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  1. Re:I like Linux, but... on How Do Linux and Windows 2000 Compare? · · Score: 1

    Wait, try uptime again :)

    0.01% cpu usage? Ohh I see, an idle box. Makes sense!

    Those idle calls keep it nice and stable :)

  2. Latency on Satellite-Delivered Broadband Gets Louder · · Score: 2

    What kind of latency could we expect from an upload / download connection?

    What would be the maximum speed per satellite?

    How well will these dishes be able to sync up on a very cloudy / stormy day?

    I guess, still you cannot dare say these will be as reliable as a dedicated connection. But does anyone know the answers to even these SIMPLE questions?

  3. I own rights to this link on More DeCSS Time-Warner Hypocrisy · · Score: 1

    Because I wrote the text for this link, I own 100% of the rights to it and you cannot click it. I will file in court against you as soon as you click this link, so don't click it.

  4. Re:Fixed? or Hoax? on More DeCSS Time-Warner Hypocrisy · · Score: 2

    I say fixed, because it is unlikely that the person designing that screenshot realized then onmouseover with IE turns text red, then when you take a screenshot in win32 the mouse will disappear. That is why that screenshot link is red and not underlined.

    Also the window footer contains "http://www.zpok.demon.co.uk/decss/" (oops I just linked it) which indeed would happen when the mouse is over.

    So I doubt this is a fake, but indeed it was fixed pretty rapidly.

  5. mySQL default root priveleges on Default Behavior: Piranha vs. Microsoft SQL Server · · Score: 1

    Well it is true, no password.

    But its only from the local system. And on any production server you should NEVER have shells given out. Simple as that, plus most admins that run mysql (unlike MS SQL) read the manual well.

  6. Yes MySQL now does transactions on Postgres Beats MySql, Interbase, And Proprietary DBs · · Score: 3

    It was added a while back. And still, mysql (when using MyISAM) is a lot faster than competing databases. Sorry I've done my independant benchmarks in the "real-world".

    Don't believe me, just test them out for yourself. MySQL opens a can of whoopass, but people just don't realize that I guess...

    I really strongly encourage everyone to benchmark their database servers independantly, instead of trusting these "independant" companies like.... well we all remember MindCraft, can we trust these organizations?

  7. Windows shouldn't be shunned? on Linux Should Be Shunned · · Score: 2

    How come this Windows NT box is running so slow nowdays? What happend? Who changed what?

    Ohh it appears that somebody enabled the undocumented "run fast, like it should" key in the registry....

    I wonder who didn't document this change to the systems configuration... All windows should be shunned since nobody documented their changes.

  8. Enable JavaScript in libraries :) on Online Rights And Real World Censorship? · · Score: 1

    So when they look at the pron (in a public place) they can't stop... thank god for window.open :)

    They will definately panic and people will notice.... people tend to be afraid of being caught lookin at pron.

    BUSTED! No more porn for you when javascript is enabled!

  9. Laptops being forgotten until now? on Yet Another K6 Series From AMD · · Score: 1

    It seems that all laptop chips are based on a previous design that consumes a lot of power and produces heat like mad. Will this chip break that "rule" ?

  10. Yes just like PGP on "If You Can Put It On A T-Shirt, It's Speech" · · Score: 1

    You could print on a t-shirt just like a paper.

    My father once was given a ticket by a cop for running a light (which he says he didn't) but for the payment he had to write a check. So he wrote the check on a t-shirt. Forced them to accept it, since it was a legally binding check. They never did process it :)

    But yes a T-shirt can be a legal document.

  11. What do they firewall their country with? on Linux And Beijing · · Score: 3

    The "Great Firewall of China" which blocks a lot of news sites but not porn sites. Do they use their tweaked out "Red"hat version to firewall the country?


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  12. Infinite Capturing on Snapshotting the Whole Internet? · · Score: 1

    See the problem I see is that capturing the whole Internet's state would in itself trigger enough firewalls and write enough log lines that there would be more data created than actually recorded.

    Can you imagine the bot downloading a firewall log that somehow became public and is being written to faster than the bot can record. And since its recording that log itself, its causing an infinite loop of new log lines being generated :)

    DoS on the bot?
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  13. Re:Interesting... - Our kids will.... on Snapshotting the Whole Internet? · · Score: 1

    They will look back on the Internet in our day and be like "Wow, the Internet wasn't tame back then......... they used to have porn on .com domains..... hackers ran rampant..... they had lots text and banners instead of AI inteligences talking to you..... They used simple credit card #s (sometimes unencrypted in transit.... often unencrypted on serverside in a database).... crackers would steal CC #s... hackers would be code g0ds writing ASM 24/6, taking one hour off for sex and food.... Microsoft ran the consumer world of consumers, fighting an uphill battle with technology that only fought back with source code...... and you could spoof packets back then!"

    I would love to show my kids the Internet of today (when I have kids) so they can learn what to better the Internet of the future with.

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  14. BeNews is a happy Server on Beta BeOS R5 OpenGL Benchmarks Smoke Linux and Win · · Score: 1

    I got a neat error for benews.com!




    Database Connection Error
    The database appears to have died or is experiencing critical loads, please reload this page in a few minutes (it will auto-reload in 2 minutes).


    We are sorry for any inconvienience this may cause.
    BeNews Team

    Image included in page: (funny) http://inside.benews.com/img/914.mounted.jpg
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  15. Can you imagine a nano-virus that is polymorphic? on Guidelines For Nanotech Safety · · Score: 1

    What happens if one of the nano dudes isn't built right or some rogue developer makes a polymorphic nano bot that can built itself differently and adapts to its environment..... reminds me of human kind.

    We adapted by destroying other species.... We expanded into the territory of other species and let that species attack us, so we killed it.

    I don't want these nanodudes in my backyard swimming in my pool and drilling into my dog's brain looking for inteligent life. Sorry nanobots aren't for me until I know they are safer.

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  16. Slashdot is repeating itself on Programmers Will Debut Free MP3 Alternative · · Score: 1

    Lately Slashdot has had quite a few stories run for a second time on the main page, is this going to become a trend? If so, I think I might just find my news somewhere else that ALWAYS brings news and fresh info on open source products.

    I did like the story about the Minivend merger, I was looking for a good opensource application for e-commerce at the time so I didn't have to code my own in PHP4.
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  17. How much power will this thing suck? on CD-R In A Digital Camera: The Ueber-Mavica? · · Score: 1

    I mean how will I supply a burner with enough power to burn actively when im taking photos? A burner usually suck up a lot of power, so how can they get this thing working good and portable?


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  18. Just because it is accepted doesn't mean it will.. on Appeals Court Will Take Microsoft Case · · Score: 1

    be overturned. In appeals court it is often ruled to agree with the previous judgement, especially when it involves an anti-trust case.

    Microsoft just wants to share all their APIs throughout the company and this is a way that they can delay and share confidential information with the new company.


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  19. Nuclear weapons aren't just bombs on Classified Data Missing From Los Alamos · · Score: 1

    Nuclear weaponry can be used for a lot more than the bombs that you've been taught ended the Pacific's WW II. You can build small nuclear devices that can be attached to vehicles and blown up remotely (hehe drive a truck into a terrorist camp and terrorize the terrorists).

    Or you could build an atom-splitting ray-gun by using the alien technology recovered in the desert a few years before I was born... I bet that might help to win a war...... or start one (to keep the US economy 'booming')

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  20. Crypting / Splitting Data ? Why not? on Classified Data Missing From Los Alamos · · Score: 2

    Why don't the feds do this with their "secret nuclear data":

    1) Crypt it with a nice proven encryption algorithm
    2) Split it onto 3 drives, two containing data and then the third containing an xor.
    3) Store all three drives in separate "secure" locations
    4) Use video cameras with offsite video archiving to tape vault entries.
    5) Store encryption keys in the 4th and 5th extremely 'secure' locations with multiple security teams and monitoring at each

    This way, 2 drives must be stolen for data to be valid and decodable. 1 drive may be lost (We know the feds do that a lot). Encryption keys can become lost (at one location).

    Data is safe from nuclear attack (unless 3 nukes are targetted at all three locations of data store or both locations of key storage).

    Is this excessive or am I just paranoid? I know there are many more ideas to do in order to secure data, lets hear comments from the rest of /. !

    (I know this will get moderated as a "Good Thing" (tm))

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  21. Re:Dot Matrix Printers and security? on How To Secure A Cracked Box · · Score: 1

    Emailing security logs unencrypted violates security, hence whats the point of the logs?
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  22. Dictionary link to "viruses" and "virii" on Vir[i/ii/a/uses] As Nano-Blueprints? (Updated) · · Score: 1

    Go here: http://www.ispep .cx/dictionary.php?wordlist=viruses,virii&fulldef= 1 for the correct defintions according to M-Webster....

    Enjoy!
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  23. Viruses seems to be officially it, but ... on Vir[i/ii/a/uses] As Nano-Blueprints? (Updated) · · Score: 1

    I like "virii" more.

    See the definition here
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  24. But the Internet was founded on ... on How To Best Manage Open Source Projects? · · Score: 1

    collaboration. We cannot just say, Open source is bad because it could mean a destructive thing in the future.

    We adapt, if the future holds open source as the only way to go.... we will just adapt.... we've done if for the past 4 million years.
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  25. Just complain like a bitch and then don't comply on Is the POST Method Patented? · · Score: 1

    It's time that Slashdot gives the USPO a little /. effect. We should complain till they actually do their jobs right.

    Also in the meantime I will not comply with anything that says I cannot retrieve information from a remote server. That is what this patent says, you could consider a directory structure to be defined as a database and therefor even mounting a remote file system is WRONG!

    Ohh, btw the patent mentions having to have a mouse on your computer for it to apply.... hehe I don't have a mouse, I have a "MOOSE" :)

    - x-empt