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  1. Does not work in mozilla on Multiplayer Space Quest in a Browser · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess I need Oprah browser or something

  2. Sold in Frys on Where Are They Now: Q*Bert · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just seen this game sold in local computer store
    here (Frys electronics) for Macintosh.

  3. its in the model on Self-Regulating SSL Certificate Authority? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is the problem with X.509 model. They have 2 different entities - certificates and certificate authorities. When you purchase certificate you could not use it to certify other entities, like people within your company. I think it is doene intentionally to keep revenue stream locked between selected few.

    In this respect PGP model is way better. You can use your key to sign others.

  4. Re:Mirroring with peer2peer networks on FreeBSD 5.0 Available · · Score: 1

    OK, I've put one of ISO images to Gnutella:

    FreeBSD-5.0-RELEASE-i386-miniinst.iso
    urn:sha1: AEFB3UPCPHN4L4YVLDUOU2PBTMAS7XS3

  5. Re:Mirroring with peer2peer networks on FreeBSD 5.0 Available · · Score: 1

    Apparently P2P newtworks do not support
    free softwate much. I could not find neither
    FreeBSD or Linux images on Gnutella.

  6. Re:Next generation of cases on New Generation of Cases? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I observe that more and more my friends who
    use computers not for games switch to laptops.

    I guess maybe non-laptop computers will be used
    for servers only in future.

  7. Re:why on FSF Launches Associated Membership Program · · Score: 2

    Look at it this way: Imagine you donate sum equals to your hourly rate. Could FSF use this sum to hire dedicated programmer, to do some coding? Would this programmer, working for hire, do better job then you on your favorite GPL project?

    Of course, it depends on many factors, but for me, it always seems that FSF will get better deal if instead of me working extra hour overtime and sending money to them I would spend this extra hour on some GPL product.

  8. Re:Phones require keypads on New Ultra-Mobile Smartphone Neonode N1 · · Score: 2

    Treo does have keyboard. You can dial numbers
    by just opening flip and pressing numeric keys
    on keypad. Backspace key works as Hangup and Enter
    key works as, well, Enter.

  9. why on FSF Launches Associated Membership Program · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you are programmer, best way to support FSF is to donate code not money. Why? Because potentially code you submit will have more value in monetary equivalent than money you likely to donate.

    But this program could be useful for people not directly connected to software industry, but who believe in FSF goals and want to help.

  10. abandoned web site on Ghost Stations of the London Underground · · Score: 2, Funny

    Twenty years from know, slashdot.org website
    will be abandoened, with no links leaving to it
    and we are going to rediscover it.

  11. Re:Don't Buy Crap. on Vintage Toys & Tech Photos · · Score: 3, Funny
    What does a new dishwasher do that my old Maytag won't?

    The new one does not require small nuclear plant to produce enough energy to wash your plates after a dinner.

  12. not for everybody on Do People Really Use Their PDAs? · · Score: 2

    It is very simple: PDA is for disciplined and organized person. If you are not this kind of person, you will not use PDA. Buy you would not use paper planner either.

    Since I was 7 years old I used to have small address book with friends contact information. Since I was carrying it in my pocket all the time it got worn down and approximately each year I had to manually copy to new one. I did that for 10 years. Then I got Citizen electronic address book, Casio digital organizer, Sharp Zaurus, Windows CE machine, Palm III, Palm V, Sony Clie and now Treo. I certainly use PDA a lot. I have few hundreds contacts there, my passwords, birthdays, appointments, todo list, powerful calculator and much more.

    My wife keeps all phones she needs to know at 1 page
    attached with magnet to fridge door. She does not use even address book in her mail client. She would not use PDA ever.

  13. no need on Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets Leaked · · Score: 2
    Also note that it will make millions and millions of dollars anyway. I'll probably be there opening night.


    No need to reassume movie studio that this is no
    big deal. They are going after movie sharing on
    the net anyway.

  14. DOM not HTML on W3C Releases Drafts For DOM L2 And More · · Score: 3, Informative
    Does the this mean that one can expect browsers to behave in a predictable manner when playing around with HTML documents?


    You seems to confuse DOM with HTML standard. DOM does not enforce HTML document structure, it is just OO representation of HTML and XHTML documents.

  15. suffocation on Pipeline Mass Transit? · · Score: 2

    If capsule got air leak somehow passangers will
    be suffocated inside.

  16. iChat on AIM And ICQ to be Integrated · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Does it mean that I can use iChat to chat
    with ICQ firends? That would be cool!

  17. Exchange who? on Yet Another Exchange Killer? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've heard about exchange students, but exchange killers!?

  18. Re:Virtual window management? on Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Unix Geeks · · Score: 2

    http://space.sourceforge.net/

    Free virtual desctop tool. Works great!

  19. tri-band?! on Nokia 6650, Super 3G Phone · · Score: 2

    While all manufactures now offer 900/1800/1900
    phones now, Nokia does just 2-band leaving
    out north american customers.

  20. I did on Flirting With Mac OS X · · Score: 2

    After 10 years of using Unix as my primary and only OS on BSD386, Xenix 286, SCO Unix, HPUX (with VUE), Solaris (with OpenWindows and later CDE), Linux (KDE and then GNOME) I switched to MacOS X. With XDarwin and OroborOSX switch is painless and really not big deal.

  21. What about email forwarding? on California Bans Mobile Phone Spam · · Score: 2

    What if I have email->SMS gateway (most cell
    phone carriers provide one). Is sending email to this address is governed under this law? What if I have another email address forwarded to this one?

  22. Contributions from slashdot?! on A First Look At The Xandros Desktop · · Score: 3, Funny
    http://www.xandros.com/linux.html :

    As a software company in the Linux space, Xandros benefits from and recognizes the phenomenal contributions of the following groups (to name a few): The Linux Kernel Archive, The GNU Project ... Slashdot .

    I wonder what Slashdot contribution is: first posts of idea bewoulf clustering?

  23. Re:Lets look at some real data... on Linux Outpacing Macintosh On Desktops · · Score: 2
    Desktop usage != web usage.

    Do you want to say that this 4% "other" users are running Lynx from VT220 to access google?

  24. Re:These numbers are fabricated. on Linux Outpacing Macintosh On Desktops · · Score: 2
    And, of course, it comes from companies who are paid by Microsoft to create a marketing perception that supports Microsoft's' agendas.

    It escapes me where the microsoft agenda would be in comparing Linix to Macintosh sales. Perhaps I am not paranoid enough for slashdot.

  25. Re:Two small, minor issues on Vint Cerf Talks About The "Interplanetary Internet" · · Score: 4, Insightful
    1. There are no people on Mars yet. We haven't figured out how to get them there (in terms of ensuring their health and safety; in terms of how we're going to bring them back; in terms of financing the project). There's no timetable for sending people to Mars, so one can neither say "we'd better prepare for this" nor "we're nowhere near needing to prepare for this."

    Before sending people we will send bots. And to download information from bots TCP/IP may be good choice.