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  1. Re:What we should really call it... on Bill Joy's Takes on C# · · Score: 3
    IIRC, the beep made by the original IBM PC was musically somewhere between C Sharp and D.

    Guess that's why the sound was so obnoxious. C# kinda makes sense now, eh!

  2. Re:This is very funny... on MS Struggles to Discredit Linux · · Score: 2
    Then picture BillG with a monicole:

    "Scccchhhhultz!"

  3. Re:big bro does exist at ms.... on MS Struggles to Discredit Linux · · Score: 2
    Perhaps they should use Lotus Notes, which has an option "Prevent Copying" that won't let you copy/paste, print screen or print.

    Bwahahahahahaha....

  4. Re:For me, the most astonishing revelation ... on Follow-up To Critique of BeOS & Mac OS X · · Score: 3, Funny
    and I'll finally be able to reload all my MP3's.

    Given the theory "An infinite number of monkeys on an infinite number of typewriters"; with the random noise it has before formatting, the drive should already have your entire MP3 collection on it.:-\

  5. Re:Bad timing on Battlefield Lasers · · Score: 3, Funny
    from their biggest threat

    You'd have to have a pretty big laser to shoot down a B52.

  6. Re:Dear God on Scientists build DNA based computer · · Score: 4, Funny
    Wow! Just imagine if the DNA could turn biomass into usable energy, and the process was based on a solar powered reaction too! Imagine if they used a chlorophyll based extraction process!


    Oh!....Oh!....Oh *Shit*! We're fucking surrounded by solar powered DNA based machines! They're everywhere! I have to put my tinfoil hat back on now.



    I don't even know why I read the news anymore.



    I don't even know why you bother to post here anymore.

  7. Re:Errors.. on Schneier On Full Disclosure · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Bruce left me know that he's
    He's. Contraction. [he is], [he] possessive.


    Which is it? "he is written"? And don't say "He has", that's not a contraction!


    Now let's discuss your dangling participle...:-P

  8. Re:Now waitaminute!!! on Intel 4004 Turns 30 · · Score: 2
    Not to worry my son,

    According to my calculations, it's not 30. It's 29.99999... Did I mention I'm running a Pentium 75?

  9. Re:Attorney-client privelege. on Government to Eavesdrop on Lawyer-Client Conversations · · Score: 2
    I would love to see how the right to counsel is being taken away. As far as I can tell, the only 'right' being taken away is that of privacy, which is automatically given up when you're a federal detainee. You should have no reasonable expectation of privacy.

    In this article this right has already been taken away from Canadians. (sorry for the annoying ad on the right - if you right click you can stop it from playing...)


    It goes to the right of testifying against oneself. In the US, I believe you call it the "Fifth Amendment".


    Here's the scenario: You talk to your lawyer, being honest with him, to discuss your methods of defense. As of yesterday he must tell the authorities what you said, and not tell you that he is doing so.


    In an adversarial justice system, such as we have, it is the responsibility of the Crown (government) to prove - beyond a reasonable doubt - your guilt. But with these new laws - your lawyer gets to tell the government details *retroactively* about your confession to him. It not only covers matters before the court, but past crimes as well. Once the door is open - it's wide open.


    Essentially, you testified against yourself by assuming client-solicitor confidentially.

  10. Re:Why dump more tech than necessary into the phon on Text-to-Speech on a Low-Power Chip · · Score: 2
    I've got a co-worker, our Oracle admin, who's blind. As things stand, with most cell phones he can't do anything except dial out and answer calls

    I hope he practices safe cell phone use and doesn't call out while he's driving.../humour

  11. Re:A rant about gopher on W3C's RAND Point Man Responds · · Score: 2
    When the web started getting most annoying, I longed for the old gopher days. Hope that doesn't date me, but ahhh well. : All those ads clogging up my 28.8 modem were just too much. Gopher I think survived another 6 months after that (about mid 1997ish). Most of my favorite servers like the University of Kiev etc. all had messages something like "This server has been decomissioned...please visit our web page at.." or "This server will be decomissioned on...".

    I wonder why MS never came out with "MS Gopher Server" hehehe.

  12. Re:Why not shoot higher? on W3C's RAND Point Man Responds · · Score: 2
    If you find that the functionality offered by a patented technology would complement a standard, then think of a better way to implement the functionality.

    If you need help with this, there are experienced lawyers and engineers currently working for Rambus who can help. :-P

  13. Re:I am harmful to minors on Slashback: Scramjet, Golden Ears, Preciousness · · Score: 2
    I'm pretty sure he's always been user #357.


    From his contact page (slashdot.org/~roblimo) I started hanging out on Slashdot and writing for Andover.net in 1997. I am now Editor in Chief of OSDN (Slashdot's publisher) and working on a book, "Build Profits Online," for Financial Times Press.


    And so, that kind of comment is quite surprising from him. I almost thought his account had been cracked, but it would have been a goat sex link if it had :-)

  14. Re:I am harmful to minors on Slashback: Scramjet, Golden Ears, Preciousness · · Score: 2
    Do my eyes decieve me? I haven't seen Robin troll his own site in years!

    Not getting any at home eh. Ahh well. Hope your birthday is cumming up :-)

  15. Re:Hmmm....to name a few... on Whit Diffie Comments On .NET security · · Score: 2, Funny

    Worm.Nimda, Nimda, Nimda.c, W32.Nimda.A@mm,
    W32.Nimda.C@mm, W32/Minda@MM, W32/Nimda-C,
    W32/Nimda.eml, W32/Nimda.htm, W32/Nimda@MM, Win32.Nimda.A@mm
    W32.Allgro@mm , W32.Annoying.Worm , W32.Anset.Worm , W32.Badtrans.13312@mm , W32.Barum , W32.Blebla.worm , W32.BlueCode.Worm , W32.Dengue W32.Efortune.28672@mm , W32.Efortune.31384@mm , W32.FunLove.4099 , W32.Funlove.int , W32.FunnyFiles.Worm , W32.Gspot.Worm , W32.Heyya.Worm , W32.HIV W32.HLLO.Britney , W32.HLLP.Chlamydia W32.HLLP.Semisoft W32.HLLP.Soft6 W32.HLLP.Thembe , W32.HLLP.YAI W32.HLLW.Bymer W32.HLLW.Qaz.A W32.Hyd@mm , W32.Idele W32.Kiray@mm , W32.Kriz W32.Liong , W32.LXD.Mirc W32.Magistr.24876@mm (Symantec) W32.Magistr.39921@mm , W32.Matcher , W32.Mineup.Worm , W32.Modnar.Worm@mm , W32.MsWorld@mm , W32.Naked@MM , W32.Naver.Worm@mm , W32.Navidad W32.Navidad.16896 W32.NewApt.C.Worm W32.NewApt.C2.Worm W32.NewApt.worm W32.NewApt.Worm.d W32.Nimda.A@mm , W32.Nimda.C@mm , W32.Passion.27648 W32.Peelf.2132 , W32.Pokemon.Worm W32.Prolin W32.Qint@mm , W32.Redesi@mm , W32.Sircam.Worm@mm , W32.Stator@mm , W32.Tetris.Worm W32.Toal.A@mm , W32.Unce@mm , W32.Urgent.Worm@mm W32.Video.25600.Worm W32.Vote.A@mm , W32.Vote.B@mm , W32.XTC.Worm W32/Admin W32/Allgro-A (Sophos) W32/Anset@MM W32/AntiQFX-A (Sophos) W32/Antiqfx.worm W32/Antset (Panda) W32/Apology W32/Apology-B W32/Apost-A W32/APost@MM W32/ASpam W32/Atirus@MM W32/Avupd.ow.b@M W32/AX.SerialThief.Trojan (Norman) W32/Babypic@MM W32/BadAss.worm W32/Badtrans@MM W32/Bady.worm W32/Begemot W32/Begemot.cli W32/Begemot.dr W32/BleBla.a@MM W32/BleBla.b@MM W32/BleBla@MM W32/BOLZANO.L W32/Britney.ow (McAfee) W32/Buffy.12568.Worm W32/Bugfix W32/Cheval W32/Choke (Sophos) W32/Choke.a.worm W32/Choke.b.worm W32/Choke.c.worm W32/Choke.d.worm W32/Choke.gen.worm W32/Choke.worm W32/Cholera W32/Cholera.worm W32/CIH.Spacefiller W32/CodeBlue.worm W32/CodeRed.a.worm W32/CodeRed.c W32/CodeRed.c.worm W32/CodeRed.d.worm W32/CodeRed.gen.worm W32/CodeRed.worm W32/Crackly@MM W32/Creepy.a@MM W32/Creepy.b@MM W32/Creepy@MM W32/Crypto W32/CryptoLan.gen@MM W32/CTX W32/Demig-A (Sophos) W32/Demiurg W32/Dilbert.worm W32/Disemboweler (Panda) W32/Donald.1_53.Trojan W32/Ducky@mm.90112 (Norman) W32/EMOTION W32/Esmeralda.807 W32/ExploreZip.pak W32/ExploreZip.worm.f W32/ExploreZip.worm.pak.a W32/ExploreZip.worm.pak.b W32/ExploreZip.worm.pak.c W32/Explorezip.worm.pak.IT W32/ExploreZip.worm@M W32/ExploreZipB W32/ExploreZipC W32/ExploreZipG (Sophos) W32/Fever (Sophos) W32/Fever@M W32/Fix@M W32/Fix2000 W32/Flcss (Sophos) W32/FunLove.4099 W32/Funlove.4099.dr (VirusScan) W32/FunLove.app W32/FunLove.gen (VirusScan) W32/Funso@M W32/Giri.GR2 W32/Gnuman.worm W32/GnutellaMan (Sophos) W32/Gorum W32/Hadra@M W32/Hai.worm W32/Haiku.worm W32/Hello (Panda) W32/Hello.worm W32/Hermes@MM W32/Hlam@MM W32/Hll.12355 W32/HLL.ow.24590 W32/HLLP-Yai W32/HLLP.Backdoor.Yai W32/HTM.H[H04.2048 W32/Hybris.dll@M W32/Hybris.gen@MM W32/Hybris.plugin@M W32/IceCube@M W32/Idele W32/InvalidSSL@MM W32/Joined W32/Kernl W32/Killr W32/Kiray.13496 (F-Prot) W32/Kiray@MM W32/Kriz.3863 W32/Kriz.4029 W32/Kriz.4050 W32/Kriz.4270 W32/Lara.worm W32/Laziness (Sophos) W32/Leave.worm.gen W32/Lindose W32/Magistr-a (Sophos) W32/Magistr.a@MM W32/Magistr.b@MM W32/Magistr@MM W32/Mari@MM W32/Marijuana (Sophos) W32/Matcher (Panda, Sophos) W32/Matcher@MM W32/Melting.worm W32/Minda@MM W32/Mix W32/Mix.2048 W32/Mix.dll.dr W32/Modnar@MM W32/Mona.worm W32/Msinit.worm W32/MsInit.worm.a W32/MsInit.worm.b W32/MsWorld@MM W32/MTX.gen@M W32/MTX@M W32/Music@M W32/Myba@mm W32/Mypics.bat W32/Mypics.com W32/Mypics.worm.25600 W32/Mypics.worm.27648 W32/Mypics.worm.34304 W32/Mypics.worm.gen W32/Naked (Sophos) W32/Naked@MM W32/Naver@MM W32/Navidad-B W32/Navidad.e@M W32/Navidad.f@M W32/Navidad.gen@M W32/Navidad@M W32/Net666 W32/NewApt.worm W32/NewApt.worm.c W32/NewApt.worm.d W32/NewsTick W32/Nimda-C (Sophos) W32/Nimda.a@MM W32/Nimda.b@MM W32/Nimda.eml W32/Nimda.htm W32/Nimda@MM W32/Nutload W32/Nymph.gen@MM W32/Oporto W32/Parrot@MM W32/Parvo W32/Parvo-A W32/PasswordStealer.A.Trojan W32/Petik@MM W32/PetTick@MM W32/Plage.worm W32/Press W32/Press.6380 W32/Press.6380.dr W32/Press.6382 W32/Press.6382.dr W32/Press.6386 W32/Press.6386.dr W32/Pretty.gen@MM W32/Pretty.Worm W32/Pretty.worm.gen@MM W32/Pretty.worm.unp W32/ProLin@MM W32/QAZ.worm W32/Qozah-3365 (Sophos) W32/Raoch.A (Panda) W32/Rast.2060 W32/Redemption W32/Redesi-A (Sophos) W32/Redesi.b@MM W32/Redesi.gen@MM W32/Resur.a W32/Resur.b W32/Resur.c W32/Resur.d W32/Roach@MM W32/RunFtp.worm W32/RunFtp.worm.exe W32/RunFtp.worm.script W32/RunFtp.worm.sfx W32/Sabi.Ins W32/Santa.1104 W32/Santana W32/Scooter W32/Scrambler.dr.a W32/Scrambler.g@MM W32/Scrambler.ini W32/Scrambler.vbs W32/Scrambler.worm.a W32/Scrambler.worm.b W32/Scrambler.worm.e W32/Semisoft.59904a W32/Shoerec W32/Shorm W32/Silver.worm W32/SirCam.bat W32/SirCam.dat W32/SirCam.gen@MM W32/SirCam@MM W32/Ska.dll W32/Ska.dll@m W32/Ska@m W32/Ska2K.worm W32/Smash W32/Soft6 W32/SoftSix.worm W32/Sonic.worm W32/Southpark.worm W32/Stator (Panda) W32/Stator.worm W32/Storm.worm W32/Sumo.a W32/Sumo.b W32/Suppl W32/Sysid.worm W32/Tetris.worm W32/Tetris.worm.gen W32/Themba W32/Trinoo w32/Troodon@M W32/Ucon@MM W32/Uncensored@MM W32/Unis.plugin W32/Unis@MM W32/Universe (Panda) W32/Verona W32/Verona-B W32/Vote.a@MM W32/Vote.b@MM W32/Vote.c@MM W32/Vote.defaced W32/Vote.vbs W32/Vote@MM W32/Wally.worm W32/White.worm W32/WinExt.worm W32/Winux (CAI) W32/Xtc W32/XTC@MM W32/Yarik (Sophos) W32/Zmk.55808.Worm (Norman) W95.Babylonia W95.Hybris.Gen.dr W95.LoveSong.988 W95.LoveSong.998 W95.Memorial.7783 W95.MTX W95.MTX.dr W95.Music W95.Smoker.Worm@mm , W95.Ussrhymn@m W95.Zperm.A W95/Anxiety W95/Arianne.1022 W95/Babylonia W95/Babylonia.bat W95/Babylonia.hlp W95/Babylonia.irc W95/Babylonia.plugin W95/Backdoor.DonaldD.Client W95/Backdoor.DonaldD.Server W95/Backdoor.Fix2001 W95/Backdoor.Stealth W95/Backdoor.Tray W95/Backdoor.WinCrash W95/Backdoor/Slydude W95/Begemont.4318 W95/Buffy-A W95/Butano W95/Champagne W95/CIH.1003 W95/CIH.1003b W95/CIH.1003dr W95/CIH.1010 W95/CIH.1019 W95/CIH.1122 W95/Dengue W95/Esmeralda W95/Esmeralda.807 W95/ExploreZip.worm.210432 W95/Firkin.worm W95/FunLove.4099 (F-Prot) W95/Gnuman.A (F-Prot) W95/Halen W95/Heathen.b W95/HLLP.60004 W95/HLLW.Buffy W95/HLLW.MyPics W95/HLLW.Trit W95/Hybris.worm W95/Icq_greets.27648 W95/Kenston W95/Kenston.1874 W95/Kriz.4029.kernel W95/Kriz.4050.kernel W95/Kuang W95/Kuang.dr W95/Kuang.GR W95/Kuang2.cli W95/Kuang2.svr W95/Letter W95/Linong@MM W95/Loader W95/Love.988 W95/Marburg W95/Marburg.b W95/Matrix W95/MTX.9244 W95/MTX.dll@M W95/MTX.gen@M W95/MTX.svr W95/MTX@M W95/Music@M W95/Parvo.13857 W95/Plage.worm W95/Prizm W95/Prizm.4428. (F-PROT) W95/Quza W95/Rainsong.3891 W95/Smash.10262 W95/Spaces W95/Spam W95/Toal@MM W95/Trojan.1_down_3_up W95/Trojan.Cool (F-Prot) W95/Trojan.Ring W95/Troodon@M W95/Urquest.24576 W95/Ussrhymn W95/Weird.10240.A W95/Worm.Nymph@mm (F-Prot) W95/Zperm.a W95/Zperm.b W97/MSteroid.Poppy W97M.Antiv.B , W97M.Automat.H W97M.Black.B , W97M.BMH W97M.Class.F W97M.Class.S W97M.Cross.E W97M.CyberHack.b W97M.DWMVCK1.C W97M.DWMVCK1/ZMK.Gen W97M.DWMVCK1/ZMK.Gen , W97M.Eeffo , W97M.Erab.A W97M.FF , W97m.freespace.a W97M.Heathen.12288.A W97M.Hlam.A , W97M.ITSC W97M.Laroux.KV W97M.Latenit.A , W97M.Lulung W97M.Madcow W97M.Melissa.BG , W97M.Melissa.w W97M.OutlookWorm.Gen W97M.Overlord W97M.Relax W97M.Satt.A W97M.Service.A W97M.Shepmah W97M.Shining.A W97M.Sin.A.intd , W97M.Snake , W97M.Sting , W97M.Syndicate.A , W97M.Taro , W97M.ThirtyFour.A , W97M.Volcano.A@mm , W97M.Vortex , W97M/Activ W97M/Afeto.A@MM W97M/Aleja W97M/Aleja.a W97M/Aleja.a1 W97M/Aleja.k W97M/Alina.a@mm W97M/Antisocial W97M/AntiSocial.e W97M/Antisocial.g W97M/Antiv.a W97M/Appder.a W97M/Appder.ah W97M/Appder.B W97M/Appder.I W97M/Appder.L W97M/Appder.w W97M/Arbeit W97M/Argh W97M/Armagidon.a W97M/Ashu.a W97M/Assilem.A W97M/Assilem.B W97M/Assilem.c W97M/Assilem.g W97M/Astia W97M/Astia.y W97M/Bablas.a W97M/Bablas.k W97M/BackHand-A W97M/BackHand.A W97M/Balloon W97M/Beast W97M/Bebop.gen W97M/Bench.g W97M/Bench.gen W97M/Berau W97M/Bethlem W97M/Bibdot W97M/Bleck W97M/Blink.worm W97M/Blowup.a W97M/Bobo W97M/Bobo.gen W97M/Bogor.b W97M/Breeze.A (F-Prot) W97M/Breeze.B W97M/Breeze.C W97M/Breeze.D W97M/Breeze.E W97M/Breeze.F W97M/Breeze.gen W97M/Brenda.A W97M/Bridge.a W97M/Buendia.A W97M/Cakes W97M/Caligula.a W97M/Camino.a@MM W97M/Candle.a W97M/Candle.gen W97M/Chack.am W97M/Chack.B W97M/Chack.BE W97M/Chack.BZ W97M/Chack.F W97M/Chack.H W97M/Chack.K W97M/Cham.A@mm W97M/Chameleon W97M/Chameleon.a W97M/Chameleon.b W97M/Chameleon.c W97M/Chameleon.gen W97M/Chameleon.src W97M/Chameleon.vbs W97M/Change.A W97M/Chantal W97M/Chantal.B W97M/Chantal.gen W97M/Chantal.src W97M/Chiao W97M/Choong W97M/Chronic (4117 DAT)

  16. Re:Not just "incompatible browsers" on MSN Blocks Mozilla, Other Browsers [updated] · · Score: 2
    I noticed a couple days ago that IE 4 for Mac wasn't rendering Hotmail properly. Messages would wrap under the tools bar on the left, and then ends of sentences would be cut off.


    Tried to update it, but couldn't find IE 5 for Mac, and Netscape 6 wasn't working ethier.

  17. Ironic.. on Disney's Anti-File Swapping Cartoon · · Score: 4, Insightful
    that it's Disney that takes classic (lewd!!) stories like "Cinderella", "Show White and the Seven Dwarves" etc, dresses them up, reworks the characters to be a little more palatable, and sells them as "Disney's {%title%}".

    While it's not technically 'stealing'...neither is time shifting or are fair use backups, but Disney characterizes them as 'stealing'.

  18. Can you imagine... on Microsoft Calls Viruses "Industrial Terrorism" · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the article: "Windows Update Auto Update security hot fixes for businesses...."

    Early afternoon. Your 20+ IIS boxen automatically get the newest hot fix..and all reboot at the same time!

    Not that would be anything out of the ordinary...

  19. Re:Try changing your username on What Can You Do When Defrauded on eBay? · · Score: 2
    "James T. Kirk"?, "Yahoo Serious"?, "The Eviscerator"?


    Yea, that'll work.

  20. Great Quotes! on Hucksters, Suckers, and the Cue:Cat · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the article:
    Philyaw is a self-proclaimed "luminary figure in the world of direct marketing."
    An executive of Coca-Cola said listening to Philyaw made him feel like his hair was on fire. --June 27, 2001, Wall Street Journal
    "It fails to solve a problem which never existed." --Debbie Barham, The Evening Standard
    "Are these folks kidding?" --Sandra Brown Kelly, Roanoke Times & World News
    "You have to wonder about a business plan based on the notion that people want to interact with a soda can." --Jeff Salkowski, Chicago Tribune

    Was this the "Edsel" of the Internet age or what!

  21. Re:Remote attrition on Robots Go To War · · Score: 2
    Let's not forget - the fact that they were shot down provides significant information as well.

    Now the military know where people capable of, and willing to shoot down such targets are located.

    Whatever these drones cost, it just paid for itself, and no one got hurt.

  22. Re:acronyms...gheez on No One Wants The Not-Coms · · Score: 3, Funny
    I've been dying for them to release ".dot".

    "dot.dash.dot" are my initials in morse code.

  23. WatchGuard on Choosing a Router/Firewall for the Home LAN · · Score: 2
    I've always found the WatchGuard series works well. Especially the SOHO product.

    Sure, an old PC with *nix on it is cheaper, but this is quieter and requires less power. It's got a browser configurable setup, serves DHCP, allows for 10 users expandable to 50 users (4 ports, but you can daisy chain another hub off it) and is self updating.

    A pretty cool unit for a home network. They also sell units for 100+ users, for small to mid size offices.

  24. Re:Contact list for Canada on The DMCA Is Just The Beginning · · Score: 2
    I'm drafting my letter as we speak.

    As an aside, since we tech types aren't unionized, what do you think about a strike? Like all the NB and BC nurses, Vancouver transit workers, etc?

    We geek tend to not speak our minds out loud (exchanging packets in meatspace), but can you imagine every single server and workstation in North America not working for month end? "Oops, they are doing a diagnostic/crashed and will have to be restored from tape/I didn't know what that button did."

    Wouldn't that draw the attention of the masses to what we feel are unjust and frankly, idiotic laws?

    Just a thought...

  25. Re:Microsoft should be sued on Code Red III · · Score: 2
    Why do poor bastards get sued for using a little bandwidth to participate in an interesting project... [*snip*]... To my knowledge, Microsoft didn't even try to mass-mail the patch to their registered customers who might be affected Let's look at that shall we...

    2 patches, ~500k for both. 1 for NT4, one for W2k.
    [20 million 'registered' users] * [8.5 million "gates.bill@microsoft.com" entries] * [2 million bad addresses bouncing both attachments back]= The biggest DOS spam attack in history!

    Exercise for the student: Multiply that by $0,59 for every bit/s it spends in Georgia...give 3 examples.