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  1. Re:My 1200bps modem works just fine for me on Dial-Up Users "Don't Want Broadband" · · Score: 1

    agree. there's something new called DSL, but how are you supposed to access the BBS to exchange your fidonet mail?

  2. Re:Your body already knows that strain... on What Is the Best Way To Disinfect Your Laptop? · · Score: 1

    If re-exposure to the exact same strain was an issue, you'd have to burn your house down every time you got sick. Instead, the things you've come in to contact with are no risk to you, just to others who may not have immunity to that strain yet.

    translation: invite your boss to a tasty dinner at home and don't forget to show him that cool website you saw the other day..

  3. not as good as the original on FBI Says Military Had Counterfeit Cisco Routers · · Score: 1

    experts at Cisco have examined some of the counterfeit routers in detail and proclaimed that they contain no back doors only the original Cisco routers have built-in back doors!
  4. Re:Support Needed. on ISO Approves OOXML · · Score: 1

    ISO's media/press contact:

    Roger Frost
    Manager, Communication Services,
    Marketing & Communication
    E-mail frost@iso.org

    the right place to ask if ISO has any official statement about this scandal (norway, poland, EU investigation, massive irregularities..)

  5. Re:Secrecy is fine when it protects individual rig on Swiss Bank Secrecy Under Renewed Attack · · Score: 1

    there is a swiss banking secret, but this doesn't apply when someone is being investigated. swiss banks cooperate with justice. what they can not do, is give unlimited access to this information to law enforcement without any evidence, that's it: allow them to sniff around for tax-evader fishing. i see it correct: if you have evidence that supports your claims, accounts are investigated. if not, privacy prevails. i would be happy if this system would be used in all countries, and not only in switzerland. you say the ones that loose are the people, but what are they loosing exactly if they have a privacy right other countries don't have? and seeing that you want to get rid of this law, i understand you don't have anything to hide right? could you please tell me how much money you have on each bank account and numbers and address of the bank you have the accounts on? you can surely tell me, as the privacy right swiss have has no value for you

  6. Re:Voting irregularities on OOXML Vote Tracker and Calculation Guide · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I hope that the EU antitrust investigation will somehow be successful in addressing this mess and punish Microsoft severely enough to dissuade them from trying such tactics ever again. you haven't learned your lesson.. as long as more money flows in than out, microsoft doesn't care. noone can punish microsoft, only their best clients can apply pressure on them (governments and large enterprises), for example now, demanding opendocument support. ang guess what? they have made this ooxml theater to bypass this pressure too, and leave everything as it has always been: all competitors implementing their formats while they screw them up when they feel it's time to slow competitors down and give the impression they are inviable alternatives.. this is how microsoft has worked since the 80' and it has worked pretty well. look at openoffice, we have now opendocument support in ms-office but thanks to the stockholm syndrome they are enthusiastically implementing ooxml, endorsing it and helping to have it widespread, instead of boycotting it to give opendocument a chance. bravo!
  7. Re:Know this: no one uses linux on desktop, no sof on Last Year's CanSecWest Winner Repeats on Vista, Ubuntu Wins · · Score: 2, Insightful

    and it's not only people using linux at home, we use it in our company too. some people were not very enthusiastic with the move, but everything works better now and maintenance costs are A LOT lower. no wonder that governments and large enterprises around the world are switching to linux

  8. not true on Torvalds On Desktop Linux's Slow Uptake · · Score: 1

    this is not true since programs and even windows are changing it's GUI on every new version. linux only needs to be on shopping centers, thats all! you only have to look at the asus eee pc..

  9. Re:EU law too. on Anti-Piracy Group Violates Swiss Law to Track File Sharing · · Score: 1

    it seems all EU countries have now the can't-sue-me-loophole.. they need the identity of the subscriber to sue him, but can't ask anyone who the subscriber is :)

  10. Re:Simple fix. (With disclaimer) on New Dell Laptops Give Users a Literal Shock · · Score: 1

    well i've connected a ground wire from the laptop's case to the lightning rod (i know it's somehow related to this ground-protection-thing) i hope it'll work!

  11. and the eath is flat, if it has to! on What is Bill Gates Learning From Open Source? · · Score: 1

    now that people/companies/governments are seeing alternatives and sign xxm$ contracts with competitors, it's normal to see them "interested" in "understanding needs". at least until they know how to lock-them-in again.. cheap propaganda

  12. please, please gimme one! on Microsoft Giving Away Vista Ultimate, With a Catch · · Score: 1

    ..and monitor how it decomposes on the trash

  13. Re:Any suggestions to slashdotproof it? on OOXML's 662 Resolutions · · Score: 2, Funny

    i would use round robin to redirect 50% of the traffic to any random pr0n site.. this would give you some time while keeping everyone happy

  14. Re:"wants to"? on QR Codes - Internet to Cell Phone via Camera · · Score: 1
    it's not so new, there are many barcode reader apps:

    kaywa reader that has also a web page to generate barcodes and supports many mobile phones. activeprint glass is another one, quickmark another, or the already mentioned semacode.

    though: typing in a phone number or URL is still faster and more reliable.
    oh yes, i love to type URL's like http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/02/0644236 on my phone... :)

    BTW you can not only encode phone numbers, URL's or text, you can also encode vCard's that can be imported by scanning the barcode. it's even beeing used to encode images!
  15. someone @ riaa.. on MTV Takes on P2P by Making South Park Free · · Score: 5, Funny

    oh my god! they'r killing the recording industry! You BASTARDS!