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  1. Time to load bittorrent on Microsoft Calls Today Global Anti-Piracy Day · · Score: 1

    Time to start favourite bittorrent client then!

  2. Re:Not all users though on No IPv6 For UK Broadband Users · · Score: 1

    In fact, if I run traceroutes on my 02 ADSL connection, they never touch BT's network unless going to an actual host on BT's network.

  3. Re:Not all users though on No IPv6 For UK Broadband Users · · Score: 1

    Look up LLU, there are several backbones in the UK. You don't expect datacentres and big research institutions to use BT's backbone do you? JANET is a backbone dedicated to research and educational institutions. Mobile phone providers have there own networks, as do the cable providers.

  4. Re:Internet in the UK will fall over... on No IPv6 For UK Broadband Users · · Score: 1

    Well, it's ::1 for a start...

  5. Re:This is good. on Microsoft Documentation Declared Unfit For US Consumption · · Score: 1

    'man' has always been easier to navigate...

  6. Re:Quick and dirty on Is There a Linux Client Solution for Exchange 2007? · · Score: 1

    It's there originally so if I just click a link, when it's parsed it can just open in a new tab.
    You're right, it seems to stopped working in firefox 3, as a such I suggest it gets reported to mozilla's bugzilla.

  7. Re:Quick and dirty on Is There a Linux Client Solution for Exchange 2007? · · Score: 1

    "DISPLAY=:0.1 /usr/bin/firefox -no-remote" will load another process of the same profile.
    And I thought sladhdot readers could mostly read "firefox --help"

  8. Re:Lame on World's First Massively Multiplayer Forecast Game? · · Score: 1

    Tsunami data stop moving because someone finds a very successful BIND attack and the worlds DNS goes down is more likely.

  9. Re:Solid proof!!!! on Computer Virus Aboard the ISS · · Score: 1

    In fact, where do you think satellite net connections are routed? And I agree, these systems should not be running windows, certainly nothing mission critical.

  10. Re:An the solution is.... on MoBo Manufacturer Foxconn Refuses To Support Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    I am impartial to ASUS boards now, they have even started putting quick to boot Linux boots in the BIOS.

  11. Re:Why not just say ... on How To Deal With Internet Bullies? · · Score: 1

    fills up tour DB more to go through each query therefore slows down forum for every other user. Also could be a pain if he wants to move the DB to another server at some point in the future when he finds it's several times the size than it should be.

  12. Re:The push for DNSSec on Kaminsky's DNS Attack Disclosed, Then Pulled · · Score: 1

    Federal/National governements can just change the countries root records anyway...

  13. Gentoo users just laugh at you :P on RHN Bind Update Brings Down RHEL Named · · Score: 1

    I would like to point out that this is impossible on gentoo, it doesn't update config files automatically, replacing them or otherwise. It includes a nice interface that you can choose the update, the original, diff them, select bits from both files, etc... But it *never* overwrites anything in /etc/ without asking you first.

  14. Re:Really ? on IcedTea's OpenJDK Passes Java Test Compatibility Kit · · Score: 1

    Unless that C is running on the Linux kernel, then it does infinite loops in 5 seconds. :P

  15. Re:Really ? on IcedTea's OpenJDK Passes Java Test Compatibility Kit · · Score: 1

    I'm currently studying CS at university. This is why I have my own micro-controllers, I already learnt to code and I have efficiency arguments with my lecturers etc. I even have friends who want to learn this stuff, and we help each other to do so. Of course this is where I get moaned at for have 8GB of ram in my desktop, however I always optimise before release of any code. Anther reasons they use java is because the libraries guarantee that they can have basic animation in GUI to keep those where (as likely) it is their first time writing code engaged in programming. I'm not sure this way works to well though.

  16. Re:I'll pick it up on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 1

    All release candidates are marked as such.

  17. Re:Simple... on How Would You Prefer To Send Sensitive Data? · · Score: 1

    winscp is an easy to use, gui scp file manager for win32.

  18. Re:PGP on How Would You Prefer To Send Sensitive Data? · · Score: 1

    FTP means that anyone else on those two networks would also have access!!!

  19. Re:PGP on How Would You Prefer To Send Sensitive Data? · · Score: 1

    Oh, well I would PGP encrypt the file, then use scp over a VPN link. The details to other party will be in a PGP encrypted and signed mail.

  20. Re:Take a realistic approach on Dealing With Dialup · · Score: 1

    Use imglikeopera firefox extension, or opera so you don't download all those pesky images. They take an age to fetch.

    And large caches, DNS and HTTP. So you don't use bandwidth if it's google again.

  21. Re:Only one crash on XP SP3 Crashes Some AMD Machines · · Score: 1

    Why should we look it up, and the article is about AMD machines, not intel ones.

  22. Re:Is this really news? on Changes In Store For PHP V6 · · Score: 1

    "What language should we be using and why?", null);
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    + ?>

    #P

  23. Re:Pointless on Hacking Canon Point-and-Shoot Cameras · · Score: 1

    Onboard camera processing gets faster but not as good algorithms being used for the processing. With RAW you don't have any of this processing, leaving it to the more powerful desktop you use later.

  24. Re:Am I missing something here? on Satan, Britney Spears Top Paris Hilton In OSS References · · Score: 1

    A lot of the explicit language in kernel comments is due to various bits of hardware... and fsck turns up a lot of false positives, however, there are some interesting comments in there.

  25. Re:Long Answer? on How Microsoft Dropped the Ball With Developers · · Score: 1

    I know too many programmers who think GUI's are the be all and end all of programming, and don't even know what printf is. printf can be rather usefull for debugging purposes, but it can only give limited information.

    Generally I know more incompetent programmers because the lecturer wanted to get them to do "fun" stuff with GUIs than those that are incompetent but don't do gui programming.

    You don't need a gui on every algorithm implementation. It's useless and pointless.