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  1. Re:Nice on Covert Channel: ASCII Art Over ICMP · · Score: 1

    I don't think a large percentage of them are wardriving with cisco routers ;) Or using nikhef-ping.

  2. I'm getting a lot of lossy pings now! on Covert Channel: ASCII Art Over ICMP · · Score: 1

    Somebody got a mirror? They're LOST!

  3. Oh boy, they have issues on The New MP3.com: 3rd Time a Charm? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Read the article about converting vinal to optical...

    Notice the steps...
    Step Five:
    Step Seven:
    Step Eight:
    Step Seven:
    Step Eight:

    Note: Repeat steps three to eight for the other side of the LP.

    Step Nine:

    Wow, that's great!

  4. Re:Just switched... on Red Hat Linux 9 Reaches End-of-Life · · Score: 1

    You have made the assumption that I have not done any research. Yes, some of the older versions have been fixed, but I've run the script kiddies toys against my own boxes (test boxes) before and was able to get in. Yes, I'm taking the cheap and easy way out, but the simple fact is, to me, the distro is just the successor to RH9 and there's simply LESS to patch to make it safe. And I know you're not trying to tell me that the RH9 CD i burned last year has already had patched some of the bugs that were just discovered this year. Fedora is by no means secure enough for me as-is, but it's a closer fit for me needs than RH9 is.

  5. Just switched... on Red Hat Linux 9 Reaches End-of-Life · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I just switched for security reasons. I pointed nessus at an install of RH 9 and it came back with 6 or so remote exploits (Apache/SSL, PHP sendmail, named, mysql and openssh)

    I installed Fedora 1 with the same services and only got back the openssh bug, and that was easy to update from source. Yeah, I know I can patch 9 from source myself but it's too much of a pain in the ass to do regularly. I'd rather have something newer just because there's less to patch. It's like racing against the hackers. I'd rather start at the pole than at the back of the pack where they are.

  6. My installs... on First Ten Programs on New Install? · · Score: 1

    Putty Winamp Office Dreamweaver Photoshop SQLYog Nero DC++ Acrobat (ugh) Some Virus Scanner

  7. Do we really want those things? on Gates: Hardware, Not Software, Will Be Free · · Score: 1

    I don't know about you guys, but that's just not something that excites me. I am MUCH MUCH MUCH faster on a keyboard than I am with a pen. And add to that, I usually can't read my handwriting. I know, it's useful on a PDA, but we pretty much have decent handwriting on PDAs as it is. And as far as speach... I work in an office that has a massive field of cubes (luckily I have a real office, with a thick oak door.) Do we really want 200 people talking to their computers, issuing commands and dictating?

  8. how about making it readable. on Former FCC Chief Touts "Big Broadband" · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here's an idea, lets completely abuse stylesheets, not put an ounce of layout in our code, and do it all in css. Then lets make the text light grey on a white background with an italicized serif font. Now we won't have to worry about anyone reading what we have to say. They'll just think it's damn cool cause it's got that blog style and a freakin' calendar on one side. Now, I'm going to go download the page, kill the stylesheet and make the text readable. It's sad when a stylesheet is the cause of a 2Ghz processor being pegged as a page styles itself.

  9. Re:Poor Grammar on Managing Linux Systems With Webmin · · Score: 1

    Maybe the book has perfect grammer and the reviewer is the one in error!

  10. Re:I barely understand the acronym... on HTTP Developer's Handbook · · Score: 1

    I think you don't understand what this book is about (or I don't.) Sounds to me like this book is for people who write webservers and the apps that tie into them. It's not for the site developer. In this case, you would be the end-user.

  11. RIAA under attack? on RIAA Settles With 12-Year-Old Downloader · · Score: 2

    I tried RIAA.com and .org and I got nothing. Anyone else have any luck? Not that I would expect that the wouldn't be under attack right now...

  12. Re:Imagine... on Bay of Souls · · Score: 1

    I always thought don't fear the reaper should have more cowbell. Hell, all songs should! I think "Mississippi Queen" started off with cowbell. And a few Rolling Stones songs.

  13. Re:Doo? on Red Hat Enterprise 3 Beta Reviewed · · Score: 1

    What? Are you serious? You mean I can download RHAS just like the regular redhat?? If so, where are they on the mirror? I've never seen them!

  14. Wired Remote? Why? on iBot Self-Balancing Mobility Device FDA Approved · · Score: 1

    They mentioned using the wired remote to navigate the chair into the back of your vehical. Now this sounds kinda stupid because since it's wired, what do you have to do after you get it back there? Walk to the back and do something with the remote. Am I not reading this correctly. The feature sounds like, 1. I ride up to my door, 2. Climb in the seat, 3. Reach down and grab the WIRED REMOTE, 4. Navigate the chair to the lift at the back, then what do I do then? I'm stuck with a joystick that's wired to the backof my vehical??? Am I supposed to walk back there and put it up? Get a friend to do it? Not even use that feature?

  15. Live VNC on Contiki Ported To x86 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why don't you go ahead and say, "There was a live vnc running", or maybe "or maybe there might be a live vnc running in the distant future" but never say "there is a live vnc running..."

  16. Red?? on C&W Bails Out · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What's going on here?!?!

  17. What if we really got 3.2GHz from AMD on AMD Athlon XP 3200+ Released · · Score: 0, Informative

    Wouldn't that be great! Damn fast! Come one AMD, drop the marketing and make it run at 3.2G!

  18. Re:The Bigger Story is the Displays on Updated Power Macs at Apple.com · · Score: 1

    Read the bottom of the story... there's a quote by a person named "Joswiak"

    Oh my God that is scarry. Did Jobs and the Woz have an offspring together?

  19. how many more times on Second Hand Hard Discs Reveal Secrets · · Score: 0, Funny

    do we have to hear this story?

    Now here's a story, slashdot editors read slashdot!

  20. new imacs on Apple Applies For Color-Change Patent · · Score: 1

    I can see the new imacs now... they change color like a biolum. jellyfish. Cool.

  21. already? on Geek Christmas Gift Ideas · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    EDN down already? Gimme a break.

  22. hmmm on Einstein Unveiled · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I didn't care much for him myself.

  23. site down on Bringing Back the PDP8 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I guess he's using a DPD for his server.

  24. Re:Give me karma on Ellen Feiss Interview · · Score: 2, Funny

    No crap, put "like" in your google bar and hit highlight. It's scary!

  25. Re:More Specifically. on Ask William Shatner · · Score: 0, Troll

    Give me a break. The force is some mystical bull that doesn't really exist. Hyperdrives just flat out suck and there's no such thing as a wookie. Look at Data, he blows R2 and C3PO away.

    Now proton torpedos are real, as are phase pistols. A klignon would lay the woopass on a wookie and warp drives will take you from earth to jupiter in under 9 minutes (at warp 4 I believe) while a hyperdrive will take you from a nonexistant tatooine to a nonexistant naboo in a few days, yay.