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  1. Re:Pay for 388 words? on Hiding Packets in VoIP Chat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks Slashdot, because I really want to go to Slashdot to get links to a story that I have to pay to read.

    You're welcome?

  2. Re:Wrong Wrong Wrong on FCC Pitches Free, Bowdlerized Wireless Internet Access · · Score: 1

    This isn't the 25MHz spectrum, it's a 25MHz block of the 2.1GHz spectrum. Realizing that makes this story make a whole lot more sense. There's no possible way this would work in the HF range.

    Man... that sucks, I was gonna get out some old 386 CPUs and jam some local locations.......

  3. Re:stupid stupid stupid on Debian Bug Leaves Private SSL/SSH Keys Guessable · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Interestingly, another source of compromised security is seeding too often. http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00152.html is an example of a vulnerability caused by seeding the random number generator with the current time right before use.

    That's not a case of seeding too often, that's a case of using a crappy seed

  4. Re:Has the bloat been reduced? on OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Released · · Score: 1

    Open Office needs to go on a diet in a mjor way.

    Yah, maybe they can start by removing some vowels!

  5. Re:Yes, and yes. on Hardy Heron Making Linux Ready for the Masses? · · Score: 1

    Why not set the kernel-related packages to 'hold' status? Then, they won't be automatically updated (the updater will say "package X has been held back" or something to that effect). When you're in the mood to update the kernel and perform all the liveCD booting that entails, you can manually update that package (unhold, install new version, hold again). Meanwhile, you can still leave automatic update on to get all other updates automatically without fear that you might be in for a surprise dose of liveCD booting and MBR fixing (which I agree is very annoying if you had stuff to get done when it happens).

    It's not that hard

    No LiveCD required... just edit the GRUB menu.lst after you install the new kernel and BEFORE you reboot.

  6. Re:Here we go again, eh? on Gartner Analysts Warn That Windows Is Collapsing · · Score: 1

    With XP coming to the end of its life for desktop machines, what can they move to this time?

    Ubuntu?

  7. Re:No savings in New York City on UPS Using Software To Eliminate Left Turns · · Score: 1

    No rights on red.

    It's not just about not waiting for the light.

    In the US, left turns require crossing oncoming traffic. At intersections that do not have a left turn arrow, this can cause a wait even when the light is green. So there is still time savings even when there is no right on red.

    Right turns are also safer for the same reason.

  8. Re:60,000 licenses? on Ohio Plans To Encrypt After Data Breach · · Score: 1

    Couldn't they have found an OSS solution that would have, y'know, saved the state an assload of money?

    A pantload maybe.......

  9. Re:Could someone explain the jargon? on Ultracapacitors Soon to Replace Many Batteries? · · Score: 1

    Are Ultra capacitors like flux Capacitors that you can use to go through time once you're travelling at 88mph? If so I don't think this will be very efficient at all since they require 1.42 Gigawatts!

    Watch the movie again..... it's 1.21 Gigawatts!!

  10. Re:So what's next? on Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" Is Out · · Score: 1

    Huffy Hummingbird? Hapless Hookworm?

    Humping Horneytoad

  11. Re:But the important question is.. on Excel 2007 Multiplication Bug · · Score: 1

    Does the built-in flight simulator still work? As long as you stay below 65535 feet.

    Don't you mean 10000 feet?

    BTW, I'm really stunned that some people would suggest that this might be a CPU problem when it works fine in OO calc.

  12. Re:Open Office Wins? on Word 2007 Vs. Open Office 2.3 Writer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maby if you are on crack and don't really use your word processor.
    Someone needs built-in spellchecking.

    Maby

  13. Re:"only AT&T may sell iPhones" on Can Apple + AT&T Shut Down iPhone Unlockers? · · Score: 1
    AT&T announced 146k activations when Apple announced 270k iphones sold. You do the math.

    That means folks bought 124k PDA'a

  14. Re:Logical Fallacy on Forensic Analysis Reveals Al-Qaeda's Image Doctoring · · Score: 1

    The logical fallacy is "Al qaeda edited these videos" ... perhaps it should be stated as "Al qaeda videos have been edited" ... you have no idea WHO actually edited them.

    It's not a logical fallacy, it's just a false assumption.

  15. Re:kids are seeing boobies!! on Senators Call for Universal Internet Filtering · · Score: 1

    Who, for the love of Jebus, will suffer any damage from seeing a dog's penis? Who would, unless he/ she already is greatly disturbed, even think there is a need to blur animal genitalia?

    For sure.... one day the kid is going to see a real dog's unit and wonder why it *not* all blurry.

  16. Re:Stopped long ago on Yahoo Downgrades MusicMatch Jukebox · · Score: 1

    stopped upgrading Musicmatch years ago by permanently blocking it from accessing the internet, back when I discovered the 'old' version ripped iTunes CD's and the 'new' didn't.

    What the heck is an "iTunes CD"?

  17. Re:SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER? WTF? on Apple and AT&T Announce iPhone Service Plans · · Score: 1

    It says you need "a valid Social Security number", it doesn't say it has to be yours.

  18. Re:Rate plan not so bad.... on Apple and AT&T Announce iPhone Service Plans · · Score: 1

    They normally want to charge $40/month for unlimted data for Treos (as opposed to the $20 I'm currenly paying), which doesnt really make sense since unlimited dats is unlimited data.

    That's because Treo data is twice as betterer.