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  1. Re:Patches on Sasser Worm Takes Down UK's Coastguard · · Score: 1
    "I dont know how Linux admins handle all the updateing they have to do to be honest"

    Usually with test servers followed by a laughably simple shell script.

  2. Re:So does this become the party line? on Linus Torvalds: Backporting Is A Good Thing · · Score: 3, Funny

    You recompile your Windows NT kernel?

  3. The password is password on Giving Up Passwords For Chocolate · · Score: 1
    [me@mybox run]$ ./john -show passlist |wc -l
    1286
    [me@mybox run]$ ./john -show passlist |grep -i password |wc -l
    168

    What's that work out at? About 1 in 7 passwords are password. I dare say a lot are username/username as well.

    I would be interesting to see how these people reacted if we went round and removed the keys to their desks/offices and told them we saw no reason why they should need to lock them.

  4. Indemnity on Contractors to Bear Burden if SCO Chases AU Govt · · Score: 1

    Presuming a contractor is most likely to use one of the main linux distributions, haven't most distros allready provided indemnity against SCOs flight of fancy anyway?

  5. They're all watching me on Privacy Complaint Against Google's GMail Service · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sure the first thing the hotmail staff do when they get into work on a morning is read all my mail to find out what a fascinating life I lead.

    As soon as Bill Gates and his henchmen manage to reconcile the facts that I am a 104 year old man from Zimbabwe, lots of hot teens want to meet me and I have a massive interest in cable descramblers then I am sure they have some evil plan to oppress me.

  6. I wish to register a complaint on Privacy Complaint Against Google's GMail Service · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wish to complain about the post I am going to make half an hour from now. It is inflammatory and totally uncalled for.

  7. Re:The real issue.... on Longhorn Skinning A Reality · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's direct3D-9 hardware accelerated, so it'll be one of the fastest GUIs out there, much faster than anything in the UNIX world, simply through co-operation with the card manufacturers.

    Will we be getting new direct3D-9 graphics cards included in the box? Cool!

  8. Re:Cool on The New Linux Speed Trick · · Score: 1

    And do you honestly think it's going to ask them?

  9. Re:question? on IBM Invests $50M in Novell, May Ship SUSE Linux · · Score: 1
    So you believe your own misinterpretation of a slashdot story is a better indicator of Novells future plans than that provided by the CEO of Novell.

    A novel idea.

  10. Re:Listen up!!!! on Trusted Computing Rollout Hits the Desktop · · Score: 1
    And if Apple incorporate DRM what will you run Mac OS X on then.

  11. Re:Shows the power of IE on Making IE Standards Compliant · · Score: 5, Funny
    but this hack really does show the power of IE

    The power of IE is that it's broken but it may be possible to fix it?

    I have a powerful car for sale if you're interested.

  12. Re:It's too bad we don't hear things like.... on TV Losing to Video Games · · Score: 5, Funny
    YeAh bUte WTF iS ShE rEAdiN oNe tHe MasSag BoRed!!!!!!!!111111one ROFLMAO

    Judging by the illiterate content of most chat rooms , she would probably be better off not reading anything.

  13. Re:man has needed an index for years on The Command Line - Best Newbie Interface? · · Score: 1
    Try pinfo.

    It's a kind of lynx like interface to info, someone mentioned it recently and it made info usable for me (being a user of the other editor). It may already be installed, it was for me.

  14. Re:Open Source More Secure... maybe not on Exploit Based On Leaked Windows Code Released · · Score: 1
    "Isn't that a bit of a tinfoil view of the world? "

    How does tinfoil view the world?

  15. Re:Open Source More Secure... maybe not on Exploit Based On Leaked Windows Code Released · · Score: 1
    "But just for the sake of argument, where would you get free patches for Red Hat 7.3? "

    Updates for RedHat 7.2 and up.

  16. Re:Typical open-source programmer on Talking With 2.0 Kernel Maintainer David Weinehall · · Score: 4, Interesting
    When will the slashbot crowd realize that their Free software pipe dream will completely destroy the programming profession?

    If a kernel maintainer can't find a programming job then the programming profession is pretty much destroyed already.

  17. Re:One thing leads to another on Porn Rewards Users To Get Past Anti-Spam Captchas · · Score: 1
    Time ot bring back Lenslok

    Then again maybe not..

  18. All play and no work on Paid to Play Video Games · · Score: 4, Funny
    I used to get payed to play games but I was sacked when my boss caught me working on a financial report.

  19. Re:about cultural divide. on Explaining The Windows/UNIX Cultural Divide · · Score: 1
    "And yes, that means I prefer GUI over commandline by far and would never touch commandline."

    If you're doing anything more complicated than playing games on Windows then you'll be using the command line part of the time anyway.

  20. Re:How exactly is this a true statement? on British Health System Looks at Linux · · Score: 1

    "I know people still running NT4 - how many people do you know still running Linux distros from 1996 ?"

    NT4 from 1996 or NT4 Service Pack 6a with Internet explorer 6 and office 2000?

  21. Re:How exactly is this a true statement? on British Health System Looks at Linux · · Score: 1

    If Sun updates its Linux distro once a year it will end up supporting three to five versions of Linux.

  22. Re:Who will build our digital future? on Linux in the Developing World · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "IBM played a bit of a role in computing prior to the IBM PC"

    I'm aware of that, but the proliferation of the personal computer was a pretty major turning point in our digital past. Hint: Mortals were finally allowed near them.

  23. Re:Who will build our digital future? on Linux in the Developing World · · Score: 1

    But IBM only made the IBM PC because two guys called Steve had started raking in a fortune from the production of a computer put together in a garage.

  24. Re:I RTFAed.. on How to Misunderstand Open Source · · Score: 1

    Or - Setup.exe

  25. Re:How Stupid on SSC Trademark Threats vs LinuxGazette.net · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Does Microsoft own the trademark on NT magazine?
    NT Magazine