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  1. Re:and google helps you solve them on Prevent Gmail From Emailing Under the Influence · · Score: 1

    Because KDE has katapult? Alt+Space and you can start typing in equations which are solved, launch applications, find documents etc.

  2. Re:Based on an idea from Cory's book on Will ParanoidLinux Protect the Truly Paranoid? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Didn't read TFA, I read TFB

  3. Based on an idea from Cory's book on Will ParanoidLinux Protect the Truly Paranoid? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Little Brother by Cory Doctorow uses this idea (and name), and the distro was started based on that.

  4. Re:If there is water... on Mars Lander Sees Falling Snow · · Score: 1

    The way things are going it sounds like Mars will have a better atmosphere than here.

  5. Re:150GB on Typical Home Bandwidth Usage? · · Score: 1

    I get 160gb on Adam Internet, 80gb external (outside of PIPE traffic and similar) and 80gb internal traffic (inside PIPE).

    Also I do heaps of uploading and downloading from CommunityNet, which is awesome.

    If you live in SA, I'd recommend it.

    In case anyone from S.A. is wondering, he means South Australia, not South Africa :P

  6. Re:slashdotted before first comment! on Virgin Galactic Shows the Finished WhiteKnight Two · · Score: 1
    I guess I'm not the only one who only tries to RTFA when it's been tagged "slashdotted".

    Don't know what I expect...

  7. Re:Office 2007 runs on Wine 1.0 too. on Wine 1.0 — Uncorked After 15 Years · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I can only say one thing regarding Crossover: Greedy bastards. I wouldn't go that far! In your signature, you tell people to donate to Wine, and Codeweavers is probably the largest sponsor of the Wine project. I see nothing wrong with them making some money for a polished product. I use Crossover 6.2 and it's great.
  8. Re:Office 2007 runs on Wine 1.0 too. on Wine 1.0 — Uncorked After 15 Years · · Score: 3, Insightful

    By deleting the incomplete msxml dlls and setting winecfg's settings to use the native versions, then installing microsoft xml.. You can install and run Microsoft Office 2007. I do find it a little disappointing that Wine didn't set getting Office 2007 working out of the box as a goal for 1.0, as it really currently just relies upon finishing two DLLs. Sad to say, but probably because

    7.0.0 CrossOver Linux - June 17, 2008
    * New application support:
    o Office 2007 (Including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and limited Outlook) I'll still be buying a copy though.
  9. Re:The dog died. on Linux Cluster Supercomputer Performs Surgery on Dog · · Score: 2, Funny

    And then they installed Linux on it.

  10. Re:How about on Pushing a CPU to Heat Death, Intentionally · · Score: 1

    A server with all heat sinks removed, and then linked to on the front page of Slashdot. ;nspb
    Will it melt? Darnit, that will teach me to pay more attention to what I'm clicking on.

    *Sigh*

  11. How about on Pushing a CPU to Heat Death, Intentionally · · Score: 2, Funny

    A server with all heat sinks removed, and then linked to on the front page of Slashdot. ;nspb Will it melt?

  12. Re:Is this surprising? on US Firms Read Employee E-mail On a Massive Scale · · Score: 1

    I wrote the code that went through the emails from a small company where I was employed. While I was writing and testing the system, I ended up reading a lot of email. I was shocked at what I saw. People shopping around their resume, looking for new jobs. People emailing people who they were involved with in an extra-marital affair. And lots of the other junk you mention. And this was primarily involving execs. I hope you saved the evidence for when you want to pull a Fight Club/American Beauty stunt :P
  13. It could go two ways on It's Not Time for OSS Release Cycle Synchronization · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Either the greater collaboration would find bugs like the Debian ssh fiasco quicker,
    or every Linux distribution would be affected by the same bug.

  14. Re:Cheap publicity. on Was This the First CC Community-Edited Novel? · · Score: 4, Funny

    If there's people who are willing to do the editing for free, why would you pay them? "If there are people" No charge ;)
  15. Re:Let me guess... on FBI Wiretapping Audit Secrets Uncovered Via Ctrl+C · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on, at least make your top secret docs standards compliant. :(</quote>
    I wanted it to be realistic :P

  16. Let me guess... on FBI Wiretapping Audit Secrets Uncovered Via Ctrl+C · · Score: 4, Funny

    If they were running a website, they would use:
    <FONT
    style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: black">Top Secret!</FONT>

  17. Re:Respect on Firefox 3 RC1 Out Now · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot posts don't include swearing in the story summaries, so why is it acceptable to use the word 'God' as an expletive? I find it very offensive and it reflects poorly on a site which I have enjoyed for a long time. He wasn't swearing, he was praying.
    Plus, it wasn't directed at your god anyway, it was meant for the God of Opensource.
  18. Re:Oh My Gosh! on NSF Research Reveals Chain Letter Travel Patterns · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hai guys! dont kno if thisll work but its worth a shot!!!

    >>Oh my gosh! That email
    about an email tracker is
    >>TRUE!! Chain letters DO
    get tracked! And guess
    >>what? If you send
    this information to 10 people,
    >>you'll get a $100
    GIFT CERTIFICATE!

  19. Re:My Solution on Shape-Shifting Malware Hits the Web · · Score: 1

    Ok.. you kill the author of a piece of malware... does that magically remove it from all the places it's gone to?

    It might make us feel better, but it's not a solution.

    --Mike--

    It's written into the code:
    if news(myDeath) then remove(malware)
  20. Re:Scary on Woman Indicted In MySpace Suicide Case · · Score: 1

    Exactly, we don't tell people who have stalkers to "get over it". We institute means to protect the person who is being harassed (i.e. don't come within 50 feet). That metaphor doesn't hold up - people being stalked do not have a tendency to engage their stalker in conversation. http://www.aware.org/stalking/stalkgeninfo.shtml

    Fundamentally, stalking is a series of actions that puts a person in fear for their safety. The stalker may follow you, harass you, call you on the telephone, watch your house, send you mail you don't want, or act in some other way that frightens you.
  21. Re:Scary on Woman Indicted In MySpace Suicide Case · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wired is running a related story about the potentially 'scary' precedent this case could set." Really I do not think theres anything scary about what will happen in this case. An adult should be semi responsible for there actions. Exactly, we don't tell people who have stalkers to "get over it". We institute means to protect the person who is being harassed (i.e. don't come within 50 feet).

    Perhaps the way they are going about the lawsuit *does* set a scary precedent, and there is a *better* way to approach it, but IANAL. I do think that having protective measures in place is a good thing though. We have them for the real world, why not the virtual world?
  22. Re:Popular? on Building Websites with Joomla! 1.5 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I build web site applications for a living, I've not seen a Joomla site. I generally create sites with Python and/or Django for small to enterprise use. I don't understand why this slashvertisement is on the front page. Maybe because
    "Slashdot welcomes readers' book reviews"
  23. Re:how many of those 200 petaflops... on Researcher Discusses iPod Supercomputer · · Score: 5, Funny

    It'll be devoted to breaking DRM, the irony will be delicious.

  24. Still no x error bars on OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Released · · Score: 1

    So now you can apparently select a range of error bars, but only y error bars. You *still* cannot set up x error bars! I love OO, but it's really annoying to have to use another graphing program when this one would do what I need it to with a bit of tweaking.

  25. Re:Gmail, Yahoo, etc shouldn't tell you on Post-Suicide Account Cracking? · · Score: 1

    The problem is, with free email services, there's no real proof that any given account belongs to a certain person. There are some interesting social engineering implications here...I'm envisioning calling up the Gmail people and claiming to be attempting to retrieve the account of someone who recently died ("I have the death certificate and everything!") when said account really belongs to someone else... Great point! I never thought about that. Perhaps free email services should have an option to "verify identity"?