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  1. Re:Let me give this one a spin... on Confidentiality on Virus Sent Docs? · · Score: 2

    If said thing was placed with the intent to trip a person, it is the homeowner's fault that the theif was hurt.

    So I do not have the right to protect my home, family and/or property?

  2. Re:Excellent Question on Confidentiality on Virus Sent Docs? · · Score: 2

    Perfect 24 hour surveillance is difficult to maintain.

    We have been watching you for 7 years, 24 hour surveillance isn't that tough. Oh and you know that thing you do with the rubber duck, baby oil and picutres of goats? Stop it now.


  3. Re:Oh SHIT! on SSH Secure Shell 3.0.0 Remote Hole · · Score: 2


    OpenBSD uses OpenSSH not SSH. OpenSSH does not have any current holes. SSH does. SSH is commerical software. OpenSSH is free open source software. SSH does include source, but you have to fork out money.

    FreeBSD IIRC also uses OpenSSH, not SSH.

    Not sure what NetBSD uses, but betting it uses OpenSSH over SSH.

    This is *NOT* a remote hole in OpenBSD, SSH is *NOT* even installed in the default installation. OpenSSH is. OpenSSH is secure, read above. SSH is not.


  4. Re:Quit bitching.. on 5GB Hard Disk On A PCMCIA Type II Card · · Score: 2

    I would like to slap one of these into an portable mp3, why not? Ever look at some of the memory chips used for these devices? Roughly the same size. Sure you couldn't take the mp3 player sky diving, but it would be good enough to jog to the store and back.

  5. Re:PCMCIA Slots in PDAs? on 5GB Hard Disk On A PCMCIA Type II Card · · Score: 2

    Join my fight against Subway's new cut!

    WTF. Even the old cut, let's think about this for a second.

    2 quick slices and you end up with 2 peices of bread, the main part and the secondary part.

    The OH SO CRUEL laws of physic say that both parts are more or less the same as the whole. (without compression of course)

    So the only way to get a "lot" of topings is to have both the "food" and the bread HIGHLY compressed. This depends solely on the process and proccesie building your sandwinch!

    What NEEDS to be implented is a computer controlled compression robot that the proccesie can insert both topings and the secondary part in to receive MAXIUM compression and to also insure a prefect fit.

    I haven't eaten at subway for a while, but plan to this weekend. Do you have any techinal document that I could take with me to the sandwinch shop to back up the "cheap" cut claim you so proudly disrespect on your web site?

    I can hold my own in a debate of techinal nature, but having techinal document would help my case.

    Maybe you would like to join me this weekend for a sandwich to provide "back up support" incase the processie is under some form of mind control by the sandwich shop? We may need to de-program the processie, are you ready for this? I got a van, 25 hits of LSD and a sensory depervantion chamber.


  6. Re:That's cool! on Solving the Great Shower Curtain Mystery · · Score: 3


    The pursuit of knowledge.

    There is yet 3 stages of science.

    Observation.
    Discovery.
    Technology.

    Ask any geek, the more "sexy" stage of science is the last one, the stage where that we can lay our hands on it and turn into something usefully and productive. Yet the first 2 stages of science are seen as a "waste of time" or sometimes even "worthless". Hardly NOT so! You can have this sexy technology without the other two!

    The guy in the above article did both 1 and 2 for us, it is our turn to make 3 happen. What could we use this for? Oh I don't know, say find a way to better predict when a hurricane is coming? Now that would be "sexy" technology that you would see on the 6:00 news.

    That is not his job, he did 1 and 2 and did it very well if I might add, very detailed and very though.

    The next guy that says "this guy has way to much time on his hand" really needs to think about it and really ask himself if he is in it for the "geek" or the "glory"

    If the "glory" is what you are into that is fine, but please do give up respect to the guy in the above article that did all the "geek" for you.


  7. Re:A bit more background information on The Glories of Red Bull · · Score: 2


    Thus heart racing appears, rapid breath, swetaing and simialr symptoms ...

    so basically it is like talking to a member of the opsite sex?


  8. BAH! on EFNet on the Rocks Again · · Score: 5


    First a DOS on their irc network, now a slashdot on their web server....

    We should ALL send out our support though LOADS of email to let me know we care... err wait


  9. Yea on What Does Your Command Prompt Look Like? · · Score: 2

    What Does Your Command Prompt Look Like?

    I will show you mine if you show me yours!

    OR

    Show me your prompts!

    OR

    All your bash are belong to us.


  10. Re:Oh Yeah on What Does Your Command Prompt Look Like? · · Score: 2


    Mmm radius.

    It also helps to set the title bar on your terminal program (teraterm/xterm/Eterm) to

    "All your base are belong to $HOSTNAME"

    Just glance up quickly to determine which machine you are on.


  11. Re:Chaneges color when uid=0? on What Does Your Command Prompt Look Like? · · Score: 2


    Root == red
    Green == your normal user
    Cyan == development/software accounts

  12. Re:Oh goody... on C Styled Script - C-like Scripting Language · · Score: 2


    Let's move to unicode.

  13. Re:C doesn't make a good script lang. on C Styled Script - C-like Scripting Language · · Score: 2


    You CAN use (more or less) exact C syntax in your perl scripts (all but the declaring, and libs part)... If you know C, you can move to Perl in the matter of 1-2 hours.


  14. distance/legal on Long-Range Networking · · Score: 2


    What is the distance on these things (prime star hack)?

    Also is it legal? I could just see the FCC knocking on someone's door for this.

    Also what about diameter, do you have to be in direct sight of it, or will it work though walls and if you are off to the left 50 feet?


  15. Re:why FreeBSD? on FreeBSD on DVD · · Score: 3


    *sigh* this is probably a troll, but...

    My facts are not completly right on this, but closer than the post above. Correct any details I get wrong.

    BSD was "born" from AT&T's Unix (forget which version). After a messy legal battle, BSD 4.2 was released into public domain.

    FreeBSD and NetBSD both where orginally built from this code. Some time after that OpenBSD split off the NetBSD code base due to political differances.

    They are all orgianlly from the same place, but years of hacking on each makes them a little differant. Although they should support binaries (in emualation) from the others quite easly. Compiling user land apps from one *BSD to another should also be fairly easy. I do not have information about kernel land stuff/drivers at this time.

    FreeBSD goals are to create a Free mainstream Unix that is optimised for the x86 proc (support for alpha also though).

    NetBSD goals are to be portable as possiable. They run on more archs than almost any other OS out there. IIRC they are number #1 in number of archs they will run on (if they are not #1, they are very very close to being).

    OpenBSD goals are to be #1 in security (if not already) for unix/unix-like systems.

    It is pretty amazing that 2 out of 3 BSD's hold "number 1" spots (or very close to number 1 spots). I bet FreeBSD has a "#1" spot, but can think of it now :)

    They all have BSD or like licenses.

    Also:
    Quake will run on FreeBSD (x86) with Linux emulation support compiled into the kernel (if not in the generic kernel).

    BSD networking (sockets) is concerned "standard". (Since a standard was never defined). *BSD use this of course, as also Linux and Win32 (possiably solaris, etc). When I say "standard", I don't mean an offical standard, but a standard though it being so popular (in differant degrees) on numerous other platforms.

    If you are intresting in Unix any way, it worth you time to checkout and play with all 3 BSD atleast a couple times. They are all really well done and all differant goals which makes for a lot of playing you can do. ;) They all are very clean systems that pay attenation to detail.

    If you just want to see how a REAL OS works, check out any 3 of the *BSD and you will see clearly ;) All 3 BSD flavors are extermely strong and well done Unix systems.

    I hope I didn't feed a troll. :/


  16. Re:platforms. on Returning to Castle Wolfenstein · · Score: 2


    The only "decent" card I have seen in standard high end mac's is the Rage 128, which IMHO blows. I have never dug around inside a mac, but hopefully you could throw a G3 in there. They have APG slots right?

  17. media on Are Computer Graphics A Fine Art? · · Score: 2


    regardless if the medium is stone, wood, paper, canvas, or a computer... it matters not.

  18. Re:for someone so informed... on Slashdot Back Online · · Score: 2

    You are looking at the wrong thing, check here

  19. Re:Tee hee... on Slashdot Back Online · · Score: 2


    Yea but most people don't like to other people's paper. Sure I could link to cmdrtaco.com or hemos.com, but why would I want to? :)

    Are you the real deal?

    What is an IST major btw?


  20. Re:not to start a flame war... on MacHack Yields Clever Tricks With Apples · · Score: 2


    . To my knowledge, Apple is the only computer manufacturer in history not to include an eject button.

    Sun, SGI, Next, Alpha and possiably other didn't include physical eject buttons (expect paper clip hole) on some or all of their machines.

    IMHO `eject` is the most easy to understand command to release the floppy...

    Actucally it is probably more rare to physically see an eject button, the only machine that I can recall having them are x86 PCs.


  21. Re:Tee hee... on Slashdot Back Online · · Score: 2


    Oh that is harsh. I just thought it was some random slashdot troll, till I checked the web site.

    What is an IST major?


  22. Re:Arg on What Actually Makes Up "Linux"? · · Score: 2


    It makes it easier to communicate though.

    when you say 'linux' people know you are talking about the kernel. when you say 'gnu/linux' people know you are talking about the "whole system".

  23. Re:As far as I can see on What Actually Makes Up "Linux"? · · Score: 2


    ah comeone you can do better than that... anyways I'lll let you troll me.

    Linux == kernel
    GNU/Linux == all the nice applications (like vim) that are needed for a usable system.


  24. stupid question on Phoenix BIOS Phones Home? · · Score: 2


    There is the whole privacy issuses, etc... but I have a stupid question: What does a BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) have to do with push technolgy?

    Seriously can I get a low level hard drive interface in my AOL Messager? I want my memory timings driven by my Email Client. I also think that the chip on my sound card to be able to download stock updates though hardware and my CMOS should store my Intenret Explorer book marks.

    What ever happened to "Do one thing well"?

    Oh wait, I guess I forgot BASIC INPUT/OUPUT these days involved http connections behind my back.


  25. Re:Misinformed opinion on On the Question of Handhelds: iPaq Best? · · Score: 2

    I wonder how possiable it would be to create a "mini"-wine for CE... WinCE in theorgy should be less complex than Win32, and the Wine project has made it along way with the Win32 side...