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  1. Re:ugly cartoon on Woman Tries to Sue South Park · · Score: 1

    True. However, the ugliest animation is that stuff that is constantly shaking, like the "Dr. katz" show.. I'm not sure if that is still on. But it's annoying.

  2. Re:Slashdot Job Advertising? on GNU Project Hiring · · Score: 1

    All the time. Look, there is a "Jobs" link on the lefthand side of the page.

  3. User Interface on Railroad Tycoon II: Gold Edition for Linux · · Score: 1

    The user interface on this game is really bad (I tried the Windows Demo Version) -- RT 1 was a lot easier to play. Sure it has nice graphics, but it isn't fun when I'm cursing at the mouse cursor the whole time. Plus half the screen is taken up with dialog boxes.

  4. login: guest on Feature: Myth of the Fall of SGI, Part II - the Mystery of Irix · · Score: 1

    IRIX is insecure! Any system which ships with unpassworded accounts is NOT SECURE! Not to mention the "holey" cgi-scripts.

  5. Re:Preventing the slashdot effect. on Mapping the Internet · · Score: 1

    You can always come back later.

  6. Re:Red Linux (sorry, couldn't resist the troll...) on Red Hat Tightening Trademarks? · · Score: 1

    LOL!

  7. Who cares about these scum! on Chad Davis May Be the Next Kevin Mitnick · · Score: 4

    A criminal is going to jail? Oh what a shame. I am deeply concerned about the welfare of script kiddies. Yeah, right.

  8. What about accidental porn? on Ask Slashdot: Privacy in the Workplace · · Score: 1

    What if someone gets porn in their mail as spam? I've gotten porn spam numerous times and I definitely did NOT sign up for it!

  9. Re:MAE LING MAK NAKED AND PETRIFIED on Duchovny to Quit X-Files · · Score: 1

    It is someone on the Segfault.org humor site. I haven't been able to figure exactly what it is supposed to mean though because segfault is always down :/

  10. Probably a bug in their ftpd on Hotmail Cracked Badly · · Score: 1

    There is some new exploit for wu-ftpd, proftpd, BeroFTPd going around.. I just got news of it from security mailing lists this morning. Basically, if you are using wu-ftp version prior to 2.5.0 you'd better upgrade!! I am not sure what versions of proftpd are vulnerable.. I just disabled the copy running on my home machine.

  11. Unix flavours are all unix on Is FreeBSD really 'The Other Linux' · · Score: 1
    True, but switching from one type of unix to another type of unix is not that much of a difference. Most of my day is spent in tcsh, X, mutt, vi, and BitchX. I have the same programs on my Linux system at home and my FreeBSD system at work and they both perform equally well with no noticeable differences.

    The only big difference between Linux and FreeBSD is the licensing. The FreeBSD license is considered more "friendly" by some.

    On the other hand, I have not been happy with the treatment of security issues in BSD. Someone can post an exploit on bugtraq and it can be days before you get a patch to stop it from the mailing lists (after sorting through several broken patches that don't work). Unacceptable on a production server.

    Also, the BSD people are not known for their friendliness but I believe this is changing.

  12. Re:BeOS version is out already on Opera Browser for Linux/X11 Nears Beta · · Score: 1

    Well, this is a Linux-only BBS (or whatever you call it). There are some good BeOS news sites out there though, you just have to look a bit.

  13. MDI rocks, you suck! on Opera Browser for Linux/X11 Nears Beta · · Score: 1

    MDI is great. You anti-mdi lamers can go ahead and spend 40 minutes moving all your Gimp windows one at a time from one desktop to the other, but us in the real world like to get things done fast! Long live MDI!

  14. It's the system on Ask Slashdot: Comp-Sci Graduate Schools · · Score: 1

    The fact is no one will hire you (at least not for any decent pay) if you don't have a degree of some sort. You have to invest money in a degree whether you actually need to learn anything or not. It's a lie it's a joke but that's the way the world works-- get used to it my friend. If you don't work with the system you'll get stuck taking orders from morons the rest of your life.

  15. Why was this moderated down? on Ask Slashdot: Comp-Sci Graduate Schools · · Score: 1

    It sounds like a legitimate comment to me.

  16. Re:Great just what we need... on Creative Labs PC · · Score: 1

    LOL! It is good to see that others despise creative as much as I.

  17. Re:NO! MAE LING MAK NAKED AND PETRIFIED on Ask Slashdot: What is the Best GUI Framework? · · Score: 1

    What the hell are you talking about?

  18. Re:Obligatory this is because of MS only desktop on Melissa Virus Suspect Confesses · · Score: 1

    or Windows 3.1 with Eudora Light! :)

  19. Re:French imperialism? on Linux Mandrake Gets Major Investor · · Score: 1

    How about we have the french bomb your house instead?

  20. Re:Marketing scam on Internet Addiction Quiz · · Score: 1

    Yeah, especially those ones about gambling on the internet. Awfully suspicious.

  21. LOL on Graphical Linux Installation: Panoramix · · Score: 1

    Heheh my thoughts exactly. I bet Red Hat is pissed.

  22. Re:Decline of indexing a factor? on World Wide Web "Shrinking" · · Score: 1

    The most annoying thing about Google is that you can't do NOT to exclude certain things.

  23. Re:Misleading Balderdash! on World Wide Web "Shrinking" · · Score: 1

    Well, I've never heard of either of those either, and I practically live on the web (there is nothing else to do at work). Another one I'd never heard of was www.bluemountainarts.com -- I'm thinking it might be something that someone paid to get on the list.

  24. Re:Is this guy for real? on Feature: US Govt & Invasion of Privacy · · Score: 1

    Why don't you go form your own country then? The Federation of Aristocratic Assholes

  25. Re:Encourage this behavior on Feature: US Govt & Invasion of Privacy · · Score: 1

    Ugh. What rock did you crawl out from under?