rest of the world... on Voicestream Quietly Releases GPRS In The U.S. · · Score: 1
    How is posting info on a cellphone that works in the US - even with GRPS - trolling?

  9. Re:ten years == we don't really know on British Researchers Say Fusion Is Close · · Score: 1
    How is this flamebait? I worked with forgoil on those projects myself :)

  10. Re:US joins the rest of the world... on Voicestream Quietly Releases GPRS In The U.S. · · Score: 3, Informative
    Ericsson T39 - triband - not bulky - and GPRS.


    (and bluetooth, and irda, and SyncML, and background pictures, and sound&pictures in SMS [EMS], and ...)

  11. Re:ten years == we don't really know on British Researchers Say Fusion Is Close · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    /me supports forgoil, knowing that he's been in more than one multi-national large project delivering on time.

  12. Re:Why do I want to watch a movie on my cellphone? on 3G Cel Service Starts in Japan · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Most cities have cell-phone coverage in the subway.


    Ah, I'm talking about European contries here of course, maybe the US lags behind in that area too?

  13. Re:it's all a question of price, isn't it on Psion Releases A Rugged, Water-Tight PDA · · Score: 3, Informative
    Well, it's brothers run Linux ...


    http://www.yipton.demon.co.uk/

  14. More info, and pictures on Psion Releases A Rugged, Water-Tight PDA · · Score: 2
    At Symbian's site.


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  15. Re:I'm an A+ certified "professional" on CompTIA Adds Linux+ Certification · · Score: 1
    At my summer tech job, my boss had to correct me after I put an IDE cable in a hard drive with the red stripe facing AWAY from the power connector! That's a pretty basic mistake


    There's no law saying pin 1 is closest to the powerconnector. It's usually the case, but I've seen drives where it's not. I look for the little '1' on the board :)

  16. Re:Is it only me then? on World's First XP System Sold · · Score: 2
    Oki, thanks. The only reason for me to upgrade would thus be to replace the functionality I have now from other vendors with Microsoft tools instead :)


    I use:



    (I assume there are 3rd party products available since before to do the other stuff you mention - I don't need them. I also have no clue what that advanced imaging stuff is .. a replacement for ACDSee?)


    ... and all this boils down to one thing: Microsoft uses the dominance of their operating system to push their own products above 3rd party developers. Wasn't this what the DOJ were going to stop?

  17. Is it only me then? on World's First XP System Sold · · Score: 4, Interesting
    ... that can't understand why I should upgrade from Win2K to Windows XP? I admit to not being a Microsoft-follower, but so far I've completely failed to see what's so special about XP? It's got a new ugly look, that I've seen, but is there anything else?


    I'm actually serious - anyone? :)

  18. Re:No Extradition? Try Kidnapping on How Would Crypto Back Doors Work? · · Score: 1
    They don't have to extradite, in 1992 the US Supreme Court ruled that the United States was entitled to kidnap criminal suspects from foreign countries for the purpose of prosecuting them in the U.S


    The non-americans here know that the US is the biggest terrorist state of them all, yes.

  19. Re:Extradition on How Would Crypto Back Doors Work? · · Score: 1
    I can break all the US laws I want when I'm in Sweden, without you being able to extradite me. Have sex with 15-year old girls as an example of the top of my head .. *g* (note to the offended, my real gf is 19)


    Most countries couldn't care less about the US, we're actually getting quite fed up with the "we rule the world" crap.

  20. Re:Why it might work on How Would Crypto Back Doors Work? · · Score: 1
    Another american who thinks US laws apply all over the world.


    You can't prosecute the ones that don't give a f*ck about your laws - we don't live in the US. We'll just happily keep using cryptos without backdoors.

  21. Re:My $0.02 on WAP Bashing · · Score: 2
    I have an Ericsson T39, GPRS, WAP. WAP is perfect for its intended use.


    Yes, WAP has no place without a packet-based always-on connection. GPRS is here now though, and so's WAP.


    I'm in Europe, of course. The USA is _way_ back when it comes to cellphone technology ... (I'm also using the Bluetooth in my phone, something I see regularly bashed here)

  22. Re:No, much different, definitely on More Links And Updates On Terrorist Attacks · · Score: 1

    Probably because the two persons onboard who could fly it got killed or seriously injured while fighting.

  23. Re:I don't think so. on Congress Considers Mandatory Crypto Backdoors · · Score: 2, Insightful
    US laws are valid in the US, and the US only. Terrorists (and normal citizens in other countries) can use backdoor-free crypto as much as they like - the FBI can't do nothing about it.


    Do _all_ US citizens think your laws apply all over the world? ...

  24. Re:Fine, slashdot editors. on XBox II Revealed, Maybe · · Score: 1

    ... it's even more funny than 4+ that you got them .. *lol*

  25. Re:DivX ;-) on Microsoft HomeStation - Son Of XBox Revealed · · Score: 1

    Yeah, you are :)