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  1. SCO Success? on SCO Names 1st Lawsuit Target: AutoZone [Updated] · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This will be quite a telling point in SCO's recent history.. whether they fail or succeed..

    Let's just hope the judge looks at the merits of the case, and gets it thrown out. Precedent is a scary thing when it's involving IT cases.

  2. Re:All we want is some accountability on Comcast Targets Internet "Abusers" · · Score: 1

    Australia has something along those lines - the ACCC.. most of the time, they act on complaints where customers are being screwed over.

  3. Re:The one language they understand on Linux Centrino Driver Update · · Score: 1

    I have a compaq nx9005.. runs an AMD Athlon XP-M 2000+, and boots linux just fine.

  4. Likenesses to other successes on The Amazing Properties of Aerogel · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Seems like quite a few successes are discovered by mistake.. in this instance, finding a rejected material from nuclear testing.

  5. Re:Computers will be everywhere on The Uncertain Promise of Utility Computing · · Score: 2

    I'm Talkie Toaster, your chirpy breakfast companion... Would anybody like any toast? How about a waffle?

  6. Re:Counter-question on Pre-paid Phones for Travellers? · · Score: 1

    You can pickup calling cards from pretty much any newsagency, with rates varying from AUD$0.03 to $0.10/min

  7. Re:Screw a business model! on Cringely Proposes New WiFi Plan · · Score: 1

    See http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/. Community wireless networking in Melbourne, Australia.

  8. Re:Read their AUP on How Much Broadband Usage is Too Much? · · Score: 1

    Nope. I'm currently using Telstra Bigpond dialup, and we get charged AUD$0.19/mb, regardless of destination. This is on their highest usage plan, 700mb/month for AUD$34.95. Bandwidth in Australia sucks.

  9. The expected joke.. on Russian Minister Gets Spammed, Spams Back · · Score: -1, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia, recipient spams YOU!

  10. Re:Twilight Zone... on Library of Congress Map Collections from 1500's · · Score: 1

    This is worrying.. seeing someone from Shafted (especially an admin! aagh!) posting on Slashdot.. I mean, seriously.. tech people using the net for serious discussion?

  11. Re:Hold on a second... on Streaming DVD Video over the Internet · · Score: 1

    Bzzp... wrong!

    MPEG 3 is non-existant. MP3 = MPEG-1, Audio Layer 3. Same goes for MP1 and MP2, they're just different audio layers within MPEG-1.

  12. Re:That's not all... on Blind User Sues Southwest Over Web Site, Cites ADA · · Score: 1

    Are you really sure? Check this out, and panic..

  13. Re:can she sue someone? on Meteorite Hits Girl · · Score: 1
    See the Aussie movie "The Man who Sued God" (IMDB link)

  14. Re:Public/Private Key scheme passwords on Passwords May Be Weakest Link · · Score: 1

    This already exists; it's client certificate authentication in SSL/TLS.

  15. Re:Similar Experience in Victoria, AU on Email (and Filters) for all Australian schools · · Score: 1
    Just as a followup, Schools were required to pay in the vicinity of $400/month for the last three years; but now due to a 'contractual renegotiation' (read: telstra became too expensive), schools now have the option between 4 ISPs, each at a (rough) annual cost in excess of twelve thousand dollars.

    There's no such thing as a free lunch, and even if schools found one, they wouldn't be able to - DEET (Victoria) mandates that schools *must* use an ISP on VicOne (the governmental/educational WAN in Victoria)... and meet quite a few criteria which cuts our options down to just a few... *sigh*

    A bit of forethought by the Department would have been nice..

  16. Similar Experience in Victoria, AU on Email (and Filters) for all Australian schools · · Score: 2, Informative
    I work as a network administrator in a secondary school in Victoria, Australia. A very similar system, mostly run by the same (incompetent) crowd is used down there. The filtering system is pure crap to put it nicely; the only filtering possible is per-school, not even per group.

    The offerings of the companies involved really need to be improved; I can't do most of the work that I need to do (scanning security sites, downloading patches) either because the sites are blocked; or the link is too damn slow to grab patches. Quite frequently, the lag can jump to >200 seconds over the link.

    Just my A$0.02...

  17. History Repeating.. on NASA Wants You To Fly The Highway In The Sky · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Whilst it might be safe for hundreds, or even thousands of vehicles, what happens when everybody jumps on the bandwagon?

    Remember the old films of when cars were had by the minority? Just look at where it's brought us now...

  18. Qn: Relevance to Rest of World on DMCA Anti-Circumvention Provisions · · Score: 1

    What is the relevance, and impact of this act of US congress on the rest of the world? Is it (even in the remotest possibility) enforcible in countries such as Australia, England, or even, Canada?

    Pls provide information if possible.

    Thanks in advance.

  19. Good 'ole NSA: Not-very-good Security Agency on NIST Releases SHA-256, SHA-512 · · Score: 1
    Goodonya NSA.. creating another couple of hashing algorithms that we KNOW to be secure - hey, they're our friends at the NSA creating them ;)

    Give it a few months of peer review, then the cynics should settle down - unless the review gashes open NIST's credibility....

    - NeuralAbyss
    www.neuralabyss.com

  20. Y2K on Cow Site on Furry Cow Cases · · Score: 1
    Hehehehe:

    Site was last updated on 1/01/70 (10999 days ago)
    Copyright © 2000 CHUK: Chick's Hardware UK

  21. Re:Good slashdot article... on Ball Lightning Explained? · · Score: 1
    Slashdot scientists??? An oxymoron if EVER I heard one :-) (please spare your wrath CmdrTaco :)

  22. This finally reached the news on MSFT thanks Linux Programmer for paying $35 Fee · · Score: 1
    This article appeared in a melbourne newspaper (australia):

    http://www.whsc.vic.edu.au/home/st e06/glitch.gif

  23. PW Storage on How do you Remember Your Passwords? · · Score: 1

    I encrypt my passwords (multi-pass twofish, blowfish and rc6) in a self-developed proggie (dozeCrypt)

  24. DVD in Linux on Watching DVDs in Linux HOWTO · · Score: 1

    Woohoo! Now let's have the DVD Encoding software available for linux... IMO that should be the next (wonderful) step!

  25. IIS?? on Commercial use of Apache and SSL · · Score: 1

    Why not use IIS (pls no spam :P). I too use linux but have found NT4 with IIS works perfectly as a SSL server - I have a 1000+ user intranet working via SSL and it's perfect - just setup your own CA (for free) and SSL away.