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  1. Upgrading from 11-12 was quite underwhelming. on Linux Mint 12 Released Today · · Score: 0

    First off there is no upgrade path and instead you are forced to do a full reinstall. (slackware 1.0?)
    Once I reinstalled on my main desktop where I was quite happy with 11, the gnome-shell kept respawning. (radeon video)
    Forcing an upgrade to drivers did not help as images were completely corrupt on restart.
    Then on the work laptop where 11 has worked fantastically 12 hangs during the boot.

    So, I can't say I'm a big fan of this release.
    Seriously guys work out the non-existent upgrade path.

  2. Command line only? on Apple Removes MySQL From Lion Server · · Score: 0

    So what does the non-command line PostgreSQL look like?

  3. They could at least try the same compiler version on FreeBSD 8.0 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 Benchmarks · · Score: 0

    and perhaps disable WITNESS and a few other things.

  4. We use to redirect heavensgate.com to Aolsucks.org on Avatar, Has Sci-fi Found Its Heaven's Gate? · · Score: 0

    http://web.archive.org/web/19990429131245/http://www.aolsucks.org/hacked.html
    Someone gave total.snafu.org primary dns for this domain.
    He set the Admin contact as his own name/location.
    Was fun having the ability to slashdot a site before slashdot existed.
    The owner of the AOLSucks.org called my isp where I worked asking "what are you doing?!?! redirecting heavensgate.com to us?!?!"
    Two weeks of email made for quite a collection of the stuff folks were spamming to postmaster@heavensgate.com.
    Finally got internic to put it back.
    All with a simple forged email. I think he changed .pinerc to just list his return email as postmaster@heavensgate.com
    and they did not have a pgp setup.
    Oh well those were the days...
    Still have the irc logs of the whole event unfolding on freenode #linpeople/#natter.
     

  5. Resgisters: The best kept secret of Emacs on (Stupid) Useful Emacs Tricks? · · Score: 0

    ant to book mark a spot in a buffer/file?
    C-x r C-SPACE a
    Will store the current place holder in register a.
    Move around the file, and to jump back just run
    C-x r j a

    Want to keep a cut and paste?
    High light an area and
    C-x r s a
    Will save the contents of what was high lighted to register a.
    To paste it just
    C-x r i a

    My favorite. Saving frame/buffer layout.
    Spent a lot of time arranging your frames and buffers in each and want to move back and forth?
    C-x r w a
    Will save frame layout in register a.
    Go full screen on a single buffer and to return just
    C-x r j a

    Presto you can jump between multiple layouts.

  6. Too bad he did not mention his choice of NetBSD on Colossus Cipher Challenge Winner On Ada · · Score: 1, Informative

    Really good interview found here.
    http://www.netbsd.org/gallery/schueth-interview.html

  7. But can Haiku Run on a Bebox? on Haiku OS Resurrects BeOS as Open Source · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I type this in Links running on a Bebox dual 66mhz 603 running NetBSD. bebox# uname -a
    NetBSD bebox.linbsd.org 4.99.52 NetBSD 4.99.52 (GENERIC) #0: Mon Feb 11 09:18:42 CST 2008 root@borat.linbsd.org:/usr/obj/sys/arch/bebox/compile/GENERIC bebox
    Now that is resurrection. :P

  8. Re:Nevada on Help Find Steve Fossett · · Score: 0

    Nevada means "snowy" not mountany.

  9. Who Cares? on Nmap From an Ethical Hacker's Point of View · · Score: 0

    Given that 1161 in tcpip.cc of nmap has that comment one has to wonder.
    Everything else is random yet the advertised window size is very predictable.

    else tcp->th_win = htons(1024 * (myttl % 4 + 1)); /* Who cares */
    to say
    else tcp->th_win = rand();

    Now tools like pof/openbsd pf/Sealing Wafter can no longer track you beloved TCP scans as being from Nmap.

  10. Finally the link between Blood for Oil on Scientists Create Artificial Blood · · Score: 0

    Given oil is used to make plastic..

  11. Finally Put together all the Rhesus Peaces! on Scientists Map DNA of Rhesus Monkeys · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Heh

  12. Evidence left everywhere.... on Hans Reiser to Sell Company · · Score: 0

    Is this due to lazy journaling?
    Or was he just waiting for GarbageCollection() to kick in?

  13. Thank god I still have Mark's crash.exe and c code on Microsoft Acquires Winternals and Sysinternals · · Score: 0

    usage: %s [-l] [-n]
    -l Log to stable file
    -n Exercise NTOSKRNL
    Running stress test. Press Ctrl-C to quit.
    Exercising WIN32K
    Exercising NTOSKRNL
    Logging calls to crash.log
    Copyright (C) 1996 Mark Russinovich

    Funny thing is this still causes crashes on XP... 10 years and going...

  14. Simpsons did it! on Toxic Toads Taking Over Australia · · Score: 0

    Episode 2F13 Bart vs Australia

    Homer: Oh. We left at 1:30pm Monday. What time is it now?
      Lisa: It's 6:45am next Wednesday. You may also be interested to know
                  that it's summer here, not winter.
    Homer: Oh! [throws his sled away]
      Bart: What does that sign say? ["Advisory: foreign florae and faunae
                  prohibited!"] I thought they spoke English here!
      Lisa: It says you can't bring in outside plants or animals. Any
                  foreign creature you bring in could upset the environmental
                  balance.
      Bart: Oh. [removes toad from bag] Sorry, girl. I don't want to get
                  into any more trouble down here. I'll pick you up on the way
                  home. [puts it on the edge of a fountain]
    -- Bart, ecosystem havoc-wreaker, "Bart vs. Australia"

  15. Finally! on Possible Breakthrough for AIDS Cure · · Score: 0

    If you can't get laid now, that there is a cure, GIVE IT UP.
    I think I might just take up a little sodomy, and thumb my nose at the
    now deposed death spore.

  16. Wine is insecure. on WINE Still Vulnerable to WMF Exploit · · Score: 0

    That's why OpenBSD does not have it working on their platform.
    Not that lacking kernel threads, or half a dozen other things could be the REAL reason. :p

  17. Shouldn't "moon landing" be called "moon landings" on The Mythbusters Answer Your Questions · · Score: 0

    Since there were supposedly more than just one moon landing...

  18. Say good bye to USSID 18 on Bush Backed Spying On Americans · · Score: 0

    It's a shame that NSA is no longer bound by http://cryptome.org/nsa-ussid18.htm
    As it was the last safety net those of us who like freedom.

  19. Can't imagine why they did not adpot mine! on FreeBSD Logo Contest Winner Announced · · Score: 0
  20. Re:Have you ever used OpenBSD? on Windows Drives Company To OpenBSD · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah, just try and ask for help on misc@openbsd or tech@openbsd and you will see more assholes than a Turkish Customs Agent.
    All want to be just like Theo proper.

  21. Easy to ask IBM and SUN to change licenses. on HP Calls For Sun and IBM to Remove OS Licenses · · Score: 1, Interesting

    But what has HP released lately under any license where we had access to source code?
    HPUX source code going to be released under any kind of license soon?
    Pure bullshit postering imho.

  22. Last on OpenBSD 3.7 Reviewed · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Post!

  23. I say this to the Linguistical GateKeepers on "English" Not Threatened By Webspeak · · Score: 1

    As to netspeak, my discourse merely exemplifies the vaunted president of vocalizing the oral vernacular!

  24. Their new logo says it all on The Case for FreeBSD · · Score: 1

    The one here pretty much says it all.

  25. This from a man that has this as a /etc dir? on Rasterman Responds To Seth And Havoc · · Score: 1

    This guy is just sick based on his motd, and his X11 xdm setup found here.