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  1. Re:XFS Filesystem on Linux 2.4.24 Release Fixes Root Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    And to make it easy to remember, make your ATM Machine PIN Number the same as your car's VIN Number.

  2. Re:Retro++ on Build Your Own Electronic Key Card Lock · · Score: 1

    My previous main computer was in a case with a BRS (Big Red Switch). Too bad it was an AT power supply and ATX only uses a momentary contact switch.

  3. Re:Another idea on Build Your Own Electronic Key Card Lock · · Score: 1
    Except for the fact that it's not a factorial.


    Any computer geek worth his salt would recognize this as a 4 bit binary value. So, 2^4==16 possible combinations, not 24.

  4. Re:Suckers on SCO's Plan Examined · · Score: 1
    Just because a guy writes a book about winning wars, doesn't mean he's qualified to do anything.


    Hell, I could write a book about designing buildings, it doesn't make me an architect.


    Al Sharpton for president!

  5. Re:You think THAT'S bad... on The Ethics of Desktop Chips Stuffed Into Laptop PCs · · Score: 1

    Please do share details of this. I also have a 600E, and I'm having a bitch of a time getting sound to work. BTW, I'm using Gentoo.

    Email to my profile address if you like.

  6. Re:obligatory http://www.petswarehousesucks.com/ on Google sued as PetsWarehouse Lawsuit Continues. · · Score: 1

    Somebody should register petswearhouse.com

  7. what this guy needs on Google sued as PetsWarehouse Lawsuit Continues. · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This Novak asshole needs to be bitch-slapped.

  8. Re:USBUSB networking on USB On-the-Go Go Go Go · · Score: 1

    Ah. Now I see.

    Thanks for the pointer.

  9. Re:USBUSB networking on USB On-the-Go Go Go Go · · Score: 1

    To quote the Configure.help file:

    Host-to-Host USB networking
    CONFIG_USB_USBNET
    This driver supports network links over USB with USB "Network" or "data transfer" cables, often used to network laptops to PCs. Such cables have chips from suppliers such as Belkin/eTEK, GeneSys (GeneLink), NetChip and Prolific. Intelligent USB devices could also use this approach to provide Internet access, using standard USB cabling. You can find these chips also on some motherboards with USB PC2PC support.

    These links will have names like "usb0", "usb1", etc. They act like two-node Ethernets, so you can use 802.1d Ethernet Bridging (CONFIG_BRIDGE) to simplify your network routing.

  10. USBUSB networking on USB On-the-Go Go Go Go · · Score: 1
    There's already support in the Linux kernel for the specialized USB-to-USB networking cables that (I assume) only let you connect two computers together. Hopefully this would allow more than 2 devices.


    Now if I could only figure out which USB-USB cables are supported by the drivers in the kernel, so I could buy one.

  11. Re:PIN numbers on Universal Music Hit with Anti-Piracy Suit · · Score: 1

    Heh, how true.

    "I'm going to type my PIN number on the keypad on the ATM machine to get some money."

    Sort of like the "come here once" that is commonly heard 'round here. My typically response is "how many times?"

  12. Re:Beverly Crusher! on Enterprise Season Premiere Tonight · · Score: 1
    But only if she's been turned into an Irish Setter by Q, first.


    Oh... MILF?

  13. Re:slashdot just posted a direct link to an iso on UT2003 LiveCD · · Score: 1

    No shit. I can't update my Gentoo system because all the G/\M3RZ are swamping the server.

  14. Re:and, of course... on Online Auctions Patented, eBay Sued · · Score: 1
    I always thought it was from South Park Underpants Gnomes' business plan:


    Step 1: Steal underpants

    Step 2: ???

    Step 3: Profit!

  15. Re:Tabbed browsing on KDE 3.1 Beta Released · · Score: 1

    Yes, Ctrl-W works great, but it's still a 2 step process. As was pointed out by another response, middle clicking the tab also closes it. This I did not know, and having just tried it, I'm now much happier with Netscape 7.

  16. Re:Tabbed browsing on KDE 3.1 Beta Released · · Score: 1

    I agree. Middle clicking to open a new window has become ingrained in my browsing habits. Now if Mozilla/Netscape would just put a close button on every tab the way Galeon does. I despise switching to the tab then closing or having to right click on the tab to get the context menu.

  17. Re:Time == Money? on On EBay: Shuttle Flight Deck Simulator · · Score: 1
    Yes, I thought of that about 20 minutes later. However, he still go tpaid for it, so why does he need $15k for it now? Because he stored it for a year? I don't think so, that's only $720.


    He needs to be up-front and say why he wants that much, and what's going to happen with the money.

  18. Re:Time == Money? on On EBay: Shuttle Flight Deck Simulator · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And the guy got a grant from the government to build it! He got paid for it! So just where is the 15 grand going? Will it go back to the taxpayers? I doubt it. Sounds to me like he's trying to line his pockets!

  19. I wanna see on IMAX Develops Movie Transfer Technology · · Score: 1

    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

  20. Just because we have the technology.... on Directors Guild of America is Fighting Edited Films · · Score: 1
    "Just because we have the technology to do it doesn't make it right."

    Does this mean they're going to force Spielberg to put the guns back in E.T.?

  21. Bill Gates was right! on Software Engineering at Microsoft · · Score: 1
  22. Re:I'm pretty happy on Is Linux Dead? · · Score: 1
    Oh. Do you mean thos partnerships and agreements that led the US Courts to convict Micorosft of being a monopoly?


    I think the county in Arizona has it right: refuse to do business with convicted monopolists, ie MS.

  23. Kick Ass! on Star Wars Digital Projection Theaters · · Score: 1

    My fiance lives 5 miles from the Illinois theater. I won't be living there by then, but on one of my weekly trips from OH, I'm going to drag her there kicking and screaming.

  24. Re:Other instances? More Proof? on Slashback: Deception, Fusion, Membership · · Score: 1
    Besides the fact that they're at least twice as expensive, their update and change system is a piece of crap. There's no way (that I've seen) to do instant updates through a web form. You want me to send a perfectly formatted email from one specific email address? I don't think so.


    We've migrated all our clients to jumpdomain.com com and saved them $20 a year and ourselves loads of headaches.

  25. Re:Toll booth web? on W3C Revises Patent Royalty Policy · · Score: 3, Informative

    Did you read the link, or god-forbid, even the summary above? W3C is backing down and refusing to allow royalty charges for standards.